Challenge #5 A Found Object

For this challenge I decided to have us zentangle a "found" object.  We both have moved to new locations and I decided that the found object had to be from that new location.  I chose a rock that I picked up on one of our walks.  Jay chose a mug that she found are the local recycle centre.

My rock:

Jay's mug:

Challenge #6 tomorrow and I'll post this week's challenge as well and then we'll be all caught up.

Challenge #4 Hearts

For this challenge, Jay chose an interlocking heart tangle for the challenge.  This tangle was on Pinterest.  Pinterest is a great place to find zentangle ideas and examples. Here is the tangle:

Here is my result:

And here is Jay's zentangle:

I thought it was kind of neat that we both had a line of hearts.  Jay said that at the last minute she decided that she should intertwine one of the hearts into another.

Challenge #5 tomorrow.

Challenge #3 NWT Logo

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am living in the NWT for a year.  I have always loved the NWT licence plates and the NWT logo.  The logo was my inspiration for this zentangle challenge.

This is a copyrighted image and is the property of the government of the Northwest Territorries.  It is a great logo and is simple and I love the use of the negative space.  It makes me want to live close to a place that has polar bears.  But I live on the fresh water of Great Slave Lake with no polar bears anywhere close to me.

Here is our starting design:

Here is my zentangle:

And here is my twin's zentangle:

Thank you NWT, for your inspiration!

Challenge # 4, tomorrow.  We only do a challenge once a week, but I am trying to get you caught up on the past challenges.  I figure if I blog about one of our past challenges each day, I will be caught up by Tuesday and then I can post weekly.  Until tomorrow...

Challenge #2 Fundy National Park

This summer we travelled to Fundy National Park in NB.  It is a beautiful park with lovely forests.  All the trails in the park are well marked and information about its flora and fauna are posted on signs.  Whoever the graphic designer was for the signs has done a great job and the signs inspired us to zentangle.  We particularly liked this stylized tree.  We took a picture of it, redrew it and zentangled it.

So here is challenge #2:

This one is mine:

This one is Jay's:

Challenge #3 is coming up!

Challenge #1 The Raven

Our first challenge started in mid-August.  I had been looking on line for quilt shops in Yellowknife, NWT and I came across a shop called The Quilted Raven.  I loved their logo and thought it looked like a neat shape to zentangle.

I copied the outline of the design and kept it in my zentangle notebook (not completed).  My sister saw it and that was really when the challenge began.

She decided that we should both tangle it and then share our results.  We both had very busy summers so it took the better part of August to finally finish up.  Here is what came up with:

We were pretty pleased with the results.

Let's get started!

Last May my twin sister and I learned about Zentangles.  We were heading off to a teachers' workshop and one of the options in the art section was a session about Zentangles.  We used the internet to see what this art form was all about and we both became fascinated with the idea.  It was like we suddenly had permission to doodle!  After the workshop we continued to 'tangle' and we made use of books on the art of Zentangle and the internet.

As it turned out, we both made some changes in our careers and we both left the Maritimes and headed west.  I am spending the year in the Northwest Territories and my twin is spending the year in Alberta.  To help us stay connected we decided to set weekly challenges for each other.  We started in August and set the first challenge.  This blog is about these weekly (and sometimes by-weekly) challenges.

I don't know about you but I like a challenge.  Over the next few weeks I am going to share our past challenges with you.  Once I get caught up, I will post the challenge of the week and when we both complete the week's challenge I will share the results.  Please feel free to try the challenge.  The internet has lots of ideas and information about zentangles.  I will share information and websites with you as we go along. Enjoy our zentangles and try it out!  It is fun and relaxing and good for you!