GESSO EXPERIMENT

A few weeks back, the Diva (Laura Harms) talked about using black gesso on a white Zentangle® tile, rather than using an official black tile.  She had a lot to say about this and why she preferred to gesso a white tile to create a black surface (you will have to scroll down her post to get to the part about the gesso and why she uses it), and I was intrigued.  I finally got hold of some black gesso and tried it out today.  I never intended to post this tile--it's terrifically wonky and certainly not one of my best.  But somehow, it's growing on me, so here it is.

I'll be experimenting more with this.  The Sigma Uniball (white pen) and the white and Rainbow pencils definitely handled better on the gesso surface than they do on the traditional black tiles.  Hmmmm.

Meanwhile, while I was downtown the other day I ran into this guy:

Yes, it's Mr. Edgar Allan Poe with his raven and tell-tale heart.  I knew the statue was there, but this is the first time I'd seen it.  Very well done.  The poor guy looks miserable and stressed out, which he was in real life--and he truly hated Boston even though he lived here for awhile.  Now he's a permanent resident and looks like he would rather be anywhere else.  It's a great monument though. You should be able to move your cursor over each photo and click them better if you are interested.  The heart was particularly disturbing.

“When I was young and filled with folly, I fell in love with melancholy”
― Edgar Allan Poe