White Carvings Part 3

Today Art Clubbers and I worked on finalizing the beautiful ataurique motif that we started in Part 2.

2021Eni OkenMay 14, 2021tan tile, whitecarving, carved, morphing

Tangling with various different types of brush pens, ranging from a Fude Nib Fountain pen to a modest Crayola brush pen.

2021Eni OkenMay 13, 2021fude brush pen, phi tile, renaissance tile, Renaissance, brush pens

Fude Nib Fountain Pen, Wind and Letting Go

It takes a great deal of trust to let go and yield to a brush or fude pen.

2021Eni OkenMay 6, 2021fude brush pen, phi tile, renaissance tile, Renaissance

White Carvings Ribbon Waybop

Here's another White Carvings picture, this time with traditional motifs and a tangleation of Waybop tangle.

2021Eni OkenMay 5, 2021tan tile, whitecarving, carved, morphing

White Carvings Morphing Chain

I was so surprised when this MORPHED chain happened yesterday, using White Carvings technique.

2021Eni OkenMay 2, 2021tan tile, whitecarving, carved, morphing

White Carvings Part 1

In Part 1 of the White Carvings series, we toured (virtually) the Alhambra in Spain and practiced “carving” some basic shapes.

2021Eni OkenMay 1, 2021tan tile, ataurique, whitecarving, carved

White Carving Waybop

Here you can see Waybop made with the White carving technique over tan paper.

2021Eni OkenApril 27, 2021renaissance tile, tan tile, ataurique, whitecarving, carved, waybop

Waybop Tangle Infographics

We completed Part 3 of the Tangle Infographics series exploring Waybop tangle. What a fun ride it was!

2021Eni OkenApril 24, 2021infographic, specimen page, anatomy page, waybop

Unity in Color and BW

I had an incredibly fun time celebrating the Unity Tile anniversary with Julie Allison and Romi Marks.

2021Eni OkenApril 20, 2021unitytile, unity, colored pencil, hatching

Waybop Landing Party

Still watching Star Trek and still playing with Waybop. This one also has Hazen, Tagh, Echoism and Pezino.

2021Eni OkenApril 18, 2021waybop, Rocky Hill string, echoism, hazen, pezino, Tagh, Eni Dreams

Waybop in the stars

I must be watching waaay too much Star Trek because this tile with Waybop and Sez looks like an intergalactic explosion.

2021Eni OkenApril 15, 2021Z-string, waybop, sez, Eni Dreams

More White Carving over Tan

Continuing my explorations of White Carving, simulating the plasterwork of the Alhambra in Spain.

2021Eni OkenApril 9, 2021renaissance tile, tan tile, ataurique, whitecarving, carved

Twing Infographic

And yet another Tangle Infographic, playing with the tangle Twing (Zentangle). Some of these look like dragon wings!

2021Eni OkenApril 6, 2021infographic, specimen page, anatomy page, twing

Overlapping Tangles Part 3

In the third and last part of the Overlapping tangles, Art Clubbers and I used three tangles to create a layered, intricate piece.

2021Eni OkenApril 3, 2021overlap, layering

Wartz Infographic

Here's another Tangle Infographic, this time a little more compact on 6x4 inch paper. Tangle Wartz!

2021Eni OkenMarch 30, 2021infographic, specimen page, anatomy page, wartz

Overlapping Tangles Part 2

In the second part of the Overlapping Tangles series we drew this fabulous spiral wave string with squares and rice shapes. Trickier than it seems!

2021Eni OkenMarch 26, 2021overlap, layering

Squares on Wave

Another tile using overlapped squares over a wave string.

2021Eni OkenMarch 25, 2021overlap, layering, spiral

Square Confetti

Using overlapping tiny squares in a spiral string over Zentangle tile and watercolor pencil backgroun.

2021Eni OkenMarch 24, 2021overlap, layering, spiral

Overlapping Tangles Part 1

The first part of the Overlapping Tangles series, including some practical hands on collage and experimentation.

2021Eni OkenMarch 22, 2021overlap, layering

Gust Infographic

I created an “infographic page” for Gust tangle with everything I needed to know about this tangle.

2021Eni OkenMarch 20, 2021infographic, specimen page, anatomy page, gust

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