I'm so mad at myself!
I did some more of the rubber cement resist and was going to scan them in before tangling, as usual. My husband was surfing though, so I decided to watch a Watercolor tutorial DVD while waiting for PC time.
As I watched, the instructor was showing some compositional plans. Excitedly, I thought "oooh! Great strings for zentangles!" and I grabbed the nearest bleedthrumanades at hand. You got it. The new bleedthrumanades that I was saving to scan. I have an ability for singular focus. Memory, learning, and good sense pale before this focus. What I am concentrating on at the moment is all!
As I got the last string down, I realized what I'd done, and started kicking myself. At least I didn't cover up too much. I thought I'd share these with you before I tangle, since there seems to be interest in the method.
I used the Scottish Journal that a friend gave me. It's about 4.5" x 4.5" (11.4 cm x 11.4 cm), filled with handmade paper.
I did the wait an hour and then turned to page 5 and drizzled on the back.
After another hour, I opened the book to the first page.
Or I tried to, anyway. Yup. New learning experience!
Turns out that although the cement was dry enough, it still sticks to itself very easily. I think if I do this multi-page thing again, I'll need to slip something between pages.
So. Instead of getting something like a dull table knife that I could have used to try cutting through the cement, I chose to pry it apart. My Scottish journal has handmade paper that is sturdy, but a little soft. There was some tearing involved.
Fortunately, only a little shredding. You can see it on the right of Page 2. Buy hey! A little texture is a good thing. Right?
So the same thing occured with pages 3 & 4, but I'd thought of the knife thing by then, and it did a better job. There are a few rough areas, but no actual shredding. I'm no dummy. Right? Lol! I learn as I go. Sometimes I learn the same thing more than once, even.
I colored Page 1 with the non-bleedthru Big Brushes, and the other pages with the Letraset Promarkers, and very carefully, removed the cement on Pages 1-4. Page 5 hadn't stuck at all, since there was no other cement, so I rolled it off pretty quickly with no problem whatsoever.
Pages 1 &2 & 4 have only the white resist streaks. It's more dramatic with the Big Brush because the color is darker. Pages 3 & 5 have marbling in more than one color. Where I drizzle on the back, some color bleeds through from the front, but it's still lighter than the rest of the color.
Sorry about the strings, but maybe you'd like to use them. Feel free to copy these and tangle them if you wish. They are also available at my Flickr site Page 1, Page 2, Pages 3 &4, Page 5.
I did some more of the rubber cement resist and was going to scan them in before tangling, as usual. My husband was surfing though, so I decided to watch a Watercolor tutorial DVD while waiting for PC time.
As I watched, the instructor was showing some compositional plans. Excitedly, I thought "oooh! Great strings for zentangles!" and I grabbed the nearest bleedthrumanades at hand. You got it. The new bleedthrumanades that I was saving to scan. I have an ability for singular focus. Memory, learning, and good sense pale before this focus. What I am concentrating on at the moment is all!
As I got the last string down, I realized what I'd done, and started kicking myself. At least I didn't cover up too much. I thought I'd share these with you before I tangle, since there seems to be interest in the method.
I used the Scottish Journal that a friend gave me. It's about 4.5" x 4.5" (11.4 cm x 11.4 cm), filled with handmade paper.
Page 1 (left) isn't really a bleedthrumanade. This was the back of page I had already zentangled and I didn't want to mess that up, so I used Faber-Castell Big Brushes to color. I wouldn't be without my Big Brushes and Pitts, but for bleedthrumanades, I do prefer the Letraset Promarkers for the brilliance and transparency of the colors.
I drizzled the both Page 1 & Page 2 at the same time, propped the journal open, and let it set for about an hour. (I went off and did other things during these waits!)
After touching the rubber cement, and finding it tacky, but not actually sticking to my fingers, I turned the page and drizzled Page 3 & 4 at the same time.
After another hour, I opened the book to the first page.Or I tried to, anyway. Yup. New learning experience!
Turns out that although the cement was dry enough, it still sticks to itself very easily. I think if I do this multi-page thing again, I'll need to slip something between pages.
So. Instead of getting something like a dull table knife that I could have used to try cutting through the cement, I chose to pry it apart. My Scottish journal has handmade paper that is sturdy, but a little soft. There was some tearing involved.
Fortunately, only a little shredding. You can see it on the right of Page 2. Buy hey! A little texture is a good thing. Right?
So the same thing occured with pages 3 & 4, but I'd thought of the knife thing by then, and it did a better job. There are a few rough areas, but no actual shredding. I'm no dummy. Right? Lol! I learn as I go. Sometimes I learn the same thing more than once, even.
I colored Page 1 with the non-bleedthru Big Brushes, and the other pages with the Letraset Promarkers, and very carefully, removed the cement on Pages 1-4. Page 5 hadn't stuck at all, since there was no other cement, so I rolled it off pretty quickly with no problem whatsoever.
Pages 1 &2 & 4 have only the white resist streaks. It's more dramatic with the Big Brush because the color is darker. Pages 3 & 5 have marbling in more than one color. Where I drizzle on the back, some color bleeds through from the front, but it's still lighter than the rest of the color.
Sorry about the strings, but maybe you'd like to use them. Feel free to copy these and tangle them if you wish. They are also available at my Flickr site Page 1, Page 2, Pages 3 &4, Page 5.
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