How "Treeline" came to be

By now you probably know that I love depicting houses and trees.

Interjection:  About three years ago I had done a series of tiles of the seven chakras. Each of the seven lotus mandalas is on a white Zentangle tile; I used a color wash, pen and ink, colored pencil, and tiny gems. I've searched the blog, and apparently I didn't post a picture of it back then, so before I continue with the trees, here is Chakras.

I had done two or three trees with metal foil in the background. It struck me that the long format would work well for a series of trees, but horizontal this time. It's 6"x36" and I would need nine tiles, so I did more. Here they are, loose on the table.

All have metal foil; one has holographic strips; one has silver sparkles. I decided to continue with the 'squares' theme around the sides. I alternated various acrylic metallics.

Here is Treeline, finished:

On tan zendala tiles

I admit there are qualities I dislike in the tan paper of the zentangle tiles, but I sure do like the results! The paper doesn't much like getting wet, and yet washes are something I do a lot these days.

LOTUS OF PASSING TIME

(c) 2014 Margaret Bremner
 Here I used brown and white inks and some metal leaf.
Shading is in brown pencil.

Tangles: Aura, Opus, Printemps, Tipple, stripes

IDYLL

(c) 2014 Margaret Bremner
A gray wash on the tan paper gives an overcast look to the sky.

Tangles: Aquafleur, Seljuk, Tipple

(as yet untitled)

(c) 2014 Margaret Bremner

I had trouble with the sky area, reworking it a few times,
and still thing the orange is a bit too strong.

Tangles: Aquafleur, Bunzo, Pearlz, Wildwood, and Zander-esque