Zendala Dare #96 - Back in the Game

So glad that Erin is back with the Zendala Dare! Erin has actually posted three since she's come back, I'm just now getting around to completing them.  She's been busy with nursing school and a career, but now Erin is back with a template:

This is what she gave us to work with. I had no idea what I would do with it, all those lines, the linear feel as opposed to roundness and fullness.

 So I just grabbed my Sharpie fine point and started.

I began by transferring the zendala over to my tile,

then started in that center section.

No specific tangle that I'm aware  of -

I just started drawing.

Reminiscent of Katy Abbott's kuke.

And I just kept adding until I reached a finish point. Add a little shading and here is what I came up with:

I really love the way it turned out! You can see all the other zendalas for this challenge on Erin's blog - The Bright Owl - here.

Dilip's Ganesha Challenge

A fellow CZT, Dilip Patel from Bengaluru, has issued himself a challenge to create 100 tangled Ganesha before December 31, 2012. The rest of the CZTs are trying to help Dilip out. This is my offering. 

I really didn't know a thing about Ganesha, so I started with a google search. I really liked this particular photo, so I used it as my string.

I did the drawing first, then started filling in tangles. Then I took photos to post here on my blog. I realized - as usual - that I forgot to shade and I wondered - as usual - if it really made a difference.

I've got to say shading makes all the difference in the world! Here you go, Dilip, here is my Ganesha for your challenge.

Zendala Dare #11

Erin at The Bright Owl presented us with the eleventh zendala dare this week. Above is my traditional zentangle approach to the dare: betweed, zedbra, and something I learned on Art With Mr. E's page. Sorry, don't know the name of the pattern.

This is the blank mandala Erin gave us to use. I chose to ignore some of the lines and to let my patterns overrun those areas.

Then I drew this one up. I'm really enjoying the steampunk angle, and though this design is a simple one - the mandala was perfect for the steampunk idea. The outer ring is called linked. The background is a pattern I've been referring to as barz. I don't know if it's anyone's pattern, but I have been using it a good bit. Filled in the color with what else? Derwent inktense pencils, Pitt artist pens, and slicci pens. This is actually an instagram pix of my tile.

You can see all the zendala dare offerings at Erin's page here. You can even join in the fun! Erin posts a new blank every Friday.

Tangle Patterns' String #3

At Linda Farmer's Tangle Patterns we are doing a weekly challenge :). She provides a string and asks us to tangle them as we wish. The string this week (above) was provided by Anne Marks.

I had this watercolored tile left over from our trip last week and decided to use it. I found that it was really hard to transfer a pattern over to a painted tile - I used the pencil technique that The Bright Owl taught me. Didn't work well. I guess the tile was too squishy from the paint, so I free-handed it.


Patterns I used are: crescent moon, chard, caviar, hybrid, shattuck, waves, organza, warped eggs, up and across, zedbra, vache, baton, betweed, and beadlines. Yes, it is a busy tile, but I think it works and flows well together - and I learned some new patterns. Thanks, Linda and Anne, for a fun string!

Tangle Sampler

Last week, Tangles and Stuff offered a journal prompt to make a tangle sampler, using your own tangles, new-to-you tangles, or ones you hadn't used in awhile. I had never done a tangle sampler before, so I really enjoyed this!  I used a whole bunch of tangles - buttercup, krust, sippy, Msst, knase, beaded, hurly burly, zedbra, zuan shi, pickets, vache1, linQ, and cellu. All but one of these patterns were totally new to me. Of course I had to add some color and some sparkle with Pitt markers and At You Spica pens. So much fun! 

This is what drawing looks like to me. My journal (in this case a smash journal,) a pencil, a stump, microns, and a bowl of Frosted Cheerios and dried cranberries! Yummo!


Tangles and Stuff seems to offer a different journal prompt each week. You can check it out here! And join us next week!