Happy Easter

For Adele Bruno's "It's a String Thing" Challenge 137

patterns:Zenith, Warped Eggs and Mel Mel

I found an old sheet of a watercolor practice page in colors that are generally not in my repertoire but surely had Easter splashed all over it. Perfect for this little piece.

Loopy Group for the Tangled & Journaled: Too Swap

 Done!

I mailed off this packet of tiles yesterday...a month early! So it'll be awhile before I get a packet back but I'm happy it's done because it sure was fun. I'm really loving the "Renaissance" look and all of the new patterns and techniques I was able to work through. I admit it got a little tedious toward the end but the repetition I forced upon myself brought a whole new element to my style. I tend to avoid grid patterns but the way I set up the string put grids in one corner and an organic or free floater in the other corner. I wanted to work on drop shadows there. I love how the tan tiles are such great hosts for white pen and pencil so each tile had a white focus(enhanced by a little colorful shading) in the loops. I mentioned in a previous post that I was highly influenced and inspired by Margaret Bremner's Renaissance tiles. I really studied her shading technique (the loopy string idea came from one of her blog posts) and think I managed to capture it yet enhance my own style without changing it.

Now on to the next swap...or two.

Happy Easter and thank you so much for visiting my blog. Your thoughtful and generous comments inspire and delight me!