A Taste of Tangle U and Digital Tangling!

I just returned from Tangle U in Portland, Main ~ and am FULL of ideas, projects, and tangling that I want to get to! Classes were presented in: Zendalas/Mandalas, Opus tiles, "Zero Drawing", Watercolor with Twinkling H2O's, Illuminated letter techniques, etc.

Flying into Portland, Main

Meredith Yuhas taught Zero Drawing!

So many  excited CZT's in one room!

The class mosaic

Of course, we had to eat Main lobster!

At Tangle U, I taught an informal group about tangling on the iPad, and the response was wonderful. I use the app called Procreate. I think that this is going to be a  beautifully creative medium for creating Zentangle Inspired Art! There was enough enthusiasm that I, along with Sindy Levine (another CZT)  created a group on FaceBook, called Digital Tangling. 

Zen Gems - or "You Can Never Have Too Much Bling"!

I have been swept up by the wonderful "ZenGem" craze that started with Kae Yoshiko.  She inspired tanglers across the world with her tiles, which just glow with gems! 

I joined a ZenGem swap, which gave me a good amount of practice to get that 'gemmy shine'. Fortunately, the swap was for gems created on the wonderful little Bijou tiles ~ a perfect size for a gem or two, along with some tangling!

My ZenGems, all ready to go out into the world! I can't wait to see what gems find their way to me, with this swap!

I've also bee having so much fun combining different tools and colors with markers, PrismaColor pencils, Derwent Pencils, and watercolor.  On this tile, my ZenGems started to turn into droplets, hanging from the tangle "Opus".

Last, but not least, I've been having way too much fun on my iPad with the Apple Pencil, using the Procreate app! Here's a peek at an area that I've been working on. 

More soon! Happy tangling, everyone!