Gloria J Zucaro's "Lavender Wash"

6 1/2 " Circle.  Original Ink Design on Medium Weight Vellum.

Watercolor wash in lavender, rose and a bit of blue.

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I am entering this in the Inspiration Avenue Zentangle Challenge prompt from Jennifer Mclean.  I also entered my Rainbow Mandala from an earlier post.  This was an experiment, and I am not really happy with it.  I drew all the design with a Micron #1 pen.  Then I decided to try a watercolor wash on it.  I didn't want to go too dark or you wouldn't be able to see the ink design.  So with a 2" wash brush I wet the whole surface.  Then I splattered on a rose color, then a blue.  But I thought they were too concentrated, so I started tilting the paper in different directions.  Of course then I got a lavender mix.  It was subtle and kind of pretty, but some more colorful spots remained.  I dried it and then the lavender was very subtle, almost a pale gray, still with splotches of the rose.  So next time I will watercolor a paper first to see if I like it, then do the pen and ink design over that.  I will also leave the colors in their individual areas instead of mixing them totally.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Rainbow Mandala"

7" Diameter, not including blue surround.

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Pen design with watercolor on medium weight vellum.

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This is a watercolor I did for a Mandala, then decided to fill in some spaces with tangles. I used a small plate for the circle and then overlapped it on the original circle to make the inner arcs.  I then hand drew the other shapes and all the tangle designs.  I am submitting this(very late) to Paint Party Friday. PPF  Check out all the other submissions for this week.  Happy PPF!