Thursday String Idea #12

 Welcome to Thursday String Idea!

This week we have a stacked straight-line string

that can be filled with both straight and round tangles.

The string is all ready to print at the official 3.5" square tile size 

just by clicking here. 

For my tile, I wanted to incorporate both types of tangles. I started with the longer dividing lines and  filled those with TootsieMoon, rain, coaster,  and folie-form. Then I started filling in the other spaces with printemps, ahh, flux, shattuck, and portholes.  Quick to tangle, this little stack was complete.
Won't you try out the string this week? Here is a link to print. 

Scrap Tangling

I love my Dylusions Ink Sprays. I use them all the time. I love lots of bright, wonderful, vivid color. Can you tell?

 And I never throw any of it away.

Seriously.

I have scraps that are 1" x 3".

Occasionally I will pick up a scrap 

and start tangling on it.

I try to tangle within the color. Find a patch of color and start there, then just go with whatever direction it takes me in. 

My heart tells me when it is finished. And this piece? Is finished. No up or down, no right way for it to be positioned. Just lots of yummy, colorful, tangled up fun!

A New Venture

Last week, Mark and I went to the Bass Pro store for their annual fishing blowout. So, of course, while Mark shopped Bass Pro, I shopped the mall attached to it. In an attempt to revitalize the mall, they have added a huge art display and shopping district.

 Of the 40-50 artist's booths set up,

I went into one -

because she had some zentangley-style paintings 

and I loved the bright colors.

Her name is Michele Dobbs and she was so wonderful to me.

Michele was tangling on a ceramic cat and I started  asking her what pens she was using. Of course. Isn't that the first question we all ask - what pens are you using. Hahahaha! Michele was so nice, so helpful, and one question led to another  and the next thing I knew,  we were talking about selling my art online. Whoa!

I've never really wanted to part with any of my art before. I keep it all in notebooks, or folders, or drawers of the desk, whatever and wherever I can find a place. She seemed convinced that there is a market for what I do. I hope I can find it. That's what I'm working on now. Putting into place some of the things Michele explained to me. And this is the first piece. It's in my Etsy store. And . . . someone has favorited it already. Now someone just needs to buy it :). Scary.

It's All About the Swirls! IA Challenge

This is the first week I've participated in the challenge at Inspiration Avenue. This week's theme is swirls, so I had fun tangling a bunch of swirly patterns - swirling! I drew this in my mini smash journal, then colored portions with my Pitt Artist Markers. Patterns include wavy border, portholes, swirls, printemps, river, and a variation of nipa. To check out all the swirls, visit Inspiration Avenue. Perhaps you 'd like to post a piece of your own artwork!

Pink Cognito

I really like this new pattern ziggy by Judy West! It's nervy and lots of fun to draw.  I just really felt like drawing circles - so here it is - Pink Cognito. Totally done with microns - no, I did not use my watercolor pencils - hahaha! So it is possible to go without for one time. Patterns - wiggle worms, ziggy, portholes, chevron, and a variation of my own hached. You should 'like' Judy's FB page - Judy's CreativeDoodling - and have a look at her work!