Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Zendala Moon

This week's Diva Challenge was to create a monotangle with Tanglations of Crescent Moon.  I love teaching this tangle because everybody naturally comes up with their own version of it.  And they are all lovely.

The first thing I did was get out my sketchbook and start trying to come up with cool tangleations. Usually, this isn't something I can force, but I was in the "Zen Zone" today and came up with a dozen before I started getting too silly.
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My regular Crescent Moon plus a few brighter ones.
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Getting fancy by moving the "ladybugs" and
experimenting with other tangles.
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Zebra moon and Racing stripes are my favorites.
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Getting carried away. Time to quit and get to the challenge.

I knew I wanted to try a monotangle Zendala.  (I seem to have fallen into a Zendala hole and can't tangle my way out of it!)

Even with all of my samples, this was a challenge.  I started at the center with my regular Crescent Moon and worked outwards, using "bright moon" then a "purky moon variation" and then a "racing stripes" variation. Doesn't it look like a whole lot more?

With every different tangle, the whole mood of the piece changed.  It was a very interesting experience.  I wish I had taken pictures at every step so you could see the whole evolution.  I only have the "finished" project
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before shading
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and after shading.
Don't you just love a great big Zendala moon?

16 comments:

  1. you came up with a lot of ideas with the crescent moon pattern! i like the purley moon best!

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    1. Should be purky moon, but I was writing in a hurry. Purk is my favorite tangle.

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  2. Compliments! Your zendala turned out very, very beautiful.

    Annemarie Huijts

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  3. WOW! Wonderful development and process, love to see how others process the Zentangle experience. Your completed Zendala is beautiful!

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    1. Thanks. I always worry that I'm boring people with "too many words" but I couldn't help myself :-)

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  4. You out did yourself on this one. Yes, I do love the great big Zendala moon!

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  5. Great to see and hear about the process - your finished zendala is quite outstanding! I love all the variations.

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  6. Very beautiful, it looks three dimensional after the shading, awesome zendala!

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    1. Thanks. I so love the dimension that shading adds. It just makes things go "pop."

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  7. This one is stunning thanks so much for the variations. I have a little friend (6 with cancer :( ) who I am visiting today and I am going teach her some tangling and your variations will be very helpful.

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    1. Gosh. I'm humbled. I certainly hope tangling helps your young friend deal with the stress of her fight. Cancer SUCKS!

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  8. Love all your variations on Crescent Moon. Your finished Zendala is gorgeous!

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  9. YOu're a woman of many moons! Wonderful process, thanks for sharing it. Your Zendala ia absolutely beautiful!

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  10. You spun around and moondanced all the way to magical Zendala Land. I love Zebra Moon.

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    1. Moondanced - good one. I had all kinds of punny moon saying I was going to include, but didn't think of that one. I really like Zebra moon aslo. Great minds...

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  11. Wow, your zendala is fantastic! Absolutely Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. :)

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