This mandala took me a LOOOONG time. I was determined to NOT use a pencil for shading, only ink. After testing the ballpoint shading technique over another tile, I set out to shade this monster. It took me 4 days but was worth it, the depth achieved by the ballpoint is remarkable.
Read MoreToday Art Clubbers and I had Part 2 of the super advanced Bucky and Friends class where we added cracks, more line-art and also shaded the piece dramatically. Wow, what a great class, thank you to all who participated!
Read MoreToday Art Clubbers and I had Part 1 of the super advanced Bucky and Friends class. We used Wyforwings, Bucky Fragment, Ratoon, also Patakon (OsBurSan) and Pickpocket (Tomas Padros). In Part 2 we'll cover more tangling, embellishing and shading!
Read MorePlaying with various different tangles: Bucky, Ratoon, Opus (all Zentangle), also a serrated version of Wyfore (original also by Zentangle). You also see Pellucidar and a ribbon version of Pickpocket (two last ones by Tomas Padros).
Read MoreDuring my recent vacation I was inspired by turtles to use the tangle Bucky. This is a tangle I haven't used very much at all, and it was fun to play with the fragment, which is quite beautiful.
Read MoreHow Bucky tangle turned into a faceted stone...
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