New Tangle Pattern - Prop

Wow! Just looking back at how long it's been since I last posted here. Nearly a year.

Anyway, I have a new tangle to share with you. I have had it sitting on my desk for quite some time and am only just now posting it.

It is called Prop as it looks like a propeller from a plane. Prop is a grid tangle as shown in the first tile image. The second tile shows an example of Prop used as a mirrored fragment. Prop can also be drawn free form, as shown in the third tile on the stepout image. The third tile also shows examples of some of the many variations that can be used to give the tangle a new look every time it is drawn.

 

There are now many different tangles available on the web and it is almost impossible to know if this tangle has already been published. If it has please let me know so I can update this page and give the original publisher, of this tangle, the recognition he/she deserves.

 

I hope you enjoy the tangle Prop as much as I have when playing with and exploring the possibilities this tangle provides.

If you would like to share your explorations of Prop for other visitors to this page then please feel free to add a link to your creation in the comment section below.

Weekly Challenge #384: "UMT - Anthem

Another week, another Diva challenge. Being the beginning of the week we are using a tangle by CZT, Jody Genovise - Anthem.

A great organic tangle with many possibilities.

This is a tangle I have not used before. As soon as I saw it I thought of crystals in a cave which ended up being diamonds shining brightly. I wish I had found even one of these.

Tangle: Anthem

And another...

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out  
The Diva's blog and click on the links at the bottom of the page to see their creations.
Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by.

Weekly Challenge #383 & #382

Diva Challenge #383

In November, 2018 many CZTs, including myself, took the opportunity to attend ZenAgain in Providence. Whilst at ZenAgain a new tangle called Ratoon was introduced.

The Stepout for Ratoon was released to the public this week so The Diva challenged us to try this new tangle. Since ZenAgain, I have not played with Ratoon so hought this would be a good opportunity to see what I could do with it. 

Here is my tile using the tangle Ratoon.

Tangles: Rattoon & Therefore

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links at the bottom of the page to see their creations.

 

Diva Challenge #382 - Stripes o Plenty

Tangles: Vega, Crescent Moon, Static, Onamato, Waves & Paisel

 As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links at the bottom of the page to see their creations.

Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by. 

Weekly Challenge #381: "A Happy (new) Medium"

Wow! I didn't realise it's been so long since I last posted.

I rarely use anything but my Sakura(R) Micron pens when I tangle. However, The Diva challenge this week was to use a different medium for tangling. I have also been wanting to try the technique of Zenbossing. So to kill two birds with one stone, I have used a stylus on my tile, as my new medium, to draw the tangles. A Youtube video tutorial by Romi Borax Marks is the inspiration for the Zenbossing technique. You can check out her video here.

Tile with tangles drawn with a stylus

Since the tangles are difficult to see when drawn with a stylus, I used coloured pencils to highlight the tangles so they could be seen more clearly and used a gold gel pen as my border.

Completed tile. Tangles used: Well, Ing, Vermal, Lotus Pods

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links to see their creations.

Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by. 

Weekly Challenge #373: "Non Dominant Tangling!"

I hear many people don't like this weeks Diva Challenge. We were asked to use our non dominant hand. For me that is my right hand. I am one who enthusiastically like to use my non-dominant hand when tangling as it forces me to really focus and concentrate on every line I draw. I need to think 'backwards' if you like, and really go slow to make my hand draw in the right direction. I know the results are not as good as when I use my dominant hand but I'm ok with that as it's the process not the outcome that matters; in true Zentangle process.

I decided to use the tangle inapod. Drawing inapod requires many changes in directions as you draw and this really was a challenge for me. There is not much shading as I was over concentrating by the time I finished drawing.

Now I'm off to look at waht others have done for this challenge.

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links to see their creations.

Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by. 

Weekly Challenge #372 "DEWD"

Again, The Diva has asked us to use a tangle from the Inktober tangle list. It's a great way to combine challenges into one tile, especially if you like to complete some of the many challenges out there, or like me, if you're short on time.

'Dewd', a tangle from Zentangle HQ is the tangle we have been asked to use.

Tangles: Dewd

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links to see their creations.

Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by. 

Weekly Challenge #371 "Onion Drops"

Onion drops is a new tangle for me and is also one of the tangles in this month's Inktober challenge. Being new to me I decided to try it on a zendala before working it into my Inktober tiles.

Onion drops is an easy tangle to draw and it is very easy to get into the zen flow as you tangle. As in the true Zentangle method I went with the flow and ended up with my 'onion drops' looking different from the original but i am happy with the results.

 

As always, if you would like to see how others have completed this challenge, then check out The Diva's blog and click on the links to see their creations.

Looking for other Zentangle activities based on your interests? Click on this link to my Dare, Challenge &/or Focus page, read the simple descriptions and click on the links that interest you.

Thank you to all who leave a comment. I love receiving them and read every one. Thank you for stopping by.