Gloria J Zucaro's "Ostrich Eggs"

"Ostrich Eggs"

3.5" Square of Watercolor Paper with original Ink and Pencil Drawing.

I thought it was getting quite late for my iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com challenge for the week.  Laura picked a new Zentangle demonstrated by Maria and Rich at Zentangle.com.  It is called a Zentangle Quest Challenge because it has not been named yet.  Have a look at all the variations you can do with this tangle on the Diva's site.   I will be on hiatus for a few weeks after this post, so will have a lot to catch up on when I return!

Gloria J Zucaro's "Second String"

This is my second attempt at Laura's stringless challenge.  

This one was very random, just kept going.

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Gloria J Zucaro's "Bead Stack"

This week Laura, the hostess with the mostest at "I Am The Diva" asked us to join her in making beads tangles to represent the organization known as "Beads of Courage".  As Laura says "Beads of Courage" is a wonderful charity that helps a child with a chronic illness or condition to tell their story of courage and strength as they take their medical journey. Every single bead represents something your child has done - a test, a poke or needle, a procedure, a doctor's appointment, therapy, special accomplishments, an xray, use of oxygen, mobility issues, etc.  It's incredible to see what your child has been through in a very tangible way."  I have done a bead stack on a 7"h x 5"W watercolor cardstock.  Inside the beads are various tangles.

To see better detail in the design, click on the image.

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Be sure to visit Laura's site to see what other artists have done with this challenge.

Gloria J Zucaro's "Blind String Project"

3.5" Square Original Design on Official Zentangle Watercolor Paper Tile

$4.00 starting bid on Daily Paintworks auctions.

This is my entry into Laura's "Blind-Sighted" challenge. Laura is the host for the I am the Diva site that has a weekly challenge for Zentangling. The idea is to close your eyes and then draw your "string" or  lines around and across your drawing surface.  Then do your design work following these disorderly strings!  This was a lot of fun because I had extra little spaces that I ordinarily would not have had if I had planned my areas with eyes open. Laura just returned from a trip to Victoria BC.  She has lots of pictures so a great place to go sightseeing through her photos.  Also don't forget to see all the other blind string tangles that have been created by all the participating artists.

Gloria J Zucaro's "On The Square"

3.5 " Square Ink Design on Watercolor Paper

$4.00 unframed starting bid on Daily Paintworks auction.  $1.50 S&H

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This is my entry into the challenge offered by Laura on The Diva site.  We are starting on Tuesday this week instead of Monday because of the Labor Day holiday.  The featured tangle pattern is called "Copada" this was an original design made by Margaret Bremner. It is the one above that has the shapes inside a band that look like the cupola of a Russian or Greek building.  I have used three or four other tangles to compliment Margaret's' design.  To see the design Margaret drew with her pattern go to Enthusiastic Artist Blogspot.  And be sure to stop by the Diva site(link above) to see all the other artists use of "Copada"

Gloria J Zucaro's "Let's Play Pinochle!"

"Pea-nuckle #1"

3.5" Square

My first attempt at the new tangle by Molly Hollibaugh.

I found this very difficult, because I didn't have my "S's" lined up.

I did like doing it on a black Zentangle Tile, however.  It saved time in the fill areas.

I used "Purk" and "Footlites" & "Sannibelle" in addition.  

"Pea-nuckle #2"

Still very much a struggle!  I was ready to graph the page out to do this, but that goes against the whole idea of Zentangle.  I used "Mooka" as well.

"Pea-nuckle 3#"

Well, I tried the tips given by Cris@TangledUpInArt.  They were very helpful.  But I still am not satisfied.  I can see a lot more practice needed on this tangle!  But it did push me to go past one example!  Good Practice...Have a good week everyone!  Thanks, Laura.  Go see all the other entries, please, as you have time!   http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com

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