A Day to Tangle

I love spending the day with fellow tanglers. This weekend I taught the My Tangled Garden class to a couple of my return students.  Since they've tangled with me on many occasions and have taken my original garden class, I gave them a bit of a choose-your-own-adventure style class and let them opt for the white garden on black paper.  We played with white Gelly Roll pens, white charcoal and colored pencils, and the new Zenstones from Zentangle.

It's breathtaking to watch the ghostly gardens appear on the black background.  We explored a variety of new patterns too.  Didn't they do a beautiful job?

Next the Tangle Club met and enjoyed a few hours of tangling, chatting, and sharing new ideas.  I pulled out a fun project for everyone to try--scratch magic papers!  We used some animal stencils to create a variety of fun and colorful critters.  The different colors emerged before our eyes as we made our selections of patterns within or around our animal shapes.

It's getting close to Halloween, so I thought I should tangle a bat!  I love him.

Paradoxical

I had a blast at this month's Tangle Club with five fellow tanglers.  Everyone worked on beautiful pieces, practiced patterns, and shared ideas.  I think it's truly wonderful when creative people get together.  Inspiring things happen.

Between club sessions, I'm giving everyone a mini challenge to practice new skills or patterns.  After giving a demo of one of my favorite patterns, Paradox, I decided to make this the monthly challenge. I love how this pattern morphs from one shape to many others.  It's hard to see where the pattern starts and ends!  

Feel free to share your Paradox pieces with me too!  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

If you are interested in regular tangle challenges, I highly encourage you to visit the Diva's weekly challenge.  Laura offers a variety of amazing challenges each week to help us all stimulate and stretch our tangling minds.  They're open to all no matter how long you've been tangling!  Jump in on the current challenge, or start at the beginning.  Either way, you'll learn a lot and have a great time trying new things!