1st Attempt at Neuron Zentangle

1st Attempt at Neuron Zentangle

Okay so the title here is a bit of a lie - this is actually my second attempt at the Neuron Zentangle, but the first one was so awful I wound up using the paper as a tester for combination colors.  Yeah, it was that bad. 

Seems to be the general consensus that not many are fond of this tangle - yeah, me neither.  I might do a few pieces with it - but really, it's not very fun.  It's kind of like a tangle within a tangle, or more to the point, a string within a string. But - it was a challenge, and I may have a few more of these pieces up my sleeve.

I used copic markers for the colouring in this, hb3 pencil for shading and copic microns. I used a white pencil crayon for the highlights.

Here's the finished piece:

Neuron Zentangle

And here is the before shading piece



These are the copic markers I used for the colour





Zentangle Watercolor Background (again)

Zentangle Watercolor Background (again)

Zentangle Watercolor background

 

I’m going through the end of my watercoloured background tiles for Eni’s challenge.  I still have a couple left.  This is probably one of my favorites.  I love the way it turned it, even if it missed the effect I was going for. 

 

No before pics, sadly.  It’s a shame because the shading made a huge difference.

Zentangle #19 Big Flower Power

Zentangle #19 Big Flower Power

I didn't do much doodling over the summer, and probably skipped a few finished pieces. It pains me to not be able to get a photo of my pieces that do them justice.  Regardless, this one took a long long time, the colors turned out beautifully and I had the chance to play with so many different tangles.

Zentangle Canadian Flag

Zentangle Inspired Art Part 16

Canadian Flag

            Wacky Zentangle’s facebook page put up a challenge to tangle your country’s flag.  Once I got the hang of the maple leaf (barely, and after many many MANY attempts) I was able to proudly do this piece.  

Note: I still haven't gotten the better quality pencil crayons.  Looking forward to having a few extra bucks to spend on the high quality ones. 

Cadent Circles

Zentangle Inspired Art Part 14

Cadent Circles (Monotangle)

            The facebook page “Wacky Zentagle” put up a weekly challenge for a monotangle.  Which means I probably shouldn’t have used the circles since the tangle I chose was Cadent.  Ah well, there are no mistakes in zentangling, right?

            This was the first piece where I really used colour.  I felt like a kid again, with better, more expensive crayons (or in this case, pencil crayons) and paper… I booboo’ed by using marker to fill in the whole circle (second to last one) but other than that, I think it turned out fairly well.