Thursday, July 26, 2012

Mi2! Challenge



When I first saw the tangle Mi2 by CZT Mimi Lempart I was fascinated. I copied all the steps down and added it to my notebook. I'm embarrassed to admit though, that I didn't do it in a tile. So when this challenge came up I was happy that it got me to really play around with the tangle. I decided I wanted to play with it using color. 

The first one uses a tile that I colored using a watercolor technique and my Tombow markers. The tangles were done with a colored Micron pen for the dark pink and a white gelly roll pen for the rest. Colored pencils did the shading.

For the second tile I tried doing it on a circle so that it could be used as an ornament. (It's only 5 months till Christmas!) I also tried being a little more careful in my spacing - Not so careful that it took away from the zen aspects though!

12 comments:

  1. these look fabulous. using colour works so well with them. Five months to christmas - it sounds like such a long time, but I know it will just fly by!

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  2. I love how the color really makes these pop. They're gorgeous!

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  3. These are wonderful. I love how the first tangle is so 3 dimensional and the color is great. The second one will make a terrific ornament. The white with the colors really pops.

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  4. Sue, I love your sense of style and color. These are gorgeous!

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  5. I think they are both beautiful. I am impressed with how even you got your wash with the first one using Tombow markers. I haven't mastered that smooth of a wash yet.

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  6. Lovely! I especially like the first one, it looks great on this colored paper.

    Annemarie Huijts

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  7. Sue, on my Flickr page you asked me what a certain tangle is. Well, it's 'verve' by JJLaBarbera. Here is the link:

    http://tinkertangles.blogspot.nl/2012/07/mi2.html

    Since I found it a short while ago, I use it a lot. I love it.

    Annemarie Huijts

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  8. Wow! These are absolutely beautiful, both of them.

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  9. The colors have simply electrified your tiles. Brilliant.

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  10. Both are wonderful, you are industrious, I never start preparing for Christmas before Thanksgiving!

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  11. Oh Wow! They are lovely. And Christmas ornaments sounds like a great use of this tangle...especially in color!

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  12. They are both wonderfull done i like the colors!

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