Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Borders

Weekly challenge number 138: borders. Somehow, not that interesting, I thought.

I looked around where I was (a small gymnasium for my weekly Artists Workshop gathering) and frankly didn't really see anything that wowed me. Or even interested me much.

So I went on to other art projects. Got out my pens. Opened a 08 black micron and, wonder of wonders, this is a first for me, it had leaked! Ick. But wait. I could wipe off the leaky ink onto a tile and... what might happen? I did that, on two tiles - it was quite leaky - going around the edges. That created interesting, kind-of-messy border possibilities! When it came to do the shading, I also shaded in the border areas.
Tangles: Lamar, Opus, Paisley Boa, Pearlz, Tidings, Tortuca

I recently won a beautiful tile created by Maria Thomas. You can see it here. It's one of my treasures. I love the delicately colored center and must have had that in the back of my mind when I colored this one. So, borders. More interesting than I thought!
Tangles: Knightsbridge Aura, Hibred, Zewm
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19 comments:

  1. Debra CastaldiOctober 1, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    Small gymnasium, uninspired, leaky pens. Who would have thought that mind set would have produced two beautiful tiles! Your pens must be as magical as you are! Wonderful.

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  2. NancyDOctober 1, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    Cool! I love how apparant mistakes turn into to beautiful and wonderful. NancyD

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    1. Margaret Bremner, ArtistOctober 1, 2013 at 7:50 PM

      Me too Nancy. I think sometimes we need to intentionally throw a wrench in the works!

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  3. Ginny StilesOctober 1, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    So now I have to find a leaky pen? :-)
    Here I am SO tidy with my borders and you show up totally outside the box again!
    Honestly Margaret...you have "another kind of eye" from ordinary people.
    I really love them.

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    1. Margaret Bremner, ArtistOctober 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM

      Normally I am ultra-tidy too. I really think Zentangle has helped me "loosen up"! :)

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  4. i am the divaOctober 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM

    beeeyooootiful

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  5. Shelly BeauchOctober 1, 2013 at 8:40 PM

    Love your stylish 'shabby chic' look, Margaret.

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  6. MariëtOctober 1, 2013 at 11:55 PM

    Both tiles are beautiful!
    So a leaky pen did surprise you in a lovely way :)

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  7. MySpecialistOctober 2, 2013 at 12:43 AM

    Beautiful,beautiful!

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  8. UnknownOctober 2, 2013 at 1:53 AM

    Waauw, what first seams to be a disaster turns out to be a new creative way!
    A real inspiration with a great result.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 9:00 AM

    You gotta love the happy accidents! Nice tiles!

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  10. CeciliaBOctober 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    Zentangle opens our minds! A leaky pen can turn in a great tool as well :-) beautiful tile!

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  11. LenyOctober 3, 2013 at 2:55 AM

    De boom is zo mooi in de lijst.

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    1. Margaret Bremner, ArtistOctober 3, 2013 at 10:41 AM

      (Google translate says: "The tree is so beautiful in the list.")
      Dank je wel Leny!

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  12. Annette P.-L. October 3, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    Both tiles are gorgeous! You make a virtue of the defect pen!

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  13. UnknownOctober 3, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    Love the look of these frames!

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  14. ledenzerOctober 3, 2013 at 4:05 PM

    They are wonderful!

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  15. BrendaOctober 6, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Love this artistically messy look - two total gems!

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