TWINKLING H2O’S BACKGROUND TANGLED

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy! I’m continuing to play with backgrounds, so today I’m sharing a tile that I made using Twinkling H2O’s to create the background.

Twinkling H2O’s are similar to watercolor. They are little self contained pots of color that you add water to. They are different because they have mica and other things to make it twinkle. You can see some of the effect in the photo above.

Once I had the tile completely dry, I added the tangles. I started a bit of shading but then remembered to take the line art photo.

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, Skye, Narwal, Swirls

This is the final product. I used a black Micron pen to draw the tangles, graphite pencils for shading and creating shadows, and a white gel pen for highlights.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Enjoy creating!

Ellen

DISTRESS INK BACKGROUND TANGLED

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy! I have been watching people making beautiful watercolor backgrounds and then tangling them, so I decided to try tangling a Distress Ink background.

I used DI and blenders for the base of the background. I then used some Distress Stain with the paintbrush to flick spots onto the background. Then I misted with water and dried thoroughly.

The tile on the left is an Artist Tile and the one on the right is one I made using Neenah 110 lb card stock. I prefer the card stock because the colors moved on it better and it was tougher. You can see the one on the left tore.

This is the flat line art before coloring and shading.

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, Onamato, Flee, Beadlines, Striping

This is the final product. I used a black Micron pen to draw the tangles, Prismacolor colored pencils and graphite pencils for shading and creating shadows, and a white gel pen for highlights.

This process was a lot of fun! I hope you will give it a try too!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: ADALPHA

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: A-dalpha, Angel Fish, Gems

This week the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is A-dalpha I wanted to keep this one simple and add a bit of color. You know, let the main pattern shine! This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils. The gems were done with Prismacolor and a white pen.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Enjoy creating!

Ellen