Daily Zen: 2018010401
· drawing tile zentangle black polychromos colored pencil 
Testing 1-2-3. I wanted a relatively simple project because I’m still shuffling stuff from the old studio to the new one. I used a small, bijou cut from some black paper. Working on black is my specific project for this month. I chose Toodles because it’s a nice, graceful tangle that I like to draw. It also provided me with some larger areas to fill with color. I wanted to experiment with colored pencils on black. In this case I chose the Faber Castell Polychromos. I used the lightest/brightest shades of green, orange and yellow. Two shades of grey were used for some of the shadowing. Over all, I think the colors are rather dull. I am going to keep looking through my stash for something that has better coverage of the black.
Daily Zen: 2017122801
· drawing tile zentangle new year's black 
Happy New Year! This Zentangle was created while going through all of my metallic and glitter gel pens. While they generally all have a reasonable shelf life, I have some that are more than 10 years old. They don’t work, the ink has separated, and some have even leaked. It was time to start fresh in the new year. So I used the tangles Aah and Pepper to create fireworks in the sky, representing the New Year’s celebrations as I tested the various pens. Unfortunately, they don’t all show up well when scanned, but you get the idea!
Daily Zen: 2017111501
· drawing tile zentangle black silver pink 
What’s up, Dewd? Zentangle has introduced a new tangle, Dewd, along with the debut of the new Project Packs! I decided to do it on a black tile, in keeping with the spirit of the introduction video, here . I used two different pink, metallic pens and two different silver pens so that I would have a tiny bit of variation between the inner shape and the outer auras. Then, I used the Mooka 3D behind the Dewd to add another layer of interest.
Music Monday: Differences
· Music Monday Sound experimentation zentangle color zen gem generative art music black 
For this week’s Music Monday, I wanted to show you how different various types of tangling sound compared to each other. I chose three examples that have unique characteristics. Additionally, there will be two musical systems for each of the examples. Under each image there are two “play” buttons. The one on the left, labeled “Rhythmic” refers to the musical system you heard last week, in the “ What Does A Zentangle Sound Like ” post.