If you can label days as either
hit or
miss; my last 2 days have certainly been
misses... at least as far as my attempts at
The Bright Owl's Zendala Dare # 80 have been concerned.
I'm just... not very happy with how anything turned out. I forced myself to finish each of these because I have a tendency to want to just trash things once I feel the first inkling that they are starting to go
wrong. Everyone wants their visions to turn out perfectly on the page, I'm no different. But there are bits & pieces of each of the following that I do like. & we can't get any better if we can't accept our mistakes & either learn from them or just plain move forward. I was going to keep going at Dare #80 until I had something I was satisfied with, but I'm fairly certain it's the template that I'm finding so challenging. My head just isn't wrapping around it!
so here goes nothin'!!!
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| tangles used: hollibaugh, kandy snake, poke leaf, poke root |
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| tangles used: decomonds |
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| tangles used: ona |
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I've also had an issue of just being
messy... wobbly lines, not staying inside the lines when I applied color, and being super smudgy on everything! I
hate smudges!!
In other news, I turned 33 on the 9th. I'll be celebrating with my family on the 23rd - everyone has been super busy - but that's fine with me! I'm blessed to be able to gather with all my loved ones whatever chance I get. SO, I got to have this past weekend entirely for myself, & I gotta say, it was awesome. I took a couple naps, went & had brunch both mornings with a book (most people think it's weird to go out to eat by themselves, but I enjoy it wholeheartedly,) but the BEST part was having tons of free time to
PLAY!!!!
Here's a sampling of my experimenting:
First - colored pencils. I bought this 75th anniversary set of Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils, & I've gotta say, I will never use another colored pencil AGAIN.
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| Prismacolor Premier Soft Core Colored Pencils - 75th Anniversary Set |
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Here are 2 pages from my sketchbook from my colored pencil playtime
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| blending fun in greens & yellows |
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| blending fun in blues & purples |
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The quality of these pencils is so amazing it's almost absurd. The set came with both blending pencils & blending markers. I could just sit around all day & fill page after page with just color & blender.
I've also been having quite the love affair with Derwent Inktense Pencils for quite some time now. The intensity of color you can get with them is ridiculous! Often, when I can't think of something specific to draw or paint, I'll just play with my initials.
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| initial fun with Derwent Inktense Pencils |
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Well, that's all I've got for now. This week's
Diva's Challenge #144 is already floating around inside my head... & I LOVE DRAWING BUGS!, so this is going to be fun!
