Every Tuesday morning I help in my daughter's art class at school. Last week they were using a cool thing called Scratchboard, which is a thick paper with a colored coating on top. You use special tools to 'scratch' the coating off to reveal the color underneath. The most popular scratchboards are black with white underneath, but there are also available with rainbow colors under the black, or white under a metallic coating. It's really fun to play with, but does require a bit of practice, as I found out!
Yesterday I was finishing up my piece during the 6th grade art class, and some of the kids were watching me - they loved it! They thought Zentangle was the coolest thing ever! And their favorite pattern was 'Groovy,' so I thought I would use this piece for the Diva Challenge this week:)
And on a purely personal level, I'm excited about publishing my book, Yorkshire Mysteries, as you can see on the right side of my blog. I wrote the book a while ago, knowing that getting it published would be a huge longshot. But with the advent of online 'publishing on demand' I am finally able to hold my book in my hands and put it on my bookshelf along with some of my favorite books. It's a real thrill!
Have a good day, everyone:)
Oh I love this! Groovy is so delicate and thready when scratched out this way. Great ideal
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful scratch-board taNGLE. i BET YOU NOW HAVE CONVERTS IN THOSE STUDENTS. yOU HAVE DONE SUCH CAREFUL WONDERFUL THIN LINES! AMAZING. i LIKE HOW YOUR PATTERNS LINK INTO EACH OTHER. i AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE LOWER RIGHT THAT LOOKS LIKE CROWNS WITH LITTLE FLOWERS?
ReplyDeleteThe tangle that looks like crowns I actually found on a piece by Carolyn Boettner. Check out her flikr photostream - it's amazing! Thanks for your nice comment:)
DeleteCongratulations Dianne, on your book being out. I wish you a good reception to your book. The preamble sounds quiet interesting..curiosity generator!
ReplyDeleteAbout your tile, it looks bold, and of course beautiful.
In India, women create decorations on a silver plate by first coating it with black soot created by burning camphor, and then intricate decorations are done using a thin stick to scratch.
Oh, that's really interesting! There's nothing new under the sun, huh?:)
DeleteDiana It looks realy groovy!
ReplyDeleteCongratolations with your book.
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Cngratulations on the book, what a kick! I love the scratchboard piece. I was just wondering what Groovy would look like in white on black! You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteTotally creative idea - love scratchboard, and this is a great medium to use it with!
ReplyDeleteyour drawing is wonderful - your patterns flow and mesh together very nicely!
ReplyDeleteI love the movement in your tile. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your book!
I love the use of the scratch board. Very ingenious! It looks very lovely.
ReplyDeleteHow very exciting and congratulations on writing a book!!
ReplyDeleteGroovy scratching!
Good luck with your book. You must be so excited. I can't imagine doing a zentangle with scratchboard. But, it sure turned out great! You're brave!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYour scratchboard zentangle is great - very interesting concept, and beautifully done. I couldn't find your book as being available in Canada... maybe someday? Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous. There's a gradeschool technique of coloring with colored crayons and then adding black crayon and scratching the black off in a pattern. Sounds similar to scratch board, with scratch board being a lot easier, lol. I think this is gorgeous, and love your choice of tangles, and boy are you good with the "scratcher".
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