It
was more challenging to work with than the trusty Micron 01 - a
thicker line, a pen keen to roll away with me, and ink that needs a
few minutes to dry. I made good use of the drying time (see my
fellow post) and even the little places where the ink flicked as I
lifted the pen have their own charm - see those little flecks inside
some of the Tipples!
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I
kept the tangles fairly simple and avoided ones where the lines
touched too much. The usual nudging of 'nzeppel wasn't possible but
the wavery lines work well in the overall underwater atmosphere of my
finished piece.
I
coloured my piece using four different Zig brush pens - in brown and
green, blue and grey. With a bit of encouragement from a water brush
these blended well, and I'm still delighted by the way the ink made
its own variegation along the branches of my Sampson. I feel like
I'm looking down into a tank - it's a welcoming world and at any
moment I expect something to swim into view!
Hello Jem. Did you draw all of the white tangles with the Glaze pen before adding the colors? It seems like it would be hard to draw an invisible design on a white tile. I have one of those Glaze pens but haven't quite figured out what to do with it.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. Thanks for browsing through my old posts - glad you're finding things that are useful and interesting.
DeleteYes, I tangled all the white / clear Glaze first. I was a suggested exercise in the book I learned from. Not easy for sure - the Glaze stays wet for longer and you can't really see it - unless you angle so the light shows the shine of the ink!
I haven't used the technique since, but it might be fun to try again - although I'd probably tangle something larger or more abstract. Mostly now I use the Glaze to add a bit of shine here and there - it makes black look much blacker. A trick I heard from Margaret Bremner!
I'm enjoying reading your early posts about your explorations of Zentangle because they remind me of myself doing the same thing. I wish that I had known about "One Zentangle a Day" back when I got started. Now I'm wondering if the book would even be useful to me at this stage. What do you think? I'm pretty familiar with all of the current Zentangle patterns and I've read quite a bit about the Zentangle process too.
DeleteI think the book wouldn't offer you much in terms of the basics. But the stuff that explores pushing the boundaries - like the Glaze pen, working with brush pens, stuff about colour, toned tiles, black tiles etc might offer some extra inspiration. There's plenty in the book.
DeleteI think I stopped working day by day about 2/3 of the way through, but I'm sure I'd find something I wanted to try, or try again if I opened it now!