Dishfunctional Designs: mandalas

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Friday, August 11, 2017

A Few New Designs For Fall

New Mandala floor pillow in Plum - available in square or round, 26" or 30"

Sometimes I spend hours choosing just the right colors for my designs. I guess when it comes to my work I can be a bit of a perfectionist, but I like the things I create to be just right. :)

I want my colors to pop and say hello...but not be too overbearing.

I draw each illustration by hand with pen and paper...

Pillow shams (set of two) - comforter and duvet covers also available

Wall tapestries - available in three sizes - 51" x 60", 68" x 80" and 88" x 104"

I'm in love with color. My favorite? All of them in one way or another.

Mandala floor pillow in Green

Close up detail of floor pillow

New! Backpacks!

New - Breathe Art Nouveau Mandala

Mandala in Gray - window curtains

Relax Mandala Tapestry - medium size shown

My Society6 shop

Have a great week!
love,

Laura

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

New Design In My Society6 Shop - Bohemian Spirit Mandalas on Aubergine

Yay! I love how this design turned out! Hi friends! I wanted to take a minute to share the latest design that I uploaded to my Society6 shop this morning. It's a pen and ink drawing of three mandalas entitled Spirit Mandalas, and it looks especially pretty on the pillows.

The background is a deep aubergine, like the deep purple-plum color of an eggplant, and I think it's a really elegant combination when paired with the ivory colored artwork. This design is perfect for Boho decor lovers!

Here are just a few examples of this new design on a few different products. All are available in my Society6 shop so be sure to check them out!

Tote bag available in 13", 16" or 18"

Wall tapestry available in 3 sizes!

iPhone and iPod cases as well as skins and laptop sleeves and skins are available in all different sizes too

I just love the pillows! There are square, rectangular (like the one above) and large floor pillows that you can order in circular or square

I hope you like them! Let me know what you think!

also new...

Visit me at Society6

I hope you have a great week!

Love, Laura

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Time Lapse Mandala Artwork - Ink Drawing With Watercolor Painting

I've been playing around with creating time lapse videos, tooling around with the time lapse feature on my iphone... but quickly found out that the built in time lapse feature is just too fast for capturing artwork!

I thought I would try it out while creating this doodle - a quick pencil sketch to get my design started, and then some pen and paper drawing, topped off with a little bit of color added with water and watercolor paints.

You can see it all below in about 26 blazing seconds haha! ...but I was unhappy with the video's rhythm of my drawing, which turned out to be just too fast for you to really see what I was doing. (watch it here on my YouTube Channel instead)

Regardless, I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel and then tried to toy with the video's settings, slowing it down 2x and then 4x but I soon found out that that didn't work because when a time lapse video is filmed, there are sections of time that are actually skipped. If you try to slow down a video that you filmed in time lapse mode on your iphone, the result is actually a trippy, smeared video!

My resolution? I just downloaded an app that allows you to choose your video recording speed, so back to the drawing board - literally. When I get some free time I will give it another shot using the app and hopefully have some better results!

Have you ever made a time lapse video for your artwork?

Any tips to share?

I hope you have a great week!

Love, Laura

My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns

Check out my new jewelry instruction books and DVDs!

Learn how to solder and make unique jewelry!

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Beautiful Bohemian Floors: Painted, Stenciled, & Decoupaged

I've always loved the look of painted wood floors. I think I like them so much because when you happen upon one, it's unexpected, and personal.

Often created by the homeowner themselves, it's an artistic expression that is a demonstration of their love for their home. This love for home, intermingled with their own artistic creativity creates a certain type of magic that impresses me every time.

Check out these amazing examples of unique artistic Bohemian floors and I think you'll agree that whether it be hardwood floor or concrete, freehand painted, stenciled or decoupaged, these floors have a unique and special beauty that is unlike any other.

Beautiful painted wood floor from Indy.com

Pretty blue stenciled floor via HopeInGod blog

DIY stenciled pallet wood floor door mat from APieceofRainbow via HomeTalk

Painted floor from Free People

Amazing painted wooden deck by Alisa Burke

Painted floor looks like a bandanna

Rose painted floor boards

Here's a DIY for painted concrete floors from Decorated For Life

Mandala painted stairs by L.Heatherington

Ornate painted bathroom floor from Love Paper Paint

Blue Morrocan style stenciled porch by Sarah Greenman La Maison Boheme

Mandala painted patio by Bine Brandle from einfachnurwir.wordpress

Pink flowery floor by Wynnie Crews

Wallpaper-covered and distressed

Boho inspired painted floor

What do you think?

Which do you like?

Have a great week!

Laura

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Drawing A Mandala: Be Authentic!

A few days ago I tried my hand at drawing a mandala for the first time ever, and it was a lot of fun! This type of drawing is meditative. It's a great way to relax and I found the repetitive pattern work to be extremely similar to creating pysanky, or Ukrainian Eggs, which I learned to make as a child.

I am a firm believer in art as therapy and I also believe that you can (as with a vision board) manifest energy and positivity through art.

I began my mandala with a series of small simple circles and petals that formed the center of the mandala. I worked from the inside circle outward, creating new "layers" of design as I worked. I chose to work with half-circles from the edge of the page.

This is my completed mandala. I considered painting it, but I think I like it too much just the way it is, black ink on white paper - so for now I am going to keep it just as it is.

It might look complicated, but it really was pretty simple to make. You just draw one line at a time! And of course, if you look closely you will see little places here and there where I put in a few imperfections :) after all, that's what makes it unique and one of a kind. It's not mass produced, and it's not made with painstaking precision, it's a freehand-drawn piece of art that came from my heart. I call it authentic!

After I completed the drawing, I added the Be Authentic text as digital art.

In this age of too many selfies and too much social sharing of personal information online I fear that people begin to lose their authenticity in the process of trying to impress others. Be authentic!