Last week the lovely Jane Osborne conducted us through a session at CZT After Hours creating a star string. After I filled it up with tangles - Hamsix (Alena Light), Betweed, Fluxecho (Lynn Mead) and others, I decided to shade this with ballpoint pen again - not my brightest decision. I think I might have overdone it this time…
Read MoreA few weeks ago Art Clubbers and I worked on a “Tangle Combo” (a new series of lessons) between Verve (JJ LaBarbera) and Paradox (Zentangle) and I was playing with a duotone version. I enjoyed it so much I created this other picture that reminds me of a landscape with trees in front. This project definitely coming to Art Club very soon.
Read MoreYesterday Art Clubbers and I worked on Part 1 of this beautiful ZIA project: the Palmette Zendala. Tangles include Icanthis, Mooka, Wyforwings (tangleation of Wyfore) and Fluxecho (Lynn Mead). In Part 2 we’ll cover the shading!
Read MoreThis mandala took me a LOOOONG time. I was determined to NOT use a pencil for shading, only ink. After testing the ballpoint shading technique over another tile, I set out to shade this monster. It took me 4 days but was worth it, the depth achieved by the ballpoint is remarkable.
Read MoreSometimes inspiration comes from the most unusual places. Looking at a bunch of vegetables and fruit, I found myself extracting shapes and forms. This is a larger piece for me, it measures 5-1/2x5-1/2 inches (approximately 13x13cm), and that really makes a difference, it took a lot longer to complete.
Read MoreAbout 12 days ago I participated in a CZT After Hours session conducted by Rashim “Dolly” Bhargava where we developed a star and filled it in with tangles. The project was in color, but I went a little rogue an made a black and white interpretation using Betweed, Verve and Moon pie.
Read MoreLast Thursday Art Clubbers and I completed Part 2 of this intricate black and white Zendala, finishing the line-art with some advanced “drawing behind” and super fun 3D shading.
Read MoreThis Palmette-inspired Zendala has been sitting on my desk for several months, I work on it a little at a time. Today I said “it's done”. Tangles are Fluxecho (Lynn Mead), Cyme, Icanthis, Mooka (Zentangle) and Wyforwings (tangleation of Wyfore.
Read MoreYesterday Art Clubbers and I had Part 1 of this intricate black and white Zendala inspired by georgian revival architecture, using a complex overlapping string.
Read MoreOne of my favorite things to do while traveling is to extract urban details, and then use those details in a Zentangle Inspired piece. This one is from details extracted from the local church in Charlottetown, Canada during my recent trip.
Read MoreA Zendala made with Well My Way (Carla Jooren) and Algae (Kathrin Burmeister). I’m also very happy to say that I finally completed my two year certificate in World Art History through the Smithsonian. A long journey and it has definitely influence my art more than I think.
Read MoreToday Art Clubbers and I had Part 1 of the gorgeous Pokeroot Tagh Zendala class. We worked on the line-art of this ZIA Zendala using Pokeroot Mashup, spherical Tagh and Speedwayz (Carla Jooren). In Part 2 we’ll embellish and work on shading!
Read MoreInspired by the combination of Tagh (Zentangle) and Pokeroot Mashup, I made this Zendala including a Seedwayz border (Carla Jooren). I love this!
Read MoreI wrapped a triquetra (a three pointed knot) with Umble (aka Zentwining). Such a fun video class is coming next to the Art Clubbers.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreA lesson completely PACKED with information on how to design and colorize a digital mandala using Procreate app. A great class!
Read MoreI spent 10 days participating in a very healing workshop on how to understand the "Great Round” of mandalas, ran by the team from CreatingMandalas.com.
Read MoreYesterday I had a super fun lesson with Clubbers on how to tackle a project from the Art Raffle app.
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