Diva Challenge #91: Beads of Courage

I enjoyed this challenge, although it was time consuming. Made me appreciate the Zentangle® method of black and white. When I saw what the challenge was, could not really envision doing it without color. Although Laura's looked really good. I knew that I wanted to do beads but was not sure how I wanted to present them. After an internet search decided on this one. According to the search this is Celtic symbol for courage and strength. Seemed to fit for kids and families dealing with chronic conditions. Since it was in color was a challenge to decide what to do with shading. Decided to try to highlight the whole thing. Hope you like it, I did.

I am not even going to attempt to identify tangles that I used. Are some but most are embellishments.

I started a second one that did not have time to finish yet and since I had this one, wanted to get it posted. Will try to get it done and post later this week. 

Comments are encouraged and appreciated.

Zendala Dare #27

This was an interesting undertaking for me. When I first saw the template I was a little overwhelmed. I saw all the small, irregular sections and was a little baffled about what I was going to do. I knew I did not want to leave the center empty and started there and worked my way out. Once I started though it seemed like ideas just came. Before I started I had thought of some entirely different tangles to use. There were a couple that I had never done before. One is Helen Williams  twirl tangle. As I was thinking about what to do, I went to her blog and saw this posted. I really like the things that she does. I tend to do more grid tangles and her lines are so smooth and flowing. If you are not familiar with her I strongly encourage you to visit her blog and look at all the things that she does. I do not think you will be disappointed.  Click on her name to see this tangle. My use of twirl has a slight variation on the border that was due to my lack of familiarity with the tangle when I decided to make it go all the way around. Over all though I am pleased with the result. I enjoy detail work but this one took some time to finish.

Tangles used: N'zeppel, Puf, Chillon, Twirl

Now that this is done, I can move on to the Diva Challenge.

Your comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Bicycle Safety

For all my tangling friends, if you see this, I have not deserted Zentangle®.  While that is the bulk of my posts, I also have interest in cycling. In a newsletter I get from Bicycle Garage Indy, they had a link for a video about sharing the road. Watched it and felt it was important enough to re-post here to spread the message. It is short but contains some important information. Applies mainly to riding in a municipal area. Hope people get this message.

Click  here  to go to the video

Diva Challenge #90:String Theory v. XIII

I have mixed feelings about this Challenge. Was excited when I started out but then hit a block. Ended by choosing two tangles at random to finish. Don't think that there is anything wrong with it, just does not really grab me. I did try a few new things with shading. Sometimes when I try something new, I concentrate more on that than the total image. Oh well, it is what it is.

Tangles used: Eenies, Mooka, Quandary, Jonqal(variation). The line tangle as far as I know is unnamed. I got it from my cousin, Dianne Krumnow,a fellow CZT 10 Grad. I think this was the one that was based on a picture she took of a stained glass window. 

Zendala Dare #26

Well this was an interesting endeavor; mostly of my own making. When I saw the template I was excited because almost immediately I thought of some tangles that I could use. I copied the template and began tangling. During a break I decided to see if any others had posted anything. I was surprised by what I saw and then went back to her posting and took the time to read it. ( Yes, I am one of those that when presented with the paper that says read all the statements before doing anything, I figure why do it twice when I can just complete it as I go along, only to find out I did not really do what it said.) Needed to make some adjustments but was too far along to discard and start over. Decided to use more "autumn colors" than images. I was able to throw in a few though. This was my first major attempt at using color. Overall am pleased with the end result. Next time I'll try to remember to read things more thoroughly before I start .....
maybe!

   

Tangles: N'Zeppel, Paradox,  Pearlz, Beadz. The others were my attempts at webs and ears of corn.

Diva Challenge #89 - Sankegg

I saw some earlier comments and expected to have problems with this challenge. I have to admit that I enjoyed doing these and like the results. I did one in traditional Zentangle style of putting a dot in each corner and then making a string. After that I decided which section I would use the Sankegg tangle and then just did the other sections. No real preconceived notions. The other I did a little more free-form. The Sankegg tangle was the string and then I added the others. Think maybe while I felt this one was not as hard was because the Zendala Dare that I completed a few days ago was hard. This seemed easy comparatively speaking.

The tangles that I used are Sankegg, 'Nzeppel, Hybrid, Eenies, Marasu, Beads, & Exed  

Tangles used are Sankegg, Flux, & Scrolled Feather

Zendala Dare #25

I have to admit that I am not comfortable with Zendalas I am not sure why but they are harder for me to visualize things. I am hoping that as I do them more that this will come a little easier. I plan on continuing to try the challenge to accomplish this. Here is my latest attempt at the "Dare". After viewing some of the other Zendalas submitted and others' comments, I guess I was not the only one that struggled with this one.

I ended up using Keeko, Paradox, In-a-pod, Hybrid, and Scrawlz