life is tough, darling, but so are you

  I'm playing catch-up on the weekly challenges. This one was done for It's a String Thing and Joey's challenge, last week. The colours were added with Peerless watercolours. I'm trying out this new thing where I'm adding tangles on what would be the edge of the tile. And I'm still continuing that thing I've done where I try to make the tangles of the different tiles merge together.

  This one was done for last last week's of Joey's challenge. Hahaha 

  Some new tangles- Dreamdex (by a Zentangle teacher-friend of mine, Debbie New). It's such a beautiful and versatile tangle. Then there's Dreamcatcher and Nymph. I haven't added shading to this page, yet.

  This week's Diva challenge; Tripoli. I tried to make mine unique. It's a free-floating pattern on one of my sketchbook page and I'm not showing the rest of the page because it's not completed yet.

  Here's a picture of me and my new bag that I drew on. I recently cut off about 5 inches of my hair.

  Everything Is Art also recently opened its craft store. Here is a sample of the things that we have available for sale. :)

  They're all hand-drawn with love. And if you're interested in seeing all the items available and how much each item costs, you can visit our webstore.

  And lastly, here's a tile I did inspired by this week's Joey's challenge. Tipple on all four corners of the tile. Echos across the tile. And Dreamdex, looking like a pinwheel. The background was done with Winsor & Newton watercolours.

  Thank you for dropping by. I hope I've inspired you. Until next week... Keep tangling!

drawing outside the tile

  If you dropped by last week, then hello again~ Remember I created two watercolour flowers? I completed the pink one this week.

With some Tripoli in pink and purple. I'm not sure whether I should fill the entire paper with Tripolis or leave it as it is... Any thoughts on the matter? Let me know in the comments section below. :)

  In other news, I also posted new videos onto my YouTube channel. You can view my channel via this link.

  For Diva's challenge, I did a tile in my sketchbook.

  Here's how the full page looks like. I'm trying out this new thing where I extend the tangles out of their "tiles", and also try to connect different "tiles" together by entwining their tangles together. It takes some planning, but it's lots of fun.

I've discovered that one of my tangles, Naida, works really well as a leaf.
Step-outs to it via this link.

  Here's another page in my sketchbook. It's a W2 labyrinth. The idea is by Staub Korn. I shaded it with three different purple coloured pencils.

  And here's my submission for Joey's challenge.

  Lastly, here are some tiles I completed for Travelling Tangles.

June Dalde sent in all these pretty things. 

  And I finished the first tile. I actually really like that fern thing. It reminds me of Verdigogh, but without all the layering (although I'm quite sure if you had the patience, you definitely could layer the fern's leaves too). I added some colours to it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.

  And here's another tile... This one was sent from Franciose Lip. Unfortunately, I don't have a "before" picture. She did the pretty pink background, and the Flux on the bottom right; I added the Flux at the top left, and CC in the background.

The tangle "CC" is really starting to grow on me. I've used it in four different works just this week alone... I might have to teach it in one of my classes soon.

  As always, thank you for dropping by. Reading comments really brings a smile to my face, and suggestions are always appreciated. Until next week... Keep tangling!

The tangles sure have travelled.

  It's a busy, busy week for me this week. But I'd just like to show you what Joni and I have been up to for the Travelling Tangles project...

Sandhya Manne with Joni Toh

Nancy Dawes with Joni Toh

Sandhya Manne with Stephanie Jennifer

Barb Hoopterp with Stephanie Jennifer

Nancy Dawes with Stephanie Jennifer

  Wonderful, aren't they? If you'd like to join this collaborative world-wide Zentangle project, do join us over on the Travelling Tangles Facebook page.

  And here are two coloured tiles... I'm still working through the Canson papers that I bought. (I have a review of Canson sketchbooks and papers right here. There's a giveaway at the end of that post too!)

Tripoli monotangle. I was noodling around with having beads in each of the Tripolis.

And a Paradox monotangle.

  Finally, I'd like to briefly mention that I've started to draw Zendalas. In the past, I used to use them like regular tiles- not caring about making them look symmetrical, or even filling the entire tile... However, I thought that it was about time I tried my hand at making something like those beautiful tiles I've seen other Zentangle artists do. Here's my first of many:

Striping on Paradox... Shattuck... African Artist...
Reminds me of an atom.

   And that's all I have for you. I don't think I'll be joining any of the weekly challenges. I am trying to make a flip-through video of the Derwent colouring book that is being sold at Art Friend... I am planning a new tutorial... And I am soon completing my Tiga sketchbook, and I'd like to do a tour of it after I'm done. So look out for those new posts coming to you soon. Until then.. Keep tangling! ^-^