Stencil Art

Looking for new ways to use your supply of stencils?

Here is one way. 

And it's easy to work from step one to conclusion.

 Barb over at joggles.com sells these awesome

stencils. There are a couple of face shapes,

several sets of facial features, accessories, hair -

and they all come in three sizes.

To get started I picked a face shape and a set of features

and simply traced them.

I knew I wanted to add the crown,

and that it would be sitting on hair,

so I traced the top part of the hair in pencil,

so I could tell where to sit the crown.

 Anytime you trace a stencil you are going to have

some choppy lines like you see in the first photo.

They have to do this so the stencil doesn't fall apart.

Kind of hard to trace what lays in pieces in the bottom of the bag. 

Once I had that crown figured out, 

I went over the hairlines with a copic multiliner

and closed in those gaps in the pencil work.

 Now comes the fun part -

figuring out what tangles to place in the sections.

Just pick a section of the penned stencil

and start adding patterns.

There is no rhyme or reason,

just use tangles you enjoy.

 As I went along,

I realized the hair looked out of proportion

so I added some more on the lefthand side.

 Love some good angle shots of artwork!

Here I tangled some of the hair I added in.

And if you are having fun - before you know it you have tangled up  a stenciled piece of artwork!
I am thinking to add color and maybe some gems in that crown.  And then I will be done. But that might be a whole other post. 
Stenciled art. It's where it's at for today. Come one, and give it a try yourself!

Tangle Folks

In my Facebook group  Zentangle All Around it is  I Dare You! Thursday.
On each Thursday in 2017, I will provide  the group with a challenge that I dare them to complete. This week I dare them to try Billie Lauder's tangle folks. If you click that pink link, it will magically take you to the instructions for this one line drawing of Tangle Folks. You don't lift your pen. You draw the whole thing with  one pen stroke. I have tried Billie's little guys several times in the past with no success. So don't give up on these guys. They are awesome! This time I went slow and was able to complete three cute little people -  with no faces because that's the way Billie draws them! (Thank goodness!)
Color came from a set of Kaisercraft Gel Pens that I absolutely love!  Metallics, pastel, neon, glitter - Kaisercraft has it all!
Want to receive all the I Dare You!s in 2017? And - I offer something different to do six days  of the week. You pick and choose the ones you want to do. Kind of like a tangled up salad bar! You choose the calories you want to use. Come join us on Facebook at Zentangle All Around.
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