The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #299

This week's tile for the Diva's challenge took me quite a while which partly explains the late posting. The challenge for this week is to use the new official tangle, Drawings.
I have tried drawing Drawings a few times. It's certainly one that takes a bit of practice. It's also a lot of fun. After a couple of starts and stops, I kept going with this tile.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #298

I'm glad to be back for another of the Diva's weekly challenges. This week is a UMT (Use my tangle) challenge where a tangle submitted is chosen by Laura as the feature tangle for the week. The chosen one for the first challenge of 2017 is Orbs-la-Dee by Anneke van Dam. What fun to discover this one! I'll be using it more I'm sure.

And a note to myself - make sure to make time for these challenges during the year! Remember you enjoy the creativity and focus and find it a great way to relax.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle challenge #295

I'm posting last week's and this week's responses to the Diva's challenge. I was quite late doing last week's so decided to combine with this weeks. I didn't follow this week's instructions exactly. I designed a fragment and then randomly put it in each square so it wasn't exactly alternated. It was a lot of fun and a technique I'll be sure to use again.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #293

Last night I enjoyed doing some tangling while half watching Zootopia on the television . Here's my Keeko:

Keeko was the pattern for this week's challenge from The Diva. You can see other people's responses to the challenge at www.iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #287

Wow, it doesn't feel like 3 weeks since I last participated in the Diva's challenge. But here I am, better late than never. Just in time for the next one!

I just had a quick look at the challenge again while preparing for this post and was surprised to see how similar my tile was to the one posted by Laura. Before I did the tile I had a quick look and then went to Daniel's step outs. The similarity was quite unintentional! I'm pleased with how my tile turned out.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #284

Back again for the Diva's weekly challenge. I was pleased when I saw this week's challenge was a monotangle, Tripoli. I really like Tripoli!

With life being particularly busy of late it was nice to sit down and tangle for a while.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #282

It's been ages since I've participated in the Diva's challenge. I took a peak during the week at this week's challenge and it looked like a lot of fun. The challenge was to spill something (beetroot juice, coffee, tea etc..) and then tangle.

I chose some green food colouring and impatiently waited for it to dry.

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #269

Finally I had a chance to tangle this week. It's been a busy one!

It was my first meeting with the new official tangle, Ellish and it went well.

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #268

Another fun challenge this week! This week's task is to add a bit of black to the tile. I ended up adding quite a lot. I didn't get enough of Pokeroot last week and it crept its way into this week's tile. The way I do Tripoli always reminds me of Trivial Pursuit.

The Diva's Weekly Challenge #267

To tangle any time is a good thing I think, but to squeeze it in when you're super busy is super special and the slowing down that accompanies it magical.

This week's challenge is a duotangle with the tangles Drupe and Pokeroot. I haven't used Drupe in a while and I'm fairly sure Pokeroot is one I haven't used before. Pokeleaf I have but not Pokeroot, other than a little practice.

A late entry but here it is -

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #266

Crux by Henrike Bratz is the tangle for the Use my tangle challenge this month over at the Diva's Weekly Challenge. Is it really May already?
I enjoyed this one. It does take a bit more concentration than some. I have a part-done tile to finish. I did too many diagonal lines on my first attempt!

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #264

I'm squeezing in my entry to the Diva's weekly challenge just before the next one comes out. With all the hustle and bustle of the last week (and people not feeling well around here) it was nice to sit down with tile and pen for a while the other night. This week's challenge was to draw a spring shape for a string and then tangle. I drew some Y-Chain by Mei Hua Teng (Damy) along the string and a background of Nzeppel.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #263

Fun with grid tangles for the Diva's challenge this week!

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #260

A monotangle challenge (Shattock) from the Diva this week. I felt like keeping it fairly simple this week.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #257

It's been a busy week for me and not as much tangling as has been usual lately. I wasn't sure if I would get time for the Diva's challenge this week but I have. It was great to sit down with pen and tile after a week of study at Uni (for the first time in years) and two days of relief teaching. I treated myself to a trip to the art store today too where I got the heart shaped paperclips which I've included in my tile.

The challenge this week (Oooh, Shiny!) is from guest blogger, Amy Broady CZT with the task of including a metallic feature of some sort.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #256

This week's challenge is to do a duotangle with the tangles, Boo*Kee and Artoo. You can find the stepouts to these tangles over at http://www.iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com.au/.

I loved my first meeting with these two!

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #255

This week Laura (aka The Diva) challenged us to reproduce one of our early tiles. She has been tangling for six years and it was great to see her growth over that time. Though both of the tiles she showed us were fabulous!

Generally I get so immersed in the process while I am doing a tile. I will admit though that sometimes I look at other people's tiles and think what a lot of improving I have to do. I know it's not about comparison and we all have our own styles but ... 

This challenge was good for showing me the growth in my own style. Plus, it was fun.

I chose one of my very early tiles on which I used Arukas, Betweed, Cirquital, Chainlette and Tipple. Some of these tangles I haven't used much since I first started. 

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The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #254

This week's challenge from the Diva is to do a Valentangle - a tile with a Valentine's flair. Here's a monotangle of one of my favourite tangles, Printemps. Perhaps I'm cheating a little as I actually did this one for the Square One: Purely Zentangle group on Facebook but it just seems perfect for this challenge too!

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #253

This week's challenge from the Diva is to use the newly released tangle, Molygon.  It certainly is a tangle with lots of possibilities. I enjoyed my first meeting and kept thinking of those little banana lollies as I was drawing.

The Diva's Weekly Zentangle Challenge #252

The challenge from The Diva this week is to tangle within a tangle by drawing a tangle quite large and then tangling inside it.

I chose Miander by Mimi Lampart for my large tangle. I've been using it a bit lately as it's so much fun. Then inside there are Tipple, Gingham (by Margaret Bremner), Printemps and some tiny Miander.