It's been brought to our attention that we have been remiss in sharing some of the sample cards that have been going out to the stores, and cards that we taught in classes from the past couple of months. Guess we had "summeritus" cause when summer finally came to the Pacific Northwest it was pretty tough not to get distracted! And while we are now in the midst of a glorious Indian Summer we will do our best to be a bit more timely with sharing. So without further adieu....
This color waterfall above was created by drawing quick short strokes of overlapping color on a white Twinchie Square and then dabbing water with a brushpen. If you haven't used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks they are fabulous. We used quinacridone violet, quinacridone red, opera pink and hansa yellow medium. (don't be tempted to overwork it)
One of these days we are going to have to take an official Zentangle class! In the meantime we tinker with our pens, and whether replicating an official Zentangle pattern, like Antidot (above), or just doodling random patterns, using gold and silver Uniball Gel Impact pens on a black Twinchie Square make it really easy. (a great resource for a cataloging of Zentangle patterns can be found at http://tanglepatterns.com/2012/09/how-to-tangle-a-pumpkin.html)
A total experiment...this one. We hand colored this batik birds stamp from Memory Box with three different colors of Tombo Dual Brush Pens from the Jelly Bean set (purple 606, aqua 452 and green 173). After coloring the stamp with the pens, we moistened it with a big breath, and stamped onto a white Twinchie Square. To 'soften' out the colors we then went back in and gently dabbed with a water brush pen to blend...just a tad.
Be sure and check back...we have oodles more things to share...