Colorado tangling!

We've made a good transition back to Colorado, after our 6 months in Florida.  (Maybe this blog should be the "Traveling Tangler"!)
Here are some photos of the latest Colorado tangling:
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Demonstrating at the Drake Farmer's Market in Fort Collins

These two were "naturals"!!

We had a great "play day" with Colorado CZT's: Sue Clark, Cj Peterson
Jan England (visiting!), Pat Mathes, and Dusty (Patricia) Darrah!

Diane and Cass ~ wonderful  tanglers at Jerry's Artarama

A wonderful, enthusiastic group at Rigden Farm in Fort Collins!

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. 

Spring Has Sprung!

We've been watching the weather "up North", and Colorado is having it's typical weather pattern of 70 degrees one day, and then 10" of snow the next day. Here in Florida, we've simply gone from wearing long sleeves to short sleeves. (I know . . . . "dirty job, but someone has to do it"!) To help bring spring in, here is a look back at a piece that I did waaaay back in 2012.

I also want to showcase some of the newest tanglers in the  Sarasota/Nokomis area, along with some of the classes that were held over the past few weeks!

 Great new tanglers as of February 27!

Happy tanglers!
Barb, Judy, Teresa, and Carlotta

Here is the "Tints on Tan: Seashells" class on March 1

John, Donna, Belinda, Lana, Joyce, Ginger, and Ellen

Our Introduction to Zentangle class on March 11:

Focused on tangling!

Here is the "smile, everyone!" photo!

I LOVE this!
Here is the "WOW! Zentangle is FUN!" photo!
Jenny, Kris, Laura, and Joan

Tints on Tan: Seashells class on March 12:

Setting up for class

. . . . . And now, for a little bling!! March 15. . . . .

                                      Zentangle Zen-Gems class!

Belinda, Lana, Ann, Peg, Ginger, and John

Introduction to Zentangle class at Sarasota Art & Frame!

New friends and tanglers (not in order!):
Annette, Barbara, Laura, Joyce, Judy, ad Swan

A busy (and inspiring) February!

I have to say, (probably have said it before!) that Zentangle attracts the nicest people! January and February have been full of new and returning tanglers. Here are some more of the classes that have been held, along with some incredible examples of traditional Zentangle and Zentangle-Inspired-Art!

Introduction to Zentangle in Nokomis: 
February 5

Ellen, John, Lana, Kathy and Belinda!

 Introduction to Zentangle in Sarasota:

February 15

Rose, Judith, Elsa, Becky, Susan, and Leah

Sharing ideas and inspiration with the class mosaic

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!