Monday, August 17, 2015

Challenge #231 Undulating Tangles!

I had the opportunity and pleasure to take a class from Sharla Hicks at the last Tangle U. Although her main subject was using a pastel blue pencil she also reiterated the use of "enhancers" which I am not doing frequently enough. So I pulled out her class notes and looked them over.

I am a lover of any tangle that is circles or circle related. I didn't think I had a C or an S shape tangle that I loved. It did not take me long to think of Verve and realized I could make it curvy if i really tried.

As I am trying to catch up on many projects I started playing in my Tangle-A-Day-Calender. It has become my sketch book in a sense, as it is a great place to try things out and no one sees it unless you offer it up. I will offer it up today.


Things got curvier as I went along and I also tried out a couple of enhancers. I really liked the last one so decided to try a tile with weighted line enhancer. I might have gone overboard with the shading, but it was screaming out for it. I hate conflicts, so shading it got.


Thank you Sharla for a great challenge!



21 comments:

  1. These are marvelous. I love Verve and you did make it flow. I really like the aura and the shading as well!

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  2. Your shading is great, really brings out the undulating.

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  3. Oh I love your curviness! Nicely done.

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  4. Wow, both are lovely but the second one is stunning!!!!

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  5. Thank you for sharing the calendar and your developing the wavy patterns. Your finished Challenge tile was a revelation, showing how a small change has a big effect. Very nice.

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  6. I love your weighed lines verve :).

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  7. I also wanted to use Verve, but mine would never have been this good!

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  8. Great result! Never seen such a beautiful Verve!

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  9. I love that you pushed your tangle exploration to a curvier point! sharla

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  10. This is the most beautiful treatment of Verve ever! I love the weighted lines and how it really adds to the sense of movement. Thank you for this!

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  11. Like the curvy Verve. Like the shading as it added to the undulation.

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  12. Both are wonderful! Great variety of Verve!

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  13. I've said it before… you are the Verve Queen! Absolutely beautiful!

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  14. This is amazing! This 3D effect is brilliant!

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  15. Very nice! I love the added weight of the lines and the added tipple line. And, no, I don't think you over did the shading. Just right!

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  16. I love to shade but never think to vary my pen strokes! These are so lovely!!

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  17. Your curves are wonderful, but the thing that I think I like the most is the weighting of your lines. I find that very difficult to do, so I may have to dwell on yours for awhile and use it for a reference of how it's done. Lovely work!

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