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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!
Okay, so I think I might be starting to actually get the
hang of this tangle.Here I wanted to go
with a few of them in one piece, and play around with the pattern; a sure sign
of getting into the flow of things.
I decided to try my second attempt at Eni Oken’s Trelina
Zentangle pattern with sepia copic markers.I tried to match it as best I could with for the shading with a coloured
pencil.I still don’t have the hang of
this pattern yet, but slowly and surely I’m getting there.
Before shading
After Shading… I have a long way to go with this pattern…
I’ve been zentangle-absent for the summer, taking advantage
of the nice weather as much as possible before the brutal winter hits my little
Canadian town.I’ve been working sporadically
on a larger piece in my downtime which I’m looking forward to share upon its
completion.
In the meantime, I’d been admiring the Trelina Zentangle
work of other zentanglers on the Shading Zentangle facebook page.Thank you Eni Oken! Admiring them so much, I
just had to give it a try.Boy oh boy,
was it ever a whole lot more difficult than I expected it to be.
I haven’t gotten the hang of yet, not quite.But below is my first attempt.I didn’t stop to take a before pic, because I
was struggling so much with getting the pattern down.I’ll be working on getting the hang of this
until I do. I'm predicting plenty more attempt-posts to
come!
