Daily Zen: 2019101701
· drawing tile zentangle ATC monotangle 
Ruutz, a tangle created by Eni Oken, is a wonderful subject for tangle fractalization. I chose, in this example, to use a different color ink for each iteration. My hope was that the designs would appear to fade out going into the background. If you want more information about this tangle technique, check out Eni Oken's Fractalized Tangles Lesson Bundle ! ATC number three… done! Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen and a brown and grey Copic Multiliner. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Museum Continued
· Zentangle tile 
If you saw yesterday’s post, you will understand what is going on here. I had a few more “museum” pictures. The main outcome of this exercise, for me, has been the desire to do some larger pieces. They won’t be completely Zentangle… rather influenced by it. Above, this tile is a monotangle of Ruutz . It is using the idea of fractalizing a tangle, introduced by Eni Oken , in one of her Art Club classes.
Monotangle Monday: Ruutz
· drawing tile zentangle monotangle fractalized 
I combined several different techniques on this tile. I didn’t start out to make a Monotangle. Originally I was going to put a bunch of different tangles in the spaces between the largest Ruutz. But I just got into the zen of it and fractalized Ruutz down three iterations. Then I decided to color the various levels. The top level I colored pink, the second was a lime green, and the smallest was a light blue-violet. However, they didn’t look all that great together. So, I used the technique for making tan, distressed tiles and did it right on top of the color. What a difference it made! It washed out the intensity of the colors enough that, now, it looks more like a print from an antique book!
Daily Zen: 2017071601
· drawing fragment reticula tile zentangle 
Reticulum. Recently, Zentangle released a Kitchen Table video that featured using Tripoli as a Reticulum (as the underlying structure) and filling each section with a fragment. I chose Fragment G13 from the Primer. I have never liked Tripoli until now! But I will not discount it in the future. This gave me a really good understanding of Reticula and Fragments. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Daily Zen 2017060901
· drawing tile zentangle 
Humpf! Ok, this is the Zentangle version of a “bad hair day”. It was fun to do because I didn‘t think about how any of it was going together. But when I was all done and looked at it at arm‘s length, I could see that it was a mish-mash of tangles that didn‘t go together all that well. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen.
Daily Zen 2016110901
· drawing tile zentangle 
Yes, I‘m weird. And proud of it. Sometimes I just stick things into corners or odd places to add a touch of whimsy and surprise. It‘s fun and makes for eye-catching, interesting drawings. This drawing kind of messes with your mind because of the variety of depth of the shading and sizes of the tangles. In addition, since I was tired of drawing with black, I decided to switch to a sepia pen and use a couple of brown colored pencils to do the shading. The slight tint adds to the uniqueness of this tile.
Daily Zen 2016102001
· colored pencil Polychromos tile zen gem zentangle 
Sometimes you just need a little color in your life! I recently got a set of Faber-Castel Polychromos Artist‘s Pencils . I‘ve always used Prismacolor pencils , but over the last few years the quality of the pencils themselves has gone down hill. So I was looking around to see if there was anything better and found the Polychromos. For starters, they are oil-based, instead of wax-based. That means the pencil lead is harder, and puts down a more vibrant layer very quickly. I find they don‘t smear around as much, but they blend beautifully with a Copic Colorless Blender pen .