I was not feeling good yesterday! Some nasty bug going around, but I’ll talk more about that on Friday. I mention it today because it is why I have not yet done a tile for the Diva Challenge or any of my focuses but that does not mean that I have nothing to share today.
I had fun with the Shading Zentangle challenge last week and did a second tile and took a few pictures in progress. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I did enjoy drawing Nia Kay by Erika Kehlet which can be found over on Pattern-collections.com. It’s a rather high focus pattern though but fun. I like the outcome, especially if the center is blackened in rather than how I did it here coloring half blue and the other half green but it’s okay here.
I added some of Eni called Arc Flower and some Joki without the printemps spiral at the base. I just really played around with different strokes rather than any real patterns other than Nia Kay.
OH! I got some Bristol vellum paper for Christmas. I cut a sheet into 3.5″x3.5″squares and used one for this. It was really easy to spread the ink color around on this paper! So if any of you struggled last week, I really recommend that paper.
So, here is the line art. I just took the first two with my phone’s camera, as I didn’t feel like getting up and down taking scans.
I kept turning the tile as I drew it.
I forgot to take any more pictures until I was done coloring it.
Odd how the purple looks redder in real life. Oh well! I had this on the scanner, thinking I was finished and remembered that I needed to add the white bits.
I’m hoping that I will be up to doing a tile for the Diva Challenge and Square One: Purely Zentangle focus later today.
Yay, I managed to do the Diva Challenge and the Square One: Purely Zentangle and Shading Zentangle focus! However I forgot to take a scan before shading it.
I wanted Hammadox overlapping Neuron. Hammadox reminds me of Showgirl but it was easier to draw right off than when I first attempted Showgirl. However, it is possible that it was easier because I had done Showgirl.
Neuron seems like it should be easy but I have difficulty with random, so I struggled a bit with it. I was going for a net-like structure under and below Hammadox but it grew into something else. At first I had minimal shading on it and thought I was done and then I saw a couple of lines that could be shaded, so I shaded those. And one line led to another and I had added some shading to most of them.
I did this tile on the Bristol Vellum but I have to admit that I did not like shading on it. I’ve learned to shade on other mixed media tiles and I prefer it. I guess every paper has its purpose.
Thanks for all the sweet comments last week! Y’all are sooo encouraging!
Until next time, God bless,
Michele ºÜº
So fun to see the progress in the first tile from start to finish. Thanks for sharing those. I really like your diva challenge tile too.
I really ike your water colour tiles and the way you showed the process. I’m also glad you are feeling better and I hope it stays that way. I think your Diva tile works really well with the neuron backgrounds, it sort of floats…
Awesome Hamadox
Enjoy seeing pictures that show how the tile progressed. Shows how some simple things can have a dramatic effect. Like the bold colors in the first. Think that Neuron makes a great background. I understand about the shading. I usually find that if I put it aside for a while and look at it again, my perspective of it is not as critical. I think it turned out well.
All so beautiful, like the line art!
i like your tile with Hamadox. Beautiful composition full of smoothness !
Gorgeous color work, and your Hamadox looks particularly nice with the Neuron as a backdrop!
Terrific Hamadox! Fantastic shading! Great job with your colouring!
Both tiles are lovely! Fun to see your progression on the watercolor tile. Hamadox overlapping neuron was a great combination of tangles. Very nice!