Lollywimple and Distress

Ok, since I really botched Lollywimple (deconstructed by Sandy Hunter here) the first time around, I figured I'd try again. Still playing with the Distress inks and markers:

I am SOOOO enjoying working with the distress inks -- and guess what? I discovered that THE PAPER was causing some issues -- paper plays a huge role in helping the media. Of course, how could I forget!

Here is the string with the distress ink underpainting:

Here is the final picture again, all done using a paintbrush and distress brush markers. 

In this close-up, you can see the details added with white gel pen: 

I used only three colors of distress ink and only three tangles: Marasu, Baton and Lollywimple. 

And finally, here is the tile in my journal, starting a new page. 

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