Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Stripe strings

The Diva's challenge this week is simply to use stripes as our string. What a good chance to try out some of those tangles that make good borders. Also, I've been being reminded these days of the calming aspect of simply drawing structured patterns in black ink on white paper, and adding shading.

I've been wanting to revisit my two-pencil string idea and this challenge was an excellent opportunity. A two-pencil string gives you rather ribbony sections to tangle and interesting curves and corners to deal with. There are several posts on this blog dealing with two-pencil strings. Check under the Labels box on the left to find more examples. Here are two tiles beginning with a two-pencil string.
Tangles: Crescent Moon, Emingle, Lamar, Paisley Boa,
Paushlov, Pearlz, Tortuca, Zewm
Tangles: Black Pearlz, Coaster, Kandysnake, Unyun, Wired, Xyp
I was on a roll. I did a more classic tile with dots and a border, and in actual simple stripes.
Tangles: Prestwood variation, Vega, Wud (ribbon variation),
and rounding
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15 comments:

  1. lilystanglesAugust 27, 2014 at 11:59 PM

    All three are beautiful , as always :) Your shading are fantastic - I wish I could thus :)

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  2. SusanAugust 28, 2014 at 3:13 AM

    Your tiles are stunning (as always) but I really did appreciate the two pencil reminder. Looking at what you have done with two pencils is very inspiring.

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  3. Daniele OBrien Design, CZTAugust 28, 2014 at 4:27 AM

    Love all three, the two pencil string works beautifully. I love how you've taken each tangle and added your wonderful twists to this stripe challenge. Especially taken with your Prestwood variation.Really makes me want to make me revisit all these tangles.

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  4. UnknownAugust 28, 2014 at 6:52 AM

    These are beautiful! I'm going to go learn about 2 pencil strings right now! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your art.

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  5. David HunterAugust 28, 2014 at 7:09 AM

    I love your Tiles, Margaret. Beautiful utilization of Patterns and delicate shading. The two pencil string technique is so effective.

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  6. IlseAugust 28, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    Very nice! I like them all, but prefer the third one. It looks so soft ;-)

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  7. KiaAugust 28, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    I think I'm going to try the two pencil technique - it looks fascinating. You have some very lovely artwork here.

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  8. jeanchaneyazAugust 28, 2014 at 10:06 AM

    Lovely tiles. I like the two pencil idea and it works so well for you. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Tangles and MoreAugust 28, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    They all look great. Cannot pick a favorite.

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  10. Anne's tangle blogAugust 28, 2014 at 8:28 PM

    Very beautiful, all three. Always fun, a two pencil string!!

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  11. Annette P.-L. August 29, 2014 at 7:44 AM

    All three are gorgeous! Wonderful choice of tangles and perfect shading!

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  12. BarbroAugust 30, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    Beautiful tiles and a great choice of tangles! Well done! :)

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  13. Shelly BeauchAugust 30, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    You always create something groovy, Margaret. Super!!

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  14. HeidiSueAugust 30, 2014 at 5:57 PM

    Oh that xyp in the second one! wow! Love how 3D it is, and the "night sky" seems to come thru. It's very cool how you've made the second tile with free stripes across the page. Terrific pattern choices. And prestwood! I've been playing with that pattern this week, having so much fun with it. You had a lot of fun with the challenge, it's easy to see. well done!

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  15. Amy in TNSeptember 1, 2014 at 7:11 AM

    Delightful art, as always, Margaret. I grinned to see paushalöv, paisley boa and zewm worked into the same tile. :-D Your ribbon variation of wud is fabulous--I need to try that!

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