Gloria J Zucaro's "Phicops With The Waltz"

The Diva's prompt today is a duo tangle using the "Phicops" tangle originated by her husband B-Rad and the "Waltz" tangle developed by one of the creators of the Zentangle brand Maria Thomas for Laura Harms, The Diva herself.   The idea is to combine the two tangles to celebrate the Diva & B-Rad's anniversary that took place this past week.

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Gloria J Zucaro's "Making Croissants & Bunz"

This week I am doing Jenn's challenge of "Shadows" at The Artist Playroom first thing!  I started my drawing with the Diva's challenge of a tangle called "Bunzo" first.  It is the beginning shape of all the croissants.  Then it morphed into a whole scene with lots of shadows!  I did however, also do a traditional tangle, see below the text for Croissants.

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This is done with a Sakura Micron Pen # 01 and my Inktense Watercolor Pencils.  I put the colors on the paper dry, then sprayed the surface with water.  I then added more color where necessary, or smooth some areas out.              Next is my 3.5"Square with the "Bunzo" tangle used in a more traditional way.  I also used "Holibaugh"and "Fescue."

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Gloria J Zucaro's "Auraknotics!"

3.5" Square Official Zentangle Watercolor Tile with ink design.

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This weeks tangle from Laura at  http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/  is based on a new Zentangle design released by Maria and Rick in their Zentangle newsletter last week.  They had a contest to ask fellow tanglers to name the new design.  The main design features are lines that create an aura but never cross over the lines made before they are drawn. Those patterns are called "Aura" and Hollibough".  The contest winner for the name of this new tangle which combines the previous two is Mattie Arnold for the name "Auraknot".  To see how to do the" step-out" to make this new pattern you can go to see Jeanee Kero's, CZT instructions.  http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101168872594/archive/1110423131079.html

I did the "Auraknot" design and wrapped a curving shape around and through it, and added a triangle shape through the curving shape.  Then I decided which areas to black out and which areas to add other designs to.  I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Tendrils"

3.5" Square Zentangle Watercolor Paper Tile

Original design in ink with #'s 01 and 03 Micron Pens.

The object of The Diva's challenge this week is to break free of the traditional square enclosed design tangle and spread out, stretch our wings, be free of the outer limits of our paper.  I enjoyed using some new designs that I had not tried before.  Check the link above to see all the creative ways to be set free!

Gloria J Zucaro's "Mardi Gras Mask"

Original Pen & Ink Design on 5"H by 7"W watercolor greeting card.

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This is my entry for The Diva Challenge of the week which is a Mardi Gras theme, and for my Paint Party Friday entry.  This was a lot of fun to do.  I went to a Mardi Gras party last weekend and this was my mask.  In reality it is covered gold glitter and sequins with a black felt piece that comes up between the eyes at the top edge and black feathers all around  the felts edges.  The ribbons are a matte gold and a shiny gold.

The patterns I used are STRIRCLES, FLUKES(also known as CORNER BOX), BLACK BOX, LOTUS PODS, RIVER, CANARD.