Mrth and Aquafleur

Nursing the flu with a sore throat had me drawing quietly this week, no classes. The Art Raffle gave me an orb string and Mrth (Zentangle) and some other tangles. My hand had other plans and just went Crescent Moon on me, and suddenly it just wanted to tangle Aquafleur.

My hand also had other plans when it came to shading, I used a black ink wash in a waterbrush. Essentially just add a few drops of black ink into a waterbrush full of water to create a super light gray wash, and layer it up. I also used a tiny bit of ballpoint pen technique.

Here's the sequence before and after shading:

Here's a close-up for you to inspect:

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