Garlic and Joey

I've been playing with this shape a lot lately. (I'm so cold I'm having trouble typing. Back space, correct, go forward, repeat.) Playing with different ways to fill this shape - that totally looks like a bulb of garlic to me, for some reason. That background is a 5" x 7" pull from a gelli plate.

Joey's Challenge this week was called  The Polka Dot Tangle. Randomly drawn circles,  each filled with a different tangle. It's really good practice for quick tangles.

For this 5" x 7" piece, I used my new  Prima Color Bloom Spray Mists. I've used them before and my pens worked great over the color, but for some reason this time my pens did not work so great.  I used a sharpie fine point and had trouble filling in the dark areas. I tried shading, but the color wouldn't hold the graphite. So. Here it is. Unshaded but that's ok. To participate in Joey's Challenge, just go here and check it out. 

Working on Snow

 No, it isn't snowing here in Florida.

At least, not that I know of. Hahaha!

That could be a little but of wishful thinking

on my part!

So, I've been playing with snowflake making

for an art journal prompt,

part of a group project I'm involved in for 2015.

I really love how this one turned out,

but then you know I'm all about that color, that color!

Such a fun process and I tried some new technique -  for me, anyway. The beautiful background color was done with Prima's Color Bloom Spray Mists. Yummy color with plenty of oomph and sparkle. The sparkle was a surprise,  I had no idea the sprays were going to do that. I love it! Then I tangled my snowflake over the top of  that yumminess with a Sharpie fine point. I've seen some discussion on Facebook today about using microns over inks and paints. (I used to use a micron all the time - with no problem. I just found I was too heavy handed and wore the nibs out before I ran out of ink. Sandy Bartholomew mentioned the Sharpie fine point somewhere and I've been using them ever since.)  Then I took two Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils  to add all the shading, with the assistance of an aquash waterbrush.  Love how it turned out! The overall snowflake is about 4" x 5". Time to go order a few more of those wonderful Color Bloom Spray Mists. I see a new favorite product on my countertop!

This post brought to you courtesy of Studio Assistant Aurora.
Have a great weekend!