This week's summer guest host of the Diva's weekly zentangle challenge is Erin Olson of the Zendala Dare, and she's presented a zendala template for us to tangle.
I decided that it would be fun to use only tangles associated with Laura, the Diva. I thought I'd use Diva Dance of course, but ended up not. In this zendala you'll find Boo-Kee, Kofeforn, Phicops (Laura's husband's tangle), and Zedbra (a joint effort of Laura and me!) as well as Black Pearlz.
I'm not that happy with it, truth be told. I think the tangles I used are all composed too much of lines and not enough solids of black or white. It went through several changes along the way. I drew lines in the white areas of Zedbra to darken it, then grayed them entirely. Some parts of Boo-Kee were white, I made them black, then white again! I intended Phicops to take up more space and had to put something else in the outer areas that I then filled in black because I didn't like what I'd put there!
Oh my. A learning experience!
Beautiful zendala! :)
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ReplyDeleteOh my! That is gorgeous. It's so funny because I just blogged a similar experience with my "It's a String Thing" challenge this week~still not happy with it. I can assure you that your zendala is beautifully executed in every way. Thanks for being such an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteStill think it looks great, even with all the things that you think went wrong. I like the contrast on the outside with the lighter parts in the middle.
ReplyDeleteYou are quite hard on yourself. I think the result is very beautiful. I like the shine in it too.
ReplyDeleteFor my eyes it´s a wonderful zendala! Very inspiring as always!
ReplyDeletebeautiful zendala, your zedbra is amazing
ReplyDeleteA wonderful Zendala, how did you manage to fit so much in! Great idea to have a theme with the twngles too.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of using the Diva associated tangles! A full and fun Zendala with lots of interesting tangles - some I'm going to have to revisit, like Zedbra, Kofeforn…
ReplyDeleteI love your version of zedbra in this.
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