Inktober and Zebra Pens #inktober2018 #zensationschallenge #zebrapenus

Inktober is rolling right along and I am still

keeping up. It is hard to do, but so worth it!

Most of you know that I am an

Artist Ambassador

for Zebra Pens.

Such a super company with fantastic product!

If you are participating in Inktober,

consider posting your art on social media

with the hashtags you see above.

Each week this month, Zebra Pens is giving

away a $250.00 prize package of their

products! I actually won one of these packages

last year. It was like Christmas!!!

I am still using product I won a year ago!

The hashtags you need to use are:

#zensationschallenge

#inktober2018

#inktober

Do this each day for the rest of the month

and you just might win one of these

awesome prize packages!

To check out their product line,

just click here. 

The first thing you'll see is Zen.

He's the mascot and pretty awesome!

He has his own set of pages on their website!

And hey! I see two pieces that I tangled for

Inktober being featured!

Awesome sauce!

Need a place to hang out for Inktober

with like minded artists?

My Facebook group Tangle All Around

is working through Inktober together

and the posts are just amazing!

Please come join us by 

clicking here.

We would love to meet you!

Day 13 of Inktober and 31 Products Challenge #inktober #inktober2018 #31productschallenge #hahnemühle

 A lot has happened since I posted last.

My computer died.

Bought a new computer. 

Book publisher died.

Looking for a new book publisher.

Blog commenting isn't my fault.

Blogger is messed up.

Looking for a new blogging site. 

Is that how you spell "site?"

Back to art-ing.

Above is day 13 of Inktober, 2018.

The tangle pattern was a new one to me,

a fun one with lots of flexibility.

From Eni Oken - it is called zello. 

Tangled on a Hahnemühle YouTangle.art Tile

with a Zensations Technical Pen

from Zebra Pens. 

Love it all!

 And we move on to day #13 of the

31 Products Challenge!

I did do some work on this each day

this month, I just haven't posted them

all here. There will be a massive

post at the end of the project.

Promise, with lots of photos!

Today I used Caran D'Ache Neocolor

Watersoluble pastels to make marks.

Circles, lines, smudges.

It was highly satisfying. 

Hahahaha!

Close up of a small section.

Those purple circles are what I added today.

No idea at all where I will be going with

this next. But I know it will be fun!

Want to join us for Inktober?

Come on over to Facebook and check out my

group Tangle All Around. We are doing

Inktober together. Or you can just

click here. 

Want to pick up some of the Hahnemühle 

YouTangle.art Tiles?

Click here. 

How about those Zensations Technical Pens?

Click here. 

Days 10, 11 and 12 of Inktober #hahnemühle #zebrapenusa #inktober #inktober2018 #inktobertaa

I am having major computer issues, among other

issues, hahaha! but we are slowly working our

way back around to the light.

I hope. 

Above you see a Hahnemühle YouTangle.art Tile

that has been watercolored with Tombow brush

pens. I used a Zensations Technical Pen

from Zebra Pens for the tangling. 

Plain graphite for shading and a white

gelly roll pen for highlights. 

So much fun!

The tangles are quaddy, nymph

and nymbis. Two of the three are

brand new to me and I loved them!

Need a place to hangout for Inktober?

Head on over to Tangle All Around on

Facebook and I'll add you to the group.

Many of our members are participating

and posting their first pieces of art in the

group. And it's all beautiful!

Click here and I will let you in.

YouTangle.art Tiles can be purchased here. 

Sensations Technical Pens can be purchased here.

Commenting on blogger is no longer working.

I would love to hear from you but that is only

going to happen if you email me at

kenoly2000@hotmail.com

Thank you!

Days 8 and 9 of Inktober #hahnemühle #zebrapen #inktober #inktober2018 #inktobertaa

I am falling behind on Inktober. 

Blog issues, book issues, computer issues, 

new computer issues.

It's been a messed up last 4 days!

This tile was for October 9th, which was yesterday.

Again I used the Hahnemühle YouTangle.art Tiles

for both these days.

The color on this one came from Zebra Pens'

beautiful mildliners. 

I used them like watercolor - which worked

wonderfully!

The tangle is a relatively new one called

PeelD.

I threw in some printemps because . . .

why not?

 Here is day 8.

Working backwards.

The color came from Twinkling H2Os,

a product that originally came out about

20 years ago and still works great today.

For both these tiles I used a 

Zensations Technical Pen from Zebra Pens 

to do the tangling.

Patterns on this one are:

peeks, ripped screen, tipple

and printemps. 

Want to join us for Inktober?

My Facebook group Tangle All Around

are working through the month together.

I am really pleased with the number of

people participating and all the beautiful

and inspired work they are posting.

It is really just awesome and amazing!

You can come see what I mean

by clicking here. 

Want to pick up some of the super

YouTangle.art Tiles from Hahnemühle?

Click here.

Zebra Mildliners?

Click here.

Technical Pens?

Click here.

And please come back tomorrow.

In between installing a new computer,

moving all the files over, trying to find a 

new publisher, and possibly even a new

blogging site -

maybe I will be able to fit in a tile.

Because I am now behind.

The struggle is real.

Bwahahahahahaha!

Note: as much as I'd love to hear from you,

the comment function of my blog no longer

works. Why? Your guess is as good as mine,

because we have been working on it literally

for a couple months. Just know you are loved

and appreciated! 

Days 6 and 7 of Inktober #inktober #inktober2018 #inktobertaa #hahnemühle #31productschallenge #zebrapenusa

 Really happy with the way this tile turned out!

I made the background color with 

Ranger Distress Ink pads,

just kind of scrubbed them around on the paper.

That would be a YouTangle.art Tile from

Hahnemühle.

(And they are working out great for this Inktober!)

The patterns I tangled are O-cee and Onamato.

Just the two.

I thought they worked very well with the

beautiful colors in the background.

I used a Zensations Technical Pen from Zebra Pens.

They work great on these tiles,

and on top of the distress inks.

We are doing Inktober together as a group

over on Facebook at

Tangle All Around.

Want to join us?

It isn't too late - 

it isn't too late until it's November -

join us here.

Want to pick up some of these awesome

YouTangle.art Tiles?

You can do that here. 

 Another program I am working with this October

is the 31 Products Challenge.

The thought is to pull all those art supplies

out of the closet - you know we all have them -

and use a different product each day this month.

I am working on a 12" x 24" art canvas.

Above is what I did on day 6.

(I think I am working too hard and fast and will

be done before day 31 is here.

Ranger Distress Ink pads.

Used them to scuff up those collage pieces

and swipe some color here and there.

Interested?

You can check out the 31 Products Challenge here.

I am in another group on Facebook called

ATC Trades and Jams.

One of the events going on right now

is the letter D swap.

We make 2 ATCs to trade with someone in the

group - based on the letter D.

This shows the bare bones of my ATC.

I will show you the original after it makes

its way to its new owner. 

Just a reminder - if you try to leave a comment

and I don't reply it is because blogger is not

sending me notifications of comments

and they are not showing up in the 

moderation area of the blog. 

I still love you!

I just can't tell you.

Oh wait, I just did!

Have a great day!

Day 5 Inktober and It's Getting a Little Harder #inktober #inktober2018 #hahnemühle #zebrapenus

It's getting a bit harder to keep up with both

challenges I am doing.

Got a little carpal tunnel stuff going on with

my drawing hand.

In a brace right now and taking it easy,

other than making this post. 

Day 5's tangle is Dazl.

Got to say this one doesn't do anything for me.

I opted to keep the design minimal

and I think it was effective.

Makes me dislike dazl a little less this way.

Hahaha!

Sorry, Diana. 

I used a Hahnemühle YouTangle.art Tile,

some Distress Ink from Tim Holtz, 

a Zensations Technical Pen from Zebra,

a white Gelly Roll from Sakura,

and that is pretty much it.

Minimal.

I admin a Facebook group called

Tangle All Around

and we are working through Inktober together.

Care to join us?

You can by clicking here.

You can purchase some Hahnemühle

YouTangle.Art Tiles here. 

And the Zensations line of pens here. 

Day 4 Inktober #hahnemühle #inktober18 #zebrapenus

Day 4 of Inktober brings me back to another

Hahnemühle YouTangle.art Tile and my

Ranger Distress Ink pads.

That background color is the distress ink.

I used Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils

to shade and add the green.

Apparently you can't see all that green

bleedover when the tile is actually its

 normal size of 3.5" and not how it shows

on this screen. 
Tangling was done with a Zensations
Technical Pen from Zebra Pen.

Hahahaha! Oh well!

Oh! The tangles are:

rixty and viola.

Don't have a place to hang out for Inktober?

Come on over to my Facebook group

Tangle All Around

where we are doing Inktober together.

We would love for you to join us. 

Want to pick up some YouTangle.art Tiles?

You can do that right here. 

Day 3 Arting is Happening Now #hahnemühle #zebrapenus #inktober2018 #31productschallenge

 Day 3 of Inktober and I'm still going strong. 

Hahahahaha!

The art for day 3 was done on a

YouTangle.art Tile from Hahnemühle.

I used distress oxide ink pads from Ranger

and scraped on color, as well as rubbed 

the tile in a watered down version on 

a craft mat. The tangle for the day is ballace.

That is the one done in the round.

The other tangle I added is gnarly.

A fun and forgiving tangle that can be

done in just about any configuration you wish.

My Facebook group Tangle All Around is doing

Inktober together. Want to join us?

Just click here.

So I'm also doing the 31 Products Challenge.

I loved the way this large canvas looked prior

to today. Now I am just not sure. 

The thought is to use a different product each 

day for the entire month of October. 

I opted to use this 12" x 24" canvas.

I will look at it again tomorrow and if I hate

this, you will be seeing a bunch of white

on it tomorrow. Hahahahaha!

For some reason I can not get a true color

photo of this.

It is fluorescent pink, purple, and yellow on a

white background. Today I used craft paints

(cheap ones) to add some messy marks.

The blue and yellow ones are glow in the dark.

Heheheheh! 

Time will tell. 

Roundup:

you can join Inktober fun with us here,

you can purchase YouTangle.art Tiles here,

and you can join the 31 Products Challenge here. 

Day Two of Inktober #inktober #inktober2018 #intobertaa #hahnemühle #zensationschallenge #31productschallenge #zebrapen_us

 Day two of Inktober, 2018, 

is a done deal.

I have tried to photograph this piece of art

several times, I even scanned it and it still looks

out of focus to me. Strange.

Anyway, the tangle pattern we are focusing on 

today comes from Barbara Steyer and it's 

called Baecube. Those cubes are offset and they

look hard, but they are really easy to do with the

step-out she created. 

For Inktober I am using YouTangle.art Tiles

from Hahnemühle.

I prepped this tile using Tim Holtz' Distress Inks.

I tangled with a Zensations Technical Pen from

Zebra Pen where I am an Artist Ambassador,

then shaded using my Derwent Inktense 

watercolor pencils.

So much fun!!!

Why don't you try baecube and see

what you think. 

Birgit Koopsen is hosting a 

31 Products Challenge,

where we use a different art product for

31 days in a row throughout the month

of October. Some people are doing a

different project daily.

I am too busy for that, so I opted for

a largish canvas that I will add to each day.

Above you see what I did yesterday.

I used some Pebeo High Viscosity Acrylic Paints

and a brayer to slap on some color.

I really love it at this point,

but I am going to make myself continue.

Want to join us for Inktober?

Come over to the dark side.

We have cookies. 

Hahahahaha!

Just kidding!

We totally don't have any cookies at all.

But . . . 

you can simply click this Facebook link

and join us at

Tangle All Around,

I will let you in the group and you can

join us for Inktober.

Want to purchase some YouTangle.art Tiles

made by Hahnemühle?

You can do that here.

Want to check out Birgit's 31 Products Challenge?

You can do that here.

Happy Inktober, everyone!

Talk with you tomorrow!

Inktober 2018 Has Begun! #inktober2018 #inktober #hahnemühle

Inktober 2018 is here!!!

Yay!!!

What is Inktober?

During the month of October, we encourage people

to make a piece of inked art every day,

in hopes of creating a new habit

A healthy habit. 

I admin a Facebook group called

Tangle All Around

and we are doing Inktober together.

I created a list of 31 tangle patterns -

one for each day of the month - 

and we are using this list to work our 

way through October.

My plan is to use the Hahnemühle

YouTangle.art Tiles every day this month.

They love color as much as I do

so this is a win-win situation all around!

Today's prompt was the tangle

A-Sku.

That would be the tiny link-like pattern running

diagonally through the center.

To that I added some printemps (surprise, hahahah!), 

crescent moon and footlites. 

If you would like to participate in Inktober

with us, head on over to 

Tangle All Around

(you can just click that link)

and join us.

We are a large, but very friendly, group

who help each other learn and advance

our tangle skills.

You would be an excellent addition!

Want to purchase some

YouTangle.art Tiles?

You can do that here. 

Working in Tangle Starts Treasures #tanglestartstreasures #artangleology

I'm loving this book right now!

Tangle Starts Treasures

is my newest book,

just two weeks old and it is still showing 

at the top of the hot new release list!

This is so exciting!!!

Thank you to each of you who have

made this possible!!!

 Amazon's site shows you some of the inside

pages now, but it doesn't show you the

heart of the book.

I don't get any say in which pages they show,

or I would be showing you some of these.

These pages are full of blank boxes,

waiting for you to fill-in with some of your

favorite step-outs.

 Step-outs?

That's tangle talk for step-by-step instructions

for drawing tangle patterns.

Treasures has enough room for 376+ complete

step-outs of your choosing.

 At the bottom of each step-out page

is a blank box in which you can create

a piece of art using the patterns from 

that page. 

 The name Tangle Starts Treasures implies a host

of exciting tangly things so I have included

other fun stuff in this book for you as well!

Here is a glimpse of the back cover

(prior to Amazon sticking an ISBN box

in that lower section.)

Lots of fun and storage and organization

to be had with 

Tangle Starts Treasures.

Want to pick up a copy?

It is available here. 

Need a tangly place to hang out and learn?

I admin a happening Facebook group called

Tangle All Around.

We are an active group of friendly tanglers

who help each other learn and advance our

skills.

Tomorrow we start INKtober, a project

to get us putting ink to paper and drawing

every day during the month of October.

Shhhh!!!

I'll let you in on a secret that the group

doesn't know about.

Throughout the month of October I am going

to be holding some flash giveaways!

They won't be announced until they happen and 

they will only be open for around 5-6 hours each.

If you would like to join us, come knock on 

the door and I'll let you in.