Challenge #7 Zentangle Noir

This summer I had the opportunity to attend a class at the Augusta Quilt Show on zentangling on black.  We learned that you can use a white (or light) gel pen and you can shade with a white (or light) charcoal pencil.  And I bet you thought charcoal was only black, so did I. The difficulty is finding a permanent pen that actually shows up on black paper.  Because I took the course, I have a white gel pen and a white charcoal pencil.  My twin, on the other hand, has used a silver marker on black paper for this challenge.

Black drawing paper is readily available and you can just experiment with pens to see what works.

Here is mine zentangle noir, (white gel pen with white charcoal):

Here is Jay's (silver sharpie on black)

Next post, we'll be up to date!

I will post the challenges on Sundays.  And by the following Sunday I will post our results.

Challenge #6 A New String to Try

This week Jay picked out a string for us to zentangle.  The strings in a zentangle are the lines you draw that divide the zentangle into sections.  Strings can be randomly drawn or planned. Jay chose #11 from this array of string choices.

She got these strings from Pinterest.

The funny thing is that when we had both completed our challenge, we had both included a "ribbon" floating through the zentangle and we both had added colour to the ribbon.  It's weird how that kind of thing happens.  We live miles apart but our zentangle had similar elements.

Here's mine:

And here is Jay's:

Weird coincidence, eh?!

 

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.