Bristol and Ecoline

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Roughly 9" x 12" in size, I have been tangling on this piece off and on for months now. I was not allowing myself much tangle time while I was working on Life in Tangles, but now that the book has published I have time for myself again. 


I began with a piece of Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle. I really love this paper for drawing on. Its smoothness is perfect with my pens. The color came from Ecoline Brush Pens that I applied using my smoosh technique with water. For patterns I held myself to just three: diva dance rock 'n roll, printemps (of course), crescent moon and arukas. Actually I guess that is four. Hahahahaha! (And I see my signature chop in there at least twice.)



For the pen work I used technical drawing pens from Zebra Pen. To complete the piece, I went back to the Ecoline brush pens and used a water brush to add some shading. The white accents are from a Uniball Gel Pen. Now it's time to pull out the gelli plates and make a little gelli fun happen! Hopefully I will have something to show you soon. 




Bristol Illustrated and other Hahnemühle products with purchase links are here.

Technical Drawing Pens from Zebra Pen can be found here. 

Life in Tangles can be purchased here. 

Comments

  1. Evy BrowningDecember 26, 2020 at 6:20 AM

    I love the way you have yellow Arukas stars shining brightly from the whole - & yes, I did find both signature chops.

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  2. Evy BrowningDecember 26, 2020 at 6:20 AM

    I love the way you have yellow Arukas stars shining brightly from the whole - & yes, I did find both signature chops.

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