Pencil drawing

A quick sketch (15 minutes) with graphite ... my son at age 17 - in relaxed company.  I loved the photograph of him here! 

Still Taking Leave - but wanted to Share This

 I needed a break from all that is Zentangle and Quilting ... so I picked up my coloured pencils (Prismacolor this time), a bottle of Zest It Pencil Blend and a journal that I had made from Fabriano Artistico Watercolour paper.

I had previously done a watercolour wash on all the pages with different colours and then spattered watercolour paint wash with a brush onto the pages - some I used rock salt as well.  This gave me a fantastic background to do some pencil paintings.

This is the front page ... you have to know that I did not have flowers to copy from ... I copied a line drawing and coloured from the heart, how I recall these flowers to look. So they may not be botanically correct.   That is okay - because it is a journal of my favourite flowers!

 This is a little way into the book ... on the Pink page.

The yellow page ... I love daisys

All of these Pencil Paintings were done with a base of colour, a layer of Zest It Pencil Blend and then more layers of colour. 


I have had a restful weekend doing what I love to do  - draw - with colour!

Okay ... see you all in a week or so.

Cheers
Jane
x

Video Tutorial - Zest It Pencil Blend with Colour

What you have all been waiting for ... this video shows how I use the Zest It Pencil Blend to blend Prismacolor Pencils, Derwent Inktense Pencils and also a Generals Sketch & Wash graphite pencil.   The video does go for over 10 minutes though.   I also forgot to tell you that you can "sharpen" or "clean" your Paper Stump by using an emery board - the big ones with foam in the middle work well, or just use a piece of sand paper.  It is best to clean them when they are dry.    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9YNTatJVA

I couldn't upload the video to my blog ... if the link doesn't work you cut and paste it into your search engine it should take you to my video tutorial  -  I hope you enjoy this video. 

Happy Tangling for now ... Jane x

A Winter Wonderland in Tasmania

 Last week in the Central Highlands of Tasmania we had another snowfall ... this one was much more substantial than the last one we had a few weeks before.  I know to some of you, you see more snow than this during winter - but it is pretty exciting for me as I was well into my twenties before I saw snow.

 A little frozen lake

The back yard!   It was wonderful to wake up in the morning and see all the animal tracks in the snow - mostly wallabies.

Stay tuned for later this week ... a Zest-It Pencil Blend video tutorial ... it takes awhile to upload so I will do it when the house is quiet.

Also thank you to Jacqui of J and T Blackman Ltd who own Zest-It ... Jacqui has listed my blog and website in their How to use Zest-it Pencil Blend with Coloured Pencils section ... here is the link if you want to have a look ...
http://www.zest-it.com/colouredpencils.htm

See you all later this week ... I hope you enjoy my snow pics.

Happy Tangling ... Jane x

Video for Jane's Tangle Pattern "SPINNER"

This is my tangle pattern "Spinner" ... it is really simple and very useful to add a bit of fun to your Zentangle art.










This is my very first video, so I hope it is okay and you can see how I create this simple pattern "Spinner".
The video was taken on my Olympus All-Weather camera - just a little point and shoot digital - I'm amazed at what it can do.  The only problem is, I don't know how to edit it - so what you see is what you get - I don't think it is too bad though.

I hope you enjoy!

I have some samples I did on the Zest-It Pencil Blend, showing how it works with different types of pencils, also a water soluable graphite pencil.    Check back later this week for that post.

Happy Tangling for now ... Jane x