Zendala Moments 1

Zendala moments #1

If you have been reading my blog you probably know that I love using color and I love Zendalas. I used to participate regularly in the Zendala challenge that Erin at the Bright Owl used to put up but she has had to curtail those now. So when I saw a new Zendala challenge - well, WHEEEE!!

The Zendala Moments come from Annette. Her blog is in German but my computer automatically translates her page - although the zendala line work doesn't really need any translation.

You can link to her blog at https://lonetta13.blogspot.com/2019/01/zendala-moments-1.html

Here you can see that I used the line work as a jumping off point. I did my own thing and didn't worry about 'staying in the lines'. I used a pink Micron pen on one of my handcolored tiles. I shaded with colored pencil and highlighted with chalk pencil.

More good news - I've been asked to teach at the Rocky Mountain Zentangle Retreat. And I will be going into detail about my color on color technique. It's going to be a lot of fun. Details can be found here. http://www.rockymountainzentangleretreat.com/ I hope I see you there!

Purple crazy huggins

This Zendala tile uses a Crazy Huggins idea that I first saw on Facebook posted by 

Susan Arnsten-Russell.  Huggins is one of the first tangles that I learned and I need to go back and use it more. When I saw how Susan Arnsten-Russell  had worked the Huggins toward the edge of the zendala and doubled the lines, I needed to try it myself.  She has the stepouts posted on her Facebook page.

Here you can see the colored tile I started out with. If you look closely you can see this tile has some goofs on it. I let water get on the back of the paper as I was painting it and it grabbed color off the front. But since there are no mistakes in Zentangle I used it anyway - and honestly, I can hardly find the problem in the finished tile.

Along with the purple background, I used a purple pen, colored pencils for shading, and a white chalk pencil for highlights.

purple spundala

The Diva got a paint spinner for Christmas so she has joined those of us who have been having fun with these toys for a while now. I found this spundala that I did a couple of months ago but for whatever reason didn't post it. 

I actually started with one of my colored tiles that was a light purple already and used the paint spinner to add an extra oomph of color. The tangles came next. Then extra shading with colored pencils and highlights with a white chalk pencil.

Happy New Year!