Project Pack 22 - Day 2 - 5 Spirals
The video for this lesson is here .
In the second lesson, Molly and Martha show us how to complete a pre-strung, 5xPhive tile. This project uses all the the tools that came in the project pack to decorate 5 spirals arranged in a wreath.
I am starting to get the hang of working over the Moonlight ink with graphite and the white chalk pencil. The main conclusion that I’ve come to is to let that ink get good and dry! Since I live in Arizona, where it is hot enough to bake cookies on your dashboard in the summer… letting the ink sit undisturbed over night did the trick. Shading and highlighting was more succesful this time!
Continuing along the Crazy ‘Nzepple trail…
This time I used a grey tile. I loved the Project Pack that I did with the grey tiles previously and wanted to do something with this “winter” theme… since today, it was over 113 degrees here!
Instead of doing the same thing in each bubble, I chose several tangles and did each one in four or more sections, aiming for them not to touch each other if possible.
I don’t think I have ever done ‘Nzepple on a tan Renaissance tile!
Inspired by what I tried on yesterday’s tile, I decided to give it another go, using somewhat different materials and some style changes.
After drawing a curvy grid with dark brown, I used the same pen to round the corners of each section. This gave me the rounded baloon shapes without drawing them in each section.
Experimental.
I had this idea of using a Souffle pen on top of watercolor to create a design within another tangle.
To test my concept, I chose Crazy ‘Nzepple as the initial tangle because it would give me a variety of blob shapes that I could play with.
After coloring all the sections and using pencil to darken the places where all the lines crossed, I drew a single Printemps spiral inside of each blob. I tried to make it the largest size that would fit. This turned out to be an issue in the very small shapes, so they just turned into a puddle of ink.
Project Pack 22 - Day 1
For the first lesson of this project pack, (video located here ,) Rick takes us down the path of using a pre-strung Phi tile to make a beautiful spiral design.
I loved the design and it was not difficult to do. Coloring in the various orbs and petal shapes was fun since the Gelly Roll pens just flow out ink that you can kind of push around to make an even colored area.
I recently saw an article about Neurographic art. After a little research, I decided to create a string on today’s tile that takes inspiration from this psychological art form.
Note: This is an example of artwork inspired by Neurogenic art. It is not meant to be an accurate representation. I enjoyed rounding all the corners on the complicated string. It was also a lot of fun filling in all the sections.
I’ve had this idea floating around in my head for a while. This was the day for it!
No border, a large, off-center spiral string, main object using colored pens, using reticula, surrounding support in black and white. I also used much heavier graphite on the spiral… at least heavier for me.
I think I am happy with the results!
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, dark brown and brown Micron pens. Shading done with graphite pencil. Highlights done with white chalk pencil.
I did a grid tile previously, which you can see here . I think this is going to become a “go to” string when I am really busy or can’t think of what to do! They are fun to do, but don’t require a lot of figuring out! However, I will need to do a little better selecting tangles… since I duplicated two of them between the tile above and that previous one!
I usually manage to get some tangling time, even if I am having a really busy day. One method I use use when time is limited is to tangle on a Bijou tile. Since they are only about two inches square, it doesn’t take long to complete one. A few fit nicely in a thin pencil case along with a tangling board and a few tools, so I can tangle anywhere.
I wanted to do something with Dingbatz today, rather than using my standard daily method. I pulled out my copy of "Zentangle Dingbatz" by Brian Crimmins, CZT and started flipping through the pages.
The first thing that attracted my attention was the border on the tag on page 124, so, after drawing a simple border around my tile, I added the Mooka design. Then I decided to repeat the Mookas and create a kind of square in the center of the tile, which also created the triangles in the corners. The corners were a perfect place for Diva Dance!
Random tangles. No string.
This is the first time that I’ve tried using the grey pens for tangling. I don’t like the little dark “dots” that are left behind when you end a stroke. This is done on Strathmore Bristol paper, so I will reserve judgement until I try these pens on a Zentangle tile. But if they do the same thing on those, I may not be using them very much!
PP08 - Day 8 - The Last Day, The Last Project
In the final video for Project Pack 8, Maria takes us through creating a hexigonal design created using six 3Z tiles.
While all these tiles appear the same at first glance, there are two different center designs, three tiles with the “arms” of the center going clockwise and three with the “arms” of the center going counter clockwise. The direction of the tiles alternates going around the hexigon.
Randomly selected tangles. Although there were 5 tangles, I decided to use only three of them.
I really like, Ing, but for some reason, I rarely use it. After this, I may think of it more often. I haven’t used Vermal in years, that I can remember! I really like drawing Sharalarelli… but maybe not this much of it one one tile in the future. I got a little tired of it before I was done.
Sometimes a collection of randomly chosen tangles can create an imaginative image that evokes a specific theme.
For me, this makes me think of being in a decorated apartment. I see shades on the windows, a shiny tile floor, hanging lamps, a fascinating plant in the corner, and a large rug!
Tangling is so much fun… every tile is a new surprise!
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil. Highlights done with white chalk pencil
The final lesson for Project Pack 8 involves drawing on six 3-Z tiles. Since this is also the week of registration and sports tryouts for school, it will take me a few days to complete the set.
In the interim, here is a standard completed tile, using my standard method of randomly choosing tangles and filling in a string. I did incorporate a few new variations of traditional tangles that I’ve recently learned. It meant a lot of line work, but these tiles generally finish quickly.
PP08 - Day 7 - Using a Flower-shaped Reticula
In this video Martha and Molly show us how to create a lovely garden beginning with blossoms and ending with Flux leaves.
This whole tile was a lot of fun to create. I actually wished the tile was larger so that I could add even more flowers!
Zentangle drawn on a black Apprentics tile. Drawing was done using several colors of Sakura’s Moonlight gel pens. Shading done with black colored pencil. Highlights created with a white chalk pencil.
PP08 - Day 6 - Doo Dah, Knightsbridge, MI2, Shattuck
The video for this tile is located here .
To begin this project, I had to recreate this particular string on a white Zendala tile. I didn’t have one in my stash that I could use. Fortunately, it turned out to be fairly easy to do.
I found it interesting to divide the tile with the MI2 tangle. In the end result, I’m not sure I like it. I was certainly uncomfortable to work this way.
Project Pack 07 - Day 12
In today’s video, located here , Maria shows us how to create an architectural-style design using Holibaugh. Some of the coffered sections are transformed into an almost stained glass look using Fescue and various pencils.
This was an interesting exercise for me, and not one I would have ever thought of on my own. Auras play a prominent element in this design. They are used over and over in different widths to build each section. The end result looks almost like a dome ceiling.
PP08 - Day 5a - Fescu, Fife, Gourdous, Tripoli
At this point in this project pack Maria tackles a large project: Creating on nine different black Zendala tiles. This is shown across two different videos, Part One and Part Two .
If you bought the Project Pack 8 kit, you have a single, black Zendala tile with a random string. You will have to scroll through the videos to find the parts that apply to the tile you have.
PP08 - Day 4 - Bunzo, Printemps and Knightsbridge
According to the instructions, this was to be done on a prestrung tile. As it happened, I didn’t have a tile with this string on it. I could have used a differeent string, but it wouldn’t have looked the same! So I sat down and figured the string out and drew it on a blank tile.
I copied the colors and tangles used in the video, which you can see here .