Class schedule - September 2012

Hi everyone! After a wonderful summer introducing people to Zentangle at classes at Franklin Art Center, we are looking forward to continuing our program with opportunities to 'tangle' throughout the fall and winter. We have scheduled two Beginners Workshops in September - one on a Sunday afternoon and one on a weekday evening. In addition Franklin Art Center is pleased to offer regular Tangle Time classes. Hosted and guided by a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT), Tangle Time is an opportunity for tanglers to get together, ask questions, share ideas and learn and practice new tangles. For full details click on the "Class Information" tab at the top of this page or CLICK HERE.

Two types of shading

We had a wonderful 'Beyond the Basics' with Paula Sherwin at the art center last week. Paula gave us some wonderful ideas on how to develop our zentangle practice as a meditative practice. During class we also talked a little more about shading so I wanted to post a tile that shows two different examples of shading. We talked about how adding a little shading around the edges of a section will create a 'pillow effect', where the edges appear to fall back and the center of the section 'pops' out. I shaded the outside of all the sections, but I think the effect shows most in the spirals in the top left section, and on the 'Perk' sections (the ones that look like a beehive or chrysalis?). Shading can also be applied anywhere that something goes under something else. In the 'Printemps' section (closely packed spirals in top right) anywhere one spiral goes behind another I added some shading to the one that goes behind.

Tangles: Printemps, Perk, Knightsbridge

Remember to rotate your tile as you work and when you have finished to see how it changes when viewed in different orientations! Here is my tile photographed in different orientations...

Which one do you like best??? :) This weeks challenge from the Diva uses Mi2 and is a great way to practice shading of places that 'go under'. Click here to see my design using Mi2.

Diva Challenge #80: Mi2

So many beautiful examples of Mi2 in the responses to The Diva's challenge this week, and practicing Mi2 perfectly complements our discussion of shading at the Beyond the Basics class last weekend! I love how such simple steps create such an elegant pattern so I decided to dedicate the whole tile to Mi2.

Tangles: Mi2

Zentangle Inspired Art - Work in Progress

Inspired by the tangle 'Printemps', which we used in Molly's Beginner's Workshop, I began work on a larger piece of art work. Because it is not done on the traditional Zentangle 3.5" by 3.5" square tile it is considered not to be a true Zentangle, but rather a Zentangle Inspired Art or ZIA.It is a work in progress and doesn't have any shading on it yet, but I like how it's evolving...

Beginners Workshop with Molly Hollibaugh - July 7, 2012

Another wonderful set of tiles! These are from Molly's Beginner Workshop class at Franklin
Art Center on July 7th. Thanks for leading us through your favorite tangles including a new one that doesn't have a name yet!

Tangles used: Florz, Crescent Moon, Hollibaugh, 'unnamed'

Monotangle: Munchkin

Tangles used: Purk, Printemps, N'Zeppel, Fescu

Beginners Workshop with Elaine Huffman

Great class today! Elaine Huffman CZT joined us to teach today's Beginner Workshop. Here is a photo of their work. As always it is wonderful to see the variety of designs that appear as students learn each pattern and then interpret and create in their own unique ways.Congratulations everyone on the creation of your first Zentangles! Our next Beginners Workshop will be next Saturday July 7th with Molly Hollibaugh from the Zentangle company.Click on the Zentangle Program at Franklin Art Center tab at the top of this page for more info on classes and registration.Its going to be a great summer!

Zentangled Egg

Welcome to all visitors, but a special welcome to those of you who may have found this site while checking out info for classes at Franklin Art Center (click on the Zentangle Program tab for more info). This week I have been taking care of a friends chickens so my zentangling practice has found a new location... on eggs! This will make a great class for spring next year!