This post is short, but kids and work await. I hope that you have a great week! Happy 4th to American readers and a belated Canada Day to my friends to the north. Thanks for stopping by!
Showing posts with label ZIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ZIA. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Tippel Challenge
There is a monotangle challenge this week at I Am the Diva. The challenge is to use tipple and only tipple. As I am currently working my way through some stencils, more on that in a later post, I wanted to work on a ZIA using the idea of this week's challenge.
I used my fish stencil, and not really sure what fish it is, I searched out the silhouette on google and I think that it is an Angel fish. I went with the markings of a French Angel fish. I used green and purple for the fish and blue and blue/black for the water. It may seem like a test for color blindness, but I think it works.
This post is short, but kids and work await. I hope that you have a great week! Happy 4th to American readers and a belated Canada Day to my friends to the north. Thanks for stopping by!
This post is short, but kids and work await. I hope that you have a great week! Happy 4th to American readers and a belated Canada Day to my friends to the north. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Labyrinth Tangle
I was so excited to see this week's challenge over at The Diva. The challenge is to use a labyrinth as the string. I was excited am I have had this idea kicking around in the back of my mind but I haven't pulled it out.
The challenge gave me just what I needed to pull it out. While Laura gave us instructions to draw our own, I found a layout online and traced it onto some grey paper. I love the look of a labyrinth, it is so graphic. But at the same time, as the designs are so often in gardens, I didn't want to go graphic but wanted it to have a more natural feel to it. I drew in brown ink for the basic out line and then used a micron to draw Betweed in the spaces. I "walked" this labyrinth several times while making this piece. First to draw it, then to draw Betweed, then to embellish the design and then finally to shade.
There are some great labyrinth paths on line and I think that I will have to check them out and see what else I can come up with. Drawing my own would also be a great place to start and see what I can come up with.
Last week Ginny Stiles asked me to show her my dip pens that I use. I was unable to figure out how to load a photo in the comments so I am posting a photo here. The pens in the image are the three that I use most often. The brown with the gold nib is one that I can change out the nibs on. I use my pen for drawing and not calligraphy, so I keep the nib to one that makes a thinner line. There are those that can make a thick line but I haven't used them much. All I can say about working with a dip pen is practice. It takes a light touch and dipping in the ink often to keep the line the same. I am by no means an expert. I have made many mistakes and am really just making it up as I go. My favorite ink is Winsor and Newton drawing ink. It mixes easy and has great color saturation. I just have an initial set but there are tons of colors. Anyway, I hope that seeing the pens help Ginny.
The challenge gave me just what I needed to pull it out. While Laura gave us instructions to draw our own, I found a layout online and traced it onto some grey paper. I love the look of a labyrinth, it is so graphic. But at the same time, as the designs are so often in gardens, I didn't want to go graphic but wanted it to have a more natural feel to it. I drew in brown ink for the basic out line and then used a micron to draw Betweed in the spaces. I "walked" this labyrinth several times while making this piece. First to draw it, then to draw Betweed, then to embellish the design and then finally to shade.There are some great labyrinth paths on line and I think that I will have to check them out and see what else I can come up with. Drawing my own would also be a great place to start and see what I can come up with.
Last week Ginny Stiles asked me to show her my dip pens that I use. I was unable to figure out how to load a photo in the comments so I am posting a photo here. The pens in the image are the three that I use most often. The brown with the gold nib is one that I can change out the nibs on. I use my pen for drawing and not calligraphy, so I keep the nib to one that makes a thinner line. There are those that can make a thick line but I haven't used them much. All I can say about working with a dip pen is practice. It takes a light touch and dipping in the ink often to keep the line the same. I am by no means an expert. I have made many mistakes and am really just making it up as I go. My favorite ink is Winsor and Newton drawing ink. It mixes easy and has great color saturation. I just have an initial set but there are tons of colors. Anyway, I hope that seeing the pens help Ginny.
Have a great week everyone! Thanks for taking a look and for your wonderful comments.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Hollins Butterfly
This year is my 20th college reunion! Where did the time go? I swear that I still feel 21 on the inside!
I attended Hollins College (now University) in Roanoke, VA. It is a small, liberal arts college for women. The campus sits near the base of Tinker Mountain (where Tinker Tangles takes it's name.) and I am so grateful for my time there. There are many activities during reunion weekend. Mini classes, dinners, cocktails, tours of campus and enjoying the great Visual Arts center. The official kickoff is on the Saturday of reunion, when there is a parade of classes. One of my former classmates asked me to help with a theme for our class. The first thing that popped into my head was butterfly wings. Why? Who knows. But I figured that we could wear wings in the colors of the school and they could symbolize the wings that we have used to carry us these 20 years we have been away. Plus, everyone loves Butterflies. I hope so anyway.
Another dear friend asked me if I could make a tshirt for us to wear and if I would create a zentangle to put on it. Well, I said that I would give it the "old college try" (heh, heh). This is the image I came up with.
Using the school colors of green and gold (or yellow here), I created this. I drew with a green micron and colored in with a yellow tombow marker. I also did a few highlights with a yellow sakura gel pen.
Now that I had the drawing done, the real test was to see if I could set up a place on zazzle to make them available to my classmates to buy. You can even get one here if you'd like. There are some that say reunion on them and some that are just the butterfly.
I have to say that I am pleased with how they came out. The design looks best on a white shirt, but I also got it on yellow and I think it looks great.
Happy 20th Reunion to my fellow alumnae!
I attended Hollins College (now University) in Roanoke, VA. It is a small, liberal arts college for women. The campus sits near the base of Tinker Mountain (where Tinker Tangles takes it's name.) and I am so grateful for my time there. There are many activities during reunion weekend. Mini classes, dinners, cocktails, tours of campus and enjoying the great Visual Arts center. The official kickoff is on the Saturday of reunion, when there is a parade of classes. One of my former classmates asked me to help with a theme for our class. The first thing that popped into my head was butterfly wings. Why? Who knows. But I figured that we could wear wings in the colors of the school and they could symbolize the wings that we have used to carry us these 20 years we have been away. Plus, everyone loves Butterflies. I hope so anyway.
Another dear friend asked me if I could make a tshirt for us to wear and if I would create a zentangle to put on it. Well, I said that I would give it the "old college try" (heh, heh). This is the image I came up with.
Now that I had the drawing done, the real test was to see if I could set up a place on zazzle to make them available to my classmates to buy. You can even get one here if you'd like. There are some that say reunion on them and some that are just the butterfly.
I have to say that I am pleased with how they came out. The design looks best on a white shirt, but I also got it on yellow and I think it looks great.
Happy 20th Reunion to my fellow alumnae!