This week's guest blogger is Elisa Murphy. The basic part of her challenge is to do a mono tangle of 'Nzeppel. You can read the details of the challenge on
I am the Diva. She focused on some of the issues of fitting in but I think the focus was really on really trying to engage the mindfulness of the Zentangle® art form. That was not really a problem when I was doing the tangle as it does use repetitive strokes. I think this helps with the mindfulness. I find any tangle that uses only a few of the elemental strokes and you just keep repeating them to create. the pattern, and do not have to keep looking back at the step out for what comes next, helps me get into that zone. Case in point, I was working on something and was using paradox while I was a vendor at an event. Now I know for some your reaction might be, " How in the world can you be mindful when doing Paradox". Well, a couple of times I was so engrossed I did not notice people standing at my table looking at items. Don't think I lost any sales thankfully. Now back to the challenge. I lost a little of the mindfulness when I decided to add color. That is always a challenge for me. I have looked at it a number of times and while not completely satisfied with it, it is growing on me. Think part of it is that I would have usually added some embellishments to this but chose not to to stay with the monotangle limit. Here is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it.
Tangle used: 'Nzeppel
Color done with Prismacolor pencils. Used a yellow, a yellow orange and a red. Did a lot of layering and also smoothed with a blending pencil. I was not thinking in that I also used a cool gray Prismacolor pencil for the spaces in 'Nzeppel. When I used the blending pencil, it got a little murky but additional layering helped.
I have not looked at any of the other things that have been submitted. If you have not either, would suggest you go to
I am the Diva and look at some interesting pieces of art.
Thanks for visiting. As always, comments are welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated.
Go Tangle !!
