#05 How to paint Mandala for BEGINNERS! #4 -Mandala Christmas Ornaments(medium hard)

[@schimaMon3]

beautiful 😍

[@kimfarrish4240]

You're doing just fine! Wonderful work! Seeing how this is a medium-hard mandalawe can get the beginning just fine

[@danagalloway1217]

The one you demonstrate looks like a stained glass window! They are all beautiful!

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Yes,that ones was cristal ornaments and the design was on plastic ornament.Huhh....long time I did this video...this year I try to do better.🤪😘🌹

[@danagalloway1217]

@@barbaramandalatenerife2068 Looking forward to more videos 🙂

[@michelechristensen2854]

This ornament is absolutely gorgeous!!

[@Hubbubb22-citiesskylines]

Really love this design, but I’m not sure this is where I should have started. Steep learner’s curve here, but beautiful ornaments produced!

[@sophiestaples3750]

Love all the new tutorial!!! Thanks so much

[@teresaacuff8217]

Beautiful. Reminds me of a stained glass window

[@teresacassidy8701]

Amazing.thank you for sharing this beautiful talent!

[@MD-hk8xq]

You are so precise with your dots!!!

[@queeny-l1r]

totally exquisite ....i have to give this a go x

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Let me know how's it going!😉😘💕

[@heatherstewart7131]

So beautiful!

[@elfaayala8127]

Dios bendiga tu creatividad y tus manos

[@karariddle8828]

So beautiful and festive! Will you be posting any Christmas ornament videos this year?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Thank you!!🤗😍 Yess will be uploading soon!!😍😘😘

[@ZkV-l2z]

Красота

[@mandala314]

Your work is so hypnotic! Do you thin your paint, or thicken it? It lays so perfectly. I have problems doing the "dots get smaller" technique, the paint stops transferring after the 3rd dot, but when I thinned the paint, it became blobs not dots. I'm wondering if there is a medium that works well for thinning? I'm not doing ornaments, just black paper cards which I enter in art card exchanges all over the world :)

[@kaylanafbb]

Depends on what kind of paint you use. I started with Decoart Americana plus Liquitex pouring medium (very few) If you use heavy body paint Liquitex pouring medium it's the best on the marke. Mix with 1:1 ratio and keep adding pouring medium till you have the consistency you need.

[@elfaayala8127]

Me encanta como explica por favor como hago para enumerarlos por favor y saber cuando usarlos??

[@gnjkimble]

Thank you for the beautiful tutorial. What did you do to the other balls you did that are very shiny? Did you coat them with something?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Joyce Kimble The shiny ornaments originally like that...I bought them on amazon!😁 I like it better because from the acrylic sometimes you can see lines or the black acrylic not cover perfectly your ornaments!

[@kierstainbrewer2678]

Pretty

[@peixeess]

Lovely! Looks harder than medium hard to me... It's so small and I tend to get shaky hands and a bit stressed. What's this music? It's so calming

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

mitchy The music is 7 min. meditation music...first it was Christmas song but because of copyright I had to change for this...anyway..not bad...I will do " easy " Tutorial next week with bigger dots😁😚

[@manalkandeel9544]

👏👏💓💓

[@glorianagy3078]

how do you seal the balls after they are painted

[@barbaratimmerman919]

Very pretty, but so fast and sometimes not in video. can't tell what size dabber you used.

[@Lyn4817]

You can slow down the replay of the video yourself. Click on the three dots on the top right hand side of the video. Then select playback speed and select your speed. Don't forget to reset when finished. Pause the video if you are dotting along and you need to catch up. Have fun.

[@bhavnabaga3727]

@@Lyn4817 never knew this. Thanks for sharing

[@mandala314]

I also slow down replays. The same is useful for slow drawings, you can speed them up.

[@liswilliams787]

Beautiful work, do you need to fix the painted balls with a spray or varnish?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Lis Williams Only with spray☺

[@sarahisbell9414]

Lis Williams what kind of paint and spray did you use? I love this! Working on some Christmas ornaments myself and feel very inspired by your art!

[@lynnlewis1962]

Do you spray varnish them when you are done?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Yes!!😊

[@RayRayRay120]

Do you recommend what Varnish you use please? Thank yoi

[@buzzyanderson4131]

I wouldn’t say that is beginner level!

[@yanirajimenez7816]

Que pinturas usas

[@sonialeon4981]

The numbers mean the size of the dot? Probably in mm?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Hi! The numbers the sizes yes.When you buy a dotting tool set choose the smallest that is the number one..how getting bigger the size the numbers are grow.( not in mm)

[@GalvezPinstriping]

what kind of paint do you use?

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Galvez Acrylic from Martha Stewart and I have many colors no name from chinese shop 😂😂...If you know how to mix them doesn't matter the brand...but I like to use little more liquid paints and I mix them with medium hard color or white!

[@manalkandeel9544]

You are so nice

[@gerryhemmer1573]

Very pretty, but you have this titled for beginners. There is no introduction to the type of paint used nor of ornament preparation for the painting. There is no verbal instruction as to why the placement of the beginning dots. Not to mention the speed of the video. Great for more experienced artists.

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Gerry Hemmer I have one video with tools and paints! That is number #0 ! I show there everything what you will need to paint this kind of mandalas! I have more videos step by step and easy to follow! Thanks for watching!!🤘🤘☺

[@Lyn4817]

Look at Barbieft Me above, where I told her how to slow the speed down when playing the videos. A good consistency of acrylic paint seems to be Deco Art Americana, if you are able to buy. If you are starting out and buying your paints the multi surface acrylic paints can be used on many surfaces. If not, then any acrylic paint mixed to the consistency of yoghurt is okay. You can use a Gel Medium to thicken your paint and a pour medium to thin it, if you are having problems with your climate or for any other reason. Maybe you surface is too steep, then the paint may want to dribble, to thicken it. While the mediums aren't that cheap, they go a very long way. Your beginning dot is usually in the middle of your work area. But not always, depending on your design. The decoration is sometimes painted with a black acrylic paint, though you can choose any colour you choose. Either in a matte or gloss. Black paint does tend to allow the dots to pop. Your choice. I would recommend you try painting on flat Christmas balls first. Both flat and round can be purchased in shatterproof plastic. Glass is difficult to work with. I buy my ornaments on eBay. I suggest you got the etsyshop.com\SweetWillowDesigns. She sells two packs of design and practice template sheets that will help you learn how to Dot paint and space. Very helpful. She also has a KZbin channel. There are some very helpful dot artist to be found on YT. I hope you soon learn to love dot painting mandalas, they are very therapeutic.

[@mandala314]

@@Lyn4817 Thank you for sharing your info! I'm working on getting the consistency right. I dot paint on black bristol board, very stiff. I spray it with matte varnish first though, so it's non-absorbent. Getting the consistency right is the hard part!

[@joannbirkholz6579]

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[@phyllishartmann3467]

Vocal instructions would be helpful.

[@barbaramandalatenerife2068]

Yess absolutely....this is my older videos and the new ones has much more informations.Thank you so much for your comment because this is how I can do better!!🥰😘😘

[@ellabransford8083]

So beautiful!