I went crazy with ideas for the circle/square string challenge this week. There are many ways I could have varied the sizes of the shapes but I decided to use only a 2"square and 2" circle. I did 3 tiles with technique variations. All the backgrounds are done with watercolor paint. I used colored pens for the tangles and colored pencils for the shading on all the tiles. I couldn't decide which one I liked best. Which one is your favorite?\
On the first tile, the background was colored a light violet first. I did the entire square with pink and let it dry. Then I did the entire circle with blue. The tangles are Zenith, Paradox, Cadent and Diva Dance.
On the tile above I started with a tile colored pink. I then cut out the square shape from paper colored purple and the circle used a blue paper. I glued them onto the pink paper and tangled away. Tangles are Bales and Hurry Holli.
I started here with a tile with a lightly mottled pink color. Then I put a circle shape and a square shape on top. With a spray bottle I spayed additional pink paint. I carefully removed the circle and square. When it was fully dry I added the tangles and shading. Tangles are Ditto, Raddox and Tripoli.
These are the tiles before the tangles were added. I photographed this late at night so the color isn't very good. I started adding tangles to the one tile before I remembered to take the picture but hey, that happens!
Really fun way to do this challenge and such lovely results!
ReplyDeleteAll your tiles are beautiful. The second one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteWOW! I love your colorful compositions! They are so beautiful!
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Lovely tiles! Nice colors!
ReplyDeleteWow Sue, these are all beautiful! My favourite though is the middle one because I love how the shapes in the background tie in the coloured orb and square! And they are great colours!
ReplyDeleteYour tiles are always splendid, I love these colors and compositions.
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