more colours, joey#7 and diva#166
Here’s that watercolour background after doodling. I’m losing the point of the colour, I think, by doodling all over it as if it was plain card.
So next I tried deliberately using the watercolour circle(s) as a flower. Here on a small piece of card
and here on a larger piece.
And, lastly in today’s catch-up, a couple of challenges: #7 from madeByJoey which was to highlight the string (the layout lines) rather than absorbing them into the doodling as is usual.
and diva #166 which was to use a particular tangle, in this case, the one at the top right which doesn’t yet have a name. Mine turned into a reflection of Hokusai’s Great Wave, so I added the flower as Mt Fuji which, I think, has spoiled it.
[update] Thank you so much for such generous comments!
Wow, they are all amazing!! In your first piece you have two big leafs that are eyecatching!! I have been studying them to see what tangles you used to create them. Really different and beautiful!! Awesome work!! :0) Share Humanity
Thanks for your kind comments. The tangle you refer to is one of my faves and I have to _not use it every time_! It’s called link feather and its instructions are here http://alittlelime.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/garden-cows-flowers-and-feathers.html
Love the way you made the challenge piece look like an erector set!
Thank you – we call it meccano over here. As soon as I saw the tangle with no name, I thought of meccano so morphed them into each other.
I love the “Great Wave” in the original and your interpretation of it. And I don’t think that the flower spoils it at all. And one of these days I am going to learn how to do the water droplet magnifying effect you did on the tile for Joey’s challenge. That is impressive.
Thanks! I learned how to do the droplet from “One zentangle a day”; essentially you pencil the droplet shape and tangle all around it, then distort the tangle within the shape and add shading.
I wanted to let you know that your link didn’t work on my challenge but I was able to track you down from last week’s challenge. Your challenge pieces and your watercolour circles are simply stunning! I must try that watercolour technique. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your gorgeous work with us!
~ joey ~
From Steampunk gears transitioning to organics. Interesting!
Nice Tangles… all of them are talking loudly and wonderfully… GREAT work. Love, Light and Peace…Bonnie
All are beautiful. Your challenge piece is big fun.
So many wonderful pieces! All are beautiful and creative! Especially your challenge tile is great and original!
Wow, some great work here, Sal. I actually really like the watercolour backgrounds AND tangles all over them and do this myself now. The Diva Challenge is amazing and a really unique take on the new tangle. Axxx
Love what you’ve done here!
Wow! This is beautiful! This tangle also made me think about clockworks!