DIVA Challenge #322 is a monotangle - we are "Trying Aquafleur". I love Aquafleur, it is organic!, and there are literally tons of different drawing possibilities. Funny enough, I only drew this tangle once before, exactly a year ago (plus 2 weeks or so, who is counting). Then, as now, I cannot just rest after drawing one, ideas just come flooding in.
My first tile is Aqua-Orchid.
Patterns: Aquafleur as an orchid
Here I tried to be pointy, so I mixed Aquafleur with Nouvart, Ria Mattheussen's tangle. I didn't know where to put the Nouvart diamond shaped foot, so on one I reversed its place and put it on top and on the others I just have it 'hang out'.
Patterns: Aquafleur, Nouvart
My 3rd is a stippling Aquafleur. Ask me whether I am up to any more stippling...
Patterns: Stippling Aquafleur
My 4th tile in the DIVA 322 challenge I hurried to get it done because I still haven't started with Joey's letter challenge yet - the last one! - let alone IAST. I tend to add beads everywhere so I needed to make a beaded Aquafleur tile. First I wanted to put the beads on the bands, but that is predictable, I do that all the time, so I made a melee of beads on strings and placed it on the fleur itself. The little white beads are actually tiny LED bulbs, solar powered. Well, it could be...it could be, couldn't it.
Patterns: Aquafleur with a strings of beads melee
And here the ones I did last year. The long red design further down is one I adapted from Helen Williams. If you ever need ideas on how to draw Aquafleur with an umph, visit Helen's website.
Animal Happy Day
Pregnant Pit Bull was not alone under abandoned school.
Thanks, Eldad, you did it again.
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Whales - Denmark - Sea Shepherd needs your signature.
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A while ago I signed the petition to
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Your tiles are extraordinary and elegant - I love them :-))
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DeleteAmazingly beautiful - all of them! 😍
ReplyDeleteThank you, Miss Nadjezdah, for your lovely comment.
DeleteIt's an Aquafleur Festival. Love them all, especially the angular one.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comment, Megan. Does it show that I like Aquafleur?
DeleteWow, those are very many Aquafleur tiles. The 2nd is my absolute favorite, it's STUNNING!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne, for your very kind comment. The second one is maybe a bit abstract, but I thought if I match it with a 'straight' tangle, Nouvart, Aquafleur has got to adapt.
DeleteThese are all so lovely! The one with Nouvart is quite remarkable 😉
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment, Michele.
DeleteThey're all nice, but my favorite is the one with the tiny beads. Did you get Aquafleur out of your system for awhile?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment, Suzanne. Yes, maybe for another year to be more precise. 😀
DeleteI am loving your creative applications and variations on Aquafleur. This is exactly what I hope to see with any tangle. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your very kind comment, Jean. Aquafleur is a perfect tangle to inspire us to think/draw outside of its box. You showed that with your butterfly.
DeleteAw Susie, if only you put a little effort into drawing.... right...I think I will go off into a corner and pretend I'm not a slacker....
ReplyDeleteYou made my day, Trudi, and put a big smile on my face (and it is only 9.35am here). So, come out of your corner and get to work on the new challenges this week. I'll keep an eye out for your entries.
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