Tuesday 15 July 2014

Diva #176; New tangles and some colour fun.

Always good to have a new type of challenge. Amy Brady presents us with BYOB this week. Bring your own beverage! In other words, your zentangle needs to relate to a drink in some way or other.
I chose to simply dribble some coffe , which I was drinking at the time, onto a tile.  I allowed it to dry of course, then set about to create! I chose to use a red pen and two browns, which are red actually with black added. I worked only on the coffee stain, just veering from it now and again to give an 'airy' feel to it.  Then shaded with coloured pencil in circles, so the colouring itself contained shapes. The design had an organic feel to it as I worked it.  I enjoyed this new approach to a design as it did not have the "locked in" feel of working with a string. Thanks Amy!




NEW TANGLES: Mathura and Soleil.





Technique: Watercolour wash background, micron black #1 , coloured pencils

I am still having fun creating ZIAs for out Facebook swap, Here are some of my latest. These are along a different line to my last 'batch'. I have kept to a monochrome colour scheme and made the effect to be delicate as opposed to bright.





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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 July 2014 at 05:11

    Fun BYOB tile and two very lovely tangles to try! (Can't wait to do so) Your Zia's are stunning too!

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    1. Precious Worker17 July 2014 at 04:12

      Thanks Kate. I hope I get to see your work with the new tangles

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  2. Laura2616 July 2014 at 06:26

    Absolutely love you work! Thank you so much for the new tangles to try out! I added them to my "little book of tangles" so I don't forget them.

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  3. Jennifer Hohensteiner16 July 2014 at 11:55

    What a great organic tile you created. It's delightful. It has such a natural, beautiful flow to it. The idea to shade in circles works perfectly with it. It is bursting with personality.

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  4. Anne's tangle blog16 July 2014 at 14:10

    Very beautiful, the blue one is my favorite.

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  5. HeidiSue16 July 2014 at 22:58

    mmm, loving your use of leaflet in several of the tiles here. It goes ribbonlike in your challenge tile! Love it.

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  6. Annette P.-L. 17 July 2014 at 00:11

    Wonderful tiles! Especially I like the first one. Great new tangles, too!

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  7. Precious Worker17 July 2014 at 04:13

    Thanks everyone for your comments and encouragement

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  8. Tangles and More18 July 2014 at 11:01

    Very pretty tile. Like the combination of tangles to accent the stain. I like the tangle soleil. Is a nice addition to the organic patterns/tangles. Mathura looks similar to some of Sandy Bartholomew's work.

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  9. Diane Clancy19 July 2014 at 13:01

    Lovely job with the stain. I love your new tangles!! The image you created with them is stunning!! Really terrific! And it was fun to so your mono-color tangles!

    ~ Diane Clancy
    http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog/2014/07/diva-byob-spill-entry-challenge/

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  10. jeanchaneyaz19 July 2014 at 14:08

    These are so well done and I just LOVE the one with the watercolor background. It is just such a happy and bright piece. Nice new tangles too. We appreciate your sharing.

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  11. SuzyMosh2 February 2015 at 06:19

    I am in love with Mathura! Just used it as a new pattern to me this week. I had a question about where the name came from though...can you enlighten me please?

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