Galaxy Explosion

 A couple days ago I watched a video showing 

how to make a zentangle inspired

galaxy on canvas. 

In that video Sam Taylor walks you through

making your own galaxy.

This is the one I made.

You should try it for yourself.

 I started with an 8" x 10" sheet of art board.

Using a roll of frog tape, I traced a circle in the center.

(Frog tape. Pretty cool name. Yes?)

Then I used Grumbacher watercolors and filled

in about 3/4 of the circle with galaxy colors. 

A handy dandy toothbrush made the perfect

spattering tool for white paint stars.

 Just the appearance to this point made me think

of an exploding galaxy.

Think exploding water balloon.

Spewing out whatever is inside.

Showing force in expulsion.

I used printemps shooting away

and beadlines to show this expulsion.

 As I added other tangles, I kept with the idea

of pushing them up and out.

 I really liked what I had at that point,

but the instructions were to shade

so shade I did. 

Kind of strange feeling shading on an art board,

but it worked. Hahaha!

 Here is some detail prior to shading. 

And here you can really see those paint spattered stars. I love the way it looks! (Those strange little bumps you see are where I tried using glow-in-the-dark white paint for the stars. Mostly it made little bumps that didn't glow at all.)

So, what do you think? I think you should watch the video and give this technique a try for yourself. And . . . I still have two more pieces of art board.  Just sayin'.