My Blue Room

Well, after a time, my “Renewal” mandala design served its purpose at Janet London’s Hummingbird Arts Mandala Store as a free download, and we took it down to make room for another lovely design by one of Janet’s students. Recently, Janet called me to say that people had contacted her asking for a more complex design to color and asked if I’d mind adding “Renewal” back to her Mandala Store! Of course I was thrilled to hear this, so it’s back, and available for free download so you can have fun coloring it yourself. That’s not all. Janet has finished three new pressed flower pieces for an art event in the Rogue Valley, Oregon area called “Dark Night of the Soul,” produced by Betsy Lewis of Art Event Productions. She’s added them to her Print Gallery in hopes that people will be interested in prints of the work, which is dramatic, lovely, and an advancement of her style.Technorati Tags: linkedin, website design

So, after finishing the design in black & white, I couldn’t help myself – I wanted to color it right away! Work was all caught up, so I chained myself to my computer for a few more days and created this full color version of the Renewal mandala in Photoshop.

I showed it to another dear friend of mine soon after it was completed, and she emailed me this sweet note:

“Thank you so so much for the respite in the middle of a busy day with your beautiful art work. It really grabbed me and took hold giving me instant peace and a feeling of inner calm   LOVE THAT!  Now I have it and can go to it when I start to ramp up…Thank You for your never ending encouragement and lifting up, it is huge.”

Well, with a theme like renewal, I created it in the hope that those who enjoyed coloring it would be encouraged and lifted up… *renewed* …so I was deeply moved to hear this. I thought of you all as I worked on it, and I was spoken to about many things during this process, but I’ll keep those things to myself for now, because I would like hear what you think first.

So, I uploaded it to CafePress and assigned the design to a bunch of products so  I could share it in a way that would incorporate the design into things that could become part of the setting of day-to-day life, from coffee mugs to t-shirts. You can find the Renewal CafePress Store HERE

Janet has asked me to embark on a project that will be a bit lengthy, so I’d like your opion: Should I take the time to do a packet of 12 or so mandalas with the theme of the Four Seasons? When completed, this packet of mandala designs would be available for purchase at Janet’s website, http://www.tamlondonhummingbirdarts.comTechnorati Tags: Mandala, art, design, coloring, renewal, Spring

Last month my client (and dear friend) Janet London asked me to design a mandala to replace one of the free download mandalas that has been up at her site for a while. She likes to keep things fresh on her site, and it’s working for her, because she’s gotten so busy with the classes and workshops she teaches in the year since she first launched her website( Feb ’08) that she’s challenged for time to do her own art, much less things like this. Nevertheless it’s very important to her, so I was honored to accept the challenge. We decided on a particular theme for Spring and I chained myself to my computer for a couple of days of mandala meditation and creation…

The result is the “Renewal” mandala design. We posted it at Janet’s website, Mandala Store, where you will find the free downloads at the bottom of the page. Clicking the download image(s) will give you the option to save or print the .pdf file containing the mandala design. It prints on a regular 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, and the design is about 8″ across. So break out your favorite art supplies and have fun coloring! Then tell me all about it…and if you like the way yours comes out, why not scan it and email it to me, we’d love to see what you’ve done, and maybe Janet would put in on her site.
And thank you, Janet, for presenting me with the opportunity to create this design! It was a revelation…
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