Dots and Drops

Just a little abstract made mostly from dot and drop shapes and finished off with a bit of shading.

Zentangle Inspired

As far as I know one of the rules of drawing zentangles is to start with a string. I often don't follow that rule and just start drawing patterns and see where that leads me. This is one of those rare ones that did start with a random string. It was supposed to be just an abstract experiment with different sizes of tangle Groovy. Somehow, I ended up with something that looks like a dog head to me. I didn't even notice it until it was finished. Coincidence or not, I like it.

What do you say? Does it look like anything familiar to you?

Diva's Challenge #64 - Fortuneteller

This week Diva's Challenge is to work with a given string which is basically the work surface divided into 8 equal triangles all touching in the center. It's easy to get this, just draw horizontal line through the center, vertical line through the center and both diagonals and there you go.

I had a long day so I didn't have the energy to think of and do anything fancy, so I grabbed my copy of Totally Tangled and decided to just practice a few different tangles from the book. I made a few mistakes, but I just went on. As always, point is not to do perfectly, but to enjoy the process of creating something. It turned out like this:

Looking at this I had an idea for a similar but simpler and possibly more effective take on the challenge. So I made this:

The tangle in the background is called buttercup. I really like it. It's from the book. Oh and did I mention that the book is awesome. It really is.

Thanks, Diva, for another wonderful challenge.

Abstract Landscapes

Continuing to play with tangles I ended up with two new atcs.

Winter:

 & The Bridge:

Struggling With Yincut

Yincut is one of tangle patterns. I love how it looks when it's done well. Reminds me of a nice, fluffy pillow. Today I set out to learn how to do it. I am not the best person for following instructions. I am not patient enough, so I rush through the process of learning. Not surprisingly, I messed up the pattern just moments into starting. Then I messed up again, but I just kept going. It started going better as I went on, but the end result did not look much like what I set out to create. I didn't want to give up on the creation, so I added some colors and in the end I think it works fine as an abstract. I call it Pillow Fight:

For the second attempt I used a different set of instructions. I did much better following the instructions and what I got was what I expected to get. I made a curtain out of it. The whole image looks like this:

This one I named Behind the Curtain.

It will take a lot more work to master that first variation of Yincut, but that's OK, it just means more drawing time for me.