Sunday 4 November 2012

Black, White & Gold Stripes

The Chocolate Baroque Zentangle Group Challenge for November is based around the concept of using stripes for the string. I thought I'd use a loose interpretation of the tangle Hollibaugh as the basis of my string & then fill the spaces created with Betweed.

This 'tile' is in my Moleskine sketchbook where I set out tangling the outline of a tile as usual but kept adapting as I went along because I didn't like what was emerging. Eventually I really had a mess but, remembering the Zentangle principle that nothing is a mistake, I was determined NOT to glue something over it but to adapt & overcome. So I filled in the whole of the tile shape using the 0.7 Letraset Fine Line Drawing Pen (the one that I mentioned smudges when combined with a Tombow Blender Pen), then tangled & coloured over it using white & gold Pentel K118 Hybrid Gel Grip Pens.

tangles: Betweed, Hollibaugh

10 comments:

Sally H said...

Beautiful! Love the gold and white against the black background

Miranda said...

Hi Paula, like this combi and Betweed is such a lovely pattern! Also your previous one is lovely with the colouring! warm greet Miranda

GinaA said...

Gosh Paula, to fill in the whole tile with your pen must have taken a while, you must be pleased with the outcome though, is looks stunning. I very much like the waved effect that you have created on the Hollibaugh tangle, it gives a lovely ripple effect and using Betweed complements this pattern so well, a very flowing, pleasing tile.

Aquarius said...

This is so dramatic - love it.

jackiescrafts said...

What a great outcome to your tile it must have taken you ages to fill in your tile with the black pen
I love this it's so striking with the gold and white on the black

Jackie x

Elizabeth Allan said...

Paula I am so glad you kept at the design! The effect is stunning and the combination of black, white and gold lends a fabulous richness to the pattern.

Kathryn said...

this is stunning x it has an african feel to it :) xxx

Alice said...

ooh! pretty! i love the gold, nicely done!

xxxtglxxx said...

White on black is so striking - this looks amazing, and was definately worth finishing! :)

hugs

xxalisonxx

craftimamma said...

This is a very dramatic design Paula. Excellent work.

Hugs
Lesley XX