Pink Flower Zendala

I taught this Flower Zendala for the third time last Tuesday to my private group. I think this is the last one for a while! Love the color combo with pink and black.

2022Eni OkenMay 6, 2022colored pencils, ogee, Zendala, zendala

Blue Flower Zendala class

On Thursday I taught the Blue Flower Zendala class for the second time to my Art Clubbers. I also included references on how to create the Renaissance brown version for those who wanted it. This class is now available at my Video shop.

2022Eni OkenApril 30, 2022colored pencils, ogee, Zendala, zendala

Blue Flower Zendala at TangleU 2022

If you are still considering if you should attend TangleU this year, here’s a sneak peek at the project I'll be teaching at that conference.

2022Eni OkenJanuary 22, 2022colored pencils, ogee, Zendala, zendala

Ogee Grid Class

This is the picture I created during the Ogee Grid class last Sunday. WHAT A FUN CLASS it was. We used so much media, gold pens, inking pens, watercolors, colored pencils, whew! Tangles are Moonpie (Zentangle), 123O’leary (Antonine Koval) and Fluxecho (Lynn Mead).

2021Eni OkenNovember 3, 2021Renaissance, colored pencils, moon pie, ogee, ogeegrid, 123oleary, fluxecho

Ogee Grid in Blue

Another Ogee Grid piece in preparation for my class, this time in blue and orange, a favorite color combo of mine. Includes Ple-a tangle (Apple Lim) which is also part of Inktober. Does this count?

2021Eni OkenOctober 26, 2021Renaissance, colored pencils, moon pie, ogee, ogeegrid, ple-a

Ogee Grid in Red

I had a ton of fun with these Ogee Grid pieces over Phi tan tiles inspired by historic ottoman textiles. So much detail! Tangles are Moon Pie, Fluxecho and 123 O’leary.

2021Eni OkenOctober 20, 2021Renaissance, colored pencils, phi tile, moon pie, fluxecho, 123oleary, ogee, ogeegrid

Hirari at the Party

Day 10 of Inktober calls for Hirari (Midori Furuhashi). I dressed it up with colored pencils and brown ink over tan tile.

2021Eni OkenOctober 10, 2021Renaissance, colored pencils, hirari, sprocket

Blossoms over Tan

A couple of blossom tangles over tan paper. Lots of painting and treatment over this one! Super fun.

2021Eni OkenOctober 9, 2021Renaissance, brrrst, northshire, colored pencils, purk, flux, sandswirl

Rainbow Shading Lesson Part 5

The Rainbow Shading course live is officially over, with 5 parts. Members of my Art club can get this as a video recording with over 6 hours of video.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 23, 2021rainbow coloring, colored pencils, bunzo, jaysix, tink, joki, kwazeela, rainbow shading

Rainbow Shading Lesson Part 4

Rainbow Shading is almost over. Last Friday Art Clubbers and I started the last project of the series, to be finished this week.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 18, 2021rainbow coloring, colored pencils, bunzo, jaysix, tink, joki, kwazeela

Rainbow Shading Sampler

A sampler with lots of tanglers for what is, tentatively, the last part of the Rainbow Shading series.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 12, 2021rainbow coloring, colored pencils

Looped Wigwag in Rainbow Shading

Looped Wigwag on Zentangle tile with Rainbow Shading. A little grainy, but I love it!

2021Eni OkenJanuary 11, 2021rainbow coloring, colored pencils, wigwag, shattuck, jetties, Eni Dreams

Rainbow Shading Part 3 Lesson

Last week Art Clubbers and I continued to explore Rainbow Shading on our first complete project.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 10, 2021rainbow coloring, coloring, colored pencils

Pokeleaf Rainbow Shading

Continuing to explore Pokeleaf, Fife and more with colored pencils and the “Rainbow Shading” technique.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 6, 2021rainbow coloring, coloring, colored pencils

Rainbow Shading Part 2 Lesson

Art Clubbers and I had the second part of the multi-part series covering all the secrets of how to understand and apply colorful shading to Zentangle work.

2021Eni OkenJanuary 4, 2021rainbow coloring, coloring, colored pencils