Tangle Garden

At Paper Traders, I am hosting a colored Zentangle® art swap. Zentangle art was created by Rick Roberts & Maria Thomas. You can discover more about this method on their website: Zentangle.com.  Below are the cards that I created for this swap... a relaxing way to catch up on my DVR recordings!

Zentangle ATC Swap

Letha is hosting a Zentangle ATC swap on Paper Traders. It's mixed-media so pretty much anything goes. I started with a rubber stamped face image and then just started playing from there. Admittedly, these could be a lot better but they're not too bad for a beginner =)

Update: Thanks, everyone, for the feedback... Yes, I just stamped the face images with permanent ink right in the middle of my plain white ATC's. Then I got out my Micron pens in different widths and started doodling. I didn't really have much of a plan and some of the larger black areas are where I goofed up and just decided to fill in over the top - LOL!

Doodling

I did a little doodling practice on the back of my business cards at work this week... (don't tell the boss!)

I read about this "twist" technique in a zentangle newsletter:

For this one, I just drew a squiggle that ended up looking like a rabbit (a complete coincidence) so I decided to just go with it:

Zentangle #3

I tried doing one with a light coat of gesso over the photo first... it think it turned out pretty cool. These are really fun, easy, and quick!

Zentangle practice

I thought I would try doing some zentangles that look so fun... the Daffodil was my first try - using a magazine photo as a guide... it's only just okay:











I'm much happier with my second attempt - the daisies - also using a magazine photo but adding many more doodles to the background space.

These were really fun and I will definitely have to try some more... maybe swiping a thin layer of gesso on first to lighten the backgrounds... something to try any way...