Monday, June 1, 2015

Boxed In

A friend of mine convinced me that we should go to a Copic markers workshop that is being held nearby this weekend. (It didn't actually take much convincing!) Since I have very little actual experience using markers I thought it might be a good idea to practice a bit before the event. I found a nice little tutorial on the subject here and though I don't have any Copic markers (yet) I used a combination of Prismacolor Premier and Sharpies and did the following two practice pieces. In the first I used three shades of green and in the second I used one blue and two oranges. I'm fairly satisfied with how they turned out and am really looking forward to the workshop.

Monochromatic Shading
Complementary Color Shading

For the Diva Challenge this week, since it is a first Monday, it is a Use My Tangle challenge. This month's tangle is All Boxed Up by Alice Hendon. I will admit I had some trouble with the step out which was odd since I usually don't. But I seem to be having a string of such as I had trouble with a different pattern last night and a third this afternoon. Oh well, no mistakes. I'll just do it my own way and sooner or later the step-outs will be glaringly obvious and I'll wonder what the malfunction (all my own I sure) ever was.

Tangles Used: Quare and two versions of All Boxed Up
This week I stuck to the basic Zentangle materials but, be prepared. Next week's entry will probably be very colorful!

9 comments:

  1. Very thought provoking. The more I look, the more impressed I am by your tile. There is quite a range of techniques here, very nice.

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  2. I love the way you colored the green and blue tangle!!! Your tile for this week's challenge is beautiful. I like the way it is 'folded'.

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  3. I think I need t move to where ever you live...so many fun things going on! You did a great job with the colored pencils and now I can't wait to see next weeks color extravaganza :-) Your challenge tile is interesting, with the different sizes of lines making up the boxes and the folds...I love the folds. Have fun at your workshop!

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  4. Nice tile and shading...my first set of Copic markers arrives TODAY! Can't wait. Some nice Youtube videos out there to show how to blend with them

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  5. I'm not even sure what Copic markers are--although I'm sure Mr. Google can remedy that very quickly. I also struggled some with All Boxed Up. Your final result is very effective and eye catching.

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  6. Looks great with Quare, which is one of my favourites! Nicely done. I'd also like to take a Copic marker class, or for that matter, any colour class.

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  7. Very lovely tile! Wonderful effect with the turn of the sqares!

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  8. What a cool Challenge Tile. I love the rolled pillow effect you created. I've heard a lot of good things about the Copic markers. Enjoy your class and I'm looking forward to your experience with these marvelous markers.

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  9. Looking forward to hearing about the Copic marker workshop...hope you had fun! I like your version of the UMT...I had an interesting learning curve, but figure on this one that since I haven't done it before...."practice makes progress".

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