Today I was rearranging a row of drawers in my office studio when I came across an unfinished ATC (Artist Trading Card), probably from 2018. It had the border completed and the large Well leaf-like shapes had been drawn.
I decided to add some large MOOKA shapes all around and then just filled in between the upper ones with perfs.
I added the inner lines to the flower petals to make them look a bit like they were cupped.
Then I decided to add the flux between the sections below. I didn’t want to fill all the sections with Flux and since my tangle step-out for Joki was on my desk, I filled the other 3 sections with it. I didn’t really know if it would work. But I like the end result!
After I shaded the card with my magic pencil, I thought it still looked like it needed something. Then I remembered what I’ve done on this kind of frame in the past: add just a bit of gold ink!
Now I’m happy. I feel like it elevated the whole design and gave it a nice finish.
I’m quite happy with how it turned out!
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil. Gold added with a 04 Pilot Juice Up pen.