Say what?
I was sharpening a woodless pencil and was dismayed at all that wonderful graphite just going to waste. I thought, "I could smudge it all over some paper and it would be like doing shading before the tangling." So I did.
I took out two white tiles and sprinkled the shavings on one, placed the other upside down on top of it, and rubbed them together. Ta-da! Well, uh, no. They looked really messy and too dark and I almost threw them out, but I thought, "No mistakes, just opportunities. See what happens." So I did.
The smudges offer their own unique sort of 'string', suggesting areas and shapes. On one tile I saw several large ovals, and Festune came to mind so I started with that. When I'd finished the ink drawing, I added a bit more shading in some places.
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Tangles: Black Pearlz, Dandelion Seeds, Drobbles, Festune |
The other one seemed to have two large disks. Again, when done all the ink drawing, I added more shading, especially under the smaller disk.
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Tangles: Beadlines, Black Pearlz, Daggerly, Drupe, Pearlz, Perfs |
I wanted to try more, and on tan, and this time I took a picture of the smudged tiles. They look quite uninspiring, like they fell in the mud or something.
But here they are with tangles!
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Tangles: Blake, Blooming Butter, Frosty, and elements of Drupe |
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Tangles: Circfleur, Pearlz, Tipple |
It's kind of a fun, different way to create sections on your paper, but I don't think I'll be doing much more of this. I need another way to use those wonderful graphite shavings.