A return to the Zentangle book

I realised today, I've not been near my Zentangle book for a very long time, so decided to make quite an open design, with a simple repeat pattern. I used a black pen and Prima Tropicals water colour paints and a gold coloured gel pen.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Garden Elements -TE30" wren card

 

I've been playing with layers on this card. Starting with drawing the shapes of random pebbles toward the base of the card.  I then painted the shapes using Prima Watercolour Confections "Tropicals" paint and a gold shimmer paint by CSY Art Gallery..

I then stamped the clocks and flowers background, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Garden Elements - TE30" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink. I then stamped the wren, from the same stamp set, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.   But it looked too solid, so I stamped it again on a piece of white card using Versaifne Clair "Acorn" a mid brown coloured ink.  I then coloured the brown stamped image using Van Goch pastel pencils, fussy cut the shape and glued over the black stamped image.  

To finish, I used a black fine liner pen to draw round the pebble shapes and added some black dots to some of the pebbles too.