Challenge 70 - Zentangles & Text

Challenge 70:  Text Inspired By Zentangles        June 22, 2012       Due: June 30, 2012

Host: Meena Schaldenbrand

What are Zentangles????   Zentangle is an easy to learn and relaxing method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns

http://www.zentangle.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX9CzJCuIOc&feature=related

For this challenge, create Zentangle inspired text in any size, shape or medium. You could begin with hand written text, computer fonts, rubberstamps, or decorative letters http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/186-decorative-letters and fill in with Zentangle inspired designs. Other ideas: your name, monogram, favorite quotation or humor.

Draw, emboss, etch, fuse, piece, appliqué, paint, ink or free motion quilt your Zentangle designs.

Zentangles are patterns usually drawn on 3.5 x 3.5-inch square tiles, but are being used in larger ways in drawings, quilts, decorative clothing and objects:

http://tanglepatterns.com/zentangles/what-is-a-zentangle

http://startartblog.blogspot.com/p/zentangle-glossary.html

Strings divide the tile:

 http://tanglepatterns.com/category/tanglepatterns-strings

http://tinyurl.com/6o2y9e6

http://tinyurl.com/7tqxmmk

List of official tangles and how to:  http://tanglepatterns.com/category/a-tangles

Daily tangle and how to tangles, lots of freebies:  http://www.tanglepatterns.com/

More tangle tutorials: http://openseedarts.blogspot.com/2011/07/lets-connect.html

http://tinyurl.com/88daey8

http://banardesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/zentangles

Weekly challenges: http://tinyurl.com/6qfrkam

http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.ca/p/weekly-challenges.html

Zentangle blog: http://zentangle.blogspot.com/ 

Zentangle newsletters:  http://tinyurl.com/7o42s6b

Text/Zentangles:

http://tinyurl.com/859sdbk

http://tinyurl.com/6mj4c4r

http://tinyurl.com/6snk5jp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26604339@N04/6145791317

http://startartblog.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

http://lindezines.wordpress.com/category/zentangle/

http://tinyurl.com/72g2vem

http://tinyurl.com/87quash

Works well with Zentangles:

Pens: Pentel gel roller for thicker fabrics, or use micron pens for cottons ironed onto freezer paper. Draw with .01 PEN     Color with .05/ .08                                                             

Oil-base paint pens: Deco-Art, Marvy, Sakura and Sharpie are versatile and can be used on pottery, plastic, metal, even wood.

 Have fun!