Last month a new official Zentangle pattern was introduced as part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle program. This new tangle is called Toodles. Rick and Maria demonstrate how to draw Toodles on their YouTube channel here.
Toodles is fun to draw and is very versatile. I quite like this new pattern, and especially like it with touches of color added. My first two tiles featuring it are below.
The Diva’s challenge this week is to create a holiday themed zendala or tile. I had a pre-strung zendala that I hadn’t used yet and thought that this was the perfect time to do so! The interior string sections of the zendala are outlined in green Sakura micron pen, and the outer perimeter lines are in red. The tangles included are Flux, Printemps, and Paradox. It came out quite festive!
Over at Square One on Facebook the current focus tangle is Sea Wave by Ginny Lu. Step outs are available here. My tile appears below:
I had fun learning to draw Sea Wave. For whatever reason I decided to draw the waves diagonally on my tile, and then added Mooka, Msst, and a little Tipple. The Msst seemed to go well with the water theme, and I like how the Mooka resembles curling or cresting waves next to the Sea Wave.
Prior to Sea Wave, the tangle of the week at Square One was Hypnotic by Elena Hadzijaneva. Step outs can be found here. My tile turned out to be monotangle zendala:
Since it is not done on a regular square tile I didn’t post it on Square One. It’s pretty cool looking though, so I thought I’d share it here.
Thank you for stopping by, and I want to wish everyone a joyous and safe Holiday Season!
This week we have another Use My Tangle (UMT) challenge from the Diva. The selected tangle is Afterglo by Carole Ohl CZT. Step outs are available on Carole’s blog here.
As Laura points out, Afterglo looks like snowflakes and other seasonal images and is an apt choice for a December challenge! I had fun with it, although I did feel a little stuck with what to do with the remaining space after completing the trio of Afterglo tangles. Eventually I decided to add the smaller ones plus a smattering of AHH. Lastly I added Tipple to give the tile a more unified and finished look.
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After a couple of months of little to no posting, I’m back hoping to renew a routine of sharing my tiles and other projects. During my absence I was busy working on rebranding the blog (there’s some more to do). In addition I was laying the groundwork to start a home business.
This week’s Diva challenge is to explore the latest official tangle, Dewd. This brand new tangle was introduced in a recent Zentangle.com newsletter, which also featured a video of Maria demonstrating how to draw this new pattern.
For my tile I chose to combine Dewd with Paradox, and I also added a touch of Tipple. Dewd reminds me a lot of Fescu and adds a cool variation on the aura. I had a little trouble with the spacing between the fescu-like elements, but overall I enjoyed working with the new pattern.
Square One on Facebook recently also had Dewd as a focus tangle. I posted a different tile to that group which I think has a real botanical look to it:
As long as you are here, I’d like to bring your attention to a previous post I made concerning a possible new tangleation. Would you mind taking a look and letting me know what you think?
As always, thank you for visiting!
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