I've been playing with a lot of new tangles lately.
Putting them in my sketchbook,
showing the steps of the ones I thought
I'd have trouble remembering.
The Diva Challenge this week is diptychs.
And that is where my sketchbook comes into play.
According to Mr. Google,
a diptych means:
a painting on two hinged wooden panels that may be closed like a book.
Well, I wish I'd looked that up before completing
this drawing.
Just pretend it is folded in half -
down the center.
That center line of diva dance divides the
two sections.
The mirrored part (loosely - according to the Diva)
would be the strutz and Bijou parts.
Left and right.
Right down the middle.
Diptychs.
They are the thing to do this week.
And I will be doing more.
BUT
to check out everyone else's diptychs,
just click here for the Diva Challenge.
Bijou. A two inch square tile - commonly known as a twinchie. In the realm of all things zentangle, these are Bijou tiles. Bijou is a little snail that came home from Paris with Rick and Maria several years ago. They named these tiles after Bijou. You can see a drawing of him - or her - on the back of each tile. The nice thing about a twinchie is you can tangle one up in a short amount of time. And as I soon found out - they also handle color very well. These are the first four I tangled.
Frankie is over for a few days so posting may be sporadic until next week. Just so you know.
Exciting news!!!
I finally got my spread in the third
Journal Around the World completed!
It's a virtual explosion of crazy color,
fun tangles,
and you even get a little introduction to
Bijou!
(Zentangle's ® new twinchie tile.)
So much fun!
From here the Journal travels to
Springtown, Texas,
for Donna Hornsby to add a little
artistic beauty!
Whoot! Whoot!
There's a new kid in town.
In zentangle town, actually.
And he's a little squirt!
Twinchie sized, actually.
Two inches squared.
Two inches of tiny, awesomeness,
packaged and name Bijou.
And the Diva's challenge this week is all
about Bijou's twinchie awesomeness.
I figured - what the heck!
I could totally dangle up some
Bijou-twinchie-fun!
And here it is!
Head on over to the Diva's (Laura's)
page here and check out all the
Bijou fun!
I'm visiting Kali for a week,
And posting has proven to be almost
Impossible from my iPad.
More to follow when I get
Back home.
Promise.
Last week I posted the step-out for my tangle TootsieMoon and gave some examples of it in use. Below is the tile in straight black and white. I have since come back and added color by way of Prismacolor Pencils. And I added that cute little snail. He (or she) is fresh from CZT training in Rhode Island and will begin popping up all over the zentangle pages you follow very soon. Meet Bijou.
As much as I love the color - it's hard to beat the plain ol' black and white version.
If you haven't tried out TootsieMoon yet, here is a link to the step out. Have fun!
