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I smudged this tile first with grey pencil crayons (cloudy
smudging tutorial here). Then I did the final in my piece in my Trelina
training.I think I’ve got it down now,
and figure I’ll be using it quite a lot in future projects. Thanks again to Eni
Oken for her amazing pattern(s) and all of the wonderful things she does for the tangling and
doodling community.
There is no before pic, because as you can see, my camera
was being used to record the video below.Hope you enjoy!
There are a bunch of techniques for creating interesting
backgrounds for zentangles and doodles.Watercolors, distress inks, etc.Here’s a really cheap and easy way to make a funky background. I got the idea from my grade 8 art teacher, it's one of the few things I remember from that class. Turns out it came to good use many (many, many, many,) years later.
All you need is:
A tile
or piece of paper
A
cheap pair of scissors
Cheap
pencil crayons (in the video I used crayola, not using my prismacolors for
this)
Tissue
Use the scissors to grate the nib of the pencil crayon onto
your tile.When you have a nice little
pile of shavings, use the tissue to color the tile.I cover my index finger with a good wad of
the tissue and use circular motions to cloud up the tile.
You can use the tile right away to tangle or doodle on.
TIP:My best tip with
this method is to use the colors you clouded your tile with to shade and color
your final piece.
Here’s a finished tile I did with the Trelina pattern and
Skye.
Enjoy the video, I hope it gives you some ideas to create!
