Hahnemühle and Procreate #procreate #procreateart #hahnemühle #hahnemühlebamboo

 I am really having trouble getting motivated

to tangle. Zentangle. Meh. 

A lot of the zen has disappeared.

So I have been playing with the Procreate App

on my iPad. 

You know. Until the 'zen' makes a reappearance.

Above is Cherryl Moote's new tangle called

Hexonu.

It is addictive and really easy to draw. 

One block leads to another.

You know? I just realized that all this art

is tangled. Maybe I am just having trouble

sitting down putting pen to paper???

I worked on this one last night.

I used a fun background I made on a piece of

Hahnemühle Bamboo Mixed Media paper 

and imported it into Procreate.

Want to see how I made the background?

Click here and read about the project in my product review of this awesome Bamboo Mixed Media paper from Hahnemühle. 

 I set Procreate up to design in symmetrical radial

and started making lines. 

I love how whatever I draw in one section replicates

itself into the other 7 sections automatically. 

And I can change brushes and pen colors and line thicknesses.

 The hardest part for me is segueing from lines to curves.

But I managed just fine. 

I went from my own tangle pattern stack

 to another tangle of mine called

TootsieMoon. 

Those cute little dandelion puff balls are a

brush in the program. Everything else I drew. 

I am noticing when I use the iPad to create

I am not incorporating printemps.

That is kind of weird. 

And strange. 

Oh well. 

Here is my finished project all zoomed in so

you can see it better. 

And it all started with some 

Hahnemühle Bamboo -

which you can purchase here. 

I love it!

Mixing paper art with digital art.

It is a win/win all around. 

Days 67 and 68 and a Luna #the100dayproject #hahnemühle #zentangleallaround

 I had some fun the last couple days playing with

Schmincke watercolors and 

Bamboo Mixed Media paper from Hahnemühle.

This particular pad of Bamboo is 3.1" x 4.1" - 

small enough to play with and get a feel for

the paper, 

and large enough to actually accomplish something. 

Above is Day 67 of The 100 Day Project. 

Some days color is all I can accomplish. 

And I do love me some bright color!

From the new limited edition 

Schmincke set from Wet Seal, I used:

pure yellow, chrome yellow deep, transparent

orange, ruby red, sap, phthalo green,

helio cerulean, and French ultramarine. 

Went on really smooth with my water brush

and the colors flow into each other really well.

 This piece was really fun!

For day 68, I used AD Markers from Chartpak.

They are an alcohol marker with a really 

strong smell, matched only by their

brightness and boldness.

I love the colors so much!

I thought I would be able to move them around

some with a water brush, but that did not work.

So I pulled out a blender and smoothed out some

lines that way, then used the tip to make

those little corn row shaped patterns over

the rows of color.

Love this one!

 And I got a bonus piece!

My first ever bleed through to make a

bleedthrumanade ala Sandra Strait!

This is the back side and I like it almost

as much as the front.

Can't wait to try some more of this Bamboo

paper with some other types of media. 

Last night Mark opened the door for us to go

outside and this guy flew right in past us.

This is a Luna Moth. 

We had them in Florida and I am always

surprised when I see one here in Maine. 

This Luna was about 6" across the wings.

She posed sweetly for some photos,

then Mark got a step ladder,

caught her and released her back outdoors.

It's been a rough weekend.

Blog issues all day yesterday.

My friend Cindy was able to fix it this

morning and I was sooooo happy!

We grilled hamburgers yesterday -

they were yummy!

We need to do that more often!

Now I'm going to watch some more reruns from

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD

and tangle!

Have a great weekend!

Day 65 and 66 #the100dayproject #zentangleallaround #hahnemühle

 Yesterday I blogged about the colors I used to make this piece of art. 

I used Schmincke and Da Vinci watercolors. 

Schmincke has for a long time been my favorite brand. 

Da Vinci is pretty amazing, too!

Here is the piece I showed you yesterday.

I literally sat down with a water brush full of water,

some sample dots of color from the new Schmincke limited edition set, 

and a couple half pans of Da Vinci watercolor.

I swiped colors back and forth and blended some edges.

I left some edges rough and let the water 

just seep out onto the edges of the paper.

 That would bring us up to day 65 of

The 100 Day Project!

I used a Zebra Sarasa Fineliner and two of

the Sarasa Technical Pens to add some tangles. 

I really love how it turned out!

For day 66, I used some basic dime store colored pencils 

to add some highlights and shade to a few locations. 

Love it so much more now.

If you kind of squint and look at it through your eyelids,

it looks like a little smiling monster guy with a long beard.

It's awesome!

Hahahahaha!

I am working in a Bamboo Mixed Media book

from Hahnemühle. 

Review to be coming very soon. 

Day 64 #the100dayproject #zentangleallaround #hahnemühle

For day #64 of

The 100 Day Project

I got to play with some new toys.

I started with a spiral pad of

Bamboo Mixed Media paper from Hahnemühle.

I purchased mine from Amazon.

My friend Jennifer McLean recently had the 

honor of choosing the colors for 

Wet Paint's new Schmincke's custom palette. 

Jennifer was able to send me some dots of

the colors to try out for myself.

(I have already ordered my full set of colors

in a wonderfully beautiful tin!)

So, while watching reruns of Marvel Agents of SHIELD 

a couple nights ago, I used a water brush 

and just started swooshing some color 

around a page in my Bamboo spiral book.

That bright pink is Opera Rose,

the pretty blue is cobalt turquoise.

That next shade of blue is helio cerulean. 

I even added some French ultramarine.

Jennifer also sent me some samples of

Da Vinci watercolors - I added some

quinacridone rose and permanent magenta.

I left this page sitting out overnight to

dry and this is the result.

I love it!

These colors are so yummy and 

look so incredible together.

And the Bamboo page handled all the water 

I used with no problem at all.

I tend to be a little heavy handed with the water,

even when using a water filled brush. 

Love my day 64 so much!

Now I am adding tangles and hope to show

you that tomorrow for day 65.