Challenge #257 - Guest Post - Oooh Shiny!

Tangled tin can lid, Printemps, Crescent Moon,
Hollibaugh with Mooka / Pod tendrils and
lot's of sparkle and shine (I hope)

The Diva's challenge this week has a guest poster filling in, Amy Broady, CZT from Knoxville, Tennessee. She is celebrating Leap Day (a day that  happens only once every 4 years). So, to celebrate she asks us to make our tangle work Shine! Or gleam. Or glint. Add a special touch. She challenges us to include a METALLIC feature in the tangled art for this week.

I chose to embrace the challenge full tilt, go ALL the way. I tangled a tin can lid using my Staedler permanent pens for the black, and Sakura white and metallic gel pens for the embellishments.

Fun times. For this piece I wanted to make my tangled lid become part of my ZIA. I chose Hollibaugh with Pod extensions, Crescent Moon and lot's of Mooka-like tendrils. Add auras and lots of layers and it is complete.!

I find it difficult to represent the metallic quality with a camera, so I added a closeup detail to show the sparkly quality of this piece. It's done on and 8.5 x 11 sheet.
Close up of detail

12 comments:

  1. very nice compositon with a beautiful glittering!

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  2. Beautiful ZIA! Very unique to add a tangled lid, love it!

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  3. Such a clever idea and absolutely gorgeous artwork.

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  4. Gorgeous ZIA! The whole composition is so elegant and I really love those curly tendrils.

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  5. I see glimsy high lights. Beautiful done.

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  6. What a unique idea, very clever and beautifully drawn.

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  7. What a unique mixed media piece you created. It is really beautifully done.

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  8. Absolutely gorgeous and elegant! Wonderful idea!

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  9. This is positively inspired. I think I'm going to start saving my tin lids to incorporate in some ZIAs. You know what they say, "Imitation is the finest form of flattery."

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  10. What a wonderful piece of ZIA! Bravo!

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  11. What a wonderful way to do this Zia. Beautifully done!

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