Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Painted Zentangles

In my little town, maybe yours too, we have a tradition of throwing a huge all night party for the graduating high school seniors. Every year the parents of the graduating class transform the Community Center into a completely different place. I can't spell our plan out here, it's TOP SECRET and who knows who's reading this.


The point is that this year my oldest graduates. SO ... this was my year to volunteer and contribute to the "show". I'm still in shock over this and it's only two weeks away. Here are some pictures of what I am doing. I'll post more as I finish up. Can you see Pokeroot? Msst? Fescue? Not great pics I know. Trust me they are there!
After my horrible failure at trying to paint Zentangles on my bedroom walls I was a little scared to try this. These panels are 9' high and some of them were 12' wide. However, I learned that using color at this size helped me a lot. Especially when you have as many colors as you can imagine at your disposal.

This is the only time I have done my Zentangles in full color and I have to say that I loved it. The size also helped me get around the standard of black and white too. I doubt it will replace what I usually do - I'm a traditionalist to the bone - but it has been fun playing around. What are some of the things you do when you are playing around? I'd love to know!

Hope everything is great in your neck of the woods!
Chow for now!










3 comments:

  1. I hope we get photos of the finished work later, when the secret is revealed. Your work is lovely!

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  2. Stumbled across your blog and wanted to say hi! i love the idea of painted tangles. I'm fiddling with the idea of putting them on totebags....hmmmm wonder what medium would work best......

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  3. I will definitely be posting photos of the finished walls.... THANK YOU!!!!

    J - I would try fabric paint for tote bags...also the Sakura Microperm pens work wonderfully check them out here:

    http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-permanent-ink

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