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Sun and Fog

12/4/2018

 
Oh my, another sunny day.  They are increasingly rare, and so I treasure them.  It's downright cheerful outdoors, though cold.  Great to see the sun. 

So where's the fog?  I did this tile this morning as part of my continuing experiment with incising tiles rather than using pen on them.  So it's done only with a stylus, graphite, and after that I used some watercolor pencils to add a bit of color.  I thought it came out quite "foggy."
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Graphite, watercolor pencil. The tangle is called Well. Incised into a Strathmore tile.
This was done for the final piece of the Gratitangles2018 Project (November) and is the tile for day 30.  I am officially done and really enjoyed the month.  As I was doing this tangle this morning, I was grateful for whoever invented Gratitangles, and grateful that I had a chance to participate.  I hope I can continue this practice of being-grateful-while-tangling.  It makes a big difference in mood.

I'm intrigued by experiments with the incision technique and plan to continue them a bit. These truly are experiments.  Here is one (below) that didn't work so well.  I did this on a Bijou tile (2x2") and used General's Chalk Pencils for color...in order to get the color I had to rub fairly hard and I noticed the wonderful Fabriano Tiepolo paper did NOT like the rubbing.  You can see that it was beginning to shred.
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Tangle: Verdigogh. Incised onto a Bijou tile and General's Chalk Pencils used for color only.

I'll put that on in the "No fail, no learn" category and I'm glad I tried it.  I have some other ideas that may work better on the Fabriano Tiepolo paper.
Susie Ngamsuwan
12/31/2018 02:32:13 am

Our incising tiles are enticing, to say the least. From your previous blog I couldn't quite see what incising is, but now you make me go and buy another stylus, mine has a very round rubbery point. This technique reminds me a bit of drawing with bleach on a black tiles, something I wanted to try for ages, too. I like the way you colored both tiles and I can't see anything disintegrating. So you are safe...


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