Burning Man 2011

It seems I've been stuck finding sources of inspiration more often then I've been actually painting.. but here's another inspiration I found. This one is a video of a Dr. Seuss story from Burning Man 2011. I wasn't there but I hope to go someday.

A New Blog and Zentangles

My Mom

My mom has started a blog and I will be posting some material on there as well. It's name is Inspiring Serendipity. If you like delicious recipes, crafty explorations and good old advice, check it out! =)

My first post on there can be found here. It's got a tip on how to get inspired to a task you might be putting off.


On another note, I'm still trying to figure out how to juggle my Zentangles with my Watercolors. Sometimes I feel artistically bi-polar. I was glancing around The Cool Hunter site, when I saw this photo:

This is a photo of a high-end olive oil shop - yes, a shop entirely for olive oil! - but notice the floor? It's Huggins! (click to see how to draw that pattern on TanglePatterns.com)

Unicorn

This is a scan of a sketch I've been working on for a while now.. trying to figure out the coloring just right, then I gotta just grit my teeth and paint it!

I got a beautiful reference for the horse from a Morgan horse at the Granite Rose Morgans farm nearby.
http://graniterosemorgans.com/

CZT 7 - Day 2!

Ack! Day two never got uploaded after the RI tangle search. D=

These two Zentangles® were done at the seminar, the star is my 7-pointed start for this having been the 7th CZT training. The tile on the right is the first tile we did at the seminar during the intro class. =)

The second day of the certification seminar was as awesome as the first. We did lots of Zentangles and got to see what tangles a few of the others had found around RI. (or at home) I met a lot of pretty awesome ladies both days. I was surrounded by talent and creativity all day because of them!

There was some excitement when we spotted a mouse, but the little thing was just terrified of us. It was just a tiny brown thing.

We all tangled a section of a large Zentangle piece while we were there and they gave that away the second day. Everyone was to guess how many 20-sided dice were in a candy jar... I was 6 numbers off! It came down to me and one other lady and she got it. I was bummed but it's good for her. I'm just amazed I was soooo close! If I hadn't rounded I would have been exactly correct. (darn it right?)

Oh well, the seminar was great and now I am all certified and ready to teach Zentangle! We also got CZT badges. This is mine:

My CZT Badge

Don't worry, I'll post some watercolor progress work soon. =)

CZT 7 - RI Tangle search

Here's my "waterfire" tile inspired by the sconces along the river. We were asked to go find a new tangle around Providence and I thought I'd use the carpet pattern. I ended up using these sconces make a sort of half circle pattern with a grid behind it. I'll call it RIFS. (Rhode Island Fire Sconce)

I did this pattern as sconces with water coming out the top for an example. I should do another with it used more abstractly.