Showing posts with label Zentangle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zentangle. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

May Zentangle


Just because I know you can't get enough Zentangles  :-P

Do you know how after you play too much Tetris, you can "see" the different shapes falling when you close your eyes? (Wait, you mean that's just me?)  Well now I'm starting to see Zentangles everywhere.  DH laughs at me because I bought a book that basically is telling me how to doodle. Phooey I say -I'm just learning new tricks!

I'm sure very soon I'll be pulling this out to do in the classroom. I think my oldest kids will go nuts for it! Turtle insists on doing some with me whenever she's around while I'm playing with my pens.

And yes, I did make my goal of stretching every morning while my water boils for tea. It isn't quite as automatic as grabbing a glass of water first thing after waking up, but maybe it will be by next week.

Now, to choose which habit to learn next?

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Earth Laughs in Flowers


Playing around with my watercolor crayons & practicing my Zentangles  :)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

When I grow up

I'm not sure if it is just springtime that brings out the creative soul in me or what, but I've been hankering to do something artsy. I just never seem to be able to get started on anything.

Earlier in the year I became interested in Zentangle mainly because it seemed perfect for me and my limited drawing ability. Knowing that I needed some serious stress relievers in my daily life, I pulled out my art supplies once again. Zentangles are usually black and white, but I really liked the idea of adding color to my page before setting my black pens to it. This led me to researching how to apply gesso to journal pages -I had to research because I'm such a noob when it comes to art techniques. (BTW, how did we research before Google?!?) Boy, am I glad I did! I found a wonderful resource in Paula Philips, aka the JournalArtista. Finally, I feel like I can play with the art supplies I've got! As much as I love books and reading, sometimes I really need to see in order to understand.  I'm thinking that this may be my Summer of the Art Journal. Anybody out there who is already on the art journal band wagon?

A Row of Oil Paints



A Row of Oil...

Caspar  Benson

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