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That's New to Me week #14

The challenge is letter Q. The patterns I used - Quib and Quatiny.

Tackle it Tuesday

Challenge of the 31st of March - string #002 and some new pattern.
Well, all patterns are new to me, what can I say)). I am still pretty new to them, too))).
Patterns: Henna Drum, Kelp, Verdigogh and DL Nebula. Colored with tinted Derwent charcoals, white pen on black paper.

That's New To Me #13

Week #13 challengs - letter L. I chose Luv-A, Lukiline and Lotadots.
Drawn on a new blackpaper sketchpad from Derwent. So nice paper, so velvety and smooth. And a new white gel pen from Sakura (JAP) GellyRoll 0.8. It's really white and has such a nice line. A bit colored with Koh-I-Noor colorpencils (yellow. green and orange).
I am so happy with my new toys)))

Tackle It Tuesday - D-E-F

We continiue with the alphabeticals (if there's such a word) and this week challenge is D-E-F.
I choose a lot of patterns - Fleurette, Footlites, Double Loop de Loop and Echoism.

I'm proud of all F's and D's but my Echoism could've been a lot better, indeed. I do not like the mess I've made with it :(

Still, here is my DEF tile. Only liners on the watercolored paper.

Diva's Weekly #203

And we got a pattern to explore - Athitzi by idiloewenherz

Well, let me say, it seems like it is one of the easiest tangle pattern that I've met, but  in reality - not so much. ;)

The easiest one, imho, is CO2, which you can see in my tile, along with Beadlines and Flowtus (by Molossus).

I've only used two colors of my Pigma Micron - black (0.2) and orange (0.5), but the background is my watercolored sheet of paper and I haven't finished with it yet. The next one tile is on it, too, and there will be two more :).

Enough said, let me show you my tile :)

That's New to Me week #5

Hoorah!)) I'm so in love with this challenge! Can't wait till every new Sunday))

Today we have letter M and I choose Moon Rocks and Me Three for my tile.

In the previous post I said that yesterday I had been experimenting with new watercolor papers which have an "eggshell' surface. It is so nice for watercolor layering. And today I used that colored paper for the challenges.

So, here is my two new tangles

At this photo you can see the texture of the paper, if you squint ;) I decided to leave it like this, without any coloring.

Tackle it Tuesday - A-B-C

That's week challenge on Tackle it Tuesday was with abbreviation A-B-C.
My choice are Antidots, Btljoos and Chime.

Yesterday I tried a new kind of watercolor paper with "eggshell" surface and it was so wonderful to the touch and to the layers of watercolors, especially when it dried. I was just experimenting and decided that this colored paper would be good to tangle on. So, I took my liners and tangled. And then colored the tile with my Derwent Inktense.

It's looks a bit messy but I don't want to change anything. Right now I'm trying to be creative not perfect so "bit messy' is a strugle for me, indeed. :)

Well, here I go! Hope you like it ;)

Diva's Weekly #202

Started it last weekend, but didn't like the result. Today rethought the design and did it well.

So, according to Diva's weekly #202 we should've created a Duotangle with only two patterns, Copada and Chebucto, both by Margaret Bremner.
Also, I used the TanglePatterns String #94, which, imho, was the best way to explore those patterns.

I colored them with my Koh-i-Noor Polycolor 24 colorpencils set and at last liked the result ;)

Liners - Sakura Pigma Micron

That's New To Mee Week 4

And here we go! ;)
Week 4 of That's New to Me challenge got us letter U. And I was late to participate in the last week challenge of It's a String Thing, but I so much liked the offered string #084, that I just needed to do it :)
So, Tangle Patterns String #084 and patterns Upwall, Up and Across, Undling and Zinger for organic contrast) ).
For me that string looks like some sky-scrappers, so two of the patterns are geometric and it seems like there are windows in the walls. Undling looks a bit like a roof-top garden )).

Liners - SakuraPigma Micron, colored with Koh-i-Noor Hardsmuth Polycolor 24 set.

Really loved to play with all thisese patterns, even if Upwall was a bit hard for me to do right.

Tackle it Tuesday #57

#57 of Tackle it Tuesday challenged us for the J-A-N abbreviation.
Jan for me is Janus - one of Roman gods:

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus (Latin: Ianus) is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past.

The Romans dedicated the month of January to Janus.

Source: Wikipedia.

So, Janus was my first choice, I just needed right tangles. Which are Jilli, Jitters, Allium, Nippa and Neuron. Hope I did well :)

Liners - Sakura Pigma Micron, color - Derwent Inktense pencils.

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #201

This week's challenge of the Diva is dedicated to Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day, which is on the 24th of January.
I tried to fill in the offered logo and combine Onamato tangle with something that will complete it. The tangles are Msst, BB, Teardrops Tops and some others as well as my own improvisation.
The purple color is the color of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation (which logo is the main concept of the challenge). Also it is the color of faith and belief. The orange and yellow is my own colors for hope and optimism.

Tangle patterns string #138

Tried myself at the string thingy offered by Tanglepatterns. The string is provided by CZT Lianne Woods. It is so simple that you just want to complicate it a bit ;)
And I made this tile

My mistake, I didn't write down which patterns I choose and I'm sure that some of it was my own improvisation)).  Well, I'll try to not make that mistake again.
Liners - Sacura Pigma Micron, even colored ones).

Muster Mixed Challenge #2: Mix Arucas and Balloya

I found about this challenge thru one of the blogs I'm reading. And decided to challenge myself.
So, I tried to mix those two tangles - Arucas by Molly Hollibaugh and Balloya by Anya Lothrop. They are both so beautiful geometric tangles, and I later used them in one of my artworks.
But, here we go with MusterMixed challenge!
First - only liners

And then I wanted to color them with my colorpencils. And here what I've got

I've made a bit of mistakes with orange and yellow color, but you'll notice it if you're are really looking, I think ;)

Those blog also has a german language only alternative - freudemitzentangle.de

That's New to Me, week 1

Here is my first attempt at tangles challenge. It was week 1 of SusyMosh That's New To Me challenge with letter T. Made it that very week but placed only at my Pinterest.
Here what I did.

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The tangles are Ticking by JJ LaBarbera, Tipple of the Official Zentangle® Kit and Tropicana by Kate Aherns.
Liners - Sacura Pigma Micron

That's New To Me week 3

Another week of the challenge got us letter V which I combined with string #140 at tanglepatterns.com


Patterns are Verve by JJLaBarbera, Veezley by Sandy Hunter and Vache 1&2 by Genevieve Crabe.

I've decided to combine them with my new watercolor set Simply (Dailer Rowney). I've just bought it and those watercolors are truly awesome. Tried myself at mixing new colors from just the half of the set and I was in ablolute love with them instantly! Beautiful, really, and bright and very saturated.

Here, if you want to look at them closely: White, Coerulean, Ultramarine, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber.

And the mixed ones, I really don't know which names they have, but I know that you can make Teal if you mix Coerulean and Burnt Sienna, and very deep Grey Brown, if you do it the other way ;).

Really, I never even knew before that some colors that I truly love, could be made just by mixing some of those six.

That's New To Me week 2

Trying myself at zentangle challenges. This one is That's New to Me by Suzy Mosh, week 2, letter C.
My choice are Claws by Helena Hadzijaneva, Coaster by Carole Ohl and Chillon (offical pattern of Zentangle). So, here we go:

Liners - Sakura Micron Pigma