Welcome to another Tangled Tuesday – glad to see you again! I’m feeling a whole lot better than I was last time when I decided to take a bit of a break, and I’ve been doing some tangling here and there over the past couple of weeks, so let’s get on with it!
Blast from the Past
First, though, please indulge me as I share a couple of little non-tangling (but still art)-related somethings I unearthed from the basement when I rediscovered my old scrapbooks – two pencil sketches I did during a drawing class I took waaaaaay back in 1986 (anyone remember 1986?!).
Pencil sketch, 1986 drawing class
Pencil sketch, 1986 drawing class
They’re pretty elementary – plus the fact that the drawings on the other sides of the pages are bleeding through makes them rather rough – but seeing them reminds me of the fun I had with the class, and makes me want to take another one to learn some more!
New Tangles
Over the past two weeks I learned just a small handful of new tangles: Neit-Lite, Chuchu, Boze, Arcodos, Arcotres, and Arcocuatro, all from TanglePatterns.com.
Tangling in Progress
I actually have several small pieces in progress right now – one that’s almost done and will most likely be ready to share next week, and a couple that I started but for whatever reason didn’t get very far with. (One of these days I’m going to have to take all these barely-started pieces and actually do something with them!)
Finished Projects
In my previous Tangled Tuesday post I shared a picture of a work in progress zendala, which I have since finished.
ZIA 30
What does it make you think of? I’m curious if anyone else will see the same sort of thing I see in the end result (which was, as per usual, totally unplanned!).
I also did The Diva’s Challenge for last week, which was to create a “Valentangle” to get into the spirit of Valentine’s Day. I came up with this one, which I then mounted on a larger rough-edged sheet of black sketch paper (folded in half) and turned it into a Valentine’s Day card for Peter.
ZIA 31, for The Diva’s Weekly Challenge #204
Instead of using a regular pencil to do the shading, I used a light pink coloured pencil. I think it worked, and he says he likes it, so I’m happy. 🙂
P.S.
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February 17, 2015
Yep. That Valentangle challenge certainly came in handy. We were on a cruise and I had a red tile cut from a manila folder, so I did the challenge on that and presented it to Mr. Excitement. (You can see mine on my blog if you’re so inclined—along with my response to this week’s challenge).
What I see in the zendala that maybe you hadn’t planned is that the outside tangle that goes to the edge of the page makes it look like the zendala is at the bottom of a basket or some other round cylindrical object. This is probably totally not what you were referring to. Is it?
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February 18, 2015
I will definitely check it out! I think I’m going to skip this week’s challenge, as it totally stumps me, then pick up again on it next time.
I like your interpretation of the zendala – not what I was referring to, but I totally see it now!
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February 17, 2015
Loved the sketch of the shoe so much Laurel…You are so talented I must say!
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February 18, 2015
Thank you! 🙂
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February 18, 2015
Those pencil sketches are fabulously intricate. No wonder you excel at Zentangling!
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February 18, 2015
Thank you!
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February 18, 2015
Ditto to Shailaja’s remark! Both the sketches and the zentangles – the zendala and the Valentangle – are great! 🙂 <3
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February 18, 2015
Thank you!
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Oh wow those pencil sketches are awesome. My drawing teacher would be so happy if I could do even 10% of that. I have been quite intrigued by zentangling for some time now. I will be looking around your blog for sure.
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February 18, 2015
Thank you very much! Zentangle is great – hope you give it a try sometime.
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Your zendala hypnotised me! I felt like I was in a massive tent with an opening looking up at an eclipse. 🙂
I am new to this art form. I’m amazed by it! Thank you for sharing.
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February 18, 2015
I love that interpretation! Thank you!
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the first two sketches are like a whisper on the paper… so beautifully drawn. Loved all your works 😀 Beautiful!!
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February 19, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
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