Michelle Ward's Crusade and another mandala!

Hey folks!

I'm glad to be back on with electricity.

Yesterday afternoon a insane thunder storm

came whipping through town,

knocking 45,000 people out of power.

It has been in the mid 90s (before the heat index),

so the lack of Air-Conditioning wasn't fun.

But the power came back on today and I am back

to basking in light and internet and AC.

I have been working steadily over the past

few days on a new BIGGER mandala.

I have been trying them out in my tiny moleskine,

but decided to try it out in my big journal.

The first one was a disaster,

so for the second one I decided to bust out 

my compass and ruler.

I am a fan of symmetry.

I punched it up with some watercolor.

There really is something so soothing in the repetitive

drawing of simple shapes, and so far I really love the outcome!

Its one of those things that looks harder than it is.

Seriously, I can't draw AT ALL.

On a different note, I decided to jump back into 

Michelle's Crusades. I love her ideas and techniques,

and I'm glad to have the inspiration back.

Her challenge this month was simple: Gridlock

Make a grid in your art journal.

This goes along with my analytical/linear mind.

I love grids and tiny details.

For this challenge, I cut up some of my

spray-painted papers that I have been hoarding.

Why is it that when you cut up papers to smaller sizes

they seem more fascinating and awesome?

I like the end result, but it sat for a few days.

It needs something else, but that something else

never came to me.

Maybe one day!