I was pondering over my unsuccessful hunt for a stamp with a large open flower image when I remembered my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die. I found that the largest flower is the perfect size for a Zentangle tile so I've die-cut myself a cardboard template to draw round. It's proved perfect for the rest of my colouring exercises.
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| Tombow Markers Direct to Paper Watercolouring tangles: Jetties, Trentwith, Vernazz, W2 complimentary colours on Daler-Rowney Langton 300gsm Hot Pressed Extra Smooth watercolour paper Sakura Stardust gel pen used for petals & flower-centre outlines plus flower-centre accents |
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| Tombow Glue Pen Resist tangles: Crescent Moon, Hollibaugh, Knightsbridge, Tipple monochromo colours on Daler-Rowney Langton 300gsm Hot Pressed Extra Smooth watercolour paper Tombow Markers direct to paper watercolouring & Sakura Stardust gel pen for outlines |
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| Black Cardstock tangle: Tripoli tangled using Sakura Moonlight gel pens |
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| Coloured Pens & Coloured Pencils tangle: Nzepple monotangle on Daler-Rowney Langton 300gsm Hot Pressed Extra Smooth watercolour paper coloured Pigma Micron tangles, Sakura Stardust gel pen outlines & Faber-Castell Polychromos shading |
As I said (in my previous post) colour introduces a very different aspect into tangling & it's certainly one that I wish to explore further. I'm quite drawn to the idea of monochrome tiles like my final one where shading is carried out using a coloured pencil & a dry paper stump - in fact this is also my tile for the current Chocolate Baroque Zentangle Group's Monotangle challenge.
10 comments:
Using that die to draw a flower was a brilliant idea and one I must try to remember. That was a good course was it not with plenty of learning involved.
Hi Paula, indeed a great and clever idea to use the die for this! Great coloured tangles, especially the first one with the bright and vibrant colours!When I see those tangles my fingers are itching but have to be patient, maybe with new coming stamps......warm greet Miranda
What a great idea to make a stencil for your coloured tangles. They are all lovely I wouldn't like to choose a favourite
Jackie x
Wow Paula, these are awesome. The green is especially spectacular!
Gill x
So clever to create a template from a die, the different effects really change the appearance of the flower.
Great idea & I love the finished pieces.
Amazing how each tile looks so different from the others, I would never have guessed that you used the same template. I ended up counting the petals just to make sure. My favourite is the Glue pen resist, which has the green/blue colours with the white gel pen for the tangles. The deep edges separate the tangles but also bring the whole thing together in the defined flower shape.
The black card stock with Tripoli is also fascinating with the centre looking very dimensional while the 'yellow' dots jump out of the page.
I have been away for the weekend again so no time to craft! Won't have time to do anything this week either. Oh well at least I can look at what everyone else has been up to.
Something else that you used some great initiative on to get round your problem :) I have that die! :D
I like the 3rd one down the best - might be because of the black background, but my eye rested on that one for ages :)
hugs
xxalisonxx
wow!! These are wonderful. Love the cool blues and the neon blues too. They all look so different.
so many different looks - i love them all! (but especially that first one :))
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