More on Map Tangling

A Zendala tile prepped and waiting to be tangled. I almost don't want to do any tangling on this one--I just love the look of adding metallics. I'm leaving it to think about for a good while. Watercolor paint and Fine-Tec Gold Metallic mixed a la MapTangling Method. I did this the day after a class on using the metallics with Map Tangling. Class details below.

This is another MapTangled Zendala, mixing watercolor + metallics and then tangled with a new-to-me tangled called SeaWave. Done during a class with Nancy Domnauer on Metallic MapTangling.

Another metallic MapTangle-prepped tile waiting for some decisions about what to tangle on it. Did this one on my own the following day.

Also done during the class. Prepped with a pink watercolor MapTangled base and then mixed with Silver FineTec paint, then tangled using Crescent Moon. I added some Lemon General's Chalk Pencil to the very large white space surrounding the MapTangled part.

After taking the class with Nancy Domnauer, during which we prepped and completed the tangling on three tiles (I only showed two of those), I spent just a few minutes the following day to produce the two UN-tangled tiles above.  I'm learning as I go.  People get obsessed with MapTangling, and I can absolutely see why.  It's a surprise every time; results are always unexpected and ever-changing.

Just like our day-to-day lives. 

But with MapTangling, results are likely to be beautiful every time, even if tangling on them can turn out to be tricky and challenging.  That's half the fun. 

Now, if I could only learn to be as calm in daily life when presented with a challenge as I am while doing this.

With a hint of Gold Gellyroll.

Here's a tiny tile I did just before bed last night.  It took about ten minutes.  This was done on a Bijou tile (2"x2") which I'd prepped a background on earlier in the day.  This is simply more linework from one of Jo Quincy's lovely soothing videos, just what I needed before trying to sleep after a wild couple of days in my life.  Once again I combined a video from Jo with my own "take" on it, by using MapTangling.  Ahhhhhhhhh.

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To finish up, here's an iPhone-app "distressed" version.  I can never resist those iPhone apps.

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