For Laura Harms Weekly Challenge #9-Using the Artoo tangle I started with a fairly simple drawing that isn't much along my usual style. I wasn't sure what color I should use around the Nzeppel, so I stopped and moved on to a second attempt.
As the 2nd attempt started taking on a nighttime in the woods I decided to try and give the Artoo tangle a 'glow'. See, I've sat in the hospital all night long with my mother, and I know that when Laura was creating this tangle, she wasn't just tangling. She was investing every ounce of her being with thoughts and prayers of healing for Artoo. I don't think I succeeded, but I was trying to convey a lights guiding the way through the wood effect.
Then I went back to attempt 1, and, strangely, for me, decided to leave it alone. I think it's because I felt attempt 2 was so busy that the simplicity appealed to me as a change.
As always....I love how you put pen to paper and come up with a great design!
ReplyDeleteI love the multi toned artoo in the second one! It looks so much like a flower bud, rather than a leaf. Very lovely.
ReplyDeletetwo separate identities; both have their wonderful unique qualities. I am especially taken with the second/busy one and the rush of colours, the ruche' effect around the outside, and the bare tree in the background on the left behind artoo; wow this is beautiful. What is the second pattern in the purple strip; rather like a periwinkle?
ReplyDeleteOk, this is my second go at a comment as my computer keeps dropping off the air !! grr a real drawback of living in the country :) anyway enough rambling now, the tangles look great, I love the second one especially, the border is wonderful and the purple behind the yellow Artoo's give such depth, fabulous and inspiring as usual :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I do love your use of color, in both of them. I do prefer the second one, but that is only because I am so hungry for color just now.
ReplyDeleteWhat medium did you use? Colored pencils or magic markers or . . .??
BTW, on my computer, your blog background is a solid black.
Sandra you have definitely achieved light in the woods, the colours are superb!
ReplyDeleteThank you all! Carole, I think the pattern you are asking about is the Nzeppel variation from the new "Time to Tangle with Color" book. You draw a grid, make a box in each grid, and then draw Nzeppel in each box.
ReplyDeleteRhani! I've been having PC problems too. I keep losing my connection to the internet and have to reset my winsock. Not sure what a winsock is--just how to reset it, lol! That's what I was doing this afternoon.
Bryd. Drat. I've been trying to come up with a neutral background that doesn't fight my colored work, but it never seems to work. Hopefully Blogger will come up with a better template designer, because I don't like any of the current choices. I used Staedtler Triplus fineliners, Stabilio fine points, Micron pigmas, and Sakuro white gel pen to burnish and lighten.
WOW – I love them both. Can´t decide which one I love more… They are special each in its own way.
ReplyDeleteYour coloring is fantastic! Oh now I see what it looks like (at least to me!): It´s night & day of ARTOO.
Gorgeous.
The second one is definitely a magical fantasy forest... I'm going to disappear off into the back left panel there and go for a wander. See ya! :)
ReplyDeleteWhispering our lives are colored with beauty and light
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colour work!
ReplyDeleteFantastic. The colours are stunning!
ReplyDeleteLove them both and the colors are wonderful.The second is my favorite, the woods in the background are lovely and the glowing Artoos draw me in.
ReplyDeleteJust Wonderful!!! I love the color you used for Artoo - it just makes the tangle jump out - beautiful!
ReplyDeletethese are GREAT! Thank you for sharing--I love your colorations@!
ReplyDeletejust gorgeous!
ReplyDeletestunning!
ReplyDeletei just absolutely love the tree in the background of the second one (i almost had a full sleeve tattoo done in a tree pattern... well, maybe i still will one day...)