Dang, another week goes by and, once again, I am trying to catch up on posting my daily Zentangles -- there are just not enough hours in the day!!  I have been faithful in drawing/practicing a pattern every day.  Most days, the pattern has been one I have never drawn before which has been an adventure.  Some of the patterns I will draw again, some I will not.

For this posting, I decided to show the name of the Zentangle along with the date I drew it.  Some of these are original Zentangles and some are created by individuals.

Following is another installment of the daily drawings:

 06-15-2015 - Onomato and Florz

 06-16-2015 - Taymur

06-17-2015 - Twing and Static 

 06-18-2015 - Chand

06-19-2015 - Viaduct 

06-20-2015 - Angel Fish with Aum

 06-09-2015

06-10-2015

06-11-2015

06-12-2015

06-13-2015

06-14-2015

Above are a few more of the daily Zentangles I have created as part of the 30-day Learning Challenge I started on June 1, 2015.  So far, I have practiced a pattern every day this month.  Most of the patterns have been new for me.

I realize I am a few days behind in posting and will catch up over the next couple of days.  I have also started reading a couple of new books.  There just does not seem to be enough hours in the day . . . or night!!

06-06-2015

 06-07-2015

06-08-2015

Above are the latest additions to the 30-day learning challenge.  So far, I have completed a Zentangle every day this month -- YEAH!!

30-Day Learning Challenge

I am participating in Leo Babauta's 30-day learning challenge.  Each day in June I plan to practice a different Zentangle pattern.  By the end of the month, I will have practiced over 30 patterns.  So far, I have practiced 9 patterns over the last 5 days.  Two of the patterns were brand new ones for me.  I am keeping the Zentangles in my journal so all of the patterns will be kept in one place.  I plan to post photographs of the daily patterns I practice on the blog. 

Following are the first five I have completed:

June 1, 2015 

June 2, 2015 

June 3, 2015 

June 4, 2015 

June 5, 2015

Time flies!!

I cannot believe it has been over a month since my last post. 

It seems as though all it did in in central Oklahoma during May was RAIN!!

Following are some of the latest Zentangle-inspired art that I have created:

On April 25, 2015, I took an Introduction to Zentangle class with Marietta Downen.  The tile above is what I created in the class.  I have done three of the four patterns previously, but have not done any shading -- it really makes a difference!!

This is a photograph of all of the tiles prepared at the class.  The tile I prepared is in the lower right corner.  Even though we all used the same four patterns, all of the tiles look different.

It was a fun class.  I look forward to future classes.

I have been tangling a little more.  Above is a small product of a tangling event.  I am starting to get familiar with some of the Zentangle patterns and have incorporated several into the above finished piece.

I learned today about an Introduction to Zentangle class and registered immediately.  I am excited and can hardly wait until the day of the class arrives!!

The above piece was one of my more imaginative pieces.  I incorporated one new piece in the upper left corner which worked out quite well while the one in the lower part was a bust.  I have learned that each piece I work on can go wrong in a moment.  There is no erasing or correcting so if there is a wrong move made, I have tried to incorporate it into the art.

This was a quickie piece.  I like doing the mattress-looking pattern and the fan pattern.  The fan pattern reminds me of the mandalas I used to make many years ago.

I felt like making circles in this piece.  Three new patterns were tried and completed quite successfully except for the center part of the upper left pattern.  I rather botched the center and just made it a solid center instead of a design.

This final piece for this post was started with a string pattern that went awry.  I tried to reel it back in with the stones and lined pattern along the bottom.  I like drawing the stones -- for some reason they are comforting.

Okay, that is enough for now -- probably too much if you are still with me.  Remember, this is a work in progress!!

More later . . . .

Here are three pieces of Zentangle Inspired Art (ZIAs) I created this past week.  I purchased two books on Zentangle and have incorporated several new patterns that I learned from them.