Zentangle 5

Sepia ink, standard ACEO size. See the Zentangle web site for the full scoop: http://www.zentangle.com

Zentangle 4

Sepia ink, standard ACEO size. See the Zentangle web site for the full scoop: http://www.zentangle.com

Zentangle 3

Sepia ink, standard ACEO size. I am having trouble coming up with titles for these, so they shall be known by numbers only. For now.

See the Zentangle web site for the full scoop: http://www.zentangle.com

Zentangle 2

Another Zentangle; this one in sepia ink. Again on a standard sized ACEO card (2.5 x 3.5 inches).

Zentangles, Anyone?

Is anybody doing Zentangles? I just ran across them in an issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine last weekend, tried one, and needless to say: I'm hooked!

Their web site does a wonderful job describing them: http://www.zentangle.com.

To oversimplify the concept, Zentangles are made of lines and repetitive patterns put together in any way that pleases you. The process is meditative and contemplative, which I really enjoy. It's amazing -- regardless of how frazzled I may be when I start a Zentangle (and I've been super frazzled this week), after 15 minutes of doing this tiny drawing, I'm calm and focused. Lovely.

A classic Zentangle is 3 1/2 inches square. Since I have bazillions of spare ACEO blanks laying around, that's what I'm using. This one above is in pencil and I rather like the softness and shading in it. The upcoming ones will be ink.

If you're doing them, I'd love to see what you're doing.

Red Flower

And...number 4.

It's a flower -- not a snowflake. It's cut from a different style of origami paper. The background is more intensely red than the others. Some purples and greens in the background, but very subtle. And a tiny splash of iridescent white.

It does have that same yellow stripe down the right side, though.

Keep your eye on your mailboxes. This one might turn out to be my Christmas card this year.

Red Snowflake 3

Number 3 in this series. Same printed design on the origami paper, but a different style snowflake. This one almost reminds me of a flower, but I'll call it a snowflake anyway.

The background is more complex than the others, with more purples, greens, and even a little yellow.

All 3, of course, have a tiny yellow stripe running down the right side. That's the soft torn edge of the paper that I tinted yellow.