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the itch

7/30/2017

 
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journal page
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stunning untouched color in echinacea flowers near my house

new to me...

7/26/2017

 
for this week's "it's a string thing" challenge #205:
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tangles: pauline's pigtail (new to me), shard (new to me) and shattuck (an old favorite)

there seems to be a theme going on here.  my journal page from yesterday (note the rainbow lead pencil i'm determined to use until the last 1/8"):
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finally, some pix from my long walk at 5.30 this morning:
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fogged in (shot at the high school track)

simple

7/25/2017

 
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another tangle from "the broken wrist" series. 

the hand is hurting, so i took this monotangle challenge from the weekly diva challenge (with a guest challenger this week) and vowed to keep things as simple as possible.  here is my 'nzeppel.  micron 01, graphite. period.

just about all i could manage today!

amok, chapter 2

7/20/2017

 
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<--here is the reason i can't type much. 
or type well.  or use capital letters. 

but this is a vast improvement over the first cast i was in, which included a sling.  that meant i was totally one-handed.  with this cast, i can cheat a little.   not much.

in yesterday's post i discussed how i ran amok with the tangle peanuckle, which was this week's diva challenge.  see that post for the details and result. 

well...!  one of the other participants, susie ngamsuwan, also ran amok, only much more effectively.  not only did she produce two gorgeous tiles, but she came up with an easier way of drawing the same tangle.  so creative.  see her work and her step-out here.  it's so worth reading--and check out the rest of her blog!  fabulous.

after seeing how she did it, i had to try again.  result:
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on the left side of the tile i tried drawing it according to molly's original instructions (molly came up with the pattern), but did it very large.  i liked it ok, but got lost  near the end and had to fudge some embellishments. 

on the upper right of the tile i tried it again, very small, but used susie ng's instructions.  easy!  not only did i not get lost but i experimented with the 'join' between the peas.  i liked the effect. 

i threw in a couple of mooka and then tried it a 3rd time, using susie's instructions, on the bottom of the tile, and this time fooled around with an inner spiral on the peas.  once again, i never got lost and it was fun to draw.

thanks, susie!  you're so clever.  i'll actually be using this tangle now.

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same tile, "distressed" on my iphone

tangle gone amok

7/18/2017

 
prepare for a tangle gone completely amok.  this was in response to this week's "i am the diva challenge #325," from guest challenger Jessica Davies.  click on that link to see what this tangle is SUPPOSED to look like.  note: nothing like mine. 

the challenge tangle is "pea-nuckle," one of my least favorites (sorry, molly!).  rather than doing it in a solid block, i wondered what would happen if i 1) tried to bend it in a circle, 2) made the insides of the "peas" something other than straight lines, and 3) connected them to each other not using the usual straight lines.  oh dear...

which begs the question, is this even the pea-nuckle tangle anymore?  or just a hot mess? 
i'm hoping i can use my current broken wrist as an excuse.  though there's probably no excuse for this!
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"what if?" version of pea-nuckle. micron 05 brown pen, rainbow lead pencil, graphite.

on not stopping

7/17/2017

 
since i broke my wrist and can't really type, i assumed there would be no blogging either.  but i can't stop drawing.  here's my 1-handed version of joey challenge #174. 

following that is a 10-minute sketch of the incredibly bulky cast and sling i'm wearing. 

my previous post has all the tiles i've been sneaking in 1-handed since the break.

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joey challenge 174. the main tangle is "asian fans" and the rest is my embellishments on the lovely be-ribboned string created by suzanne ng. this was a "finish my tile" challenge and if you look at her original, it's lovely all by itself. i used a rainbow lead pencil and graphite for color and shading.
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yikes.

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