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Monday, June 13, 2011

Spirals challenge

In the newest challenge from 'the diva', we have been asked to work with spirals. http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ Off I went this morning. Last week you may have noticed I've been attracted to squares, so I decided to combine the two today. You'll see more posts with squares later this week.

I'm also loving my Tombow markers. I only used two here. #555 and #245. By using a water brush I was able to get the nice gradation in color. Dick Blick has them for $2.13 right now (list is $3.19). There is a link to Blick on the side of this page if you are interested.
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20 comments:

  1. DarkskyeJune 13, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Oooh, cool. And I love your gradation :D

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  2. MariëtJune 13, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Very Beautiful, and the coloring looks so bright.
    Great combination of squares with the spiral!

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  3. Tricia, CZTJune 13, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    Sue, this is a striking tangle! And the shading is perfect. Beautiful piece of art.

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  4. Shelly BeauchJune 13, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Incorporating the mosaic design is wonderful!

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  5. Sue ClarkJune 13, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    Beautiful! Love the squares and the color-fantastic!

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  6. Carole OhlJune 13, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    I like your happy combination of square edges and soft lines.

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  7. Deanne Stewart-MillsJune 14, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    This is lovely. The splash of blue with the squares around spiral is very eyecatching.
    Deanne
    Sydney, Australia
    xx

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  8. JJ LaBarberaJune 14, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    It looks like a piece of jewlery. Lovely!

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  9. Carol Schockling LaweckiJune 14, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    I really like how your tangle looks the spiral with the squares inside. I'm interested to learn how you created the color. I looked up the Tombow markers from the link at your site. Are the markers the Tombow Dual Brush pens? Do you need anything else to create the shading like you did? I was also wondering if you know of a site that explains how this technique is accomplished? Thank you!!

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  10. KreanimoJune 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Makes me think of ice cubes!
    Lovely!

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  11. Sue Jacobs CZTJune 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Hi Carol, I sort of talked about this before at http://suejacobs.blogspot.com/2011/05/colored-backgrounds-with-tombow-markers.html

    The difference here is that I wet the square with water first and then just picked up a little ink with my water brush. I touched that into the corner. Usually the water did a good blending job for me, sometimes I had to coax it. If you have ever painted with watercolor paint before, the technique is similar. Hope that helps!
    Thanks for your comments!

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  12. stARTJune 14, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Fun combo with the swirling spiral with the soft blocks...neat-o!

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  13. JoniJune 14, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    Beautiful, going to have to get me some of those markers and play!

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  14. bohemiangirlJune 14, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    awesome! I love it!

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  15. Margareth WALBECQJune 15, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Inspiré :

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  16. Carol Schockling LaweckiJune 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Thank you for the information and the blog post that you talked about this technique.

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  17. sandy petalsJune 15, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    The blues and greens in this spiral are Fabulous!

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  18. RoshandaJune 16, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Love the colors!! Great overall design too!!

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  19. AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    super design

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  20. Daniele OBrien Design, CZTJune 16, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Fabulous and your colors are sumptuous. I want that as my jewelry!

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