Diva Challenge #308, Made by Joey #157 and Other Artsy Stuff..

Diva Challenge #308

Mac 'n Cheese

I was so ready for a challenge like this. With so many new patterns being introduced daily, it can be overwhelming and I can get a little ADD searching for that next great pattern only to find myself being more anxious and less productive. 

Last week Zentangle HQ blogpost's topic was Revisiting a Basic Comfort and concluded with the question "What are your Mac & Cheese tangles? and why?"

I commented " Mooka and Sandswirl followed very closely by Crescent Moon" I neglected to add Tipple which I use in almost everything I create. I also neglected to add Why?

I can't draw a straight line to save my life. I loves curves and auras. I love the freedom of Mooka. It was the most difficult pattern for me to grasp initially until I made a little tweak to it by finishing each cluster to one point.  Auras are such an easy and satisfying enhancement. I could draw Sandswirl all day long.

This week's Diva Challenge continued on that theme. I had some time with my morning coffee and enjoyed creating my Mac 'n Cheese tile. Basic. Simple. Zen-ful;-)

Made by Joey Challenge #157

Finish My Tile Alphabet Series: L

featuring: Lee Lee

additionally: Lollywimple and Landgirlz

This is a Bijou (2" tile) series I'm working on as headers for my pattern library binder. It's funny though because I haven't added much to the binder over the last 2 or 3 months. There are so many times I stop myself and think "How many patterns do I really need?"
These next 2 pictures are ATC's I made for some Travelling Tangles swaps I'm preparing to send out. I created these last week, though they didn't intentionally reflect HQ's blogpost, they must have been influenced by it because they are clearly my comfort zone. I remember thinking that each person who receives one of these is seeing something new to them, so why do I feel I have to reinvent the wheel with each ATC if I enjoy drawing these:

on watercolor ATC's

on tissue paper tinted ATC's

Here's an incoming Travelling Tangle tile:

This is my finish to the tile below sent to me by Mary Dewick in the UK

I was still in Zingo mode and had admired Simone Menzel's tile submitted for the Diva Challenge. I pretty much just copied her technique;-)

On Eni Oken's Facebook Group Shading Zentangle, there was a focus on Echolines. I created several tissue paper tinted tiles using a torn edge technique inspired by this post on Laurel Regan's Alphabet Salad blog. I went a little nuts. It appears Echolines is my newest Mac 'n Cheese pattern. I used a dip pen on these hence some unsightly blobs;-)

Thanks so much for stopping by. Your thoughtful and generous comments delight and inspire me;-)

"Aimee"