Final Akoya Zentangle (for now)

Final Akoya Zentangle

 

akoya zentangle shaded

This is my final akoya zentangle attempt.  I gotta say, I never did quite get the hang of it.  The swirls between the pearls were constantly a problem for me. Regardless, it was a fun tangle to play around with and I’ll probably use it again for strings or lines between tangles or frames. 

 I really need to figure out how to shade ribbon properly too.

Anyhoo, here are the before and after pics.

Peachy Akoya Zentangle

Peachy Akoya



Peachy Akoya Zentangle

I’m still practicing the Akoya Zentangle, I still haven’t quite gotten it down to the point of it being automatic. So with this piece I just started with a cross section of akoya.  Then I added some spheres, then some lines, then more lines and somehow or other it turned itself into this peach like looking thing.  It wasn’t at all the plan, and the color came from getting a bit of bbq sauce on the tile, so I needed to cover that up – end results? Peachy goodness!

Shattuck and Akoya Double the Challenge

Double the Challenge/Double the Fun

Another double challenge, with Eni Oken’s shading zentangle challenge of Akoya and The Diva’s monotangle Shattuck.  Okay so I’m not sure if it’s considered a monotangle since I used another tangle within the tangle, but I’m going to go with yes, it is. I debated with myself considerably over this.  There was arguing, some thrown dishes and thrown words, a bit of hair-pulling and the nothing for a while during which time I gave myself the silent treatment.  Eventually though, I succumbed and agreed with myself that yes, this was still a monotangle.

That being said, I'm still not completely happy with either of the tangles here.  Akoya is proving to be more difficult than I expected (and this is my second one) and I was hoping for more depth with the shading on the shattuck. Still... it was a fun piece 'til the fight broke out.



shattuck and akoya zentangle

So as you can see, it was challenging challenge.  But alas, here is the end result.  (In all that bickering I forgot to take a before shot)

Trying my hand at Akoya Zentangle

Trying my hand at Akoya Zentangle

Akoya Zentangle Shaded

 This is my first attempt at Akoya, and boy-oh-boy it was not as simply as it seemed! You can tell the middle strand was the first one, as the other two seem to come together a bit better.  I don’t think I’ll do them with the pearls in the middle again, maybe some other design.  I think if I left it untouched it would give the a similar effect as Yuma.  Here are the steps it took me to get to the end result