Daily Zen: Twyla's Alphabetica
· drawing tile zentangle alphabetica 
I wrote a bit about my Mother-in-law a while back. Today, as I was going through her stuff, I found a plastic box full of tiles. Inside were pre-cut blank tiles, completed Zentangles and a full set of tiles representing each letter of the alphabet. Apparently, she use letter stencils to create the letter in the center and then used tangles who’s name begins with the same letter to decorate the tile.
Daily Zen: 2018081501
· drawing tile zentangle tan tile red 
Northwest. Various parts of the country have a history of native, tribal art which influences the decorative choices of that particular area. Recently, my husband traveled to Portland, Oregon for a business conference. While there, he found a book, "Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" by Hilary Stewart. I like the graphic effect produced by using black, white and red. So I decided to give it a try on a Zentangle. I don’t know how effective it is here, but it was an interesting exercise.
Throwback Thursday: sb2010101501
· drawing tile zentangle birthday guest artist 
Another’s view. The tiles above and below were created by my husband. If you remember, from yesterday's post , I mentioned that I had asked all of my relatives to draw Zentangles for my birthday in 2010. Recently, I found them again and got to reminisce about that time and to see all the wonderful tiles everyone made. For this first tile, my sweetheart used a heart as the central string! I think he did a fantastic job.
Daily Zen: 2017083002
· drawing tile zentangle pink 
Romance. Since I am on a grey and pink combo kick this week, I decided to look around and see what else I could use to fit this theme. I found some old, pink cardstock in the paper craft stash. It had a kind of parchment or mottled coloring and the surface of the paper was nice, similar to the bristol vellum. The random tangles that came out of jar were perfect, very organic, romatic, and feminine!
Daily Zen: 2017081401
· drawing tile zentangle 
Lines. I find it interesting how much texture and shape a repetitive group of lines can create! The Zentangle uses three tangles that use lines in various ways. No, it is not your imagination. You really are seeing a small bit of blue and red here. I used a bit of colored, pastel pencil along with the graphite shading in Isochor (red) and Olb (blue). I just wanted to experiment to see what would happend if I tried it.
Throwback Thursday: November 8, 2010
· drawing tile zentangle 
Leaves. Take a close look at the string used for this Zentangle. Do you see it? I traced around a leaf template to create the basic string. The Ennies at the bottom left was added because I felt it needed something there, so it‘s in addition to the leaves. Zentangle drawn on olive card stock using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Courant Crescent Moon Cubine Ennies Flux Holey Huggins Isochor Tipple
Throwback Thursday: October 20, 2010
· drawing tile zentangle 
Upside down. Originally, when I started drawing this tile, it was oriented 180 degrees from this position. As I was working on it, and rotating it around to draw various parts, I realized that I liked it better this way. Zentangle drawn on Official Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Bronx Cheer Cyme Emingle Inapod Isochor Keeko Sedgling Sh-Rock
Daily Zen 2017060301
· drawing tile zentangle 
Which way? Here, after drawing the string, I‘ve used ribbon tangles to define spaces that are filled with other tangles. For me, this is a simple way of creating a Zentangle from randomly chosen designs. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Deco Border Dex Isochor Juke Meer Snail Tipple Umble Yincut
Daily Zen 2017052401
· drawing tile zentangle 
In between. The hedges peek around the garden patches. The tree has been trimmed into a sculptured beauty. We‘ve walked all along the wall and the lizards are beginning to sun themselves. Summer is almost here. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Archer Emingle Flux Hamsix Isochor Vermal Xircus
Throwback Thursday: November 2, 2010
· drawing tile zentangle 
Browns. I wanted to experiment with different tonal values. Since Micron makes two different brown pens, I though combining those with black would be interesting. I shaded this tile with brown colored pencils. Zentangle drawn on Official Zentangle tile using brown, sepia and black Micron pens. Tangles: Centipede Flora Isochor Lacy Locar Purk Ripple Shattuck
Daily Zen 201010052010
· drawing tile zentangle 
Simple divisions. The string for this tile was very simple. The space was divided into three sections with horizontal lines. The tile was then divided roughly in half by the vertical line. I did this to remind myself that I don‘t need to have a complicated string to make a pretty design. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Floo Isochor Linked Tortuca Vega Yincut
Daily Zen 2016102801
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Yep, I‘m human. It‘s not your eyes, or anything wrong with your screen. I made a few mistakes in the Eye-Wa section of this tile. I still like the tile. Flubs happen. You just keep on keeping on! Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle Tile . Tangles: Eye-Wa Fescu Isochor Kule Well
Daily Zen 2016102101
· drawing tile zentangle 
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle™ Tile . Tangles: Arckles Arrowheads D‘Rua Florz Gloven Isochor Leaflet Luv-A Squill