SPOILER ALERT: I'm Working on Lisa Wright's book for the IA Round Robin....

Hello all, sorry I've been away for a few days.  I still have to do a bit of touch ups on Sanctuary before it's finished, but I thought since I've been showing it SO much lately, I'd give you all something new to look at.  Lisa Wright's book arrived on Saturday and since I knew it was on it's way, I'd been brainstorming and decided I wanted to use the upcoming solstice for my inspiration along with the creative network my Inspiration Avenue sisters and I have formed over the years.  Thanks to all the gorgeous mandalas  Andrea Thompson's has been creating of late; I've also been really wanting to make a mandala.....
I spent Monday sketching and re-sketching until I had what I wanted down on paper and then on Tuesday, all I had time to do was just barely begin adding color before needing to address car troubles, visiting an Aunt in the hospital and doing preps for my new art class...but I did get started and here I am to share!

 SO I ended up with a two part design- a fold out spread 

(that I'll share later in the week) 

topped with a mandala as a sort of header. 

 I wanted this to follow a symmetrical pattern punctuated with bits of asymmetry
 here and there...so here it is:

It's pretty small about 6"x6" and me being me took the hard way as usual- instead of painting the swirls AFTER the bodies, I painted around the swirls I'd already drawn and because of this, it took a while to paint the figures....but now that they're done, I should be able to finish pretty quickly and then begin the inside spread to share on Friday....
For now, Happy Wednesday!
xx
Stephanie