Diva Challenge #330: "Zentangle Plates"

This week's Diva Challenge is courtesy of Jeanette Clawson. She is a graduate of CZT #27 although she has been tangling for a number of years.  You can read about her story here on The Diva's blog. She explains a little about what lead her to this art form.  Like many, it was a tool in dealing with things.  It isn't that tangling is the only one that can do this but I think its portability makes it easy to use anywhere.

The basis of her challenge is her love of mandalas.  When she was at the CZT seminar they discussed tangle plates, which is really a mosaic or arcs and when you put 4 tiles together, they form a plate.  You can get as symmetrical and as intricate as you want.  She did 4 tiles but indicated that it was not necessary to do 4 for the challenge. You could do only one.

I like mandalas also and have about 100 that I have done over the years.  I have not done the mosaic style of this challenge.  Was not sure that I was going to participate due to time and I knew that I would not be able to do 4 tiles.  My intent was to do one tile.   It is similar to the stripes challenge that was done a couple of times.  Well when I was ready to start, I found out that I did not have a full size tile. I had some Bijou tiles. I only had two of them. Which I decided to use. So mine is a "broken plate".

As a time saver, I decided to do the same tangles on similar rings.  Here are the two tiles that I completed.

Tangles used: Tipple, Cubine, Hibred, Meer, Bird on a Wire

Shading done with HB pencil

Here are the two together to form my "broken plate" ( see the jagged line along the bottom?)

I have only seen a few of the pieces posted. Those are ones that show up in my feed list.  I plan on trying to look at them over the next couple of days. Would strongly recommend that you go and look when you have the chance. You can do so by clicking here on I am the Diva.  

Thanks for visiting. As always, comments are welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated.  

Go Tangle !!

Diva Challenge #179: "Be like Bijou"

The Diva changes things up and instead of the usual UMT challenge on the first Monday of the month, she chose to use the recently released Bijou tiles from Zentangle®. I did not have any of the official tiles so I cut some 2"x 2" squares on some vellum paper.  To be honest, I am not sure about these. They are easy to work with and I think they are great for monotangles. I am a little surprised as I usually like things that are small. I guess that I should clarify as it is not that I do not like them, I am just not as excited as some others have been about them. Here is what I came up with. I did two of them. I hope you enjoy them.

Tangles used: Left - Meer, Cubine, Right - Mumsy, Ribbon petals, Zinger

The one in the upper left on the left tile does not have a name. It is one that was the result of experimenting with one of the basic strokes. 

The shading on Cubine was done with a graphite pencil and a Fabrico grey marker.  All other shading was with a graphite pencil.

I have not looked at many on the Diva's site, but I did see that there are all ready a lot things posted. Would encourage you to go and visit by clicking here. It may also encourage you to give it a try or participate yourself. If you are unsure, or have questions, feel free to ask. 

Thanks for visiting. As always, comments are welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated. 

Go Tangle !!