Challenge 21 - OOF (Out of Focus)

Yay I did it!!!!  I made up my mind that I was going to do the Challenge this week (mainly because I felt like it had been weeks since I had done one when in fact I just missed one week)  For some reason I just couldn't wrap my head around the Royal Wedding Challenge so I guess last week I wasn't up for the Challenge (sad face).  I started this piece last night and thought I was on a roll - when I realized that I had made squares instead of diamonds (which meant they didn't line up right).  When I had the squares down the lines didn't work out so instead of starting over (and wasting paper) I went for the big black background (after putting down a lot of black ink) and started on the white.  I have a white charcoal pencil, a white watercolor pencil, a white Prismacolor pencil, a white Sharpee paint pen (that just drips big ugly spots on the paper), a couple of white gel pens. a white chalk pen, and of couple of white Pen-Touch pens - all of which have their own good points but none that I'm in love with.  I guess that's the reason I really don't like doing things on black paper.  Oh well, I guess this is another batch of lemonade (you know making lemonade out of lemons??).  Make your own lemonade today with whatever comes your way.

Ok after I posted this it really does look "out of focus" - he! he!

Something different

I was at the art supply store and saw this black paper so I bought it along with several white pens and pencils (which I never thought would be THAT difficult).  You would have thought that anything white would work perfectly on black, well not so much.  The chalk pen didn't show up, the paint sharpie pen just ran and bled.  The white and grey pencils were great for shading but I'm still looking for the perfect pen.  I hope you like the change in paper.  It's 8 degrees BELOW zero here today (and a wind chill of 32 below).  It's bad when the news is telling you what to do if you get frost bite, so wherever you are, STAY WARM!!!!