Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Zendala Diva Challenge


I LOVED this challenge! I really enjoy doing Zendalas and Erin over at the Bright Owl has come up with many wonderful templates to work with. This is one of my all time favorite templates. I love templates that give me a focus but still leave lots of room for me to play with them.

I started with one of my colored tiles and used a brown Micron for all the tangles. I used a terra cotta colored pencil for the shading and a white charcoal pencil for the highlights.  

The tangles used include, Cirquital, Paradox, and Flux.


Here is the colored tile before I started tangling. You can see the light pencil lines where I traced the template on using my light box. I wanted to show you this 'before' picture because I want you to see that even those tiles that seem to have a problem - like this big water bloom in the upper right section - can become beautiful finished tiles! So remember the 'no mistakes' mantra and tangle on!

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20 comments:

  1. MelkotaAugust 11, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    What a gentle zendala! I liked how you whiten portions of the pattern.

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  2. Karen LynnAugust 11, 2015 at 12:54 PM

    I love this zendala! It has great movement and flow. The colors are wonderful, too.

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  3. UnknownAugust 11, 2015 at 2:22 PM

    This is beautiful. I love the shading you have done here.

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  4. hungrycorgistudioAugust 11, 2015 at 8:48 PM

    That is awesome. I don't have any words! Speechless!
    Sarah

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  5. Anne's tangle blogAugust 12, 2015 at 1:19 AM

    Like you, I LOVE to use self colored paper. Great that you show the one without tangling. The zendala you created is gorgeous!!!

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  6. MaggibeeAugust 12, 2015 at 4:30 AM

    It's a beautifully subtle piece of work, using colour to great effect. Your patterns are well chosen to mix geometric with organic. What a lovely piece.

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  7. IlseAugust 12, 2015 at 8:15 AM

    Beautiful! It reminds me of Summer, with it's colour and organic tangles. Lovely!

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  8. KariAugust 12, 2015 at 11:15 AM

    This is gorgeous!!

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  9. Jennifer SparrowAugust 12, 2015 at 11:22 AM

    Oh, soooooo beautiful.

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  10. Sue ClarkAugust 12, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Beautiful, Sue!

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  11. AntonineAugust 12, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    I really love your colored background, and the brown ink looks just wonderful on it. Beautiful!

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  12. Annette P.-L. August 12, 2015 at 2:39 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous zendala with a fine flow! Great use of Fengle and wonderful backgound colour!

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  13. Lee DarterAugust 12, 2015 at 4:38 PM

    Love it, the paper just makes it!
    Lee Darter

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  14. Ulrike B.August 13, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    this is awesome

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  15. lilystanglesAugust 13, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    Beautiful! :)

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  16. UnknownAugust 14, 2015 at 2:47 AM

    Beautiful Zendala Sue, I like special the way it looks as if Rick's Paradox is walking through by Cirquital.

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  17. Sue SharpAugust 14, 2015 at 6:28 AM

    Absolutely stunning! Such rich colour! I love that you showed the before and after too.

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  18. Tangles and MoreAugust 14, 2015 at 6:17 PM

    The color of the paper is really a treat. Like your tangle work. They just flow so easily.

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  19. UnknownAugust 16, 2015 at 12:27 PM

    Gorgeous! Love the color and beautiful patterns.

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  20. CharKatAugust 16, 2015 at 11:45 PM

    Those have to be some my favorite colors. I just love it!

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