Zentangles

Joey’s Weekly Challenge #216 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Friendship. Make it front and center.

Joey’s Weekly Challenge #219 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Poke Root. Make it front and center.

I am the Diva Challenge #364 The Challenge:  Go back into your stash of completed tiles and remake one of your favorites! This is great! I am never satisfied with my work. And this time, I get to take something I’ve done and redo it. I chose I am the Diva challenge #354, mainly because I

Joey’s Weekly Tangle Challenge #209 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Diva Dance. Make it front and center. I guess this tile falls in the category of better late than never; so will the next few. You see, Joey no longer issues challenges, but I am still trying to finish mine. The Diva Dance

Joey’s Weekly Tangle Challenge #221 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Pais. Make it front and center. Like most of my work, this tile was drawn in Inkscape. Color and other effects were added using Photoshop. I found Joey’s start intriguing, so finishing the tile was a pleasure. In addition to Pais, I used

Boy was I disappointed this Monday when I read that Joey was no longer going the post challenges. But after 222, I understand. I tried to post my thanks to her on her website, but for some reason I am unable to post to any Blogger site. So, Joey, if you read this, thanks for

Joey’s Weekly Tangle Challenge #222 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Maryhill. Make it front and center. Maryhill begged to be a mandala, so I obliged. The outer ring represents real growth for me as an artist. I have never been able to successfully achieve the effect before.

Joey’s Weekly Tangle Challenge #217 The Challenge: Finish my tile. Start with the pattern Cadent. Make it front and center. This is a plain very traditional Zentangle. But, I am always experimenting. This time I used a page from an old book written in what I assume is Latin as a background and gave the image a

I drew this piece using Inkscape; then added special effects using Photoshop.  I drew it using a black stroke and fill. I then added a gold outer glow and a black shadow. I created the background by blurring a lot of colors together and then giving them a pattern overlay.

You can never go wrong with a mandala. This one uses the patterns: Retro, Jaxs, Abeko, and Disco.