Crafting With Style: Zentangle

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Tuesday

Zentangled ATC's - Assorted

A random assortment of ATC's featuring "Zentangles" (learn more about zentangling here) :

Cara (11/29/2011)

Zentangle Pattern Organza: 6 variations

My favorite pens for tangling. They come in a set so they're easy to through in your bag and take with you. Plus the plastic sleeve keeps them organized. I also find having them all together reminds you to switch sizes when working on a piece. And this is a great price compared to my local Aaron Bros....
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My favorite reference book for ATC's is 1000 Artist Trading Cards. It's a source of endless inspiration.

Thursday

Zentangled ATC's - Pattern Variations

I'm participating in a series of Zentangle Pattern variation swaps on Swap-Bot. Each Artist Trading Card is made using one or more Zentangle Patterns beginning with a particular letter. Tangle Patterns is a great resource for an alphabetical listing of patterns with links to instructions. And here's a link to the list of "Official" Tangle Patterns.

Zentangled Pattern Series: A

Zentangle pattern afterglo using .05Copic marker on polka dot paper.

Zentangled Pattern Series: A

Zentangle Pattern Aah using Copic .05 marker on hand painted paper.


Zentangled Pattern Series: B

The ATC on the left is the Zentangled pattern Bridgden. The card on the right has: Beadlines, Bateek, Bales, Barber Pole, Basketweave and Baton. First time I've used so many patterns in such a small space. very busy.....

Zentangled Pattern Series:C

On the left are the Zentangled patterns Carres and Chard. I used the cover of a Tiffany catalog and a Copic .05 marker. On the right is teh Zentangled pattern Cockles 'n Mussels drawn with a white Sharpie Poster Paint marker (the best white pen I've found for Zentangling) on dark blue card stock.

Paisley ATCs


ATC 2011-74: Zentangled Paisley ATC

white ink drawing on business envelope liner

ATC 2011-75: Paisley #1

Rubber stamps, book pages, and ink on paper

ATC 2011-76: Paisley # 2

Rubber stamp and ink on collaged papers

ATC 2011-77: Paisley # 3

Ink on paper

ATC 2011-78: Paisley #4

Alcohol ink, metallic paint, rubber stamps and ink on paper

ATC 2011-79: Paisley #5

Ink and embossing powders on paper

ATC 2011-80: Paisley #6

Acrylic paint, embossing powders and ink on paper

ATC 2011-81: Paisley #7

Acrylic paint, alcohol ink and ink on paper

Friday

ATC's for October 2011

Here's what I've done in October:

Mesh on Wax

Melted Wax on paper with embellishment of mesh & metallic ink drawing.

Zentangled A ATC

Micron .25 mm pen on paper

Zentangled B ATC

Micron .25 mm pen on paper

Zentangled C ATC

Micron .25 mm pen on paper

Zentangled D ATC

Micron .25 mm pen on paper

Zentangled E ATC

Micron .25 mm pen on paper

Zentangled H ATC

Zentangled I ATC

Zentangled J ATC

Zentangled K ATC

Zentangled L ATC

ATC 2011-58: "Art/Mysticism"
Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Acrylic paint, vintage text and embossing on paper

ATC 2011-55: "Black Flower"
Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Acrylic paint, sponging and tissue paper on paper

ATC 2011-56: "Flower"
Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Alcohol Ink, Rubber Stamping and Distress Inks on paper

ATC 2011-61: "Flower"
Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Napkins, sponging and direct to paper inking on paper

ATC 2011-57: "Instinct is Enough"

Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Acrylic paint, alcohol ink and rubber stamping on paper

ATC 2011-62: "Old Pond"

Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Direct to paper inking, collage and found poetry on paper

ATC 2011-63: "Tree"

Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Torn paper, tissue layers and distress inks on paper

ATC 2011-59: untitled

Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Melted crayon, acrylic paint & sponging on paper


ATC 2011-60: untitled

Made for the ATC's For All Swap, A'La Carte Mixed Media
Tissue layers, direct to paper inking & embossing on paper

The above ATC's were made for the ATC's For All swap titled A 'La Carter Mixed Media. The challenge was to use at least 3 techniques from the following list:
Vintage sheet music
Vintage text
Foreign language papers
Torn paper technique
Text pages
inks
Beeswax
Rubber stamped images
Tissue layers
Pen or Pencil drawings
Acrylic Painting
Watercolor Painting
Distress Inks
Collage
Vintage Ephemera
Transfers – i.e. gel medium/packing tape
Transparencies
Stenciling
Printing with bubble wrap
Embossing
Direct to paper inking
Used postage stamps
Alcohol inks
Altered Photos
Paint over technique
Water soluble oil pastels
Resist techniques
Melted crayon background
sponging
Napkins
Found Poetry
Watercolor pencils
Embellishments (light and not too high off the card)

ATC's made for the Blue & White ATC Swap on Art 42:


ATC 2011-64: "Blue & White". Mixed media on paper.

ATC 2011-68: "Buddha Blue". Torn tissue, acrylic paint and ink media on paper.

ATC 2011-69: "Homage to Ellsworth Kelly". Acrylic paint and paper cut outs on paper.


ATC 2011-65: "Snowflake #1". Acrylic paint and ink on paper.

Created for the ATC's For All Swap "Winter Potluck Mystery Swap":

ATC 2011-66: "Snowflake #2". Acrylic paint and ink on torn paper collage.

ATC 2011-67: "Snowflake #3". Acrylic paint and ink on paper.

ATC 2011-70: "Winter Citrus". Acrylic paint and ink on paper .

ATC 2011-71: "Winter Storm". Ink on paper

Wednesday

ATC's for September 2011


Curiosity ATC

Punched Art Artist Trading Card

No Paper ATC

Zentangled G ATCs

Field of Flowers ATC

ATC's made from pages from Carl Jung's book "Man and His Symbols"

I came across this book, "Man and His Symbols", by Carl Jung, an old text book of my husband's from the 70's. He'd underlined it and scribbled notes all over it which made it even more interesting when I began to tear it up and repurposed it.