This week I have dedicated hours upon hours upon hours to the pursuit of tangling (and loved every minute of it!) – yet in some ways I have very little to show for all of my time, as you will soon see. Welcome to another Tangled Tuesday!
Tangled Goodies
In case you missed my exciting announcement last week, I now have an Etsy shop for Ten Thousand Tangles!
Since my last Tangled Tuesday post I have added a new listing – one of my most recent pieces set up as a colouring page (instant download) – and invite you to check it out (and, if your coloured pens and pencils are itching to get to work, pick up one for yourself!) by clicking on the picture below.
Zentangle® Inspired Art Colouring Page – “ZIA 42”
P.S. Do YOU sell on Etsy? If so, please leave a link to your shop in the comments section below so that I – and my readers – can drop by and take a look!
New Tangles
This week I learned three similar designs – Gra-Vee, Frillee, and Organza, all from TanglePatterns.com.
Tangling in Progress
I started a rather ambitious (for me) and time-consuming project – a 9″ x 12″ piece with a single repeating tangle pattern (Bunzo) over a watercolour wash. Welcome to the reason why I have very little to show for my hours of work this week!
My first WIP photo from July 5th:
WIP – July 5, 2015
And one from today:
WIP – July 7, 2015
Working on this piece is incredibly relaxing, and I am loving it. Goodness knows when I will manage to get the entire page covered, but my mind is whirling with the possibilities for the to-be-finished piece. Watch this space!
Finished Projects
I suppose in a way I tackled The Diva’s Challenge this week, which was to focus on colour. As you can see by my WIP, my tangling time was overflowing with colour! So though I didn’t actually finish the project, I’m going to take the liberty of saying that I met the challenge. 🙂
P.S.
The Zentangle® Method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. Learn more at zentangle.com.
Previous posts in this series are all tagged Tangled Tuesday.
For background on how I discovered and got involved in Zentangle, and links to further information and resources, check out my blog post For the love of tangling.
You can browse my entire tangle gallery at Ten Thousand Tangles.
And, if you’re interested in having a little piece of my art for yourself, please click on the GoFundMe button below for more information and also visit my Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Etsy, Society6, and Zazzle. (Pssst… links to my international Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Zazzle are in the Alphabet Salad sidebar – just click on the appropriate flag and you’ll get to the place you need to be!)
How have you been creative this week?
Please share!
Twitter: carisultanik
July 7, 2015
LOVE the colors! Congrats on the Etsy store! I finally just listed a couple of items in mine but I really need to do more work on it… https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZenHenna
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you so much! Favourited your shop – lovely work. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
i love the pattern bunzo, the color is beutiful
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you! It’s a fun pattern to work with.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Great work! 🙂
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Beautiful is just mesmerizing
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Twitter: a
July 7, 2015
You amaze me with your creative talents – now this new one in addition to your poetry, your pages of gratitude, your photography! I know your projects are going to be gorgeous! Keep it up!
Amy
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you so much, Amy! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Wow! I had no idea what tangling was. There are some very elaborate designs!!!!! Wow!!! Thanks for sharing this with me.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
You’re welcome! It’s a lot of fun. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Twitter: shyvish
July 7, 2015
This looks incredibly challenging! Good luck and congrats on the Etsy store, Laurel 🙂
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you, Shailaja!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Twitter: Boomeresque
July 8, 2015
Congratulations on the Etsy store. It hasn’t occurred to me that anyone would want to buy any of my creations although my husband is starting to ask me what I intend to do with all of them. What pen did you use on top of your water colored paper? I tried that for a project I’m working on, but when I use a pigma micron Sakura pen on top of that, it ruins the pen nib because the water based paint transfers.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
I’m not sure anyone will want to buy anything of mine, LOL! We shall see, I suppose. In terms of the pen, I just use my regular Pigma Micron (actually, a few of them as I make my way throughout the piece) and accept that they’ll be ruined. I find some colours take the ink really well, but with others it’s a struggle to make it stick.
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Twitter: FranceneStanley
July 8, 2015
I can understand how filling in the pattern over the colored background would become involving. It would be hard to stop once you start.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
That’s exactly it, Francene! Almost addictive.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Twitter: sanchlivinglife
July 8, 2015
Wow! The colours are awesome. Loving this and loving the enthusiasm that comes through your posts.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you so much, Sanch!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Twitter: iamblogoratti
July 8, 2015
Really great effort, and big congrats on the store. Best wishes!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Beautiful pieces!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Lovely work – I love how it grows from the centre out 🙂
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
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Twitter: luxganzon
July 9, 2015
These are really beautiful.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 11, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Patterns
Beautiful work this week! I really like that you did the WIP of your art. It will be interesting to see the colorful background when finished. And I like that at each stage it DOES look finished.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
July 12, 2015
Thank you so much, Lynell! 🙂
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