"Quli" is by OlgaArtCat86 and her pattern is posted HERE on Flickr. It looked like it might be difficult to draw but the hardest part ended up being having to draw a very tiny box grid. I wanted to get as many elements on my tile as possible so I drew the grid on the diagonal from corner to corner. As long as I counted the squares on the grid carefully before drawing each step, it was pretty simple to draw and I love how it turned out.
I used metallic colored pencils and left an empty stripe down the center of each element. Next I used a white colored pencil to fill in the stripes. When I saw how the white pencil pulled the surrounding color into the center, I decided to scrub the white pencil back and forth to blend the color with the white a bit. As you can see, some of the colors overpowered the white more than others.
A fun tangle. I'd like to try drawing it without the box grid - to see if that's possible without it getting too messy. I love the metallic look too!
ReplyDeleteGood luck. You're braver than I am. If your idea works, will you post it on your blog?
DeleteYes, I'm sure it will end up on there even if it's just a mess in my sketchbook!
DeleteI take a long time to get to these things - but I finally posted about trying out Quli without a starting grid. It's on the last image on the right hand side!
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Your Quli turned out great! I also like your Quli-baugh.
DeleteThanks. Yes - as you can see I'm putting holes in everything. I definitely want to use Quli more - thanks for introducing me to it!
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