My try at the Diva's Challenge #61: Golven
Hi! I am still alive. A 3-day migraine kept me from blogging last week’s Work-table Wednesday. My head feels better but my neck and shoulders are painful to the touch. Dunno what’s up there. Oh well. Life. Moving on…
Here’s my go at the Diva’s Challenge #61: Golven. I’d been working on reducing down this tangle so masks were on my mind already… originally I wanted to make a polymer clay mask and tangle everything else. That didn’t work out this time so I started trying to find a way to “tangle-ize” how I draw masks and I think I got it! I’m really happy with this one. Not completely, there are things I’ll do differently next time. But purty darn happy regardless.
Really worked on varying line weight and, in the border, I really think it made it pop. The feathers (Featherfall) benefitted too. Hrm. Those are the only two tangles I consciously used… the rest… mask, tiara, pebblybits… I just made up. Cool! Oh, and the mask… do the edge curlyque remind you of swan heads…? (mebbe iz just me)
Ohh! Something else I noticed while I was drawing this. If I consciously breath during the strokes they are much smoother. As in.. breathe in/ draw one direction… breathe out/ draw next direction. I get really tense when I draw and this combats that tension.
Anyhoo. Really had fun with this one. More soon. Wait till you see what’s on my work-table!!!
Beautiful combination of tangles and Challenges !
Really amazing! I find that each time I open a link I am again awed by the genius of the minds of zentanglers across the world. I am sorry about the migraine but the beauty of the featherfall and the perfect golven say, you are feeling better.
For a try it is verry well done!
Great!!!! I love it!
Beautiful mask and feathers and great use of Gloven! The breathing tip is sooo true.
Love everything!!
I really love how you did Golven, with the waviness, dark lines and shading. Awesome!
Absolutely lovely!
What a lovely tile with a great job on the golven.
Golven makes a fabulous border and your mask is genius. Love Featherfall and how feathers peek out from behind the frame – great job!
So elegant! Love the feathers. Great work!