How to paint the swipe, dot drag, swoosh, swoops, using dotting tools. Dot art mandalas tutorial

www.mirandapitroneart.com This is a quick tutorial on how to create the swipes, comma stroke, dot drag, swoosh, with your dotting tools. My son decided he was going to get in on the action this Moring :) Other Helpful Tools:
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[@dawno4763]

thank you olease continue to add ways we csn make moe designs on our rocks and canvases.. thank you!

[@rebeccabaker488]

Pretty design. Great tips. The helper is a cutie.

[@MirandaPitrone]

THANK YOU.I wish he was still that little sometimes. Now he is my big helper.😊

[@veragomes4327]

Thank youu! And I just melted with your son 🥰

[@MirandaPitrone]

Awww ..he is a sweet guy. Bringing smiles to all he meets.

[@veragomes4350]

@@MirandaPitrone 🥰🥰🥰

[@hollysnow5290]

He’s precious!

[@MirandaPitrone]

He was such a chubber. hahaa. Thank you

[@Tomes23]

I came for the mandala tips but I absolutely melted when I saw your little guy. What a cutie!

[@MirandaPitrone]

He has that effect on people..haha😉💙

[@carolynhernandez7044]

Thanks! Very helpful.

[@MirandaPitrone]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DotMandala]

Quel beau bébé 🥰 so cute

[@cheezwizism]

Super helpful!! Mine are terrible. Hopefully this will make them better

[@MirandaPitrone]

I hope so! I look forward to hearing how it goes for you 💖

[@creativeimaginingsAH]

Perfect timing. I was just getting ready to add some swooshes to a project I'm working and your tip from switching from one size to a smaller one for the tail was really helpful.

[@MirandaPitrone]

Wonderful! I am so happy to hear that🥰💕

[@karenissimalovestrilogy75]

On, MIRANDA, GEOSEPIE IS JUST SO DOGGONE CUTE!!! I'M IN WUV!😁😁😁 And THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for this tutorial--- I've been trying to get the hang of swooshes for a while now, And you explain it so well that I think that I can do them now! Your tutorials are my VERY FAVORITE ONES TO WATCH!💖💖💖💖💖

[@MirandaPitrone]

Awww...I never saw this comment till now. Thank you so much. He is a sweet boy. He lost his first tooth a couple weeks ago💕💕💕

[@karenissimalovestrilogy75]

@@MirandaPitrone OMGOODNESS! I'll bet that he's growing up SOOO fast!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@MollyBeam]

Ty well done

[@janinetibbett1484]

From the land of Auss...thank you.

[@ArtinLifestyle]

Wow... he is very cute... his eyes mesmerising...

[@debrawood707]

I watched this video and did my first swooshes tonight. You explained it perfectly and made it look so easy x

[@MirandaPitrone]

Yay, thank you!Are you feeling more comfortable with them now? Not so bad right? :)

[@louisedery1049]

Miranda I am so happy to see that you were able to bend the tools. I have a visual impairment with depth perception. Making dots is a real challenge for me to see how close I am to touching the surface when I make a dot. Bending the tool is WOW amazing .. ty for thinking of it!

[@louisedery1049]

Also in painting you can do that with a brush and we call it Plop and Pull

[@MirandaPitrone]

haha...plop and pull!! that is great! I love it! I am so pleased you are able to see better with the tools angled. I cannot take all the credit for it. I copied Princeton's angle spot detailer and thought I could do it with the dotting tools too. Some of them broke...but that became my "etcher" Lol

[@louisedery1049]

Well awsome the way you figured out how to improvise with your tools and very helpful to the rest of us Ty :-)

[@annmettelux]

I have to try to bending my tools to😊

[@katherinep223]

Soooooo cute

[@mrswilkinson07]

Thank you for this I will watch the bending video

[@monastenovich6338]

What a darling little boy. Your mandalas are so beautiful.

[@MirandaPitrone]

Thank you so much!

[@mrstenajmv]

Thanks for the tips...I’m still a newbie. Your baby boy is gorgeous!❤️

[@MirandaPitrone]

My pleasure 🙏🏻 That little guy is noy 3.5 years old...how time flies.

[@ArtinLifestyle]

Amazing Tutorial. Thanks a lot...

[@annefaint6127]

Thanks for these lovely ideas , I have been having a play today with these dotting, I’m still learning so all your tips are very helpful,,xxxx 💐🌼🌸🌺

[@MirandaPitrone]

Anne Faint fantastic! I am so glad you are finding them helpful💙💙💕

[@DotMandala]

Merci pour vos consoles qui m’aident beaucoup 🙏👌

[@charsbabushka]

thank you very much. This is very helpful.

[@MirandaPitrone]

My pleasure I am so glad you found it helpful.

[@margaretperry2015]

Very helpful. Thank you so much.

[@MirandaPitrone]

Excellent!! You are so welcome!!

[@mandalasbypamela4087]

Very helpful! Thank you so much, I have really struggled with trying consistent ones, and I can see I was trying too quickly! Looking forward to practice on cardstock first, then will try on painting. Thank you! 😃

[@MirandaPitrone]

Wonderful! I am so happy this was helpful. I apologize for the delay in response.. I never got a notification for your comment.

[@calvinlyle9437]

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[@idrislangston882]

@Calvin Lyle instablaster :)

[@prinasanghrajka3345]

This is so helpful. Thank you! 😊

[@MirandaPitrone]

I'm so glad you found a helpful! I try to do little snippets here in there on certain details that people are working on. I have another one on ovals if you were looking for that as well

[@prinasanghrajka3345]

Once I have fully mastered this as I'm quite new to dotting I will definitely look in to that video too. Thank you so much ❤️

[@traciereed4927]

That baby is Absolutly beautiful.

[@MirandaPitrone]

awwww.....he is my sweet lil guy. Thank you

[@xigsx]

Noti gang

[@brendasnider7130]

OMG this one is absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous. So pretty. Just a update still a mess. Getting ready to start a new infusion to hopefully help calm things down. Having problems with elbows wrist's have rheumatoid nodules now as well as swelling in fingers and hands doctor doesn't know even after doing the infusions if the nodules will ever go away. Causes nerve pain all the way to my hands why i still haven't been able to dot yet. Still very miserable can't hardly do anything. Glad you have a helper today. What a cutie pie. Sweet voice. Enjoy your day hon thank you for all you do for us. Fabulous job as always dear. Sorry never dreamed would have this much trouble this long. Over it. 😔 hopefully soon though can start practicing hopefully getting better each day.😃

[@MirandaPitrone]

Brenda Snider wow it sounds like you are on a journey of your own. I am so sorry to hear that it is a bumpy ride right now. I pray the doctors can find a way to help you. Thank you for the update and your kind words.

[@brendasnider7130]

Miranda Pitrone yes it's been quite a ride started with cellulitis with huge blisters on my legs had to stop arthritis meds lowers your immune system so made my arthritis go rampid. Took 3 months to clear infection on my legs so no meds all that time. Every joint was affected. So went through 24/7 pain. Pray everyday for healing finally this week was released from wound therapy for my legs. All healed up. Now trying new infusion plus methotrexate been on 35 years or more. Its a cancer drug get a shot every week plus 2 other pills for it. But can't wait till I can start dotting and start coloring again. Makes me forget about everything going on. You sure are so so talented love to tell you how awesome your work is because its so true.😃 ❤😎

[@christinepeters3479]

Thank you very much for doing this video! I just purchased a few brushes and I think I like the swoosh more with the brush.. they look thicker but I guess it’s just depends on the amount of paint . 😆 see, I’m learning 🙂

[@MirandaPitrone]

Christine Peters awesome! It is a fun journey ...isn't it?💚💚💕

[@christinepeters3479]

Yes! It sure is. I know you use many of those Princeton brushes so I thought I'd share that DickBlick.com has them for less than $4.00 each .. and they have good prices on Golden acrylics and Liquitex. They don't run specials all the time but do occasionally and I've gotten free shipping with them.

[@SW-no4yz]

Thanks for the tips, very helpful. What kind of paint are you using?

[@MirandaPitrone]

I usually use Decoart..but most water based acrylics work well

[@lisagd22]

Thank you for showing this technique so clearly. Question: Are you touching the surface with the tool? I know for dots, you just touch the surface with the paint, but it looks like you might be dragging the tool lightly along the surface. (I hope that makes sense!)

[@MirandaPitrone]

Yes, exactly. I am lightly touching the surface :)

[@pmb5005]

Love your mandalas. I love that your dots don't have the middle bump. Is that the kind of paint or tools?

[@MirandaPitrone]

Both. I use Brushes to paint and the actual paint is a water based acrylic...they do not leave peaks very often. If it is a thinner paint it works better for dots

[@joannedonovan9489]

Thank you for showing us how to do this! I did the swipe with the one in the middle & one on each side on my mandalas, and it came out really cool! Now, they could be considered "done", but I don't think so!! I'm having trouble "stopping" like you do sometimes!!

[@MirandaPitrone]

They are such a fun addition to the dots...in my opinion. You are right..I have trouble stopping at times :)

[@sandyscholz4390]

Hello saw your videos and by the way your tutorials are very informative . I recently started dotting and my walking dots don’t walk the curve of my center dots like what I see in practically all the tutorials. Mine never make it to the bottom and the pattern ends up looking like a zig zag if you know what I mean. Are there tips to walking the dots like when painting a peacock feather style? Thanks in advance for your response .

[@MirandaPitrone]

I am wondering if you may need to dip your tool again to get the paint to go further or is it the alignment of multiple rows. The paint thickness will also affect how many dota you can make with one paint dip. If you are on Facebook you could send me a quick video on the messenger and I could take a look for you if you would like.

[@sandyscholz4390]

@@MirandaPitrone Thank you for sharing the video. I think its a combination of both paint consistency and alignment. I've used one of those precut stencil and even with that my first row of dots are not completely equal. no worries though lol, I work as an ICU nurse and found that this calms me down after I leave the hospital...some of what I've painted so far I've given to patients who are awake and just happy the don't need life support anymore. they don't care if the stones are perfect, they are just thankful.

[@pepsi12748]

Thank you so much, How did you do the stone look in the center? Love your videos

[@MirandaPitrone]

Gail Neuman thank you. It is a poured oil paint. I did a video on it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKSUoKuqqMuWhMU

[@tinak.3022]

Thank you for showing me how to do this technique! How much pressure do you use to make the swoosh mark? I’m having the hardest time learning this technique. You make it look easy. I sincerely appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️

[@MirandaPitrone]

Just push more in the beginning of the swipe then you do at the end and it should give you a nice shape. Your paint also has to be a little thinner :)

[@tinak.3022]

Miranda Pitrone Art Thanks for getting back to me.

[@MirandaPitrone]

@@tinak.3022 of course! Thank you for being patient with my reply. It has been a busy month💛💛💛🙏😉

[@wendyphillips5660]

Hi Miranda, This is so helpful. Did you do this Mandala at a tutorial? I don't remember seeing it and its beautiful. I would like to try it. Thank you. Hugs

[@MirandaPitrone]

Thank you. No, sorry no video for this one.

[@kellycaufield]

Thank you so much! Whenever I try this, its like I never get enough paint on my tool so it turns out yucky lol

[@MirandaPitrone]

You are so welcome!You can do it...just thin your paint and take your time :)

[@MollyBeam]

Where do I buy the solvent to thin out paint? What is it Called? Ty

[@MirandaPitrone]

Flow medium. Craft store and online. Flood, floetrol, pouring medium..they will all work🙏💕

[@mrswilkinson07]

Why do you bend them?

[@user-es1hd9hj8f]

Your baby boy is so cute! What kind of color you used?

[@MirandaPitrone]

decoart water based acrylics :)

[@auraedge2990]

Beautiful eyes this boy has!

[@MirandaPitrone]

Thank you! His little baby blues are part of his charm :)

[@TruthSeekingElf]

Great video very helpful thank you!! Sounds like you have a frog in your throat, hope it gets better soon!! Loving your mandalas!!

[@MirandaPitrone]

TruthSeekingElf haha..I think I did..the pollen count is high they tell me...lol. Hopefully you could understand me ok. Thank you so much!

[@starrspoter]

wont the second coat of black paint make that spot look diffrent

[@MirandaPitrone]

It didnt. After I varnished it was all the same

[@sharoncallahan7311]

What do you varnish your canvas with?

[@MirandaPitrone]

DecoArt Varnish: amzn.to/2Pl1LWMor Liquitex amzn.to/2Du1Ber

[@sharoncallahan7311]

Thank you I love your work

[@MirandaPitrone]

My pleasure..anytime

[@VLinas]

Miranda there is a bent dotting tools on Amazon. Just one in set.

[@MirandaPitrone]

V. Linas good to know! I have never seen them, but that may be helpful to someone who is searching to purchase them. Thank you so much for the feedback and information

[@VLinas]

Only one tip in set .

[@kathleenrobbins7544]

I have that one and I love it!

[@MirandaPitrone]

good to know. I have not seen this set