Zendala Moments 06 (Reprise!)

After writing about the pen widths in my last post, I just had to have another go at Annette's lovely template!

Zendala Moments 06 and nib widths

This month's Zendala was inspired by the last day of Project Pack 1, where Molly tangled Crazy Huggins on a black tile. (I'm not sure why I had missed that lesson.) Recently feeling one of those urges to play with Crazy Huggins, I found her video. She used a Gelly Roll 10 and an 05, and the feel of the ink on the Apprentice tile is sumptuous. It's almost like brushing on paint, as you move slowly to give the ink time to flow. Very relaxing. 

Before shading

After shading

Wanting to remember to use different nib widths, I made some notes in my journal.

When the time came for the Zendala this month, I wanted that same feel. I took another Apprentice tile and my Moonlight Gelly Rolls. I used a soapstone to soften everything.

Using those wide nibs feels like carving the tile. Now, if I could only find 05 Moonlights for contrast!

My fat nib kick continued!

A clean coffee filter, Koi brush pens and metallic Gelly Rolls

Glaze pen under Koi brush pen

Back to the Micron 01, I went to the opposite extreme! 

Do you have a preferred pen width? Have you experimented with different nibs?

Klimt inspired ribbons and Zendala Moments 05

Two months since my last post! Lots of tangling (and gardening, of course!) has kept me away from the computer and the blog. Time to catch up!

Nancy Domnauer (linedotcalm.com) recently introduced me to a fascinating technique through an excellent online class, Klimt Ribbons. Introduced at last year's ZenAgain conference with Rick and Maria, it involves using bits of the beautiful patterned backgrounds in Gustav Klimt's work to create tiles. Ribbons for the string, and fragments for the fill, lots of bright colors and gold ink--it's a rabbit hole if there ever was one!!!

My first tile

As you can see, I wanted more and more color! I used Koi water color brush pens, with the gold metallic Gelly Roll on top.

Three weeks later, I was fortunate to take another online Klimt class with CZT Tracey Nicholson. In this class, the string took on a more mosaic look.

This time I used Prismacolors.

My Zendala Moments 05 tile had a little Klimt effect!

These tiles don't use a lot of defined tangle patterns, per se, but for me, the colors and 10 nib on the gold pen get me in the Zen zone!

Have you tried this technique?

Thanks for stopping by!