DC #329, a new blog with a new challenge, Happy 4th. Birthday IAST

This weeks guestpost by Marguerite Samana on Diva's blog. Marguerite challengend us to use Fragment D1. I tried to draw in three different ways. On of them with Reticula R-L2 which consist of a circle into a rectangle. Thank you Marguerite for this beautiful and for me relaxing challenge. Please have also a look to the entries of the other artists.

DC #329 - Fragment D1
Retikula R-B1 and R-L2
Add a variation of Wud

Joey started after her Time-out:

- with a new blog, which have a new format, new name, but the most will be the same as madebyjoey. Congratulation Joey, I like the new format.


- and a beautiful new and interesting challenge over the next 9 weeks. We need 9 tiles (circles, draw in a sketchbook, any size ... all is possible), lay 3 tiles across by 3 down, draw  first a border around the entire square of tiles and then create a large string inside the border crossing every tile. Every week Joey will be choose a tangle, which must be incorporated in the weekly tile.


More details, the new blog and the entries of the other artist you can find here.


I prepared the tiles and began to draw with the first, incorporated African Artist.
While drawing I noticed that I didn't took a picture of the prepared tiles, but it wasn't to late :)) - and here is it.

....and here comes the finished first tile...

Joeys #178 - Tile 1 - African Artist -
Reticula R-L2, Fragment D23
Tipple, Pokeleaf, Jaysix, 'Nzeppel

Very Happy 4th. Birthday IAST (It's a string Thing). Thank you so much Adele for making a every week great and interesting challenges.


Adele challenged us to celebrate this  with a string of 4 candles and the tangles Knightsbridge, Trella, Copada and Wud.
This week I saw a new Zentangle technic called TransZending - that means, with my words, to draw and shadow your tile as normally. And now drawing with the micron on a part of the tile for example another tangle or a field. Shadow the outside with graphit and inside with white pastell pencil or Zenstone.
I thought this is wonderful and I'll give it a try - especially for this Birthday-Challenge.  

IAST #208

Joey's #177, Tangle-Mosaic-Project #9 and some more

Another week with a guestblogger on Joey's blog. Susan Theron challengend us to create a tile to honor Joey, using a J-string and tangles which begin with J / V / O. I did this with pleasure and to say thank you so much, Joey, for an inspired  weekly challenge.
 

Joey's #177 - Jaysix, Jetties, Veezley, V-Lampz, Octoleg

Tangle-Mosaic-Project #9 on Annette's blog with the theme "Reticula and Fragment" using Cubine for reticula. I'm anxious to see the beautiful mosaics, which combine by Annette with all entries of the other artists.

TMP #9
Reticula: Cubine
Tangles: Paradox, Naida, Verve, Retro, Crescent Moon,
Betweed, Tipple, CO2, Purk, Printemps, Hollibaugh

...just for fun....

Mooka, Cruffle, Buttercup, Tamisolo

Playing with reticula / fragments

Joey's #175

This weeks guest blogger is Stephanie Jennifer, CZT. She asked us to use the tangle Naida, which is made by her, as a ribbon. All details you can find here.

Naida - a rope string (Margret Bremner) -
Narwal, Bluebonnet, Verve, Tipple, Ko'oke'o, Beedline

Guest posts and a Wedding Theme

Ein weiterer Gastpost von Jessica Davies für die Diva challenge.  Erst dachte ich, ohhhh neeein, Pea-Nuckle! Wie man es zeichnet, habe ich schon gesehen, es gefällt mir auch sehr gut, aber noch nie ausprobiert, weil ich dachte, ist viel zu kompliziert. Einen Tag später sagte ich mir, o.k. ich probiere es und war erstaunt, dass dieses Muster mir keine Schwierigkeiten machte. Vielen Dank, liebe Jessica.


Another guestpost by Jessica Davies for the Diva challenge. First I thought, ohhh nooo, Pea-Nuckle! I often see how to draw it and find it beautiful, but never have drawn, because I thought it's too much complicated. One day later I said to me, o.k. I try it and amazingly I had no trouble with it. Thank you so much, dear Jessica. 

DC #325 - Pea-Nuckle

Die nächste Herausforderung für mich war die Challenge auf Joeys Blog mit Susie als Gastbloggerin, obwohl ich erst dachte, dass es nicht so schwer sein wird. Vielen, vielen Dank, Susie, du hast mich aus meiner Komfortzone gebracht:)))


Susie is the guest blogger this week at Joey's blog. To combine  Asian Fans with the string was a greater challenge for me, as I thought first. Thank you so much, Susie, you take me out of my comfortzone :)))

Joey's #174

Adele hat für IAST  #203 und 204 das Thema "Hochzeit" ausgewählt.  Nach altem Brauch für die Braut, sollte sie etwas Neues, etwas Altes, etwas Geborgtes und etwas Blaues am Hochzeitstag haben. Ich musste an unsere Hochzeit denken und fragte mich, wo die 30 Jahre geblieben sind. Vielen Dank, Adele, für diese schöne Challenge.


For IAST #203 und 204 Adele has chosen the theme "Wedding". According to custom for the bride to have something new, something old, something borrowed and something blue on her wedding day. I thought at our wedding day and asked me, where the 30 years are gone. Thank you so much, Adele, for this beautiful challenge.

IAST #203
- old: SeZ by Rick Roberts
- new: Trilad by Laura Liu
filled with fragments
K14 and J11

IAST #204
- blue: Bluebonnet by Suzanne McNeill
- borrowed: Bunzo and Tipple,
both offiz. Zentangle

Rope-String and Tangled Heart

Joey's # 173 - guest Blogger Michele Wynne challenged us to use a Rope-String (by Margret Bremner). That was new to me, but I like it. Thank you Michele for introduce.

Rope String
Beebug, Shattuck, Flux, Curl, Cheese Cloth

DC #324 - Tangled heart - a guest post by Jessica Davies.

Aquafleur like a heart,
Curl, Flux, Blooming Butter

Guest Blogger, ZIA and Handlettering

Joey hat für die nächsten Wochen Gastblogger für die wöchentlichen Challenges ausgewählt. Die erste ist Ilse (Zentangle Zoo). Sie beginnt mit dem Anfang von Auraknot. Ein Muster, das mir sehr gefällt, aber auch immer wieder schwierig für mich ist, keine Ahnung warum. Danke Ilse für die Herausforderung.

For the next week Joey has chosen guest blogger for the weekly challenges. Ilse (Zentangle Zoo) is the first one. She's beginning with a star as string (the first beginning of Auraknot). I enjoy Auraknot very much,  but it's always difficult for me to draw it, don't know why. Thank you Ilse for this challenge.


Erst dachte ich, so viel Rundes. Nach dem Schattieren und Kontraste setzen, bin ich zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis.

First I thought, to much circels. After shading and making contrasts, I'm satisfied with the result.

Auraknot - Akoya, Veezly, Cheese Cloth,
Printemps, Pokeroot

Kalligraphie ist für mich faszinierend. So schöne Buchstaben zu schreiben habe ich nie hinbekommen. Vor 6 Wochen habe ich ein Buch über Handlettering gefunden und war begeistert. Das Motto des Buches ist "Schöne Buchstaben kann jeder". Ein Teil zeigt, wie man Buchstaben Strich für Strich zeichnet - das kam mir sehr bekannt vor ☺☺. 


Kalligraphie is fascinating for me. But to write so beautiful letters wasn't possible for me. 6 weeks ago I found a book about Handlettering and was thrilled. Motto of the book is "Everybody can beautiful letters". A lesson show how to draw letters stroke by stroke - that's not new to me ☺☺.   
Ich liebe Sprüche, weise Worte etc. und habe in meinem Skizzenbuch angefangen Sprüche mit Tangles zu kombinieren.




I love wisdom words and so I begin in my Sketchbook to combine wisdom words with tangles.


My first - Need more practice ☺

......like Zentangle ☺.....



"All have a good end, for the people who can wait"