Zendala Dare #19

The dare this week from Erin at The Bright Owl was to use this template

For some reason I found this template really difficult, I spent ages staring at a blank piece of paper with no idea what to do. I think it was all the squares that put me off. I do not like to fill each one with a different tangle as that feels messy to me so I had to have something that worked when repeated.

Here is my first attempt which I am quite happy with given my struggle to start,

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Here's the second attempt, not so sure about this one.

I am looking forward to next week's challenge which will hopefully be something not so square  :-)

Diva Challenge #83

The challenge from Laura at I am the Diva this week was to use just 2 tangles, Mooka and Assunta.

I used to struggle with Mooka until a while ago when I started playing with it more. My Mooka used to be very controlled and small but I let this one run wild and ended up with a Zia rather than a tile.

I had lots of fun with this, I hope you enjoy it...

I had another go at this challenge and came at it from a different angle this time Mooka within Assunta.

Thanks for all your visits and comments I really appreciate them.

Zendala Dare #18

The dare this week from Erin at The Bright Owl was fun.  When I first looked at this template Paradox was what spring out at me, however I used Paradox last week so thought I would try something else this week.

My first attempt, spot the deliberate change part way through this one, I didn't have the energy to redo it so left it as it was.  :-)

For my second attempt I tried to go for something a bit more organic and softer.

Zendala Dare #17 - In honour of

The dare this week from Erin at The Bright Owl as well as the zendala was to also to complete this in honour of someone who has had a battle with Cancer.

I have had a few friends battle with Cancer and some of them have lost that battle. I kept my Zendala simple this week and completed it with the tangle paradox. This is because I feel this disease is a paradox, we do not know who will be affected or when and the outcomes can be so different in every case.



Zentangle Inspired Art Prompt #29 - Fill it with curves

The challenge this week see here was to produce a piece of art inspired by this blog.  It's all about curves.

I had a lot of fun with this and decided to go with some bright zingy colours as that is not my usual style. I am usually much more muted. I like the way it turned out. Although it did take ages with all the colouring. 

It's all about Curves

Diva Challenge #80

This weeks challenge can be found here and was to use the Tangle Mi2. This is one that I have looked at the finished tangle before and thought too complex, however when you try it out it is quite simple to do. That's what I love about these challenges, they get me to try things that I might not have done otherwise.

I had a couple of goes at this and it was fun, this pattern is one that can have so many variations, it's been fun looking at how others have interpreted it.

Mi2 with Angelfish

Mi2 with Finery and Pokeleaf

Zentangle Inspired Art Prompt #28 Tangled Fruit

This weeks ZIA prompt was to tangle using a string in the shape of a fruit. You can see the challenge  here.   I googled fruit for some inspration and thought a pineapple would be fun. I started by colouring the pineapple itself with a base colour which was a pearlescent paint. This does not work that well with the pens as the ink seems to sit on the top and goes a sort of grey colour rather than black. Apart from this I am quite happy with it as I am only just getting used to using colour and moving away from the traditional Zentangles.

Tangled Fruit

I also have a previous challenge that I had a go at called Tape the string. I had the same problem with this one and the pearlescent paint.