Monday 7 March 2011

Start Something New !

I had so much fun last week celebrating my newly-minted CZT designation, that I sat and had a bit of a think on what I enjoyed so much about it (other than the obvious!).  I decided that it was the ongoing series on a theme.  The opportunity to explore one aspect of my Zentangle art - in last week's case, the use of initials as the primary design element - by revisiting it over and over, was enlightening.  I began to feel as if I loosened up in my expectations and fell deeper into the Zen of the tangle with every rendition.  So, long story short, I've decided to try it again and see what happens... My buddy CZT, Ruth, had seen someone try tangling around a stamped image and has been dabbling with a number of ZIA in this model.  Having seen how interesting some of the art is, I've chosen this for my next exploration.  So, here's today's effort:


I have finally managed to get my scanner back up, so hopefully my art will show more clearly in future - this one even shows the texture of the page!

Oh, and I've uploaded a page for a Zentangle Glossary.  I've had so many requests to explain various terms or words that I thought it might be useful to have a central listing.  If you have anything to add or that you'd like further clarified, please let me know.  The idea of creating something helpful and useful is very appealing to me and I'd love the opportunity to help you out!

Happy Monday!

15 comments:

  1. i've just come across your website, and i am just in love with your style of zentangle/zia. i noticed that you are from burlington- i'm in hamilton (we used to live in burlington), and i'm excited to know there is a czt near by! my dream is to save up enough to attend a seminar and become a czt myself, but for now i just draw draw draw. some of my personal drawings are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownhair/sets/72157623510326107/

    someday i'd love to take a class from you to learn even more!

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  2. What gorgeous work! And thank you for the zentangle glossary!

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  3. @rachel Feel free to email me at startartblog (at) gmail (dot) com - it'd be fun to get to know you; I LOVE your "Four Years" ZIA!

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  4. @Molossus You're welcome! *G* Thanks for YOUR efforts - I love your website! It's one of my "mostest favouritest" resources.

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  5. I have to try the rubber stamp /zentangle combo....
    Love the glossary.

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  6. Fantastic Christina, your glossary is a super idea too!

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  7. I love what you did with this.. beautiful.. that's how I started out.. with a stamped image at the centre..I needed something to start from.. and just doodled.. didn't realize there was patterns etc.. will check out the glossary too..thanks..

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  8. I really love this one! I think you must be a great teacher, sadly you live a bit too far to attend. But I think I can learn alot just by looking at zentangles from others. And if I'm honnest I think I even learned alot the last few weeks! Looking forward do see en do more tangling!

    Ilse at
    http://teachermotherandwife.blogspot.com/

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  9. I really appreciate what you do - tangling or writing (and giving very nice comments to other people's blog). Your girl is great. We see abover her head: there will be much more of these coming up.
    And your glossary is very helpful. I think of adding a German version to my blog.

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  10. It is funny you should say this because I went to Hobby Lobby last night and bought a few stamps for just this purpose. I plan to try to go to the local stamping store and see if they will let me teach me a class. I wanted to show some examples of how it would improve their business by incorporating tangling with stamping. Your tangle above is just gorgeous!

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  11. Great tangle! Love your blog!

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  12. What a groovy Zentangle. I like the way you have turned it into a piece of art verses my usual doodles!

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  13. Respectfully, May I suggest one more term for your glossery? The word is "Zendala". The deffinition is (I think) a mandala or circular pattern, using tangles or zentangle concepts. It also seems to be used to describe a Zentangle done within a circle.

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  14. This is simply mav-a-lus. Congrats on you CZT. I love this new site and am adding it to my favorites. Do you have an RSS feed?

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  15. @Marguerite Thank you so much, Marguerite. I am honoured! No, I don't have an RSS feed. I'm pretty new to the public web and haven't got all the gidgets, gadgets and gizmos figured out quite yet... but I will get through it all some day!

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