I had a bit of trouble with I’m the Diva’s weekly challenge #278 UMT (Use My Tangle)… knightstar. It’s not that I didn’t understand it, I just didn’t seem to be able to execute it well and then would get confused while doing it. It took me days of trial and error, I even tried out a different way of doing it. But in the end I did it the first way… and once I sat down and committed to focusing on it, it came together. Then I added some lettering, and some other tangles (balloya, daisy idea here, bandola), shading, and color. I made some mistakes on balloya and resorted to using white out (yes I know, it’s cheating, I should have just gone with it)… in the end I’m not sure if I was just trying to hard, not listening to the tile’s advice.
Until next time…
~nic
P.S. trial and error…
Photography by Nic 
well done (nice perspectives!) and thanks for the reminder!!
Thanks so much, Cybele! I came across those words recently, and they just resonated with me, especially since the pattern I was working on was giving me so much trouble, until I slowed down and concentrated. 😀
yes!! It’s wonderful when that happens!
Yes, it is pretty cool! 🙂
love seeing your trial and error page! This is beautiful, the message and the tangles!
Thanks so much, Sue! 😀 There is definite evidence of my frustration with those scribbles on the trial and error page, haha. 😀
Now, I am just wondering if I should ask my sister to bring me a Zentangle kit!
Super work!
The kit would be great, don’t get me wrong… but if you really just want to jump in and see how it is, I really do suggest going online and searching for Zentangle, look at images, find tangle pattern step outs that look neat to you… practice on paper with a black pen… you can add all the fancy color and shading later. Just jump in with both feet! 😀
I think I will do that… You did send me some links, which I will now have to explore
Cool, I hope you find an interesting pattern to play with and enjoy it. 😀 I need to look around for it, so it might take a few days, but when I first heard of this idea, I didn’t even know there were specific patterns you could do. So I would draw a string and then just make random patterns of my own, like checker boards, wavy lines, etc. I need to find those tiles, I pretty sure I gave them to my husband, because he was traveling a lot at that time and I wanted to give him some of my new found zen to take with him. I’ll post them if I can find them. 🙂
Do post!
Ok, as soon as I find them 😀
Rajiv, I haven’t forgotten about you! I asked my husband about those old zentangle tiles and we are having trouble finding them. Once he started working from home, he cleaned out his work notebook and put them ‘somewhere’… usually when we can’t find something we realize we put it somewhere *clever* and have trouble remembering where that spot might be. I’m sure we’ll find them as soon as we stop looking for them. 😛
Ah, your husband does what I do! Put things in a ‘safe’ place, which I cannot locate later!
Rajiv, I do it all the time too. So I can’t be upset… I really hate it when I’m too clever! 😛
Heh!Heh!
🙂
Hey! Guess what! My husband found the original tangles I did… stuck inside a book I wanted him to read. 😛 I’ll post them soon.
oh. Superb! He is a good man!
Yes he is! 😀
By the way, I posted the zentangle tiles that my husband found. 🙂
Oh good!
Maybe (!?) you’re too critical about yourself. I see a beautiful tile with lovely coloring and a wise text.
You are right, Annemarie, I *am* to hard on myself, I’m working on it though (trying to practice self-love). Thanks for the wonderful encouragement. 😀