This week she is throwing us a color challenge. - Something Blue
At first I thought - wedding
Then I thought - sad. ... and then I thought about my poor dog Ginger who we had to have put to sleep a few weeks ago
And then I noticed something. I was thinking about "blue" I was not approaching this as I would a normal Zentangle.
hhhhhmmmmmmm.......... interesting isn't it?
Just by thinking of a color it changed the whole process.
I am not quite sure I like this. It turns Zentangle into drawing and we all know drawing can be scary.
Since this is not a normal Zentangle it becomes a ZIA...Zentangle Inspired Art. And It doesn't need to be on an official Zentangle tile....which is good because I have run out of those.
So I doodled my blues on a blank coaster.
And as I went along it became
"Storm at Sea"
Don't look too closely, I could not find my watercolor pencils so I used my oil color pencils and they did not play well with the coaster. I am going to work on this a bit more and submit another before the week ends.
For all my non zen paper pals....if you have not yet tried Zentangle or if you are new like me, you owe it to yourself to check out The Diva's blog and the official Zentangle site.Oh and please visit my main blog ... Life @ RuffHaven , and enter my HUGE giveaway.
One of the prizes is especially for Zentangle enthusiasts.... and anyone who might want some blank round coasters. I don't want you to miss your opportunity to enter.
click here to go to the giveaway
Have a beautiful day !
Marianne
14 comments:
That's such a pretty zentangle, I particularly love the pattern you've used at the bottom which I haven't seen before.
oooh, i love those scrolls! i hope this challenge isn't TOO scary, it's not meant to be... also, sorry about your pup.
Gorgeous!! I generally try not to look at others before I've done my own, but that is really pretty.
so pretty! love how it turned out!
Lovely! Very effective use of tangles to enhance the blue theme.
I just love the combination of all the patterns together with the color blue. Those "scrolls" are just perfect.
Beautiful - and I like the round shape.
This is gorgeous! The color is amazing and I love the wave/water tangle - it's so cool!
Your scrolls are fabulous!
That is awesome! I had to laugh at your thought process in the beginning--I think it is why I have so much trouble with tangle/zentangle--I get so caught up in "rules" and thinking and not just letting go.
Love your scrolls!
Wow! What a sense of movement. Outstanding!
Nice! I know what you mean about it being like a drawing. Somehow (in MY head), adding color puts it into the drawing realm, and then I tend to want to "do it right". But the cool part of the challenge was trying to get out of my box.
Really cool tile! I love the scrolling pattern at the bottom.
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