Blossoms over Tan
Here's a style I haven't played with in a long time. I call it “Party Tangles” because it uses turquoise and orange, colors that remind me of Brazilian Carnaval (Mardi Gras). The Art Raffle app pulled out Purk, Flux (both Zentangle), also Northshire (Jody Genovese, Brrrst (Kelly Barone) and Sandswirl (Karry Heun). I used a Blossoms String (3 blossoms).
Here's the before and after shading and coloring:
That was a LOT of treatment over that poor tan tile! Distressed stain for the background, colored pencil and regular pencil for the shading/coloring. A very time consuming technique, but I love the results. Here are a couple more close-ups for you to inspect:
I REALLY like how this turned out!
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This arch is adapted from a Renaissance arch from the book “Suggestions of Design” by John Leighton and James Colling (1880) found on archive dot org. I also added some Found Flowers on a frame around the arch. Shaded and colored with Inktense and Pitt Artist Brush pens. If you goto my blog you'll see I wasn’t able to stay faithful to the original - I love the way my hand just takes over and adds whatever details it feels like.