Diva Challenge #341
"Go Big or Go Home"
"Go Big or Go Home"
This week's challenge is to work big. Bigger tile, bigger pattern, bigger tools. Any or all of the above.
I had previously prepared some eco printed tiles and happened to have one 4" square tile, not a big leap, but it's what I had with me. I used 08 gelly rolls, a .60 technical pen and Kuratake brush pen. Much much larger than my usual 01 and 005.
I liked the slightly larger format and the boldness of the larger nibs.
Travelling Tangles completed this week:
My finish...
...to this sweet start by Veena Arun
My finish...
...to another lovely start by Veena Arun
My finish...
...to this cute little Bijou start by Kim Aarts Bruins
My finish...
...to this beauty by Susan Rink Olsen
Whew!!! Just two more to go and I'm caught up. I was already more behind than I'm comfortable with and then Inktober started and I was derailed.
I've almost completed the concertina sketchbook I made for Inktober and now pondering where to go next. I just ordered a Lamy Safari fountain pen on Amazon which seems to be the sketchbook artists pen of choice.
My home away from home;-)
Late addition:
My Lamy Safari fountain pen just came in the mail!;-)
I spent my whole day off yesterday noodling around with my new pen. It came with a blue cartridge that I wanted to use up so I could fill it with the black Carbon ink (I got a converter too).
I've been working through some pen and ink drawing exercises from Alphonso Dunn's You Tube tutorials focusing on shadow and texture.
When Joey's challenge first appeared I honestly didn't know how I was going to make this work and decided to take a pass this week. This morning I was inspired:
"Elvira"
The Cat of Judgement
turns out I'm not my own worst critic
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Thanks so much for stopping by 😍 Your thoughtful and generous comments delight and inspire me!
lovely, wonderful work. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Stephanie!
DeleteAll so very beautiful again. Yes, I liked working bigger too, never done before.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Annemarie! It was nice to break out of my comfort zone. Even just the slightly bigger tile opened up more freedom than I anticipated.
DeleteYour sketches are lovely and I love your Inktober book. The Diva Challenge tile is a real drama queen.
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret! It was a nice revelation to see what a little extra space produced. It was also a great reminder of the impact of larger patterns. Great Challenge!!!
DeleteWonderful work :-))
ReplyDeleteThank you Gudrun;-)
DeleteYour diva tile is so bold. I so enjoyed the Intober sketches, and can't wait to see what you think of the Lamy pen. Your travelers are inspiring also. (still have one of yours that I am intimidated to finish...may need to be a new goal!)
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Kate! I just got the Lamy pen today and having fun noodling around with it. I find, with the intimidating travelling tangles, it's best to just dive right in, but it's also okay to do nothing at all;-)
DeleteWonderful work! My favorites are the DIVA tile and your sketchings!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Margarete!
DeleteYou are a talented sketch artist. I'm almost inspired to purchase a fountain pen, thus launching myself down a new art supply rabbit hole. All your tiles are lovely, as usual,but your dinish to Susan Olsen's traveling tile is truly awesome.
ReplyDeletemany thank Suzanne! yes, this pen and ink thing is a slippery slope:-P
DeleteSo wonderful work! Your Diva tile is really lovely and I really admire you for your excellent and creative finishes of the travelling tiles.
ReplyDeleteYour sketches are beautiful, too! You are very talented!
Hugs, Annette
Thank you so much Annette!
DeleteEverything is gorgeous, but I particularly love that little black Bijou! Your sketches are sooooooo cool! I love seeing your rendering of the cafe! I would love to see the piece that Aimee is admiring on your clipboard. Very interesting!! Please do a follow-up!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Jennifer! It's been a very diverse week of artistic endeavors around here. I'm really enjoying the challenge of the pen and ink drawing but it gives me yet another ADD diversion. On the clipboard, I was noodling around on a watercolor wash experiment with the dip pen. Stay tuned:-)
DeleteIt is always hard to choose a favorite, I like all your work and I agree with Jennifer that your sketches are gorgeous but this week my favorite is the colored T.T. with Susan, fantastic Crazy Huggins!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ria! That TT with Susan is a fave of mine too because it was such a scary one to touch.
Deletesuch pretty work!
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