Happy Hour Tangle

This "happy Hour" tangle is fun and easy to do.  All you need is a pen, a glass of wine and a napkin.  Start with a sip of wine, then put your glass down on the napkin.  Start tracing the bottom of the wine glass onto the napkin, drawing a small segment of the circle, then add a semi circle every so often.  It is quite relaxing. When you complete the circle it is time to take another sip and move your wine glass to a new location on the napkin.  Using the same process as before, start where the wine glass intersects with your first tracing so that the second circle appears to be behind the first.  Repeat until your napkin has several such circles on it. Now its time to fill in all the spaces created with your favorite tangles.    Are we relaxed yet?   Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial.

October's Zentangle Club

We made pumpkin tiles just in time for Halloween!  Come join us in November when we will have a Christmas theme to our project, and learn two new tangles.

Challenge 42 "Hope"

 

Hope is like a flower, it blooms in the light of the Son.  

For me, my hope comes from my faith in God, so on this challenge I wanted to represent that hope in some way. This Joyful peony seemed to say what words can not. 


I have been fascinated with Japanese Crests and have started a ZIA series based on them.  Most crests have a graceful elegant mood to them that is so much a part of the Japanese culture.   This particular one is of a Peony and symbolizes joyous life and prosperity. 


After scanning my black and white zia, I played with it a little on my photo software and added a blush of color to it.

Challenge 41 "Opus and Jonqal"

This is another one of those challenges pairing two tangles that are very different from each other.  Jonqal is bold with straight lines and Opus is soft, curly and gentle.  Well they can co-exist and actually compliment each other in the same zentangle.

Thank you Laura for yet another great challenge.  I love the challenges where we all use the same tangles and explore the possibilities each one holds

Challenge 40 "World Peace Day"

The challenge this week was to do a pinwheel for peace to celebrate World Peace Day. [Sept. 21].  I'm just a day late, but then it's never too late for peace.  I added some olive branches to my pinwheel in hopes that they would help the world achieve peace.  Maybe if all people would do zentangles then peace would come one person at a time. It never hurts to dream.

 

Challenge 38 "pair o ducks"

The challenge this week was called "pair o Ducks" to make a pun on the tangle "paradox", one of my favorites.  It was a thrill to be able to participate this time after an 11 week dry spell.  Sometimes life just gets in the way of what you want to be doing.  I'm attaching the non-shaded version too, so you can see the difference that shading makes. 

Zentangle on the high seas

Been missing me?... I've been away taking a wonderful cruise to Alaska.  Of course I brought my zentangle supplies with me and met several people on the cruise that were interested in learning more about Zentangle.

Since it is my passion to pass this on to others I offered a short intro class to a few people on the cruise.  What a great way to pass the time while the ship is sailing.  It was a free class, but seriously what a really great venue offering zentangle on a cruise ship.  My students were from Canada and the UK, and were a variety of ages.  All seemed to have a good time. Here are a few pictures from the class.

We worked on card tables in the game room




Working two tables was a bit of a challenge, but ended up being fine. I had almost enough pens with me for everyone.
The end result was wonderful!