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

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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Enjoy creating!

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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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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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 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.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: B’DYLAN

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

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: B’Dylan, Luv-A, Tipple

This week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is B’Dylan, the dandelion pattern on my tile. The challenge was the shading of it since it is not a solid image. I don’t know if I got the angles right, but I like the way it turned out. What do you think? (OH! I TOTALLY 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

BIBLE JOURNAL #25

Hello blogging friends! here is my Bible Journal for this week:

 

 

 

 

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”  2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV21) 

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I don’t know about you, but for me, the news this week has been scary and depressing. It is sad seeing how fractured our country has become, full of hate, spite and venom. It is so easy to lose sight of God and slip into fear when I am watching racial tension, ISIS killings, Zika virus, and the list can go on, but you get the idea. So, I had to take some time with this verse and pray for the Holy Spirit to get me past this fear and fill me with power, love and a sound mind. I am going to focus on what I can do and that is enjoy life and treat people with kindness. It is time to stop living in fear of things that may never happen!

This drawing is done with a Micron pen and Prismacolor pencils.  

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Have a blessed day!

Ellen

TANGLE CHALLENGE: CORNERZ

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

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Cornerz

This week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Cornerz. I started shading the line art and remembered I needed a picture, so you can see where I started shading. I wanted the grid pattern to “float” over the design. I hope I got that shading right!

 

This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

ZENTANGLE BROOCH

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

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Footlites

I have been working on gems for a while now but never seemed to be able to get that sparkle and pizazz, so I bought Eni Oken’s eBook called 3D Tangle: Shading Smooth Gems. I used her instructions to color this gem and boy is there a difference! I drew this one earlier this week, before I bought her book:

 

 

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Betweed, Cadent

 

See the difference? I forgot to take pictures of the line art; I really have to get better with that!

 

In the first picture I played around with Footlites. Instead of a straight line, I used the pattern in a circle and love how it turned out.

 

These were done with a Micron pen Prismacolor and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

TANGLE CHALLENGE: QUANDU

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

Size: 3.5 x 3.5”; Zentangle Patterns: Quandu, Plum-Lei, Eddyper, Zinger, Knight’s Bridge, Amaze, Tipple

This week, the Shading Zentangle challenge pattern is Quandu.  I have to admit this one was a real challenge for me! For some reason, I just had a hard time coming up with a design. It has been a crazy week, so I guess my mojo was off.

 

This was done with a Micron pen and graphite pencils.

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen

GROOVY CHALLENGE

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

Patterns: Groovy, Florz, Zinger, Henna Drum

This is for the challenge at Shading Zentangle where the challenge is the pattern Groovy. This is a new pattern for me and was a challenge to shade!  I used a Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils and graphite pencils for this one. I like the bit of color on this tile, but it is not purely zentangle.

 

I almost forgot to take the “before” shot so I took it after the henna was colored.

 

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Enjoy creating!

Ellen