I decorated the back of this envelope with a Zentangle design I recently learned. The envelope, with a letter inside, is now winging its way across the Pacific ocean, in hopes of bringing a smile to the recipient.
Zentangles go everywhere!
This is my gift to Shelly for her birthday: I sewed a fabric bowl in her favorite colors (red, black and white). Once I have a gift ready, I’m in a hurry to give to the recipient, so she got it a couple of weeks early. Shelly and I were Muddy Buddy buddies in 2008 and a few days ago I posted a photo of us after we crossed the finish line/mud pit.
Shelly’s birthday present
Yes, we have bananas!
All wrapped up!
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Here are some bananas in the bowl, so you can get a sense of its size.
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I always use fabric as the wrapping for Shelly’s gift and that becomes part of the gift. I put a paper towel roll (not bananas) standing up in the bowl, to disguise the shape until she unwrapped it.
From nothing to something, that’s what art is. Yesterday I drove to New Braunfels and took a Zentangle class with my friend Kathleen and her husband C.E. I learned new designs as well as a couple of ways to add color. Here’s an example of my “nothing to something.” Thanks to the instructor Michelle Robinson, CZT, a good time was had by all.
All that potential!
Time for some Zentangles!
All dressed up!
Black is the new black.
Good contrast.
Ticka and I worked on our longhorn appliques last weekend. My longhorn, Dippity-Do, now has ears, eyes and a mouth. After session two, he’s starting to look like a longhorn. Here’s what he looked like after Session 1.
I can see clearly now!
I’ve nicknamed Ticka’s longhorn “Freckles.” Here’s Freckles and Dippity-Do next to each other. Ticka actually finished her longhorn body in session two and will start working on the background next time. My next step is to put together the longhorn body.
Freckles and Dippity-Do
Traced and painting started
Last weekend I was very busy art-wise. On Saturday Ticka and I worked on our Longhorn appliqués. Sunday I was back at Ticka’s playroom for a watercolor session.
Just as a reminder, here’s how I paint. I show up with my purse and maybe a snack. To start, I trace the image onto the watercolor paper. Next, I pick up the paint brush my instructor, Etta (Ticka’s sister), says to pick up. I dip it in the paint color she indicates. I place the paint on the paper where she points to. Repeat the brush and paint motion until the watercolor is finished.
All petals started
Yes, that is how I paint. I walk in with a purse and walk out with a purse and a painting. Art is fun!!
Hmm, sort of a red poppy
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Somehow the red in mine didn’t quite turn out like I thought it should. It ended up looking somewhat like a juvenile, multi-petaled Venus Flytrap.
Poppy? Pansy? Venus Flytrap?
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