Thursday, November 14, 2013

Going Buggy


Zentangle.com has come out with a new product - Renaissance tiles - also known as TAN tiles. At this time they are only available through Certified Zentangle Teachers. I got mine earlier this week and couldn't wait to play with them. They are FUN! They give you the opportunity to shade and highlight together. And when you add some pen work with a brown Micron pen - well - I'm having fun.

My bug was trapped with lacing over an N'zeppel background. In addition to the black and brown Micron pens, I shaded with both a black pencil and a brown Prismacolor pencil. Highlight were done with a white colored pencil.

Come see me at upcoming classes (or just contact me) to get some Renaissance tiles of your own.

And don't forget about my Tangle Cards Contest!

If you have ever scrolled down this page to the last entry on the right hand side, you will see an entry called 'Total Pageviews'. I've been watching it and seeing the numbers grow. Since it looks like it will be crossing 400,000 soon, I am having a contest to celebrate. On the day that the counter changes to 400,000, I will pick one person at random from the comments on that day and send the winner a set of the Yoga for the Brain Tangle cards. (hint - I am currently at 398,327 page views and I usually get 300-400-or more, page views each day.)

23 comments:

  1. This is a super tile, I love it. The tile looks more beige than tan but I can see the advantage of being able to highlight and shade. Nice.

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  2. Wow Sue, Great job with the renaissance tile! Fun little worm crawling through too!

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  3. Who would think a "bug" could look so elegant on a Renaissance tile. I wonder what Maria would think of that? LOL I think yours turned out so nice. Love the "ins and outs" you used.

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  4. Looks great - really like the colours and how N'zepple really stands out. Love the tile. Axxx

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  5. Wow, your tile is clever and STUNNING!

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  6. This is great. I have not gotten any of the new tiles yet. The way it is looking will be after the first of the year. I do not sell a lot of product as it is. Really like how your 'Nzeppel relly stands out and has a 3 D effect.

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  7. Lovely. I really like the neutral background of these tiles really shows off the wonderful highlighting.

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  8. Realy very wel done, it is a zentangle and intergrate the worm!!!!

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  10. What a gorgeous tile - it reminds me of the game snakes and ladders. the worm and ribbons really pop out of the page, just like M. C. Esher's drawings, with your talent for super shading techniques. The new Renaissance tiles are a wonderful new addition to Zentangle supplies.

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  11. Wow, great response to this challenge, and yeah the renaissance tiles are awesome to work with. When they presented them in Rhode Island in october, I knew right away they would be a great succes. You made a great tile with it !

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  12. wow, you achieved some really beautiful depth here! & mister worm is so cute!

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  13. Lovely, really lovely and very well done. Poor bug, beeing trapped like this :-)

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  14. wow I LOVE the tan tile. You achieved so much dimension with your shading and with the white highlights. Beautiful art :)

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  15. Sue, you did a beautiful job on your buggy tile!!! I'd like to buy some of those new tiles too, I really like the subtle colors you used. I hope this message gets me entered in your contest, but I do not know what Tangle cards are. But anything with the word Tangle in it, it's gotta be something I would like!!! :0) Peace be Yours

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  16. The white colored pencil shows up well on the tan tile. Fun design. Nice job.

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  17. Wow, you really show those renaissance tiles beautifully! Fabulous how it's so dimensional - beautiful shading…. I almost didn't see the worm, I was ooohhhing over your beautiful N'zeppel and lacing.

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  18. Sue, it just turned 12:00 where I live so it is now Nov. 16. I hope today you hit 400,000!!!
    I wanted to be the first one today because I think it's gonna happen!! :0) Anyway, I hope I get picked!! :0) Peace be Yours

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  19. Love this, your wiggly wonderful worm is fabulous. I can hardly wait to try the Renaissance tiles, great work.

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  20. S-l-o-w-l-y she turns. The renaissance worm! LoL.

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