Create a Star Mandala that doubles as a Color Wheel.  This is the first in the four-part Color Wheel Mandala Series.  Each course first guides you through the process of creating a mandala with compass and straightedge. Then, you enter the magnificent world of color mixing.  By using a limited palette of one yellow, one red and one blue, you learn the characteristics of your pigments and discover that when your palette is limited and you combine only two pigments at a time, your colors ALWAYS look gorgeous together.
Please post your project. You may add additional projects to your project page. Every time you add a new project in any of my classes, you earn an entry into the current month's contest.  I draw the name of the winner on the first day of every month LIVE on Instagram.  I will post the drawing time on an Instagram post on the morning of the drawing.  The time will change due to my frequent travel and lack of cell or internet service. The winner will receive a free month of membership to The Artist's Journey.
Materials needed to create your own Color Wheel Mandala are the following:
1. Quality Cold Press Watercolor paper  at least 140 lb. (or Rives BFK printmaking paper).
2. Pencil
3. Compass
4. Straightedge
5. Permanent fine-tip marker or Fountain Pen filled with permanent ink (I suggest either Noodler's Bulletproof Black or Platinum Carbon Ink)
6. Watercolor brush or brushes
7. Watercolor pigments: One yellow; one blue; one red (See the list below to determine whether your pigments are considered to be warm or cool.)
8. Mixing palette (I suggest one with multiple wells.  I use circular palettes to reinforce where the colors are located on a color wheel.)
8. Water containers
9. Paper towel or rag
In Parts II, III and IV (separate classes) you will learn to create other mandala designs and will be using six pigments, two of each primary color: yellow; blue; red.
PIGMENTS:
Cool Yellows: Cadmium Lemon, Hansa Yellows, Bismuth Yellow, Lemon Yellows, Nickel Titanate, Aureolin
Warm Yellows: Cadmium Yellows, Hansa Yellow Deep, Gamboge, Nickel Dioxine, Yellow Ochre
Cool Blues: Cobalt Teal, Cobalt Turquoise, Cerulean Blue, Phthalo Blue, Manganese Blue, Joe’s Blue
Warm Blues: Ultramarine Blue, Indanthrone Blue
Cool Reds: Magenta, Alizarin Crimson, Quinacridone Carmine, Quinacridone Rose, Quinacridone Crimson
Warm Reds: Cadmium Reds, Vermillion, Pyrrole Red, Cadmium Scarlet, Pyrrole Scarlet

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Primary Colors

Secondary Colors

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Color Wheel Mandala: Part I

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