Zentangle® – August 2020
/There were a lot of tiles made in August….more than 3 per day. Picking just 31 of them was challenging. 16 of the ones selected were rectangles cut from separator cardboard in boxes of cat food. The rounded shapes in some of them are inked indentions from the cans of Fancy Feast! My plan for September is to limit myself to 2 tiles per day…but then ‘color’ old tiles if I want some more ‘pen in hand’ time. The rectangular tiles created with black ink are prime candidates for this activity.
There are two series that I developed during the month and some of them made it into the 31 selected: 3 of the ‘5 gingo’ series
And 4 of the ‘x string’ series.
And then here are the rest of the square tiles.
Most tiles were made in my early morning outdoor time on the deck…and I am increasingly sitting in a chair using the back of my iPad as a surface for the tile. I like the freedom to grab a pen and some tiles and just go wherever I want in the house or yard. That means there is no shading (don’t want to deal with the pencil and tortillon rolling around)….and I’m fine with that sacrifice.
The new pen I am experimenting with is a white Sakura Gelly Roll 08. The Sharpie Ultra Fine points are still my favorites, but I am experimenting with other pens that I have around. It’s been over a year since I got quite an assortment at the CZT class and I want to use them before they dry out.
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