Thursday, December 31, 2020

Today's Tangle - Mooka Window Grilles


This is my adaptation of the "Window Grilles" pattern by Mei Hua Teng. You'll find her step-out HERE at TanglePatterns. Read more about how I incorporated "Mooka" into the design HERE in a previous post.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Today's Tangle - Gotcha


"Gotcha" is by Karin Godyns and you can get the step-out HERE at TanglePatterns. Bunte Galerie has a video HERE. I previously blogged about this pattern HERE.

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Today's Tangle - Eau


"Eau" is by Christina Carrol CZT and you'll find her step-out HERE at TanglePatterns. I drew this pattern and blogged about it once before HERE.

Friday, December 25, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 12


Merry Christmas everyone!

The Day 12 video is presented by Maria. I didn't have much luck drawing the wavy "capes" that Maria added to her Mookas so I added something a little different to mine. I drew the tile below first but wasn't happy with the white chalk background so I drew the tile above and left that off.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 12 video HERE.

Thursday, December 24, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 10


The Day 10 video is presented by Maria. I drew this tile with the point at the bottom but I've decided that I like it better this way up. I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand.

Check out THIS YouTube video by Shie Naritomi where she draws a fun variation of the Day 10 tile.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 10 video HERE.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 9


The Day 9 video is presented by Martha and Molly. I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 9 video HERE.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 8


The Day 8 video is presented by Maria and features "Moon Pie" and "DooDah" along with a few other tangles. I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. One thing that I do have now is a Van Dyke Brown chalk pencil like the one in the project pack.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 8 video HERE.

Monday, December 21, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 7


The Day 7 video features "Paradox" and "Flux" and is presented by Rick. I used a standard size square tile for today's drawing. I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 7 video HERE.

Saturday, December 19, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 6


The Day 6 video features "Scena" and is presented by Martha and Molly. I've gotten a little behind in my drawings and I'm also waiting to draw the projects for days 7 and 8 until I receive some pastel chalk pencils, and other drawing supplies, that I ordered from Blick. They're scheduled for delivery sometime today. One of the pencils is the same color that comes in the project pack.

Instead of connecting four Bijou tiles, I used a standard size tile for today's drawing. I also decided not to fill the center entirely with gold since I used a metallic gold gel pen instead of paint.

I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I'm using a regular terracotta colored pencil and blend it with odorless mineral spirits.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 6 video HERE.

Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 5


Day 5's video is presented by Maria.

I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I'm using a regular terracotta colored pencil and blend it with odorless mineral spirits.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 5 video HERE.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 4


Day 4's video is presented by Julie and she draws the tangle "Sand Swirl" on a triangular 3Z tile. My gold Gelly Roll pen was starting to run out of ink so I ended up "antiquing" it by drawing crosshatch lines with it in three directions to fill the area. I do have some spare gold pens so I will be able to complete the project series.

I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I'm using a regular terracotta colored pencil and blend it with odorless mineral spirits.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 4 video HERE.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 3


The Day 3 video is presented by Rick and he draws a very cool variation of the tangle Well.

I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I'm using a regular terracotta colored pencil and I blend it with odorless mineral spirits.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12 HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 3 video HERE.

Monday, December 14, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 2


Today's tile features Huggins, Mooka and DooDah. Has anyone else noticed how dark the brown pen ink looks in their videos? Mine looks much lighter, even if I go back over my lines. In real life, it would be impossible to mistake the brown for black like it appears in the videos. Perhaps the official Zentangle tiles absorb more of the ink and make it look darker than on my card stock tile.

I don't have the project pack so I am making do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I'm using a regular terracotta colored pencil and blend it with odorless mineral spirits.

You can read about Zentangle Project Pack 12  HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. Watch the Day 2 video, featuring Martha and Molly, HERE.

Sunday, December 13, 2020

The Twelve Days of Zentangle® - Day 1


Zentangle's Project Pack 12 started on Friday and you can read the details about it HERE on the Zentangle blog. You can buy the project pack HERE. There are two videos for the first day: HERE (introduction) and HERE.

I don't have the project pack so I made do with supplies that I have on hand. I cut my tile out of card stock and used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen instead of the gold paint that comes in the kit. Instead of using a pastel pencil, I used a regular terracotta colored pencil and blended it with odorless mineral spirits.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Classic Zentangle® - A Mosaic


I drew this mosaic for a prompt in the Today's Tangles: Keeping it Classic Facebook group. The prompt was to create a mosaic with four tiles. Below you can see them individually as well as the string that I started with.






These are the tangles that I used:

Diva Dance - I blogged about Diva Dance HERE.

DooDah - I blogged about DooDah HERE.

Echoism - I blogged about Echoism HERE.

Flux - I blogged about Flux HERE.

Knightsbridge - I blogged about Knightsbridge HERE.

Meer - I blogged about Meer HERE.

Mooka - I blogged about Mooka HERE.

Printemps - I blogged about Printemps HERE.

Purk - I blogged about Purk HERE.

Ravel - I blogged about Ravel HERE.

Tipple - I blogged about Tipple HERE.

Toodles - I blogged about Toodles HERE.

Vega - I blogged about Vega HERE.

MOSAIC #7

For as long as I've been a member of the Today's Tangles: Keeping it Classic Facebook group, I've been compiling mosaics of all of the tiles that I have drawn for the weekly prompts. I just completed my seventh mosaic which you can see below:


Friday, December 11, 2020

Today's Tangle - Capullo


"Capullo" is by Gloria Barocio CZT and you'll find her step-out HERE at TanglePatterns.
THE TWELVE DAYS OF ZENTANGLE

Zentangle Project Pack #12 begins today. You can buy the project pack HERE and watch each day's video on the Zentangle YouTube channel HERE.

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Today's Tangle - Oasis


"Oasis" is by Tomàs Padrós and his step-out is posted HERE on Instagram.

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Today's Tangle - Fountain


"Fountain" is by Tricia Long and her pattern is posted HERE at Pattern-Collections. Ellen Wolters has a video HERE.

UPDATE: The Pattern-Collections website has shut down. Click HERE to view this pattern.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Today's Tangle - VLine


"VLine" is by YuRu Chen and her pattern is HERE at Pattern-Collections.com. You'll also find several videos about this pattern there.

UPDATE: The Pattern-Collections website has shut down. Click HERE to view this pattern.

Monday, December 7, 2020

Today's Tangle - Carry Flower

 

"Carry Flower" is by Agneta Landegren and you'll find the pattern HERE at Pattern-Collections. I previously blogged about this pattern HERE and I tweaked the design this time.

UPDATE: The Pattern-Collections website has shut down. Click HERE to view this pattern.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Today's Tangle - Eva Wu Video 1345


This is an adaptation Eva Wu's design that I blogged about the other day. You can watch her "Video 1345" HERE on YouTube.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Today's Tangle - Eva Wu Video 1345


I drew this by following a video tutorial by Eva Wu. You can watch her "Video 1345" HERE on YouTube.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Today's Tangle - Harfe


Today's tile has a Christmas color scheme with red, green and metallic gold. You can read more about "Harfe" in THIS previous post.