Monday, August 3, 2015

Weekly Challenge #229 Guest Blogger Sandy Hunter, CZT



This week The Diva is still on vacation. The guest Blogger Sandy Hunter launched this challenge: "Shift your focus to the negative space, so the white part of your tile is the focus of your tangle". 

Like Sandy Hunter, I tend to make my tangles really busy because I do not succeed to stop to tangle, i always try other pattern. many times i decided to leave a white area as the focus of my drawing and each time I found these designs more balanced : The following are two examples of these tests :

In my opinion, this tile seemed too busy.

I tried the same one with the central area left white :

I prefer this second version.  And you ?

Another drawing done in 4 parts. The central area is a tree ( highly stylized indeed with branches and roots) :


I'm going to tangle a new one this week. But often it's difficult for me  to finish by Friday evening.

Thank you for your comments.


17 comments:

  1. Very lovely, Christine. I do prefer the second one with more white - it works perfectly for this challenge as it is the focus. Ax

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  2. Very striking! My favorite is the first one, but they are all gorgeous!

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  3. I love the ensemble. The white space in it reminds me of one of those combs used to hold your hair in place.

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  4. They are awesome... Make me think about Hundertwasser a bit.

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  5. Firstly, I agree with you, the second one would be my preference. Secondly, I just love that four piece ZIA, absolutely stunning. I hope you don't mind if I "borrow" your idea and try something on similar lines. So thank you for sharing your work and thank you again for giving me an idea to work on.

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    1. Thank you for your comment but i don't find your tile for challenge 229

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  6. They are all wonderful. The contrast is amazing!

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  7. Whimsical and fun - and I especially love the four tile ensemble!

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    1. Thank for your comment but i don't find your tile for challenge 229

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  8. Everything is drawn and illustrated so well. It's so full and has such a presence on the paper. Very nice artwork. Sarah

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  9. These are beautiful! You have a lovely flowing style. For the first two tiles, I admit I like the first (more filled up one). You did leave just enough white space in that lovely busy design to make it interesting. I really love your four part ensemble. The tree sprawled across the tiles is amazing, and your tangling creates such a lovely garden. Love them all!

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  10. Great work! I love both of the Diva tiles and I don't think the first one is too busy. Your 4 piece ensemble is absolutely gorgeous!

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  11. I also like the second one most; there is a great balance in it. The other one with four tiles is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!

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  12. These are fabulous! Totally LUV the tree!

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  13. Both are wonderful but I think the second one is perfect for the challenge! I really love your essemble ... it´s absolutely beautiful!

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