On August 11 - 13 I will be part of a Zentangle Workshop at Insight Awareness in Homewood, Illinois.  The two botanical tiles above will be what I will be teaching that weekend.  The first tile is a design by Alena Light and it was challenging because the design is a mandala without using a compose, you build the circular design as you draw it.  I felt this was a beautiful piece and one that can be a challenge to learn.  The secon botanical was inspired by Sharla Hicks, CZT.  It drawn on a tan Zentangle tile and not only drawn with a black micron pen but also colored using a blue pastel pencil and a white chalk pencil.  For more information, please contact me.

A shelf in my previous study room.  Love my color pencil of the girl in the blue hat.  The design is by Pat Lentine, I did this painting in her class, a favorite.

These tiles were done at the Valentine Workshop at the Frankfort Library on Feb 11th.  There were others in attendance, however, I didn't catch them quick enough to get a photo of their tiles.  The facilities were top notch at the library and the staff especially Jill Ganeshan were welcoming and kind.  I am looking forward to doing another workshop at Frankfort Library in the future.

Above are the first three alcohol ink paintings I have designed.  The first is an abstract flower and the other two are landscapes wih sky, mountains, valleys, water and rocks.  The size is 5 x 7, just the right size to experiment.

Di's Tangle Art for Frankfort Library

Distress Ink Zentangle

The is the second tile with the Distress Ink background.  The pattern design was drawn with micron pigment color pens, color pencil and white gel pen.  The tangle patterns are Ruffel, Floo and Pendrills.

Colored Sprinkle

Background was painted with Distress Inks on a larger size color paper and then sections of the page
was selected to cut in tile size, 3-1/2 x 3-1/2.  Design was drawn with colored ink. shaded and highlighted with colored pencil and additional highlights with white gel pen.