Showing posts with label Zendala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zendala. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Tangle U ~

I recently attended Tangle U, which is an annual continuing education conference for Certified Zentangle Teachers. We had 3 days packed with classes, ideas, inspiration, and friendship~ what a combination! The classes were all taught by CZT's, and I came home with SO many techniques and ideas that I want to work on and share with my students!
In addition to the classes you see posted here, there were wonderful presentations by Amy Broady (Tangle Tales ~ great information on how many of her tangle came to life), Kate Lamontagne (making a dream catcher , using Prismacolor pencil techniques), Suzanne McNeill (watercolor and tangling with "Beauty in Blue"), and Brenda Shaver (Teaching the Challenging class), and Patricia Carney (Tangled Goddesses). I wish I could have attended them ALL . . . but it's a trick to be three places at once! Needless to say, there was endless inspiration. In upcoming posts, I'll share how I've used all of this new knowledge!





Elaine Huffman introducing Anne Grasso before
Anne's class on Mindfulness with Zendalas.





The birth of a Zendala!




Minette Riordan teaching her Zentangle Business class.

"It's good to be a Diva!" with Terri Oliver Young

Shawn Hayden, myself, Pat Mathes, Sue Clark, and Dorian Eng.
Zentangle does attract some of the most wonderful people!
                                     
                                           A mosaic of Zentangle tiles inspired by Talavera tiles of the Southwest.
 
Maria Vennekens teaching the Travel book class.








This is the travel book we made in Maria's class.
The hold Zentangle tiles and pens, and
 are based on Chinese sewing kits.








Karen Sandoval having a "WOW" moment .
Don't you just LOVE those??





Karin Tarter showing her "Zentangle-inspired" tote.




Sharla Hicks teaching her beautiful botanical style
with "Mooka Blues".

My first "Mooka blues" tile!


























Tim and I performed music for the Saturday night banquet.

Monday, February 16, 2015

So . . . What Can You Do With Your Tiles and Tangles?

                                                           ~~~Drum roll, please ~~~

Before I touch on my title subject, here's some 'show and tell' from two of my students who very recently took an Introduction to Zentangle class! I'm so happy when students become excited about Zentangle!
Steve Reeser did this beautiful tile a week after taking the Intro to Zentangle class.  He's a real tangler!

Karen Schaack collected shells and tangled on them. I **love** these!



I was asked during my last Intro To Zentangle class: "What can you do with your completed tiles?" It's a good question, and somewhat difficult to answer because there are so many possibilities!

One idea that I gave was to do a RAZ: a Random Act of Zentangle. Simply write a note on the back of your tile something like, "Smile! You have received a Zentangle tile! It is yours to keep, or give away! Enjoy!". Then, leave your tile in a public place such as on on the sugar/cream table at a coffee shop or sticking out (prominently!) on a shelf in a bookstore, etc. What a wonderful surprise for someone to find. You might just make someone's day a lot brighter!


A RAZ left in the waiting room of a doctor's office.

You can also attach your tile to card stock, write a message inside, and give it to someone. There's nothing like creating truly handmade work of art to share with someone!  A card such as this would have so much more personal meaning to it, as compared to a mass produced card!




 

You can use completed tiles in an art journal, as part of the illustration. You can simply attach your tile to the journal page, or incorporate it in more depth as part of a collage.










     This is an example of a Zendala
 ('mandala' + 'Zentangle' = 'Zendala') 
that was made from a snowflake template! 



  . . . and, of course, you can definitely frame those favorites of your, and display them for everyone to enjoy!

A true Zentangle advocate!

~~Thanks so much for visiting! I would love to hear your ideas or comments!





Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Pastels on 5th: Chalk Zendala with Sue Clark!

On Saturday, Sept 13 Sue Clark and I participated in the "Pastels on 5th" sidewalk chalk event, to help raise funds for Alternatives to Violence. After many hours of planning, designing, and practicing, we felt ready to draw our Zentangle-based Zendala!
   
Here are a few pics of the progress from start to finish. We worked on this for 7 hours, and had a lot of fun!