Get In Line

This was a hard one to start, but once I got going, it was very relaxing. Somehow the "restriction" of drawing only lines brought about a very quiet mind for me.

For that was The Diva's Challenge: to use only straight lines in our work this week. Like Laura, I wanted to bring energy and action to my tile, and enjoyed finding a way to do that.

It started to come about with the addition of triangles along the edge. Hollibaugh laid down some planks there, and athitzi wanted to be everywhere. A modified Keeko, some paradox. Then I did something I wish I hadn't...I shaded the piece with the light coming from the top (my default setting for where light comes from. Because I grew up in a house facing south, when the sun comes up it is from the left. And that's why, whenever I shade, the light comes from the upper left.)

well anyway, I shaded things in that direction, then Footlites came to mind. And I put them in. On the bottom. *sigh* so the shading looks downright unnatural. But the piece does have energy, even though it's not my favorite.

Gotta admit, it does have energy.

However, this week I did make a tile that I JUST LOVE. It's on my cubicle wall at work, so I can look at it.

 I started with string #144, and was putting a different tangle in each section of string.

 Flux was in one section, and WOW! so I decided to do a monotangle with just flux in this string. Of course I had to add ribbons and tipple, some stippling, a couple of shiny ribbony places.

The finishing touches of weighting my lines, and stippling just solidify this piece as one of my absolute favorites that I've ever done.

So it's been a week of opposites. Curvy, leafy, ribbony, and straight, poky, thrusty, driven.

Good stuff, Maynard!