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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Dot Painting

A friend of mine introduced me to dot painting recently. Making a  mandala out of dots is extremely fun and therapeutic. It really helps you to relax the mind and soul.

I thought it would be fun to try out the technique on my cookies.

Warning!  All that dotting really is addictive and I'm now seriously dotty about this art form!


Dotting the cookies was wonderfully cathartic.

It's probably easier to work with acrylic paints and dotting tools. With icing, it's hard to 'paint' uniform dots. The beauty of a dot mandala lies in the uniformly sized and perfectly aligned dots that form the fractals. I can't even get my dots to be perfectly round! Hence the haphazard, kindergarten-ish look of my cookies!

"The mandala is a template for the mind, a state of peace and order, a resolution to the chaos within."    Carl Jung

A dot mandala tutorial by my favourite artist Kristin Uhrig. Isn't she amazing!



Watching Kristin's tutorials is incredibly soothing!

Go put on some relaxing music, pour yourself a glass of wine and let your creative juices flow!

Keep Calm and Carry On Linking Sunday

27 comments:

  1. The finished project is so amazing! I can see how it can be addictive and soothing at the same time.

    betty

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  2. WOW! That is beautiful! And you are right...very soothing and relaxing. I am not sure it would be soothing for me to make one...but I liked watching it. I imagine me dropping my brush and smearing the whole darn thing! Hahaha!

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  3. I like how the dots vary. They are different sizes and color. How cool! I've seen some decorated as cacti and succulents to put together in a display. Love them!

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  4. I think your cookies turned out very well. Wow. I too think this would be a fun thing to do.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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  5. Oh wow they look beautiful

    http://www.henatayeb.blogspot.com

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  6. I love the vibrant colours#anythinggoes@_karendennis

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  7. So pretty! I bet my grandkids would love doing this with me.

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  8. Mesmerizing. Reminds me of the Slavic painted eggs.
    Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/11/preparing-for-winter.html

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  9. Brilliant cookies so artistic I hope your not too dotty about but at least you admit it heheh!

    Have a dottytastic week -)

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  10. look amazing … I might try later.
    have a great day

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  11. Waaah mba..it's so pretty! I would love to try it myself. I actually love drawing and crafting but never have enough time to do so :(

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  12. Love the finished look but I'm not always coordinated and could just see the mess I'd make!

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  13. You do have a cookie art talent, and now you've added a new realm to it. :)

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  14. What a unique idea! I'll take one dozen please! They look absolutely yummy!!! I'm definitely going to show these to my daughter. She's the baker of the family & I'm the cook. ~hehehe~ Great idea my friend and I know they tasted great! Thanks for sharing!

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  15. This is amazing not kindergarten-y at all! Looks like a fun painting technique to try. A while back I tried some dot painting on stones but used nail varnish pens (because that is what I already had) and they turned out pretty cute.

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  16. Brilliant very nice job beautiful
    Keep it up thank you
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  17. What a unique idea! I'll take one dozen please! They look absolutely yummy!!! I'm definitely going to show these to my daughter. She's the baker of the family & I'm the cook. ~hehehe~ Great idea my friend and I know they tasted great! Thanks for sharing!
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  18. Very nice. I enjoy all the colors and the patterns.

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  19. What an absolutely beautiful art form! I think even I could accomplish something less than messy. #GlobalBlogging

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  20. Wow, they look amazing! I love painting stones, and do a lot of dot painting - you're right, it is so therapeutic and relaxing. However, I would never have thought of doing it on cookies - they look amazing! Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time.

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  21. These are beautiful. My daughter is the artistic one in our house so I am going to share this with her. #KCACOLS

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  22. Those cookies are so beautiful it doesn't seem right to eat them! They are more a work of art than food - stunning! #KCACOLS

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  23. Are these cookies to eat? They look too good! #KCACOLS

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  24. These are so pretty. What a lovely way to spend some time. As you say, so therapeutic. #KCACOLS

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