My Jonathan Zentangle Drawing

After many months of inactivity on this piece, I have finally finished doing the ink part.   This piece is for my son "Jonathan".  It has taken many many hours of work to complete to this stage. I still have shading to add ... also many more hours of work. 

I am using my own designed Alphabet as well. This piece is A3 size, drawn in a large watercolour paper Moleskein field book, using Sakura Pigma 005 pen in black.

I will spray this with a sealant when I finish the shading.  This is my own original design. 

A little Colour

I thought you might like to see this ... it is easy to add some colour to your life and tangles ... I have made this little bookmark using Derwent Inktense coloured pencils and water - and had a lot of fun!

"M"

This is an "M" I did for my sister in December ... I just love it.


Please respect my copyright ... this is my original work, with my own original font (letter style).   

I have also used a number of my own tangle patterns in this drawing, as well as a number of official Zentangle patterns which you can find on the Zentangle blog.   I especially love "Jetties", it is one of my favourites - can you tell!

Happy tangling for now ... Jane x

More Alphabet Art

 My "Jane" name is finished.

This is my own designed font also!

I have used my pattern "Tadpegs" inside the letters and my heart leaf pattern with circles/bubbles as the background.

Closer!

Happy Tangling for now...Jane x

I read this ... and then thought about it.

There's always a little truth behind every 'just kidding.'
A little knowledge behind every 'I don't know.'
A little emotion behind every 'I don't care.'
A little love behind every 'I hate you!'
A little uneasiness behind every 'I'm okay.'
A little pain behind every 'forget it.'
A little fear behind every 'leave me alone.'
A little hope behind every 'goodbye.'
And a little 'something' behind every 'nothing.'
Author Unknown


And it gave me food for thought ... I wanted to share it with you all.

Look at these words from your own personal point of view.  We all know the world can be overwhelming to us at times, especially the smallness whilst being vast that the internet has created and we have probably all, at some time, said some of these things.   From my perspective, I have been trying to work out what is important to me.  One of the things that keep recurring is "simplicity of life". I want little and need less but still have this burning desire to create.  Truth be known, I probably have enough supplies to keep me in creativity mode for a few years to come.   So I am going to work with what I have for the rest of the year.

My first step is to finish my Zentangle alphabet book ... I am thinking of self publishing an e-book from my web site, that you can download and read. The Letter "Z" is below - Would you want that?   I'll let you know how I go with that.
I will also be quilting and continuing to draw in my journals!

So I can now see the beginnings of where I would like to be and some of that light at the end of that long dark tunnel.  Progress takes but one step at a time, creativity is no different. 
Cheers for now ... Jane

More on the Letter "R"

I know this is not a great photograph ... I took it tonight as I thought I would share the progress with you all.

I still have quite a way to go on this ... but it is looking pretty good and that "Mooka" pattern is creeping in everywhere ... also my Mooka Pods with a twist - I have made the pods look like the "Finery" pattern - I love it.

I have also used a pale gray ink to draw more tangle patterns in the background. Lots of shading to go yet.

Enjoy ... Jane x

Decorated Zentangle Inspired Letters

 The Auction items for the QLD Flood Appeal have all been mailed off and the funds have been directly paid to the Premiers Appeal for the QLD Floods ... total raised by my auctions was $865 - thanks to everyone who participated.

I realised I hadn't shown you the finished items .... so here they are

Chrisee asked for a "C" with some silver highlights - I hope you like it Chrisee.

Nancy asked for an "N" and I hope you like this too Nancy.


The Zentangle kit was received with great delight and the quilt I auctioned was also well received by the new owner.   I really hope you all enjoy your auction items ... it is a great thing you have done by bidding on these and donating to a much needed fund.


Let me know ladies when your Alphabet letters arrive in the mail.

Happy Tangling ... Jane x

Picture Fest of what I have been up to

Obviously I have been Tangling up a storm as usual ... I can't seem to put that pen down .. can you?

I have been playing with my own patterns and official Zentangle patterns ... in my field journal notebook doing borders and letters ... surprise surprise!

 A few full page drawings...

 And some one Tangle pattern borders ... these could be very useful - especially for journaling or scrapbooking!

This pattern is a variant I came up with from the Zentangle pattern "Braze"  and "Striping" 

 This one is using my pattern "Tadpegs"  very cute I think.

 "Knightsbridge" with a little BTL Joose (Sandy Bartholomews pattern)

 This one is full of my patterns and some Zentangle patterns..

A few new ones for me in there too!

 "Betweed" with my "Tadpegs"  ... and if you look closely I have been using a hint of colour ... have you tried the Derwent Graphitint pencils - they are divine ... graphite with pigment ...  I will be using these more and more I think.

 This one is purely "Striping" - an official Zentangle pattern.

 "Knase" also an official Zentangle pattern.

And I have been tidying up sorting my bits into some stackable draw tubs ... very handy with the Dymo tape machine too! 

 And on Australia Day I went fishing with my husband ... beautiful weather and we caught 3 lovely sized Brown Trout.   (Well I supervised as I don't have a fishing licence but I will next time!)

 The first trout...

 What I get to look at while fishing - lol!

I have a captive audience and can talk about anything I like - isn't that funny. 

And no it isn't a Hawthorn supporters beanie that he has on ... he had it years and years ago.

Jet sleeping  on the quilty bits (my quilty bits - test bits that I have been playing with on the quilt machine awhile ago now - so very cat useable).

So happy Tangling for now ... have a lovely weekend everyone.    Cheers Jane x

Tangling in Tasmania Today

 Now look at all those T's - lol!

I am sitting here at 2.10am - once again because I cannot sleep.  I am glad this doesn't happen every night.

So I thought I would share some of the tangles that I have created over the past few days.

 These two are not shaded ... can you see my pattern Kitties in there ... they make me smile every time I see them sticking their little heads up.

 Creating patterns ... you may recognise the Swirly Blossom pattern that I use in my Decorated Alphabets ... very simple to do and very effective as a repetitive pattern.

Here is a close up.

My next Zentangle for Quilters class is at Cranberry Crafts in Ulverstone on Saturday the 22nd January ... I can't wait but this Saturday I am teaching my Fabric Postcard techniques class ... I did a little tangling for this too ....

Here it is ... Postcards are fun to make and the fabric ones are very tactile ... I love the feel of the stitching on the fabric ... can you tell I am a quilter!

Okay so I'm off the computer soon, draw a couple of tangles perhaps that might be relaxing enough for me to go back to sleep.... Happy Zentangling ZZzzzzzz
Jane x

Welcome to the New Year

I hope you have all had a great break over Christmas and the New Year ... I had the pleasure of spending  a week up at the highland lakes region of Tasmania ... it snowed the day after Boxing Day and we awoke to a white covering all over the camp site .. it was beautiful.   A few days later we had very hot weather, we caught quite a few Brown Trout and enjoyed some lovely meals.  I also relaxed and enjoyed the quietness of this beautiful region of Tasmania.   I Tangled a bit, well actually, a lot!

See this beautiful decorated letter Q ... I have used coloured ink and Derwent Inktense pencils to add colour.  I have nearly finished this whole alphabet ... and have enjoyed it immensely.

 On Saturday just gone I taught a One Day Zentangle Workshop in Hobart (Tasmania).   Just a small group of three, but it was a lot of fun and they created quite a few Zentangles.

Everyone had the same instruction and it is amazing how different their tangles turned out ....

 Then we shaded them - wow what a difference.
It is amazing to see everyone has a different style and approach.

 A second tile almost completed

This is one of the decorated alphabets that we created.  Mica who is a high school art teacher, drew this fantastic M and used the basic tangles that I had taught them in the morning.   When I teach the decorated alphabets we talk about flowing design through the background of the work,  you can see here that Mica has used this in his creation - beautiful.

I thought we had lost him for awhile ... he was in the Zen!

So, welcome to 2011 and another year of fantastic tangling ... I have a number of workshops coming up and more to come.

Happy Tangling for now ... Jane x