Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2013, tuesday, december, november, wednesday, thursday, monday, october, september, friday, 20, 18, with, zentangle, this, blog, chicago, tardis, part, another, challenge, fun, more, book, august, 2017, february, 2014, 19, 10, sunday, 26, 25, 12, 21, 16, 24, is, your, life, tangled, untangle, search, labels, followers, inspiration, friends, come, from, all, over, total, pageviews, lisbon, fragment, has, moved, finally, finished, sharing, christmas, cheer, merry, happy, waxing, philosophical, week, if, at, first, you, don, succeed, well, what, mess, little, quib, lot, of, metallic, gell, pens, challenging, than, usual, fengle, frenzy, review, and, question, catching, up, tippled, knight, one, stroke, plus, color,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (145), and (117), this (87), share (61), you (54), that (53), for (46), with (36), but (35), have (33), book (32), was (30), #zentangle (29), one (27), had (27), challenge (26), just (26), tangle (25), like (25), are (24), new (22), email (20), pinterest (19), facebook (19), blogthis (19), comments (19), time (19), fun (18), think (18), more (18), week (18), about (18), art (17), tangles (17), really (17), 2013 (17), not (17), all (16), from (15), see (15), been (15), what (15), can (14), them (14), labels (13), also (13), class (13), her (13), out (13), she (13), some (12), diva (12), would (11), name (11), years (10), ago (10), don (10), try (10), these (10), than (10), get (10), use (10), who (10), blog (9), zia (9), using (9), your (9), since (9), when (9), birdie (9), want (9), there (9), tangled (8), paint (8), day (8), even (8), our (8), thought (8), started (8), now (8), much (8), know (8), love (8), people (8), they (8), different (8), first (8), friday (7), zendala (7), still (7), here (7), right (7), able (7), didn (7), pens (7), done (7), will (7), part (7), tangleation (7), please (7), hope (7), stippling (7), made (7), need (7), well (7), tardis (7), artist (6), happy (6), color (6), has (6), did (6), other (6), enough (6), tuesday (6), give (6), back (6), finally (6), tried (6), each (6), tangling (6), lot (6), little (6), stars (6), chicago (6), december (6), how (5), take (5), home (5), went (5), which (5), every (5), anything (5), again (5), tell (5), getting (5), wanted (5), something (5), most (5), show (5), until (5), interesting (5), usual (5), same (5), november (5), food (5), friends (4), come (4), over (4), string (4), ink (4), shading (4), party (4), watercolor (4), without (4), brain (4), yesterday (4), because (4), wednesday (4), painting (4), copy (4), could (4), thinking (4), creating (4), kind (4), thanks (4), needed (4), monday (4), very (4), lady (4), never (4), another (4), makes (4), next (4), before (4), center (4), tile (4), bit (4), their (4), projects (4), decided (4), great (4), favorite (4), got (4), better (4), too (4), tangleations (4), metallic (4), post (4), ornaments (4), pea (4), nuckle (4), card (4), always (4), call (4), names (4), child (4), life (3), atc (3), pencil (3), children (3), drawing (3), patterns (3), creativity (3), yourself (3), today (3), pen (3), green (3), piece (3), sitting (3), september (3), last (3), pretty (3), any (3), stroke (3), way (3), yet (3), felt (3), form (3), process (3), cris (3), few (3), days (3), working (3), ready (3), let (3), believe (3), writing (3), sure (3), excited (3), chance (3), hear (3), creative (3), nothing (3), similar (3), wonderful (3), october (3), many (3), why (3), own (3), technique (3), written (3), czts (3), inspired (3), called (3), beautiful (3), heard (3), thing (3), pointillism (3), laura (3), usually (3), bigger (3), based (3), haven (3), exactly (3), hours (3), only (3), shade (3), fengle (3), draw (3), difference (3), shaded (3), second (3), looks (3), off (3), results (3), original (3), those (3), does (3), bug (3), fan (3), his (3), morning (3), star (3), then (3), talk (3), holiday (3), later (3), christmas (3), etsy (3), big (3), gallifreyan (3), buy (3), shop (3), thursday (3), discussion (3), good (3), version (3), chillon (3), easier (3), year (3), send (3), feed (3), hollibaugh (2), won (2), move (2), pages (2), circles (2), inspiration (2), sketch (2), colored (2), virtual (2), club (2), john (2), complete (2), easy (2), learn (2), focus (2), necessary (2), posts (2), report (2), fog (2), project (2), mostly (2), white (2), sonya (2), waiting (2), care (2), beginning (2), clearly (2), least (2), sit (2), improvement (2), remember (2), month (2), donna (2), convention (2), painted (2), tulip (2), looked (2), combine (2), admit (2), canvas (2), around (2), seriously (2), play (2), colors (2), helped (2), long (2), enjoy (2), feeling (2), click (2), ended (2), duo (2), tipple (2), going (2), both (2), doctor (2), cool (2), should (2), below (2), stopping (2), acrylic (2), into (2), left (2), else (2), instance (2), reason (2), classes (2), teacher (2), took (2), confidence (2), being (2), teach (2), totally (2), colorful (2), catching (2), hand (2), thread (2), flower (2), style (2), question (2), mooka (2), weekend (2), four (2), step (2), norma (2), whose (2), popular (2), organic (2), lara (2), two (2), advice (2), students (2), complain (2), despite (2), turned (2), seton (2), several (2), find (2), room (2), addition (2), enjoyment (2), challenged (2), dots (2), learned (2), found (2), quandary (2), arms (2), away (2), making (2), add (2), help (2), huge (2), spent (2), anyone (2), challenging (2), appreciated (2), feel (2), result (2), point (2), happens (2), steps (2), look (2), super (2), hadn (2), sigh (2), after (2), gellyroll (2), video (2), public (2), guy (2), zen (2), seen (2), tomorrow (2), available (2), drop (2), quib (2), fact (2), somehow (2), couldn (2), aunt (2), gerri (2), ever (2), finished (2), thanksgiving (2), family (2), behind (2), bed (2), especially (2), soon (2), link (2), naming (2), things (2), its (2), space (2), knows (2), real (2), though (2), whatever (2), phrase (2), gold (2), silver (2), tiles (2), appropriate (2), present (2), said (2), old (2), screwdriver (2), named (2), identify (2), bales (2), thinks (2), promise (2), make (2), gift (2), merry (2), workers (2), sold (2), 2014 (2), red (2), cut (2), fold (2), templates (2), seeing (2), constellation (2), vincent (2), electricity (2), money (2), sorry (2), awesome, inc, theme, powered, blogger, total, pageviews, feedjit, live, stats, initial, 162, molly, christian, vieler, print, christianvieler, dogs, photography, imitates, doodles, cartouches, gorillas, beez, belfry, journal, shelly, beauch, quotations, enthusiastic, followers, follow, cake, tips, encouragement, contest, travel, sketchbook, freebie, stamping, scrapbook, guest, 102, 178, artists, problem, remain, once, grows, pablo, picasso, eraser, gardner, search, view, profile, violet, township, united, states, participate, proud, relaxaing, artform, repetitive, helps, increase, attentiveness, experience, untangle, subscribe, atom, older, zig, markers, wash, accents, marvy, reminisce, prismacolor, purple, marker, perm, opaque, chalk, heavily, influenced, yencer, urgent, suspected, flu, bronchitis, prescriptions, work, cannot, lying, couch, saturday, may, met, dewberry, hoot, kitchen, walked, lonely, isn, might, possible, doesn, must, faber, castel, pitt, worked, grabbed, smaller, ideas, putting, stem, leaves, signing, barely, coherent, sentence, quiet, inner, critic, hoping, meds, kicking, myself, wishing, joy, plus, past, deep, icky, organizing, research, grumpy, lucky, yay, knghtsbridge, featuring, ordered, break, clear, knightsbridge, featured, where, comment, keep, calm, tippled, knight, wow, weeks, posted, pouring, energy, none, managed, rhyme, nor, successful, 101, freshman, college, promised, grateful, honor, angry, stories, fault, destroyed, mosaic, failure, mood, light, smile, geese, pure, outside, personality, stressful, couple, save, sanity, jane, eileen, successfully, difficulty, covered, poorly, drawn, lines, extra, reminds, fancy, screens, saw, istanbul, parte, dos, category, reminded, quilt, stippled, needle, flowery, added, supposed, monotangle, small, sneak, peak, feature, ways, encourage, experiment, adapt, considering, titles, winning, free, quick, survey, flux, forgotten, delve, talented, inspire, comfort, zone, techniques, burnell, fairy, delicate, destined, uses, lovely, besides, fairies, flowers, includes, funky, penny, raille, lighten, whimsical, williams, shows, gives, strings, knowing, provides, practical, larger, nib, points, less, shortcut, background, daughter, developed, windows, church, parish, nicely, designed, sturdy, meant, plenty, practice, worthy, tangler, library, vacation, margaret, bremner, shares, expertise, zendalas, stunning, alone, worth, price, pubfleur, dragonair, create, depth, texture, creates, effect, review, aka, yikes, stretch, imagination, mine, wasn, arm, escaped, began, float, crooked, blah, abandoned, allowed, guess, followed, completion, including, withholding, judgement, lesson, such, almost, frenzy, trouble, frustration, face, sorts, challenges, regularly, empathize, succeeded, 100, overall, resorted, guidelines, mistakes, opportunities, unexpected, direction, circle, probably, confounding, iphone, checked, happened, closer, caren, mlot, bother, down, elegant, hiding, shame, cruze, buggy, sakura, perfect, opportunity, procrastinate, absolutely, luscious, thicker, write, match, cap, otherwise, flows, beautifully, appear, glow, stick, bugs, crescent, moon, adorable, pin, holidays, collection, gell, official, released, outs, months, summer, visited, den, him, check, prepared, seats, rarely, either, rewatch, perhaps, shouldn, admitting, anyhow, border, middle, swap, black, gelly, roll, meh, wrong, frustrating, confusing, turning, inside, double, sided, job, nope, posting, slop, wait, fellow, tanglers, mess, tough, passed, smiling, caring, herself, loved, tante, germaine, showed, together, atcs, joyful, visiting, modeling, duct, tape, hat, succeed, due, scheduling, snafus, were, oriented, late, night, plane, unpacking, general, stuff, finish, hour, stop, pictures, items, store, beat, above, liberties, ugly, attacked, glitter, sparkles, hard, photo, having, returned, con, fans, british, sci, celebrated, 50th, anniversary, travels, relative, dimension, mystery, nobody, partially, obscured, shirt, during, presentations, resist, compass, instead, orbs, dare, wouldn, playing, zenstone, completely, replaces, nice, adding, dalek, regular, graphite, brown, requested, watch, sound, music, stay, tuned, rest, sampler, kit, renaissance, generator, mentioned, trying, sort, pattern, existing, among, recently, reached, consensus, philosophically, quote, wonder, cosplay, upper, professor, river, song, noble, curly, blonde, straight, haired, redhead, fangirl, femme, david, tennant, mach, sonic, painful, shoes, head, shoulders, standing, winners, costume, competition, looking, worse, wear, fresh, dresses, thinker, say, interested, starting, upset, replied, upsetting, opinions, realize, others, rename, times, unique, single, emingle, square, tortuca, matter, half, used, citizen, imitation, sincere, flattery, seem, prestigious, enquiring, minds, squared, rounded, warble, auras, differently, chose, choose, waxing, philosophical, sunday, end, celebrate, doing, workshops, cards, candles, quickest, instruction, sheet, goes, instant, download, coupon, autographed, poetic, quotes, dreamers, makers, third, intricately, dressed, bright, full, instructions, dimensional, page, contains, offer, wrote, workshop, held, earlier, information, crisis, handicapped, port, prince, haiti, rising, cost, divert, funds, budget, spare, world, giving, gifts, teachers, hairdressers, babysitters, alma, maters, change, bell, ringers, kettles, local, banks, checks, charities, tight, ask, consider, opening, pockets, hearts, tiny, wider, sharing, cheer, terms, finishing, keeping, busy, lately, ebook, versions, already, absolute, best, feeds, hungry, details, mendenhall, glacier, gone, through, iterations, growing, pains, brings, memories, gallery, wrap, cropped, everyone, update, digs, inconvenience, tangledupinart, com, moved, february, noticed, address, lisbon, fragment, august, 2017, newsletter,

Text of the page (random words):
2013 well what a mess this week s diva challenge is to do a duo tangle of well and pea nuckle like laura i rarely use either of these in fact every time i draw pea nuckle i have to rewatch my video on pea nuckle perhaps i shouldn t be admitting that in public anyhow my first thought was to do well as a border and pea nuckle in the center since i m in the middle of an atc swap i did it on an black zentangle atc card using metallic gelly roll pens meh i thought it would be fun to try and combine them somehow well i was wrong it was frustrating and confusing and i felt like i was turning my brain inside out no zen just tangle you can tell by the results in fact all 3 of them are double sided because i thought if i turned it over i could do a better job on the back nope not even sure i should be posting this slop but it s been that kind of day couldn t come up with anything better sigh i can t wait to see what my fellow tanglers do on this challenge 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday november 18 2013 a little quib a lot of fun there is a new official tangle finally released to the public it s called quib and to me it is like a totally organic hollibaugh we czts have had the step outs for months and i ve had this little guy done and waiting all summer those who have visited the zen den have seen him want to see more check out this week s diva challenge i ll try to post one or two more but right now it is time to get back to getting prepared for tomorrow morning s tangled star ornaments class there are still a few seats available drop me an email 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge zia tuesday november 12 2013 zentangle fun with metallic gell pens this week the diva s challenge is to tangle something colorful and buggy based on this super fun video from sakura i just got this super gellyroll metallic collection and hadn t had time to play with it yet so i thought this would be the perfect opportunity anything to procrastinate on the book sigh well these pens are absolutely luscious they are a bit thicker than i usually like to write with and the ink color does not match the cap color but otherwise i have nothing to complain about the ink flows beautifully and the colors appear to glow i just love them so since i am not a huge bug fan i decided to stick with lady bugs after all you can t draw a crescent moon without a lady bug and i found an adorable lady bug pin who wanted to sit in the center of the flower with his little metallic friends and here are the stars from this morning s zentangle for the holidays class we had so much fun making them that we decided to do it again next week i hope you all have as much fun with your art as i did today 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge zendala zia wednesday november 6 2013 more challenging than usual this week s diva challenge is to use caren mlot s beautiful tangle cruze she makes this tangle look so easy that i didn t bother writing down the steps when i went out to tangle i ended up with some interesting tangleations but nothing that looked as elegant as the original i d show you those but they are hiding in shame so i got out my iphone and checked the steps again the same thing happened i thought i had it but i still didn t get it this time the results are closer at this point i resorted to drawing guidelines something i ve never had to do before i teach and believe that there are no mistakes in zentangle just opportunities to go off in an unexpected direction and see what happens some of the most interesting tangleations are the result of this so usually i am just happy to see what happens but this tangle is so interesting that i wanted to get it right i also thought it would be really interesting to do in a circle this is probably part of the reason it was confounding me i m still not sure i succeeded 100 but i really like the overall result despite the frustration i really appreciated this challenge as i have students who face these same sorts of challenges regularly and i new feel more able to empathize with their need to get it right i haven t had this much trouble since i first tried mooka did anyone else find this one more challenging than usual 18 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge zendala zentangle monday october 21 2013 fengle frenzy this week laura aka the diva challenged us to tangle using only 2 tangles quandary and fengle yikes not my favorite tangles by any stretch of the imagination i like both of these tangles when other people do them i just never like mine very well so i started and i started and i started finally i got one with the arms of the fengle almost even there wasn t enough room for another arm so the quandary escaped and began to float away my next tile was a little crooked and kind of blah so i abandoned that and tried making one bigger to see if i could draw the arms even this one is better but not great i really wanted to add more tangles but that s not allowed for the challenge so i got my pencil out to see if shading would help guess what that was all it needed it made such a difference on this one that i went back and shaded the second tile it looks ok now too as usual if i had followed the zentangle process to completion including shading and withholding judgement it would have made a huge difference in my enjoyment of the time i spent tangling i hope you learn from my lesson and enjoy the process have a great week 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge zentangle zia wednesday october 16 2013 a book review a challenge and a book question this week the diva challenged us to create a zentangle using pointillism style in pointillism the art is done using only dots in a similar way stippling is a technique for creating depth and texture using only dots when i was writing made in the shade i learned a lot about stippling and found it creates an interesting and beautiful effect i had forgotten about this technique until i had time this weekend to delve into my copy of written by four talented czts this book will inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and try some new techniques norma burnell whose popular fairy tangles is the artist whose use of stippling in her delicate organic tangles inspired me to use stippling in this piece destined for my new book it also uses her lovely tangle dragonair and a new one called pubfleur which you will see more of in my book besides norma s beautiful fairies and flowers the art of zentangle includes four fun and funky projects by penny raille if you want to lighten up your art you ll love these whimsical projects lara williams shows two different zia projects and gives advice on creating strings i ve heard students complain about not knowing what to use for a string lara provides practical advice on that finally margaret bremner shares her expertise on zendalas her stunning art alone is worth the price of the book this is a nicely designed sturdy book meant with plenty of room to practice right in the book it is a worthy addition to any tangler s library and a great book to have on vacation all you need is this book and a pen and you re ready for hours of enjoyment one thing about stippling pointillism is that it can take a lot of time since i don t have a lot of that right now i decided for laura s challenge i would use a pen with a much larger nib than i usually use bigger points less time stippling despite this shortcut i like how this one turned out the background tangle is one that my daughter developed for the new book she based it on the windows of our church seton parish so the tangle is called seton it is similar to several other tangles but i haven t been able to find out exactly like it all of that stippling reminded me of a quilt i made many years ago that one was stippled by hand using a needle and thread and had a pretty flower center so i felt like the tile needed something flowery also that is why i added mooka and flux to what was supposed to be a monotangle so you ve had a very small sneak peak of the new book this book will feature 52 different tangles and show you 6 different ways to do each of them that s enough for a bit of tangling every day but also enough time to really get to know each of the 52 tangles i hope to encourage people to experiment with tangles they know and love and use their own creativity to adapt them to their own style right now we re considering 2 different titles for this book if you want to see what they are and have a chance of winning a free copy take this quick 3 question survey 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge new category wednesday october 9 2013 catching up wow i can t believe it s been 2 weeks since i ve posted anything i ve been pouring all of my energy into writing the book and have had none left to do anything else for instance i went to painting class on monday and managed to paint green it was kind of fun just to paint with no rhyme nor reason but i m not sure i had to go to painting class to do it i had 2 very successful zentangle 101 classes and started a zendala class i love getting people excited about zentangle i had one lady share that 30 years ago as a freshman in college she had her teacher tell her that he would give her a b in the class if she promised to never take another art class i am so grateful that she took the chance to come to one of my zentangle classes because she is now getting back her confidence in art what an honor to be a part of that it really makes me angry when i hear stories like that clearly the fault was on the teacher not being able to teach but it totally destroyed her confidence can you tell from this mosaic which is done by the art failure i think they all show wonderful creativity it has been a stressful couple of days so i really needed to tangle just to save my sanity the diva challenge this week was to 8s parte dos by jane eileen i admit i ve tried this one before and didn t have the focus to do it successfully i had similar difficulty with this one but covered up most of the poorly drawn lines with extra patterns it reminds me of some of the fancy screens we saw in istanbul finally i wanted to share what i did from art class last week i was in a mood to do something light and fun nothing makes me smile more than our geese so i painted them they are pure white on the outside but have the most colorful personality that i just had to paint them to show that hope you all have a very creative next week cris 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels acrylic challenge my art watercolor zendala zia zentangle tuesday september 24 2013 tippled knight for the past few days i ve been deep in the icky part of working on book 2 organizing and research i was feeling kind of grumpy even but thanks to a lucky click i ended up at this week s diva challenge yay a duo tangle of knghtsbridge and tipple i am so there i m going to be featuring both of these in the book so this is just what the doctor diva ordered now that i ve had my tangle break my brain is clear and i am ready to think again i can t tell you how much i needed that do you have a cool tangleation of knightsbridge or tipple that you think should be featured in the book if so please let me know where it is in a comment below thanks for stopping by keep calm and tangle on cris 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge zentangle friday september 20 2013 one stroke plus some of you may remember last month when i met donna dewberry at the hoot convention and i painted a pretty tulip with her it has been sitting on my kitchen and every time i walked by it looked lonely it isn t any more i thought it might be fun to combine one stroke painting with anything is possible one stroke at a time zentangle birdie doesn t think the zentangle is an improvement but i must admit that i really really do i didn t care for the way the pens faber castel pitt artist pens worked on the canvas but i did want to try again so i grabbed a smaller canvas and started out to copy the tulip so l could tangle around it but the paint had other ideas it s not done yet but i am seriously thinking of just putting in the stem and leaves and signing it it was fun to just play with colors my brain felt like it was in a fog and i could barely form a coherent sentence but i think that helped quiet my inner critic long enough for my to just enjoy the process i am hoping that i will still be able to do that now that the meds are kicking in and i m feeling more myself wishing you joy in creating this week happy paint party friday cris 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday september 18 2013 more color went to urgent care yesterday because i suspected that my flu was really bronchitis i was right and i am happy to report that the 7 prescriptions are beginning to work i still cannot think clearly but i am able to at least sit up which is an improvement since i ve been mostly lying on the couch since saturday i m also happy to report that i can still tangle even with my brain fog here is today s project mostly zig markers over a watercolor wash with accents of marvy white reminisce pen prismacolor purple marker green perm opaque and chalk i was also heavily influenced by a piece of sonya yencer s are that is sitting here waiting for our new book 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels challenge colored pencil watercolor zendala older posts home subscribe to posts atom is your life tangled untangle with zentangle zentangle is an easy to learn relaxaing artform using repetitive patterns it helps increase focus attentiveness and creativity it s also fun you don t have to be an artist no drawing experience is necessary really take a class and see for yourself proud to be a and participate in violet township oh united states view my complete profile search this blog all children are artists the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up pablo picasso life is the art of drawing without an eraser john w gardner labels zentangle 178 challenge 102 zia 67 guest artist 58 one zentangle a day 50 virtual book club 50 zendala 22 scrapbook pages 18 watercolor 16 paint party friday 12 colored pencil 11 atc 10 my art 10 my tangles 8 stamping 6 friday freebie 5 travel sketchbook 5 contest 4 encouragement 4 shading 4 tips 2 cake 2 sketch 2 follow this blog followers inspiration enthusiastic artist quotations and art circles 4 years ago shelly beauch journal pages 6 years ago beez in the belfry gorillas on the move 6 years ago tangled ink art zentangle cartouches 7 years ago ...