187 Diva: Blind String

This week's assignment at I am the Diva is to us a 'blind' string (or for those who aren't zentangle aficionados, drawing a string without looking at the page while drawing -  like blind contour drawing).  My first attempt resulted in a mess right in the middle of the square - totally unusable.  My second wasn't too bad.  I kept trying for a nicer string, but I just got worse and worse!  So here is my string:

 

As you can see, I went outside the box with my string (I'm drawing in a sketchbook) so I used an eraser (horrors!) to remove those lines. 

Here is what I came up with.  This time I darkened the shading so the scanner wouldn't wash it out, but I did it a bit too dark.  Not sure I'd like anything with a string with small spaces like this, but this is what I ended up with.  I used the tangles bales, demi, neuron, hollibaugh, beweed and gryst.

Have a fabulous week.

Every inchie Monday: Throne

At Every Inchie Monday this week's word is Throne.


Time for a (short) history lesson!  (The teacher in me just can't resist, although I taught English and Art, not History.) 

This depiction is of the English coronation throne, also called King Edward's chair, in use since 1308.  It was used to crown Elizabeth II (although I'm not sure whether or not she used a copy of the chair - different articles from Wikipedia make this unclear.)   Also, every time a coronation occurs, the Stone of Scone, first mentioned in the 14th century,  is brought from its home in Scotland and put underneath the throne, which was built to hold it.  I love my British heritage.

 

 

  

 

 

The Stone of Scone:

 

 



 

 

Have a regal week. 

 

 

P.S.  I'm having connectivity problems, so if I don't get to your site to comment on your inchie, please forgive me.

 

27 Joey: Birthday Cayke

Well Happy 12th Birthday to Joey's daughter.  Here is some cayke for you.

I often find I have problem with strings.  (String #12 here.)  I can't seem to get creativity into them and I want to fill in every little space.  I think this time that I did a little better than usual with a string.  Or at least I'm happier than usual with my string work.

cayke, pokeleaf, mooka, finery

 

 

 

Hope every one has a happy week.

186 Diva Leaves, Leaves, Leaves!

Well I'm a little late posting this week.  I found some embroidery I started something like 20 years ago and for some reason decided to finish it.  I haven't been able to put it down since. 

I had a lot of problems deciding what to do with Leaves, Leaves, Leaves!  There are so many ways to go -- too much choice.  I'm not ecstatic about what I did, but I don't hate it either.  Ho hum. 

I went to google to find some pictures of leaves and saw a gorgeous close up of a green leaf, so that was my first choice of subject.  I'm still in denial about the upcoming seasons and most of the foliage in my part of Southern Ontario is still quite green.  I used different green pens and Prismacolor pencils.

Then I decided I should try and get into the spirit of things and try something fall-ish.  I cut this stem off the bush at the front of my porch.  (I don't know what it's called - I'm not the mad gardener my mother was.)  It was the only red on the entire bush.

 

 

I wanted to use my Inktense pencils to colour the tangle because they give such vibrant colours, but in my first attempt, I found the reds were so close in colour that shading one into the other just ended up with one solid colour.  I think it's adding the water that causes this effect.

Then I tried again with a little less colour.

Hope you enjoy my offerings.  I had fun making them.

Kia

Every Inchie Monday: salmon

This week's word at Every Inchie Monday is Salmon.

I'm not a fish lover and the colour doesn't entice me, but did you know there are something called Salmonberries?  (I love Every Inchie Monday - the research always brings up something new.)  I don't know what they taste like, but they look a lot like multicoloured raspberries, because they can be shades of red, pinks and yellow.  Here is the berry and the very pretty flower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Have a berry good week.

SEP for Tackle it Tuesdays

We have finished the alphabet for Tackle it Tuesdays  at Artful Creations.  So this September week Cheryl has asked us to create a tile using tangles that begin with the letters S E P.  There are so many patterns to chose from!  I decided to do a striped pattern, using the tangles pais, pnopsis (is that spelled correctly - or even named correctly?), scrolled feathers, esses, euca, shattuck, pokeleaf, and eyelet & ribbon.

I'm a little late submitting my tangle this week.  I found an embroidery project I started many years ago and all of a suddenly decided to try and finish it.  I haven't been able to put it down since.  I created this tangle early in the week, but wanted to try for something a little more creative.  Then I got caught up in my embroidery and it didn't happen!

Diva 185: Phicops and Diva Dance

Hello Fellow Tanglers,

This week at I am the Diva the challenge is to tangle a duotangle using Phicops and Diva Dance.  I had a lot of trouble integrating these two patterns.  I offer you three examples for your perusal.  I'm not completely happy with any of them, but it seems to be the best I can do this week.

The first is the more traditional tile style:

 

 

 

 I really like the round form of phicops, so the other two use that mainly.

 

 

The last one is supposed to be Phicops bubbles coming out of a Phicops bubble machine:

Well, that's enough for now.  I must remember to sign them before I scan them.  Have a happy week.