Monday, May 16, 2016

DIVA Challenge #268 - A bit-o-black

Last weekend I saw Margaret Bremner`s new tangle "Skye" on her blog and was fascinated by it. So I  tried to draw it today. First it was a bit tricky but then I realized how it works....
I started to tangle on a 15x15 cm white watercolour paper, just for fun.... When I decided the tile to be finished I found the new DIVA Challenge. 
The task is to use some more black than normally. I decided to use my tile which I just finished and to add some more black. And I realized that this was a good decision. 
Thank you, Laura, for this interesting experience!

                                     

This was the first attempt , without the black addition:
What a difference!


24 comments:

  1. Wonderful to see what the black does with your tile Simone, it's Amazing!!!
    Skye looks great, I have to try this tangle.

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  2. Wow, beautiful! I love the black addition!

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  3. Wonderful to see what the black does with your tile Simone, it's Amazing!!!
    Skye looks great, I have to try this tangle.

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  4. Yes great difference. Awesome with more black.

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  5. Yes, I agree with the others: what a difference with the black!
    Very nice of you to show us your tile without the black and then with the black
    It is a beautiful tile and I like the new pattern of Margaret!

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  6. So beautiful, well drawn and the black enhances your work so!

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  7. What a great tile to add black to. Skye seems a lovely tangle and at first I thought the black in it was what you had done, then I saw the second one and what a difference!

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  8. Fantastic tangle! The black does really make a difference!

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  9. Thank you so much for showing both versions. It was beautiful before but is spectacular now!

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  10. Great Diva challenge tile and love your "Skye". I haven't tried that one yet. Very nice!!

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  11. Yes, you are right. That black adds so much depth to the tile. Both are beautiful but the one with the black is so much more dramatic!

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  12. Very nice Skye! And I agree, more black works beautifully.

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  13. Such a spectacularly splendid tile! Thank you for sharing both versions. The original is so lovely, you would have been justified to stop there, but you chose to push on to meet the Challenge. What effective evidence of how designs can be pushed to an even higher level of impact with a little more time, inspiration, effort, & ink! Wow.

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  14. Hallo Simone :-) Deine Kachel sieht wirklich wunderschön aus! Toll, dass Du den Unterschied vorher/nachher zeigst - das schwarz steht der Kachel einfach super!
    Das neue Muster sieht auch toll aus, das muss ich auch mal probieren :-)
    Viele Grüße und noch eine schöne Woche,
    Sandra

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  15. Hallo Simone, das sieht ja wirklich toll aus. Mit mehr schwarz wirkt dein Tile noch viel eleganter und eindrucksvoller. Und Skye hast du auch super hinbekommen. Ich hab es vor ein paar Tagen auch entdeckt und musste es gleich in meinem Skizzenblock ausprobieren.
    Liebe Grüße Tina

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  16. Yes the added black really makes a difference and somehow makes "skye" stand out even more. :)

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  17. Gorgeous! I love the difference the black makes and I especially love what you did with "Skye". I'm completely obsessed with this pattern right now;-)

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  18. Indeed much more drama after adding more black!

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  19. Beautiful tile! It is amazing the difference more black makes!

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  20. Traumhaft schön und sehr edel! Es ist schon beeindruckend, was für ein Unterschied ein bisschen mehr Schwarz macht! Einfach superschön, dein kleines Kunstwerk!
    Skye steht auch schon bei mir auf der To-Do-Liste ganz oben!
    Liebe Grüße, Annette

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  21. wow. the extra black makes it quite dramatic. thanks for showing the before and after... it's very inspiring.

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  22. It was a good idea to show the before and after pictures. I love the composition of your tile. Especially the braided elements.

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  23. Glad you thought to take a picture before you added the black. Shows how adding something simple can make such a difference. Great composition.

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