For the first project in the new Zentangle Project pack for grey tiles, we are creating a small, rearrangeable puzzle of four Bijou tiles, all with the same tangles.
These can be assembled into your own mosaic and arranged in different designs depending on how you place each little tile.
This is my first tile. I got carried away with the Diva Dance, on the second side, so I will be redoing this.
I am willing to bet that everyone who tangles for any length of time has those few designs that are just difficult for them.
Showgirl was one of mine. Everytime I did it, I would end up with something that wasn’t quite right. You can see some of my failed attempts in the smaller tests in the image above.
I kept practicing, for several months, on and off. Then, after following a lesson from Eni Oken , the light bulb came on, and I finally got it! I just drew two of them, correctly, easily!
I recently spied a package of multi-colored fountain pens at my local bookstore. I’ve looked at them several times, and finally decided to purchase them on Monday.
They are called "Color Write Fountain Pens" , made by Ooly. This company makes a variety of fun art supplies suitable for the hobbiest.
There are eight pens in the set, and they retail for $14.99. That’s about as cheap as it gets for a fountain pen, under $2 each. At that price, I wasn’t expecting anything super fabulous. I figured I could use the ink cartridges in a better pen, if they totally didn’t work.
When my MIL passed away, we found the ZIAs and Zentangles she created later in her life. One of the things in these was a box with a tangled alphabet.
Today is brought to you by the letter “Q”, as tangled by Twyla!
Zentangle drawn on white card stock using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Quabog Quipple Queen's Crown Quiltz
Yesterday’s progress.
Many… MANY… (like, probably, 45) years ago, I had this idea for a painting. I grabbed the nearest paper (a brown paper lunch sack) and a ballpoint pen to sketch it out before I forgot about it. After about 15 minutes, I had all the shapes drawn. I also had color notes on the back of the bag. I have the bag around here somewhere. If I find it, I’ll post a pic of it.
A while back, I told you that I was making a new art journal . It’s now bound and the covers have been added and gessoed! In the pic above, it’s show with the binding towards the bottom of the image.
This journal was created from a pad of Stonehenge, Hot Pressed Watercolor paper . The covers (front and back) are cut from the backing board of the pad. The only piece that hasn’t been used (yet) is the hot pink cover.
If you recall, yesterday, I showed you a page in my pocket sketch book where I was trying to work out how to draw the tangle, Peanuckle.
As you can see here, I did finally figure it out! This was after doing the “Peanuckle Lesson” from Eni Oken! This lesson was part of her Art Club .
This little page is later on in the same pocket sketch book as yesterday’s page.
I was looking through my little sketch book for other things I use it for, and I found a couple more Emberley sections. So here’s one.
But that’s not want I actually wanted to talk about. I wanted to show you that I use this little book to work out tangles that I’m having difficulty with!
In this case, it was Peanuckle. I tried for a long time to work this one out. I had all kinds of trouble with it, as you can see.
In the last Ed Eberley doodle installment is the Planet of Zort! This comes from the "Big Green Drawing Book" . This wonderful book is full of things that can be drawn by using the following simple shapes: triangle, square, I, C, D, O, (, ), and scribble! If you can draw those things, you can draw any of the things in this book! (Does this sound familiar?) There’s adorable Práta People, Snakes from every angle, Racing Cars and animals, Greengrin, Pine Island and Zort. Plenty of fun for everyone, large and small!
Last Friday, I introduced you to a style of doodle drawing created by Ed Emberley .
Today, I am continuing that journey. On this page in my little 4" x 6" sketch book, I’m illustrating some the various places that might live in the imagination in the “Emberley Style”.
So grab your pencil, or colored finliners and create your own imaginary world, or tiny story! When you post it, make sure to use the tag, #doodledoit!
If you haven’t already met, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Ed Emberley ! Mr. Emberley is an artist and illustrator of children’s books. Of interest to us here are his kid’s instructional drawing books. Of these, my favorite is "Make a World" .
This book shows you how to use simple shapes to create everything from an astronaut to a castle by combining simple geometric shapes.
Yesterday, I showed you some dangles that were on a page in my small sketch book.
Today, I’m showing you some more dangles, but these are a slightly different style. These are more like the style illustrated in "The Art of Drawing Dangles: Creating Decorative Letters and Art with Charms" by Olivia A. Kneibler.
This style is a bit less abstract, choosing to create dangles illustrate items from nature and real life.
Doodle Dangle it!
Yesterday’s doodles were a variety of animals.
Today, we’re going for a variety of decorative, dangling elements that,together, create a composition.
The modern dangle concept illustrated here comes from Joanne Fink, first shown in her book "Zenspirations, Dangle Designs" .
This is a bit more structured doodling that can be a lot of fun!
Give it a try. Don’t forget to tag your post: #doodledoit!
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How do you doodle?
Just about everyone does it.
Maybe you doodle around the margins of your notes in school. Perhaps you like to play with your pen when you’re on the phone. How about while you’re waiting for an appointment?
Doodling helps to pass the time. It engages the brain. And it’s good practice for motor skills.
If you don’t doodle, maybe you should give it a try! You can get a little sketch book … one that fits in your pocket. Add a pen or a mechanical pencil and you’re good to go!
As I was cleaning up and rearranging this weekend, I came across this tablet of really nice watercolor paper.
I had purchased this to make some Zentangle tiles, but it turned out that this paper didn’t work well for that purpose.
So I’ve decided to make a new art journal from the remainder of the paper. To keep this fairly simple, I’m just folding each sheet of paper in half, and using two sheets to create a signature. This paper is heavy (140 lb) so using 3 sheets in a signature creates a wide variation between the open edges that is a bit too much for my taste. Two sheets creates a bit of variation, by I’m fine with it. The alternative would be to trim the irregular edges, but I would rather not do that.
Every time we get a new ink for our fountain pens, I use a pen and write a sample of it into my journal in the back. That way, I have a running list of the inks that we have, and can see what they look like.
I also record which pen I used to create the sample because inks perform differently, depending on the nib and pen used.
I think there are things that we have, as artist and people that just bring us joy.
These mice are one of mine. When I look at this little family, it just makes me happy. I dream of making them some new, tiny clothes one day…
I imagine them going on tiny adventures, traveling the world, or just trying to navigate a grocery store.
Do Dad and Mom work? Do the kids go to school. What would their tiny places away from home look like?
Sometimes, you just need tiny pencils! These are 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" long.
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I have been working on a mixed media project for a while now. It’s not finished, by any means, but I thought I would give you a bit of a peek at what is happening.
Another part of the same work.