More Zentangles.......................

My latest effort, inspired by one created by those great folks at Zentangle!

This one took a couple of evenings in front of the tv to finish. I probably could have done more - but this will do! My favorite 'tangle is the zen shell. There were a couple of not so great ones on the clipboard, but since it will be covered with paper from time to time, it doesn't matter!

This was a run of the mill clipboard, that I painted with gesso, inked with Sakura pigma pens, some gel colors, and then sealed with Spar Varnish. Spar was what the Zentangle folks used, but I am not so sure I like it on mine. I used polyurethane on my hand mirror (see previous post) and liked the finish on that a whole lot better. The Spar was still tacky after 24 hours. I may try spraying polyurethane over the top of the varnish - but that may make matters worse. I'll see what happens with it in the next couple of hours.
You can click on the pix for a closer look - altho that will make the errors a bit more glaring!!!LOL

'Tangling and Doodling the Day Away............

Got a pair of tiny little moleskine notebooks - by mistake I got ones with lined pages. Little sketches won't work with lines, so they will be for quotes, thoughts and zentangles.

Here are a few so far..........................

This first one shown, is one that I did last night, and is similar to one I saw on Shelly Beauch's blog this morning! Even tho I don't know her, we must have been channeling each other!! How funny!

They are endless. I won't bore you with them all today!!! More another time!!!

'Tangles and Sketches

Been fooling around with pencil and pens, and here's what came out of it:

The last one is a collage for the Sketchy Card swap- 2 of diamonds.

This latest zentangling was inspired by 2 books I recently ordered - if you have never zentangled, or if you have been zentangling for a while, like I have, these are a great source of inspiration! They are both by the wonderful Sandy Bartholomew . Be sure to visit her blog!

Zentangles and More...............

I finally got organized and put all my zentangles and swap art, both 'tangles and other, in a vintage photo album.

My original zentangles, my zendala card, Patty's zentangles with 2 of my daughter's, some swaps from Linda Vincent (she has a whole page!) Angie,Kimmie's puzzle piece, Postcard Travel- Liverpool and St. Petersburg, Charlotte Fern, Angie Beck, Judy Post,Mamapia who created the St. Petersburg arch, The Liverpool post card is by Marion.

If you see your art here, and I missed putting in a link - leave me a comment with a link to your blog!!! You can click on each picture for a closer look( not that mine warrant a closer look - LOL) - sorry for the flash distortion in some!

Zentangles!!!

The folks at Zentangle now have a blog!! Woohoo!! It's a work in progress, but I know it will be a great one to follow, once they get it up and running!!

These pix are not MY zentangles- I found them so long ago, I don't remember where - so I can't give credit to the artists. I may have seen them in the Zentangle newsletter or somewhere in cyberspace. But, I do have a vintage hand mirror exactly like this - and when I get brave enough, I may give this a shot!!

I have about 5 posts on zentangling I have done - here is one of them. I had been "tangling" a while,(actually long before I knew it had a name other than doodling!) and I think Kimmie got the idea to zentangle on a rock or shell. I tried it on my little white beach rocks- it was fun!!!

If you have nothing to do on this lovely Sunday, drop on over to Zentangle's new blog and try your hand at an artful doodle!!!