A TILE JUST FOR FUN

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Zailz, Striping, Printemps, Tipple, Hamail, W2

 

This is a tile that I did just for fun. There were a couple of new to me tangles that I wanted to try. It has been a while since I added a gem so I had a bit of fun with that too. What do you think?

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: JOKI #2

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Joki, Bubbles

 

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Joki this week, and this is my second tile! I learned about a new technique called 14 Shades of Gray by Sonya Yencer  and could not wait to try it with Joki.  I’m sure I will get better with this technique, but I really enjoyed doing this tile and giving it  a try!

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: JOKI

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Joki, Flux, Tipple, Cruffle

 

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Joki this week.  I finally got some tan tiles to try!  I was going to make this a monotile, but as I worked on it, it took on a life of its own. Joki is a really fun tangle with lots of possibilities. I will be back with another tile!

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: FLOREZ

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, Florez

 

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Florez this week.  I decided I wanted a bit of color so I used Prismacolor pencils to color this tile. I used a Micron pen to draw it. For shading, I used the Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: GARLIC CLOVES & FLOREZ

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Garlic Cloves, Florez

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern was Garlic Cloves last week and it is Florez this week.  I didn’t get a chance to draw last week, so I combined these two patterns for this tile.

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Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: FIFE

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Fife, Flux, Ribbons

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Fife; well it was and I am a bit late with mine.  This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

FAIRY ISLE

**Second post for today**

Hi everyone! I’m back with more Zentangle  inspired art (ZIA). I hope you enjoy! This is another experiment for me. I started by drawing the art using a micron pen.

The photo above is the line art. Yes, I almost forgot to take this photo! I started shading the center flower and remembered to take the photo.

This photo is the piece completely shaded with graphite. I now sprayed it with a workable fixative so I could add color without muddying the graphite.

Size: 8x10”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, A-dalfa, Flee, Roxi, Pippin, Yincut, Yuma

This is the final product which is colored with Prismacolor color pencils. After coloring Roxi, I added some Twinkling H2O to add sparkle. Roxi reminds me of small seashells and Yuma reminds me of the sea. I called it Fairy Isle because of the “seashells”, the sea, swirling tides (Printemps), the palms (Pippin), flowers and finally the sand (Yincut).  My husband pointed out that the overall design reminded him of a conch shell, so it became Fairy Isle.

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Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: BEELINE

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Beeline, Printemps, Onamato, Paradox, Flee,

The Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Beeline; well it was and I am a bit late with mine.  This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils. The gem was done with Prismacolor and a white pen.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

TWINKLING H2O’S BACKGROUND TANGLED

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy! I’m continuing to play with backgrounds, so today I’m sharing a tile that I made using Twinkling H2O’s to create the background.

Twinkling H2O’s are similar to watercolor. They are little self contained pots of color that you add water to. They are different because they have mica and other things to make it twinkle. You can see some of the effect in the photo above.

Once I had the tile completely dry, I added the tangles. I started a bit of shading but then remembered to take the line art photo.

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, Skye, Narwal, Swirls

This is the final product. I used a black Micron pen to draw the tangles, graphite pencils for shading and creating shadows, and a white gel pen for highlights.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

DISTRESS INK BACKGROUND TANGLED

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy! I have been watching people making beautiful watercolor backgrounds and then tangling them, so I decided to try tangling a Distress Ink background.

I used DI and blenders for the base of the background. I then used some Distress Stain with the paintbrush to flick spots onto the background. Then I misted with water and dried thoroughly.

The tile on the left is an Artist Tile and the one on the right is one I made using Neenah 110 lb card stock. I prefer the card stock because the colors moved on it better and it was tougher. You can see the one on the left tore.

This is the flat line art before coloring and shading.

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Printemps, Onamato, Flee, Beadlines, Striping

This is the final product. I used a black Micron pen to draw the tangles, Prismacolor colored pencils and graphite pencils for shading and creating shadows, and a white gel pen for highlights.

This process was a lot of fun! I hope you will give it a try too!

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: ADALPHA

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: A-dalpha, Angel Fish, Gems

This week the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is A-dalpha I wanted to keep this one simple and add a bit of color. You know, let the main pattern shine! This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils. The gems were done with Prismacolor and a white pen.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: VIADUCT

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Viaduct, Nzeppel, Y-Chain, Tipple, Flux, Fescue, Black Pearl, Striping

This week the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Viaduct. I used a lot of different tangles in this, but I tried to repeat the patterns. I also tried to extend the shading to distinguish the different layers; hope you can tell!

This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: OKE TANGELATION

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Oke, Shattuck, Scrawlz, Navaho

Last week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern was Oke tangelation. I have never done a tangelation before, so this is my take. Now, once I started, I realized I wanted the Oke tangle in the center, so I started over, but I forgot to take another picture of the line art. But you can get the idea from the photo above.

 

After drawing the outline of Oke, I added and aura and then filled in with black pen. The center of each section reminded me of Shattuck, so I chose that tangle as a filler.  This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: ABEKO

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Abeko, Zinger, Nekton, Striping

A couple of weeks ago, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern was Abeko. I apologize that I am so far behind with posts, but since our son and daughter-in-law moved here, I have been so busy! But it is the kind of busy that I love and had missed so much!

 

So, this is my take on Akebo, with some Zinger, Nekton and Striping. This was done with a Micron pen and Prismacolor and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

HUGGINS AND STRIPING TILE

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Huggins, Striping, Cat-kin

Last week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern was Striping. I am late posting this but wanted to share anyway. This is my second tile for the challenge, Huggins in inside the semi-circle, Cat-kin is the leafy vine and Striping is the black shading with a white shine.

This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: STRIPING

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Aquafleur

Last week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Striping. I am late posting this but wanted to share anyway. This is a monotangle tile using the pattern Aquafleur. I got so excited working on this I forgot to take a picture of the line art.

 

This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE: MOOKA

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Mooka, Coil, Zinger, Printemps, Shattuck

 

I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been under the weather for a few days and just didn’t manage to post anything. Today is better though so I have this tile for you I used Mooka as the central pattern and created it as a gem “generator”. I used Prismacolor pencils to color the gems.

 

This was done with a Micron pen Prismacolor and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE: FRIZZED AND FLUX

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Frizzed, Fluz

 

 

 

I remembered to take the line art picture just after I started shading, but you can see how flat it is. The circles are supposed to look like pearls, but I need to work on that! I colored with Prismacolor pencils and shaded with graphite pencils.

 

This was done with a Micron pen Prismacolor and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: ECHOISM

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Echoism

This week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Echoism. I used Echoism as a border around my flower and I used the loops, plus the middle circle, to make gems. I tried something different this week and shaded this with Copic markers. The gems are done in Prismacolor pencils.

 

This was done with a Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils and Copic markers..

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

A NEW ZENTANGLE TILE

Hi everyone! I’m back today with more Zentangle. I hope you enjoy!

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Shattuck, Luheart, Fleavy, Asclep, Tipple

 

 

 

I remembered to take the line art picture just after I started shading, but you can see how flat it is. The shading is even but the top left looks a little light because the light was hitting it.

 

This was done with a Micron pen Prismacolor and graphite pencils.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please take a second to let me you were here!

Enjoy creating!

Ellen