Starfish Lesson now back again

You asked for it and here it is, back again. Hurry, hurry, I've made a personal commitment to get most of the older lessons on to the new platform before the year is over! Do you think I'll make it?

This lesson had its debut at Tangle U 2018 (Tangle U is an event where CZTs come together to learn more lessons). It was the first time teaching at that event and I fell in love with the camaraderie and fun we had. This is the mosaic we made — close to 150 participants! — after the class.

The lesson itself explores the power of manipulating the LINE, this often misunderstood but important component of drawing. In the lesson, I show you 5 different ways to INTERRUPT the line to create different effects. One of the simplest ways to do it is to use a brush marker and FLICK! the marker to form a tapered end:

The first exercise in the lesson is “The Wave”, and you'll learn how to properly create Mooka3D (a tangleation of Mooka), a very powerful tangle that looks 3-dimensional. Using the brush marker, you'll learn how to create smooth gradients using interrupted lines:

Here is the final result of the Wave, after all the effects are applied:

After that, I'll show you how to create this stunning starfish, which is a combination of the weave. We discuss the power of offsetting the placement of the focal object for greater interest in the composition, and learn how to create delicate gradients with color variation.

The project is multi-media and we'll use not only brush markers, but also colored pencils to create smooth blends in very tiny and tight areas.

Here you can see a fantastic close-up of the final project. Notice how we finished off the starfish with delicate watercolor around the edges.

I got several requests to fast track this lesson so that it would be available once again at the new lesson shop, so here it is!

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