The Diva's Challenge is to use a spiral as your string.
This past week saw the introduction of 2 new patterns, both of which I like a lot, and both of which I thought would lend themselves well to a spiral form.
The first is Ansu, by CZT Lori Manoogian,
which I added to this dual spiral, with a tangleation of Flux for the other arm of the spiral:
This past week saw the introduction of 2 new patterns, both of which I like a lot, and both of which I thought would lend themselves well to a spiral form.
The first is Ansu, by CZT Lori Manoogian,
which I added to this dual spiral, with a tangleation of Flux for the other arm of the spiral:
I thought it looked good, but needed something; either color, or shading. My first try at color was using
Derwent's Inktense Pencils.
Derwent's Inktense Pencils.
I like the color, but it was a little messy on the paper I was using. So I tried my Prismacolor pencils;
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not so messy, but they didn't do so well on the textured paper I was using. Although the overall effect is not bad.
Then I tried some shading; this effect is also not bad. The main thing is that I was right about Ansu working well as a spiral. I really like it. I just don't know which version I like best.
By the time I finished (I didn't get a chance to work on it till today) there wasn't much time to spend on the other new pattern: Pax, by Christine Reyes. But I thought that if, instead of reversing the direction of each row, as in this example:
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you continue in the same direction, it would be a spiral.
And it works. I didn't have time to work up a more elaborate tile, but you get the idea.
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Let me know what you think.
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Have a wonderful day; see you all next time.
Have a wonderful day; see you all next time.
Wonderful work, Audrie. I like that you used the new tangles and managed to get them into a spiral. I think I like the plain black and white with shading best. You could go back to the Inktense and purposely let those colors flow or add a light purple shading around the edges blend too. That could be interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean. I also think I like the shaded black and white best. But I'm going to try the Inktense on watercolor paper and see how that turns out.
DeleteLovely Audrie! I really like the white space you've left in these, gives them such a beautiful pared back look. Wonderful uses of the new patterns, too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Helen. I'm delighted that you like them. I haven't had much chance to check out everyone else's yet. But the ones I have seen don't have much white space. Except perhaps for yours.
DeleteLike Jean and Helen I like the black and white one best. Thanks for showing these new tangles.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Annemarie. And you're welcome for the new tangles. I especially like Ansu.
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