Chapter 2 black tiles class

Since we were familiar with working on black tiles, I opted to teach something new, Maryhill (gee, wonder why that's one of my favorites?) After trying it out on one of the new Bijou black, we further explored line width and color blending on a larger tile.

After all those lines, we quickly tried something more organic, Abundies. We didn't have time to finish...

We all finished up our tiles after class. Here are the final results. Nice work!

Art and photo by student, used with permission

Art and photo by student, used with permission

I'm glad students sent me photos of their tiles, that gave me incentive to finish my teaching tiles...I don't always do that.
Check back in a day or two for a look at what else I've been up to this week.

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Phroz-N-Maryhill

I was playing around with the tangle Phroz and just couldn't resist adding Maryhill to those triangles!
Here is the progression in case you want to give it a try.

I knew after a few of the triangles all "spun" to the center, that I wanted some contrast so I left that outside triangle blank initially....

But when I had finished adding Maryhill I thought it needed just a little something more...
So I added only Phroz to those triangles, but with a larger aura than the Maryhill ones.

Without shading.
I think I need to try something similar with every other Maryhill reversed. What do you think?
Thanks Lynn, for sharing Phroz with us!

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An afternoon of tangling

A class, or just tangling all afternoon with a friend? We explored black tiles (introduction class) including, testing out the tools, giving consideration to highlights with line width, charcoal white and Zenstone. We explored layering techniques using black and gray on top of both the Gelly Roll and Zenstone. What a nice way to spend a rainy afternoon!

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Silence

“People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacle—the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and thoughts dropped in to obscure its clear stream. And when people stare too close to silence they sometimes face their own reflections, their magnified shadows in the depths, and that frightens them. I know; I know.” Janet Frame

This week's contribution for The Weekend in Black and White.

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