Thursday, December 3, 2015

Playing Catch-up

Aquafleur tree
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The week of challenges commenced with the Diva's guest blogger, Dilip Patel's prompt to create a monotangle tree and Joey's "Zinger" monotangle. 
I had many ideas cooking but no time to execute. Then came Adele's string challenge to create an "Aquafleur" tree using Carol Ohl's beauty as an example. I was blown away by the beauty of Carol's tree and began a couple of ill-fated attempts at it. I've never used "Aquafleur" before. I love it but it is extremely labor intensive and requires much, much practice. It wasn't until I was well invested in this one that I realized the tree is lopsided;-)

"Zinger" monotangle

One of my first ideas was to make a "Zinger" tree. My original attempts on tiles and ATC's did not go well, as I kept starting with the tree and getting cramped and badly balanced zinger's in the end. I went back to the drawing board, so-to-speak. I picked up the sketchbook this morning and tried drawing the zinger's first. Much better.

From last week:

Diva Challenge #245
"Hollibaugh"

It's been a super busy month and there's no sign of let-up until after the new year. Cafe time has been bountiful with swap tiles I'll share in a separate post. So here are some challenge pieces I've been trying to catch-up on:
Diva's "Hollibaugh"...got a bit over-shadowed by those dang gemstones that are all the rage over on many of the Zentangle inspired Facebook groups.

"Yuma" monotangle

I couldn't resist a touch of gemstone on this one too.

Explore a new "I" tangle:  "IX" by Zentangle HQ
Artist Focus: Sue Clark's "Cheers"

I did this in my little homemade sketchbook.

One of a series of nine ATC's I made for the Zentangle: Tangled & Journaled, Too Facebook Groups.


As ever, thank you for visiting my blog, Your generous and thoughtful comments always make my day. I'm playing catch-up as well with my visits and comments to your blogs too.

Wishing all of you the Happiest Holiday Season ever!


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12 comments:

  1. Stephanie JenniferDecember 3, 2015 at 6:35 PM

    Such prettiness. I think your tree looks wonderful. Very clever to combine the challenges.

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  2. IlseDecember 4, 2015 at 2:34 AM

    Gorgeous work, Michele! Especially your Yuma monotangle is eye candy :-)

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  3. MaggibeeDecember 4, 2015 at 2:51 AM

    Thank you for sharing ideas as well as success and I heartily sympathise with you on Aquafleur - I only like it when other people draw it, never me. I admire all of these but the final one is just beautiful.

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  4. Dilip PatelDecember 4, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    Nice zinger tree.

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  5. ArtyZenDecember 4, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    All gorgeous in my opinion - I particularly like the lovely turquoise colours and shades you have used in some of the tiles. Beautiful. Axxx

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  6. JoeyDecember 4, 2015 at 1:26 PM

    I love your bouquet of Zingers, the shading on the stalks and the curls at the tips, very cool! I think this may be the first challenge of mine that you have not done on an ATC? Your gems are beautifully done as well!
    ~ joey ~

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  7. Ulrike B.December 5, 2015 at 7:21 AM

    All your tiles are awesome. The gemstones are amazing

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  8. The Yorkshire TortoiseDecember 5, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    You say your Christmas Tree is crooked, but that is perfect. All real life Christmas Trees are lopsided. Your Zingers are so artistic, I love them

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  9. UnknownDecember 5, 2015 at 12:50 PM

    All of your trees are very pretty. I like how the Zingers look - almost like tall, swaying grasses. And the gemstones are great. I need to get in on this trend before it vanishes!

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  10. UnknownDecember 5, 2015 at 5:50 PM

    Beautiful work!

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  11. Anne's tangle blogDecember 5, 2015 at 11:33 PM

    A very pretty Zinger tree!

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  12. AnonymousDecember 6, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    WOW! Your tiles are so beautiful! Greetings, Anja

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