Diva Challenge 68

I enjoyed this week's Diva Challenge, which was to use only Strircles and Hibred in a tile. I'm a huge fan of Strircles, but haven't used Hibred in a while. I tried to do something completely different this time, and didn't use a string, but instead used shapes as the foundation of my piece. I kinda like it! :)

Diva Challenge 67

Not super happy with this entry :( It started out so great with Sampson in the middle, but then somehow went horribly wrong! Oh well, live and learn. But if you want to see something that I'm actually proud of, follow this link to my previous blog showing four of my circle paintings. :)

Have a good day, everyone!

Circle Paintings

 

I've been having so much fun creating these paintings, using circles as my theme. They are on Claybord and I used acrylics, oil pastels, and Sakura metallic pens. So far I've only done 5"x7" pieces, but next I'm going to go all out and do an 8"x10"! Wish me luck:)

Aura Challenge

For this week's Diva Challenge I chose to use auras not only on the outside of tangles, but also on the inside. I used Florz in the upper left and did auras inside each square. With Strircles, I put extra circles inside each circle, and on the bottom right I used Beeline with auras inside each different section. I think it looks pretty cool that way:) Then I used auras on the outside of Whirly Bird, Organza, and my tangle Natz in the bottom left.

I enjoyed this challenge because it made me think outside the box, so to speak, and change the way I normally do these tangles. Thanks, Diva!

Diva Challenge #65

Hey, Huggy Bear. Not sure if I like you or not yet, but it's early days... Maybe we'll grow to appreciate each other!

Diva Challenge #64

This week's Diva Challenge is for everyone to use the same 'Fortuneteller' string. I really enjoyed doing it last night. It was a great break from the painting I've been doing lately. "What painting?" you ask? I know your just dying to see so here it is :)

Sometimes I just need to use some color! :)

More large ZIAs

These are the latest 8x11 ZIAs I've done. They're so much fun - the second one is my favorite :) Please excuse the dark shadow on the left-hand side of the pics; my scanner does that when I can't close the window all the way. More to come...

Fengle!

I have been in love with this tangle ever since I saw it in some of the CZT's work, so I was thrilled to receive the instructions to it in the newest Zentangle newsletter! It's funny how easy it is when you know how :) I made this tile yesterday in anticipation of Monday's challenge; I had a feeling it would be Fengle! I love this tangle so much I might even do another tile and enter it later in the week :)

Spiral and Paradox Challenge

Here's my entry in the Diva's Challenge #62, using both spiral and paradox in a tile. Fun! (I enjoy doing my paradox a little different, with no pattern, using various shapes together).