1/23/12

ALAW -january

I've been busily working on a new project - ALAW (a letter a week).  This project is a year long project at the end of which I'll have created two alphabets.  The "rules" are simple:  any medium, any style, size must be 7cm (3") square and after the letters have been created, they should be presentation ready in some form - a book, framed, hanging by wire, etc.  One of the two alphabets must follow the theme "dotty".

I followed along last year, lurking on the fringes and so intrigued by everyone's efforts, so this year I jumped in. My subconscious has been working overtime to come up with how I wanted to create them, what style/shape of letters and ultimately how to present it....  Here's my first 4 letters for each week in January.

Obviously, I've decided to do my 'dotty' alpha first.  I created dots of spattered watercolor as the background and the colors will progress through the color wheel three times.  The tiles will also be connected with the ribbon of circles on black (more dots) and then filled in with zentangle patterns.  I figured this way I'm practicing my lettering as well as my tangles.

A few of the other participants have started sharing their alphabets too so be sure and visit the ALAW site - you'll be amazed at the creativity!  If you're so inclined, it's worth a minute to scroll through some of last year's finished alphas -they're amazing!  See them here.

ED:  I just read Inspiration Ave new prompt for the week and it's alphabet letters.  Well, what do you know, I have some of those!  So I'm linking up.

13 comments:

  1. Ummm, this is amazing! You have so many neat and inspiring themes you work on! I'm inspired! I think letter D is my favorite, I like the little half cobweb shapes.

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  2. These are so super cool Terrie. 3" x 3" huh? That doesn't seem tooooo intimidating... Will check out some of the others. Thanks so much for sharing!

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    1. Just checked out a bunch of the other projects--they are fantastic! Such a huge variety of materials and styles. As I said above, so super cool.

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  3. Love these, real fun alphas! Valerie

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  4. these are fabulous! i love that each letter is a work of art on its own, but that they tie together so beautifully with that ribbon. gorgeous work!

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  5. Really neat letters, great job! ^____^~~*

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  6. Really beautiful. Your doodles are simply amazing.

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  7. Wow that's really nice work! I'll have to check that challenge out! Maybe, I'll be the "lurker" this year, LOL!

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  8. I am totally impressed with these letters. I wish I had stopped by earlier in the week, but my time got away from me due to real life. These letters are SO impressive. I knew you were doing doodles and zentangles, but these are over and above what I would have expected. I'm not just impressed, I'm overwhelmed by your ability. Great IA theme entry as well as ALAW.

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    1. These are fab Terrie, love the random colour splashes with the black and white. I'm impressed with the challenge - to create a whole alphabet is very brave - 4 down, 22 to go!

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  9. I can see these as cards!
    Fabulous design with splash of color!

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  10. stunning zentangles!!

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  11. Your lettering is amazing. I imagine you will have such an gorgeous set of letters at the end of the year
    (visiting from inspiration avenue)

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