Thursday, April 30, 2015

Illuminated letter: the process of a Zentangle-inspired-art piece.

     Last Saturday, I had a wonderful time participating in an Illuminated Letter workshop at Sue Clark's house. (See her blog at: www.TangledInkArt.blogspot.com) Seven of us created Zentangle-inspired-art pieces on Opus tiles, which are 10"x10". We all shared ideas and inspirations, and had a good start to our pieces. . . . . and a big "thanks" to Pat Mathes for pointing me in the direction of David Nicholl's tutorials on drawing Celtic knots!
After 5 hours, (which included a pot-luck lunch!) we took our tiles home to finish individually.
 



 I had SO much fun working on this piece, from finding the right letter form, to dividing the tile with strings, to playing with composition and tangles! The possibilities are truly endless!

      That being said, here are some photos to show you the process of this Opus tile:










ENJOY! .... and happy tangling!


7 comments:

  1. Oooo, I *love* it Holly! You made good use of open spaces and have fantastic flow. I see you decided to fill in the "break" :-) Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Hi, Kristi ~ Thanks so much! Leaving some open space is something I'm working on. Have you finished yours? (I can't wait to see it!) I'm looking forward to seeing all of our letters on Sue's blog!

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  3. Beautiful! Someday I'd like to give something like that a try. For now, I'll stick with black and white.

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    1. Judy ~ Thanks! This was fun. I've got to say, that working on the black & white is fun, too. (I need to get back to the Square One group!)

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  4. Holly, this is beautiful! What font did you use for your letter?

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  5. Terri - I think it;s called 'Gothic'. I did a search on Pinterest, and found this:
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/297237644128609588/
    I hope that works! :-)

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