Diva Weekly Challenge #27 - "Duo-tangle"

This week over at I am the Diva the challenge was to create a Zentangle using only two tangles: "Dex" and "Verdigogh". I seldom use either one of these, so it really was a challenge for me. I sort of cheated this week, since I have too many pots on the fire right now, by combining this challenge with a sun Zentangle ATC swap I am participating in over at ATCs For All. The title of the card is "A Warm Smile". Made with a black artist pen and watercolor pencils.

Spiral ATC (edited zentangle tile)

I took the zentangle from the diva spiral challenge and added blue to the edges of the spiral design. I then cut it down and turned it into an Artist Trading Card. I think it makes a nice looking card.

Diva Challenge #26 (Spiral Out)

Not too happy with the way this one turned out. I might go back in and add some color to the background. I don't like the background design either. I might give this one another try.

Diva Challenge #25 - "Zendala Magic"

Weekly challenge #25 over at I am the Diva was to create a Zendala using a template that was provided by Genevieve. This is what I came up with. This is the most fun I have ever had creating a Zentangle and my first attempt at a Zendala. I loved doing this!!!

Diva Challenge #23 (stripes)

This week's Zentangle at I am the diva is called string theory II: stripes. The string needed to be created using straight lines. I really enjoyed this challenge and am starting to feel more creative. Can't wait until school ends next week so I can focus more on my artwork!!

Dream - Woody

Another Dream drawing. Again, done with markers. At this point I was really starting to get comfortable with using the markers. If you have never tried doing a series I highly suggest it. I have been learning so much by doing these drawings. It has been the best experience!!

Diva Challenge #23: String Theory

I am the diva weekly Zentangle challenge for this week was called "String Theory". A string was provided and we just needed to fill it in with our tangles. This was what I came up with. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Diva Challenge #22

Weekly Zentangle challenge from I am the Diva - "A Little Help From My Friends". My son did the string for me, then I filled in the rest. I didn't plan on making this one a Dream drawing, but I love doing those so much, that is what it turned into.

Diva Challenge #21... OOF

A couple of weekends ago I found this really cool site called I am the diva. The site owner posts weekly Zentangle challenges. Just what I needed to get my creative juices flowing again. I did this one for last week's challenge, but then the blogger went down and I couldn't post it before the deadline. I thought I would post it to the blog anyway.

Zentangle, Zentangle, and more Zentangle

I have been looking for a teaching job this summer, so I have been working on lesson plans. I decided to put together several Zentangle lessons, since I enjoy doing them so much. Following are the samples I did up to go along with each lesson.

This first one was to create a unique shape to hold the tangles.


This next one was to find an art history image that would be easily recognized and draw tangles in the negative space.



This last one was a Mandala project.

Random Works

I have been doing quite a bit of drawing as of late. I thought it would be a good idea to actually post them.

This one was done with a cheap ink pen and some colored pencils. This is one of my favorites, and was a lot of fun to do.

A random abstract drawing using the same cheap ink pen and some green pen for color. Again, very fun to do. I find these very relaxing to draw.

Another random abstract with patterns.

Another random abstract drawing.

I got another pen and finished this one (from an earlier post).

This time with pen and colored pencil.

Pen and ink with watercolor. Caricature of William H. Macy.

Cells - Ink Pen

This was done with an ink pen, which ran out before I finished it. I guess this will have to be called "done". The ghost image in the white area is the next page in my sketchbook showing through, it's not part of this drawing.

Every Day in May (Faces) #1 & #2

Today I finally got a chance to visit Everyday Matters on Yahoo. While there I came across the Every Day in May challenge and decided to have a go at it. I have been wanting to try drawing every day for quite some time now. I am starting a day late and this weekend we will be gone, so I am going to cheat and post a drawing I did a few months ago but never posted. My theme is going to be faces. I am leaving it open so I can have some room to move and not get bored. The second drawing is one I did today from a draw me thread over at the Drawingboard.

Adrien Brody Caricature

I haven't been keeping up with my posts, but I have several things to show and will put one up each day until I run out of new drawings to post. This one is part of the A to Zed Caricature Challenge. Just a quickie, but I wanted to get going on the challenge. The last one took so long to color, it sort of stalled me out on the challenge. Done in my sketchbook with my Pitt brush pen.

Journal Page

I have been down with a cold, the flu, etc. so I have not posted in a couple of weeks. And I was doing so good with posting each week! This is a page from my book I am journaling in. I drew it out a couple of weeks ago, but just now got around to adding color to it and calling it finished. I am really enjoying this book, I hope you are enjoying it too.

Zentangle Fun

A couple of weeks ago I received my Zentangle kit. The technique used is somewhat similar to the first few exercises in the book Drawing with Imagination (mentioned in an earlier post). The Zentangle designs are simple to do and I find them quite relaxing. You can get more information at http://www.zentangle.com/. I have not done nearly as many drawings as I should have by now but I am going to blame that on the holidays. So far I have done a couple of designs on the paper supplied in the kit and around 4 ATCs. The technique is wonderful for ATC designs. For those of you who have the kit... did anyone else notice it smells like a hospital?

I also made one for the letter "A" for the A2Z challenge at The Crone's Corner. It is nothing fancy but it does meet the requirement for A. This one is also done for an ATC and got traded moments after I posted it.

Dick Van Dyke Caricature

It has been quite some time since I have drawn any caricatures. This is something I love to do, so I really need to make the time to draw more often. I started out with a brush pen but then decided it needed more so I went in with a smaller ink pen and added some shading to it. I am not sure the thinner pen works with the thickness of the brush pen. Also, I have not used an ink pen for shading in a very long time. I think this is something I should practice. This was done in my cheapy sketch journal that I bought from Target. I thought about adding some water colors to it but I am not sure how the pages will hold up. Maybe I should try a page in the back to test it.