Antique Colorizing

Colorizing (instead of coloring) means just adding a hint of color on a picture.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 29, 2017colorizing, arc flower, crest, drupe, Zentangle, shading

Guest Artist: Jo Flaherty

Our guest artist for this week's shading challenge is Jo Flaherty, who produces the most lovely watercolor pieces.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 27, 2017guest artist, Jo Flaherty, Zentangle, watercolor, distress ink

My first Zendala

A Zendala is a Zentangle® version of a mandala, but without all the spiritual symbolism.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 23, 2017zendala, crescent moon, ibex, florz, shading, Zentangle

Registering Memories and Lollywimple

This was a crazy week -- I was heavily engrossed in writing and making videos. Guess what, it's not even February and I'm already falling behind on my Journal prompts! Serves me right for taking too much on.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 19, 2017echo lines, lollywimple, Zentangle, neocolor

Zombie Paushalov

The focus tangle for this week's challenge at my Facebook Shading Zentangle® group is Paushalov, deconstructed by Amy Broady here.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 11, 2017paushalove, neocolor, watercolor, shading, Zentangle, Zengems

Walk through it

Sometimes you want to help someone so badly, and you give them tons of advice. But advice only goes so far. The person has to actually want to help themselves, and there is nothing you can do. Reminds me of The Matrix, I love that movie -- when Morpheus says one of his famous lines to Neo. Brilliant!

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 8, 2017purk, pufcookie, scallopes, nekton, zengems, Zentangle

Gilded Arukas

Arukas (Zentangle) is one of those patterns I have a love/hate relationship. I love the way that it looks, but it I really don't like shading it, because it forms a sort of flat weave.

Zentangle, 2017Eni OkenJanuary 6, 2017arukas, Zentangle, tanglingwithgold

The end opens the start

Celebrating the year that is gone and the one that is starting now. In retrospect, what happened in 2016 for me? Many things came to an end, and that opened doors for new beginnings. I closed for good my site Jewelrylessons.com, and moved away from West Los Angeles after living there for over 20 years.

ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 4, 2017tanglingwithgold, Zentangle, shading, ibex, marasu, drawings

In the beginning, tile number one

Every once in a while it's good to go back to the basics.

2017, ZentangleEni OkenJanuary 1, 2017Zentangle, first tile, printemps, hollibaugh, florz, crescent moon

Wow, Drawings!

Exploring the lovely tangle "Drawings" by Zentangle, Inc.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 30, 2016flukes, drawings, baton, crescent moon, florz, shading, Zentangle

Improve in 2017

Improving in 2017 is always a good idea! Adjust the course!

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 27, 2016ibex, tanglingwithgold, marasu, Zentangle

Gilded Mambo

Mambo is one of those lovely tangles with lots of Echo Lines!

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 27, 2016tanglingwithgold, mambo, Zentangle, Echo Lines

Queen's Quilt again

Just loving Tangling with Gold with the techniques from my newest ebook.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 27, 2016tanglingwithgold, ibex, Zentangle

Gold Stella

Alien being, angel, underwater creature, who knows what this one is, and why it appeared on my tile!

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 22, 2016tanglingwithgold, gold, gilded, stella, Zentangle, shading

Queen's Quilt - Tangling with Gold

Here is another picture from the new ebook Tangling with Gold. This is a technique I call "The Queen's Quilt", because it's so luxuriously busy and looks like a regal quilt.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 21, 2016tanglingwithgold, queensquilt, gold, gilded, Zentangle

Gilded Mini-Mosaic

This is one of the first projects from my new ebook Tangling with Gold, teaching how to use metallic pens and metallic watercolors.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 20, 2016gilded, gold, mosaic, tanglingwithgold, Zentangle

Announcing new ebook Tangling with Gold

Embellishing art with gold just has to be right up there with chocolate, on the scale of important things in life. Today I'm releasing a gorgeous new ebook on tangling with gold.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 19, 2016gold, gilded, tanglingwithgold, Zentangle, metallics

Tangling with Gold Ebook

Learn how to create shimmering Zentangle® using metallic pens and watercolors.

3DTangleEni OkenDecember 18, 2016gilding, gold, Zentangle, advanced, lesson

Late Sindoo

Last week our focus tangle for the Shading Zentangle® Facebook group was Sindoo, a tangle deconstructed by Sharon Robinson here. Although I'm not really much into grid patterns, I really liked this one, and combined it with ANOTHER one of my favorite grid patterns, Hypnotic.

2016, 3D Tangle Shading, Zentangle®Eni OkenDecember 3, 2016sindoo, hypnotic, Zentangle, shading