Saturday, February 28, 2015

Challenge #206 Tangling with new tools

I must admit, I think I have to much on my plate as I am not getting to all the things I had planned for this long hard winter. I did not take into account that the simple task of walking the dog would become harder and take much longer in the winter muck. Driving to the store or even taking the train for errands takes up so much time in the winter snow and ice. I find I am starting to remove some things off my list but also have added "going to the gym" daily as a must do, so some good things are happening.

Our challenge this week is to use other tools then what we are used to for tangling. I believe it was at the Last Tangle U in Portland Maine that Marie Browning from Tombow had taught us to use black tiles with a stylus and colored pencils. I have not revisited that since so I thought it might be a good time to try it again. Color is always and issue for me, so I am not very pleased with the final result and the scan of this tile does not represent it's true colors, but I do believe the more I do the better I will get. Experiment and "grow my color muscle" so to speak.


The celtic knot was one borrowed from Jean Chamberlin Theurkauf's blog post on Celtic knots http://artofthetangle.com/celtic-knots-tangling-coloring/
And the background is printemps. Design was "drawn" on with a stylus then color with Irojiten pencils was added over it. You can see Marie's work HERE


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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    I think that you did great on this technique and that your color is well done. Thanks for the reminder on this one. I haven't used it since last year either and it really gives a nice look. The Celtic Knot is lovely.

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  2. ArtyZenFebruary 28, 2015 at 10:45 AM

    It is very elegant as is all of your work, Debra. I really love the muted shades - whether they are a true representation or not! The Celtic Knot really is super and I am going to give it a go myself just now.
    Axxx

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  3. Anne's tangle blogFebruary 28, 2015 at 2:37 PM

    I do love this tile, Debra. Celtic knots are so very beUtiful, and ..... so hard to make. You did a great job with it.

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  4. Tangles and MoreFebruary 28, 2015 at 8:20 PM

    Nice job. I did not attend Tangle U but my sister shared this with me and then I saw an explanation of it in her book. It has been a while since I tried it also. Does give some nice unique results.

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  5. ecsheltonMarch 1, 2015 at 12:38 AM

    Love the white highlights. Nicely done.

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  6. Annette P.-L. March 1, 2015 at 6:21 AM

    Wonderful zendala with fine colours!

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  7. AnnetMarch 1, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    This looks great, it's a pretty colour combo!

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