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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 11h

More refinements to the WIP. The stained glass treatments came out nice in the final glance. Ready to move on to start the figure silhouettes on the obsidian slab next. #mandala #wip #mandalaartist #nycartist

Screenshot with more progress for the painting of the stained glass effects from the central medallion. Ready to begin the silhouetted figuresd on the outer ring of the obsidian slab.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 13h

WIP on the central medallion for the next Mandala painting. Stained glass effects. #mandalaartist #mandalas #nycartist

Screenshot of the center of the next Mandala painting, work in progress. Alternating amber and jet designs ring a stained glass window treatment of a ring of pink and white magnolia petals framed as glass panels, around a starburst alternating in colors of rays, with a six-petaled red and gold glowing blossom in the middle. Faint figures with bell jar silhouettes are picked out on the background slab of obsidian with scratches, awaiting their finishing color treatments.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 1d

My Audible account turned back on after months on pause. I've decided to go back to my childhood and renew my familiarity with Lloyd Alexander's fantasy series "The Chronicles of Prydein", one of the most under-rated folkloric fantasy sagas of all time. #welshmythology #theblackcauldron #arawn

Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 2d

Numerology - Deeper dive into Zero (0).

Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 5d

Numerology Intro for the upcoming video series. Basic occult meanings of the numerals from 0 to 9. Enjoy.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 5d

Finally found my 'tribe' while researching early 20th century Mandala artists who also studied and practied the occult formally. Who knew?
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Proto-mandala abstract expressionist painting by Hilma af Klint, 1902, "Paintings for the Temple".

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 12d

Meanwhile in the center of the medallion, the treatment of the six-petaled rosette suggested playing with the textures and construction of stained glass windows. Base color is blocked in for the whole medallion, but making the glass glow is next.

Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 12d

The spirals on the medallion border will be built up to try and show a celadon-glaze bas relief tile effect using the sacred patterns of the sacred regalia of a high priestess, the Amber & Jet necklace. (https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/object/necklace-4/)

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 12d

Daily efforts continue on the next Mandala. Ugly happens before it gets good, but I have begun to feel a number of artistic questions beginning to suggest their own solutions, and a direction has emerged! #mandala #mandalaartist #wip

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 13d

Glimpse of the greater work in progress. Stay tuned this week for more WIP photos!

Screenshot of the magnolia petals being rendered in the center of the new mandala painting. View of the whole, screenshot taken from the Photoshop navigator showing the screen magnification area in red.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 13d

Magnolia petal treatment for the Medallion mounted on the obsidian slab underway. More to go before done, but I'm blocking in more than just the basic colors as I go.
#mandalaartist #mandalas #nycartist

Screenshot from Photoshop of a closeup on the ring of petals which form the outer ring of the central medallion of the mandala underway. Inspired by petals from the magnolia tree we used to have for 45 years in the front yard of the house where I grew up. Work in progress.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 14d

The rule is skip the details, limit yourself to a couple of minutes per thumbnail. But if you use textured brushes you can pull out scene that's quite loose, but could easily be used to paint from. Artist shorthand ftw... in sketches.

Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 14d

Finally remembered you have to work from background to foreground to get the atmospheric perspective correct. Still waking up, but starting to at least pull the distance sensations back in.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 14d

Had to remind myself of how to build these without getting bogged down in layers or details. Sorted it out after this one.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 14d

Began getting back to the Values Studies 1-minute sketches daily. It's been a while, but I found my way back to where I left off pretty quickly. All to help create depth and interest in scenes. These are fun.

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Adam Pacio @kierken.bsky.social · 16d

Finished the initial 'scratches' treatment for the outer ring on the Obsidian slab for my next Mandala. It will be good to finally start in on the more colorful elements. Although I did layer subtle planes of color in the slab as I went.
#mandala #artist #humanarts