Creating Hand Painted Mandalas on 6" Wood rounds

In this intermediate workshop, you'll learn to prepare and mark the round for dot painting success.  We'd like to introduce you to the 6" wood round.  You will begin dot painting your project and get as far as you can with it (maybe even finish it).   After you've completed some of these at home, you can move up to any size you like !   Experience Zen in the modality of Dot Art Mandala painting! If you have ever wanted to learn mandala techniques, this workshop is for you! We will cover a brief history of this ancient Buddhist art form as well as how to tap into your deepest bliss, while we cover the techniques of painting mandala dot art (Mandala means “Circle” In Sanskrit). Come as you are and experience the marvel that is mandala art.

Alyson Therrien Bio

Alyson Therrien is a Southcoast artist who has been drawing and painting since she was a child. She is also a writer and reiki master who creates mandala art using found beach stones, plaster, paper, ornaments, and virtually any decorative object. Her body of work also includes photography, architectural illustration, and works in acrylics, pastel, and watercolor.  A Fairhaven, Massachusetts native, Alyson received her Architecture degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and has practiced design and construction in Boston and D.C. for nearly 25 years.  She currently creates and writes from her New Bedford home studios. 

Have your GPS take you to 101 West Rodney French Blvd. in New Bedford.  Once there, please park on the end of the building AWAY from the main entrance.  You'll see an ORANGE door that says Mattress Handup...enter there and go up the stairs.  At the top of the stairs...follow small yellow signs for NBACE.  We're right around the corner behind the mural  !!