Fragments from Brazil
During the last part of my recent trip in Brazil I did not have time to work on a proper project. So I started to capture very quickly some of the fragments I saw around me using a brown pen. Whenever I had the time, I would refine these fragments. It occurred to me that it was like an irregular tapestry made of fragments that you capture around you.
In this step by step you can see how rough the original captures are:
Notice this plant I saw in a cacau farm in Ilheus, reminds me the tangle foundabout (The others are all random fragments, with a little bit of W2 and printemps).
Here are some close-ups. The picture measures 4x6 inches, brown pen and inktense pencil over paper.
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Remember that all images are Copyright Eni Oken.
I’m so pleased with this beautiful mandala I made using a stencil by Kathryn Costa (Four Gates Mandala). I mixed two techniques: 1) painting with Pitt artist brush pens and Inktense pencils and 2) embroidering on paper. Very very fun to make!