Posts from ‘Zentangle’
“Who Said…”
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment” Claude Monet
“I dream my painting and then I paint my dream” Vincent van Gogh
“You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck” Jahal-Uddin Rumi
“Imagination is the highest kite you can fly” Lauren Bacall
“Well behaved women rarely make history”
Yea! My Zentangle book is finally done! I am pleased to announce that “Time to Tangle in Colors” published by Design Originals will be out in the stores this fall!
Here is a Zentangled dragonfly colored with the Dual Brush Pens. The little dragonflies are made using the Tombow Tangle technique. These design and many more colorful creations are included, with step-by-step instructions and color charts for each design. You will soon be doodling these and your own creative designs – it’s easy, relaxing and sure to impress all your friends with this art technique. I will announce on the blog as soon as it’s available!
“tangle” supplies;
Tombow MONO Adhesive Dots , Tomobw Dual Brush Pen – N15 black , Tomow White Gel Pen
the idea of the “ZENTANGLE” is interesting to me. all those doodles in
the notebooks of my college classes actually have a name now! well, unfortunately i am
not much of a doodler now, but i took inspiration from the zentangle
and put it toward my scrapbooking.
this layout was inspired by the doodling now called zentangle. Both the pattern paper blocks on the page and the title were a result of the research i have done concerning zentangle. the result is a fun technique that fits my style. i’m coining my own phrase and calling it a “scrap-tangle”!
using coordinating pattern papers (all of mine came from OCTOBER AFTERNOON’s recess line) i cut (mostly) straight lines from one of the pattern papers. then using the other coordinating patterns i filled in a 4″ square piece of white cardstock. the final result is similar to the different doodling one might do with they were creating their own zentangle.
*tips* (because i tried this three different ways)
*you can doodle a zentangle first.
i took my 4″ square piece of white cardstock and drew directly on it first.
then using a piece of vellum i laid it over the design and traced it.
next i flipped the piece of vellum over onto the pattern paper i wanted to use and re-traced the lines on the back side of the vellum.
this will transfer the lead from the front side of the vellum to the pattern paper.
now you have a guide to cut out your shapes out of patterned paper.
a suggestion with this method – number each piece that is traced on the vellum AND on the pattern paper. so when all of your pieces are cut out you can fit it together like a puzzle with a pattern.
*another way to do this is to use scraps pieced together
generously apply adhesive to the background you want to use, again mine was the 4″ square, and then apply pattern paper. i used the Tombow MONO dot runner, as it is a little more forgiving if the pieces need to be adjusted.
then after laying down the background pieces i covered the seams, where the pattern papers came together, with the bold strips.
*keep all of your “bold” strips the same pattern paper. it will keep a cohesive feel to the final piece.
*try to make your bold lines wavy, not always straight
*use your Tombow Dual Brush Markers and ink the edges of the pieces being put together. it makes the “scrapped zentangle” have more definition.
“scrap-tangle”!
Ever heard of it? I had never heard the word til the end of last month when Joanna with Tombow challenged us to create a project with this technique. Basically it’s a fancy word for doodling, but with more detail. You can read more about it here.
I found some tutorials on YouTube and someone had doodled a paisley, so I went with that.
This month Tombow is also partnering with Basic Grey (I know!!! One of my all time favorite paper companies!!) and I rec’d a lovely Cappella packet. So very vintage and lovely!
For this card I used their paper, brads and some lovely vintage lace from my stash that matched perfectly! To keep with the scallop and circle theme in my “zentangle” drawing, I punched one edge of BG paper with an eyelet scallop punch.
Here is the inside:
I colored my image with Tombow’s markers and put the whole card together with Tombow’s Mono-Adhesive Dots. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.
A sneak preview of what I have been working on – coloring Zentangles with Tombow Dual Brush Pens. What is a Zentangle®? It is basically a doodle – a doodle that reduces stress and improves your focus while you create a beautiful piece of art. Traditional Zentangles® were developed by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. They use Zentangles® as a ritual way to meditate and give you a sense of well being. Their mantra is “Anything is possible one stroke at a timeTM”
Although not a traditional zentangle technique, I love to color the Zentangles® with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Tombow offers 96 different colors and a colorless blending pen to provide an endless array of color combinations and shades. I used a permanent black pen to create the tangles and then choose my colors.
The Dual Brush Pen palette used in this Zentangle® are:
173 – Willow Green 195 – Light Green 245 – Sap Green 451 – Sky Blue 452 – Process Blue 493 – Reflex Blue 761- Carnation 723 – Pink 743 – Hot Pink N00 – Blender
All this week the design team will be posting their take on Zentangles and the many ways they were inspired by this simple, relaxing process so check back often, you’ll be amazed at all the different ways Zentangle can show up in your everyday creations!
