OK - this week's
Diva Challenge #142 was to step outside of our comfort zones & into the
DANGER ZONE.
I thought long & hard about the kinds of things I avoid, or don't like doing. I made a list:
* I never really use organic, non-repetitive/tight patterned tangles
* I don't
like to use only b&w/gray scale
* I have a hard time using strings
* I generally like to work with paper or board cut in perfect squares
* I find it difficult to throw symmetry out the window.
* I always sketch, sketch & re-sketch new tangles I'm learning before I ever put them down on paper
* I can always find a use for a ruler, compass & protractor - which is a Zentangle No-No.
I could go on further, but instead I'll just show you what I came up with.
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| tangles used: fern, zinger, decostar (modified into flower) |
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This first one is much looser & organic than anything I think I've done before. I did this in gray-scale. Both fern & zinger are tangles I've never used. I also have a tendency to not tangle with flowers at all (don't get me wrong, I can draw flowers for days - it's my favorite subject in any medium or style... but for some reason I just don't tangle with them.)
next up:
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| tangles used: kandy ribnz, clothesline, fescu, por-fin, yew-dee, frillee, drack, asian fans, thumbprintz |
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First off - the paper. This is a marbling that I did a few months back when experimenting with Mr. Sketch Scented Water Color Markers. I know you all remember these things from when you were little. I saw them in the store one day & snatched them up out of pure nostalgia. Second, it's all done with black micron's. Third (& most importantly,) each of these tangles are ones I've never even attempted before (excluding clothesline). I didn't try them out in my sketch book on grids, I didn't use a pencil, ruler, compass, etc. to lay them out, & I started with a freehand string that I outlined in thick black lines to accentuate the use of the strings. I really jumped in head first, & you know what, I really enjoyed doing this. PLUS, it didn't turn out half bad!
I'd love to hear any comments, suggestions, criticisms... or anything else any of you'd like to say.
Have a happy, safe, & spooky Halloween! I'll see you all once I'm done stuffing all the goblins back in the closet!
