More eggs: Two different chalkboard styles

A couple of days ago I posted a plastic egg that I had done after seeing one done by Liz Drake. At the time I indicated that I would post more pictures after I had a chance to work on the two chalkboard style eggs. Was able to complete one of each. Here is what the eggs look like before any tangling.

The yellow and black ones are the chalkboard ones. The black come in packages of 12. The yellow come in a package of mixed colors. There are green, blue, lilac, and yellow. I used a variety of pens on the eggs. Here is the picture of the original one that I did on the white egg.

The tangles were drawn on this with a black 01 Micron. The color was done with PrismaColor pencils. I used a white PrismaColor to blend and tint. 

Here is a picture of the other two after I had finished tangling them. 

I did the black on first. This was done with Bistro chalk markers. They can be a little difficult to deal with as have to be careful to let them dry or they will smear or rub off. If you hold them too tightly, the color will also come off. Tried to keep the tangle simple and limited. This has a variation of Mumsy, or Arc flower, Diva Dance, and Knightsbridge.

The Yellow one was done a little differently.  The tangling was done with different colored ultra-fine  point Sharpies. One thing with Sharpies versus the Microns is that the Micron ink does not come off on your hand when you hold them. Kind of unavoidable when you are drawing on them.  When I work on some more I may use the colored Microns or the IdentiPens. I added the color with Tombow Irojiten colored pencils. They are similar to the PrismaColor pencils in that they are a wax base. I just do not have as many of them. I tried adding colord pencils to black ones but they do not show up. Did not try any of my other colored pencils. Think the same thing would occur.  The tangles are Cubine, Rain, Printemps, and a Jewel variation. 

They can be fun to do but they are a little labor intensive.  Will have to see how many of these I can get done before Easter. Will have to work hard.

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Diva Challenge #168: Tangleation Nation - Rain 2

Heard a lot about the embossing method taught at Tangle U. Have seen a few examples of it and have wanted to try it. I used a stylus from my PDA to make the tangles. Not sure if this was too soft or it is that I do not have wax colored pencils. One thing I read said that should be soft colored pencils. Mine are a generic form and I think they are hard. When I tried to layer the color, it began to fill in the tangles. To not totally lose the tile I borrowed a technique from another thing taught at Tangle U which was to use a black Glaze pen to make the tangles. I used this to redo the tangles after I had layered the color. Did not turn out too bad but is not the embossed look that I had hoped for.  Not going to go out and buy a set of new pencils as I think the wax pencils tend to be a little pricey. Here is what I ended up with. I hope you like it.

Tangles used: Rain, Msst, Printemps

Had to scan this as the light reflected off the glaze ink and could not see the black. 

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Diva Challenge # 168 :Tangleation Nation - Rain

Did not get a chance to comment on many of the things posted last week. Had a great time at the Hideaway. Hoping to incorporate some the things we did into classes in the near future. But I digress, since this is about this week's Diva Challenge. The Diva chose a tangle which I have used before but not very often and the task was to use variations or tangleations. I do not know that I have ever used it as a primary tangle before. I was not really sure what I wanted to do. I think it is a good frame or tangle to set a boundary. I chose to use a spiral as my string. mostly because it has been a while since I did this and I do like using a spiral and then transitioning different tangles. Here is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it.

Tangles used: Rain, Printemps, Jetties, Shattuck, Fife(variation), Tipple

Used a variety of pens. I used both the white Insignio and the Gelly Roll as well as a Zenstone and Prisma white wax pencil for the highlighting. And just a little bit of graphite.

Now I am off to look at the other submissions on I am the Diva. If you have not all ready done so, would encourage you to explore the many great pieces of art created by very talented people.

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