Dot Art Mandala Tutorial | Believe in Yourself Mirror | Step-By-Step Dot Art Tutorial

[@elizabethcalvo4652]

Hello my darling This is so beautiful THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing 😗😗

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

You are so welcome! Thank you!! I love this one.

[@melodierobar7352]

Beautiful title, beautiful piece!

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

Thank you very much!

[@s.e.6616]

I love it also. I missed a couple of things: what material did you use to paint on and is that a lazy susan you are turning it on? How do you keep it from sliding ?

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

Thank you! The base is 1/4” MDF board. I always place my pieces on Lazy Susan’s to work on. It just makes life so much easier!! 😃

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

And the board is 23” in diameter

[@Maiasatara]

SO pretty! The Arteza (metallic or pearl?) paint really has a great sheen. But I have to know - How long did it take you to complete? The stenciling and dotting? (Not painting and finishing.) If you say at the end I apologize- I’m asking @25:00 lol.

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

Thank you! Hmm, that is a good question! Laying out the guidelines doesn’t take very long. The dot art painting I’m not sure of. I will have to document my actual painting times and see from there. I started the piece on Dec 30 and finished painting Jan 3rd. I still had cleanup, touch ups and varnishing to do. I’ll track my time on the next piece and post it in the description of the video.

[@akjain61]

Please explain the grid making

[@dunnreimagineddesigns7193]

First you need to find the centre of your piece. I have a video showing how to do this called “Finding Centre & Creating Gridlines for your Best Mandala” Draw a line through centre dividing your piece in half. Next, decide on the degrees of your sections. On a piece this large I created 64 sections to give me lots of gridlines Using a protractor mark out your degrees using your line as your base. Honestly I typically start with 16 x 22.5 degree segments and then split them in half to get 32 and in this case I split those in half again to get 64. Just depends on how many gridlines you want. Next, measure your mirror. Divide that measurement in half and use that measurement for the first circle you create with your compass. Place the compass on your centre dot and using a chalk pencil create your first circle. I would add just a tiny bit to that measurement to make sure your mirror will fit in the space just a hair. After this I increase the size of the circles by 0.5 cm increments. So use a ruler and starting from your first circle mark 0.5 cm segments along one of your lines. This will give you the points at which to place your compass and then create your circles. In the end you will not need all the lines in the middle but they will be covered with your mirror. I hope this isn’t too confusing Let me know if you have any more questions. I think I will create a video answering this question. Thank you for your question. 💗