Play with Paper - zendala dare

Erin at the Bright Owl blog has another interesting mandala template for her dare this week, but it's not the mandala that's the dare. She asks us to find some interesting paper to tangle on using her template. I love paper as much as Erin does and have lots in drawers in my studio. I chose three to use.

First up, a mottled pink and gold origami paper. I used red ink and a bit of brown and white, and red pencil for shading.

Tangles: Florez, Paradox, Phuds

Next I used a piece of scrapbooking paper with a small grid pattern in purple and green. I used that grid pattern as a basis for the tangles.

Tangles: Bales, Beelight, Screen

Finally, my favorite, on handmade marbled paper that I bought on holiday last year. I love marbled paper and it's often so beautiful all by itself that I don't want to add anything to it.

Tangles: Munchin, Tipple, Tripoli

Several months ago I tried using other types of paper. You can see those efforts here.