It is difficult for a bright, charming child to be different, particularly when there are so few others who share his condition. My husband had polio as a 2 year old child, and lived with misconceptions about his condition, as he does to this day. I'm encouraged to see research going into treatments for Moebius Syndrome, and pray that Artoo will benefit from every advancement.
Laura asks that we dedicate our work this week to Moebius Syndrome Awareness by using the Moebius shape in our work. At first, I found this intimidating. I have never drawn it before, and am not so good with ribbon-y strings, but I started anyway. Then she suggested we might like to add in some purple. Oh, run and hide, because I am somehow afraid to adulterate my Zentangle with color. (why? Maria colors her ZIAs? Lots of beautiful work out there!)
So, I plunged in, mixed up some purple watercolor (first time I have used any), and forged ahead. Here it is, in all its grapey glory.
Uh-oh, I'm getting a bug now! I may make some copies of some former works and add color to see what happens. I'm thinking the one in my previous post (That's New To Me #3) below would be a good candidate.
Happy Martin Luther King Day - one man whose dreams changed the world!
Hope it's okay I pinned this and noted it was in awareness of Moebius Syndrome. Great job and the color was nice as well. Good cause.
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you! I'm honored!
DeleteBeautiful work, and so heart-felt. :)
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ReplyDeleteI would NEVER have guessed that you have "problems" with ribbony things and are "afraid" of adding color to your ZIA's. I just noticed your shading. I had already admired the 3 dimensionality of your composition and the shading is so natural looking that I overlooked it! I also added a few words in memory of MLK in my post. RIP.
ReplyDeleteGreat shading, it makes the logo look 3D!
ReplyDeleteThat's really lovely and lovely words as well! Funny, I only just started introducing color too. I rescued some rejected tiles to experiment with and a couple of them were transformed by color. Well done!
ReplyDeleteA great tile, Antonine. You did a wonderful job with color. I like the different values, and the color treatment along the edges is delightful. I enjoyed your Post.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tile. I'm also new to watercolors so I took the easy way out and just colored the whole tile. But I see how much more elegant this looks. Great job!
ReplyDeleteWonderful tile! Great shading and colours!
ReplyDeleteA great post and a beautiful tile!
ReplyDeleteSuperb shading!
ReplyDeleteGrapey goodness all around! The shading is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful, love the way you use the colours.
ReplyDeleteThe water color wash turned out well. Like the array of tangles that you used.
ReplyDeleteWow...LOVE how the colors in your work matches the background colors for your blog, that is amazing, as if you designed it that way.
ReplyDeleteLovely tile.
ReplyDeleteSo nice, especially with the grapey color. I kind of have trouble adding color to a "real" piece, but once you use Zentangle in a form it has already become a ZIA, so color is good. Wonderful shading and I like the touch of color as a border too.
ReplyDeleteVery subtle - I like this very much.
ReplyDeleteGreat tile.
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