I started a new mandala form the other day, and the concentric rings aren't pleasing yet, so I haven't tried to design anything on it. I may just chuck it back in the bucket.
On the same day I started this one, which needs to have more carving on the mountains, and some texturing as well. I should have worked on it today. But life interfered.
The 5 piece mandala is almost dry, but not quite. Several of the pieces seem bowed up in the middle, which is the opposite of what I expected. We shal see how it fires.
Life's interference was strange. Saturday I had all these mandalas to work on, but my hands were kind of jittery. I had trouble breathing so used my inhaler. Maybe asthma? But still didn't feel right. Then I noticed my face felt hot, and was red and flushed. That meant the sun block I'd put on (for the first time this year) was causing some irritation. I decided it was an allergic type reaction, tried washing it off with water and a napkin. I ended up putting everything away and going home where I could do hot water and soap removal. My face still was flushed for another coupe of hours. This was the same sunblock I used last year. I threw it out. I never went for the walk I had hoped to, and the sun went behind clouds most of the afternoon, as if she were sorry I'd not gone walking in her sunbeams.