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Background
My Inspiration
Background
Michael Steele is a retired elementary school teacher and professional entertainer. His variety show for all ages features magic, yo-yo tricks, juggling, and music. He is also an after school tutor, helping students master basic academic skills. His recent foray into the fine art world has begun with colored pencils--creating Peaceful
Michael Steele is a retired elementary school teacher and professional entertainer. His variety show for all ages features magic, yo-yo tricks, juggling, and music. He is also an after school tutor, helping students master basic academic skills. His recent foray into the fine art world has begun with colored pencils--creating Peaceful Portals, hand-crafted meditative mandalas. They are suitable for sending as post cards or for framing. All 20 of his original UNCOLORED mandalas are also available as a coloring book.
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My Inspiration
Background
Michael's mandalas are crafted by hand using pencil, pen, ruler, and colored pencils. He generally begins in the center and works toward the outside, allowing the mandala to reveal itself gradually. After the line drawing is complete, he then chooses the combination of colors to color it in--also working from the center outward.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
I've always been drawn to symmetry, which elicits a feeling of calm, centered balance. As I get older I find that the ethos of "Less is More" applies to so many aspects of my life--music, cooking, writing, speaking, and now uncluttered geometric designs.