This morning I treated myself to creating a project for this class, inspired  by the amazing mandalas artists created in Part 2 of this series.  It became more fun along the way and I made changes even after I started painting it.  That's something that I don't do that often.  Each stage is documented along with the pigments I used for the mixes. 

I used only secondary colors, variations of greens, violets and oranges.  Most of the secondary colors are fully saturated, meaning that I used only the two primaries closest to one another on the color wheel as explained in the Bonus Color Mixing Lesson. Two of the greens are neutralized greens.  I used a yellow and a blue that were not closest to one another on the color wheel.

Here are the twenty five steps to painting in the mandala:

Step1: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 2: Red/Violet - alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 3: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Step 4: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step Five: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light 

Step 6: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cad. Red Light (more of the yellow)

Step 7: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & a speck of Cad. Red Light

Step 8: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Step 9: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue (more of the yellow)

Step 10: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue (more of the blue)

Step 11: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step 12: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Ultramarine BlueStep 13: Yellow/Green (neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step 14: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Ultramarine Blue

Step 15: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue

Step 16: Yellow?Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine BlueStep 17: Red/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 18: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

I added four new lines, dividing four of the shapes in half.

Step 19: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light

Step 20: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) - Winsor Yellow & Cadmium Red Light

And then ... I added more flower petals and small circle behind the petals.Step 21: Yellow/Orange - Hansa Yellow Deep & Cadmium Red Light

Step 22: Yellow/Orange (Neutralized) Winsor Yellow & Cadmium Red LightStep 23: Red/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 24: Blue/Violet - Alizarin Crimson & Ultramarine Blue

Step 25: Yellow/Green (Neutralized) - Hansa Yellow Deep & Ultramarine Blue

Step 26: Yellow/Green - Winsor Yellow & Joe's Blue