Challenge #109 - Zentangle Quest

Dansk, Printemps, Flying Geese, and a background
of Hibred in sepia tones

Zinger/Lupine, Tripoli, Mooka,
Crescent Moon, Pearlz, Zander

This week's Diva Challenge for week #109, is taken from Maria Thomas'  Zentangle blog post. She presents a  new technique which she describes and illustrates beautifully. The technique uses random parallel lines as a string; the lines indicate inner and outer folds or curves, then add banding and tangle away! It creates a fun 3-D effect, check out all the fabulous offerings on the Diva's site.

For version 1 - I fashioned alternating cone shapes embedded in a Hibrid background. I "wiggled" and broke up the lines a bit to soften the Hibrid background. I used Printemps, Flying Geese, Dansk and some ribbons fastened with little buttons to set the stage. I continued the cone's draft "lines" beyond the perimeter, it gives it a neat which I like! I used brown/sepia and black micron pen, I used graphite and a sepia pencils for shading.

My second version is black and white with lot's of grey, I worked with black and white gel pen. It looks to me like Tripoli is spinning into the cosmos wheeee! I used a Zander parallel line to create my 3-D bands, Crescent Moon, then added Mooka, Zinger and some Pearlz.

Flying Geese Arrive

I started this tile last night and finished it this morning. This weekend was beautiful, an opportunity to get outside and view the emerging garden, plants, and of course, weeds. Spring cleanup is so much fun there is the excitement of the warm weather and the anticipation as each plant peeks out after such a long, cold, snowy winter's nap. Welcome little shoots, I'm so happy to see you.

Flying geese are returning to the area and I welcome them with this tangle!

Flying geese, munchin, crescent moon, tipple, printemps.

Flying Geese and Cubine

I haven't really worked with Cubine and Flying Geese so today's Zentangle began with those patterns, add lotus pod, keeko, beeline, sez, and blooming butter and it's done. I tried to keep the lines clean and precise and play off of the adjoining pattern.

I pulled out my rapidograph pen for this one. I've been using my Sharpie 0.3mm pen for most of my work lately so it was fun to use my old standby pens, the rapidograph is a great addition to my arsenal.