Zendala Dare #55

Thank you to those who answered my question last week. I was curious to know what your process was in completeing the Zendala dares. I found it interesting that the majority of you who answered said that you started from the middle and worked your way out.

I tried that this week, and drew a blank. I think for me, the middle is an after thought.
The template this week on its own was "pretty" - very special indeed.

Diva Challenge #115 - Earth Day

The Diva's Challenge this week was to tangle a piece celebrating "Amanda Day" - that was her sons interpretation of Earth Day last year. Don't kid's just amaze you with their thought process sometimes? Check out the Diva's story on her blog.

This is my interpretation of Earth Day. While we must take care of our earth, we must also care for our oceans and our skies.

 Zentangles used are: Angel fish, Pais, Antidots, pop-cloud, and starawn

Zendala Challenge #54

Okay, so I was watching a show on TV about aliens and UFO's, and I got caught up in the whole story while I was doing this weeks challenge. Before I knew it, the following image appeared. The initial intention was to use wavez and the pais as the main tangles, but I only got them half way done. I guess the aliens took over.

QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS OF YOUR ZENDALAS?  

1. DO YOU SEE THE TEMPLATE AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY KNOW WHAT TANGLES TO USE?

OR

2. DO YOU SEE THE TEMPLATE, PROCRASTINATE A LITTLE, PUT IT AWAY, COME BACK TO IT, PUT IT AWAY, REALIZE THE WEEK IS ALMOST OVER AND YOU NEED TO GET IT DONE, THEN PRODUCE A MASTER PIECE?

OR

3. JUST START FILLING IT IN AND JUST SEE WHAT EMERGES?

My process usually starts off with good intentions to use this zentangle or another zentangle. In keeping with the principles of design, I like to stick to the design elements of 3's. However, the best plans don't usually produce something I'm happy with. In that case, a little improvising and movement in a different direction works best. In this case my thought process seems to have been influenced by the "out of this world" story I was watching.

What's your process? 
Thoughts?

Zendala Dare #53

I'm late posting this week, and it's a simple one.

Have a great weekend!

Diva Challenge #114 - The Star

It's been quite an eventful week as my mom came to visit us for about 2 weeks. It's so refreshing to have someone from home in the flesh. Since she's been here, we've been cruising the malls, as that is a main event in Doha. Hopefully this weekend we can do something more culturally enriching like go to the museum or something like that. The kids have been so excited to have her here it's been almost impossible to get them out of the house to go to school.

When I saw the Diva's challenge I knew exactly what I was going to do. The challenge was to use a star as the string, and since my mom brought us all sorts of well wishes and treats from the Caribbean, I thought of one of my favorite elements in the Caribbean which are the beaches. I used a starfish as my string but used zentangles outside instead of in. It's a simple sea theme, with sandswirl and pais as the tangles.

For the first time ever I was also able to do two versions of the challenge. Here is the second. It is meant to be a 3d version of the star. Very simple this one, as I only used Starawn in this.

Have a great weekend!!!!