First, the Bright Owl's Zendala Dare #28 I loved this template but I wasn't happy with the progress of my design until it was shaded in, then I was a bit happier. Still feels heavy and clunky to me...
Then the Diva's Weekly Challenge #92, a little string theory challenge to use stripes for your string. I decided to go a little 'Hollibaugh' with my stripes:
I could totally play with this striped string theory a lot more--so many ideas floating in my head but there's only so much time in the week and new challenges come out tomorrow...Plus! This is the sweet baby girl I get to paint a portrait of:
Oh! I've entered a couple more swaps: a Christmas Secret Santa swap for the Zia Yahoo group, and a zentangle bookmark swap on Facebook! Need to start thinking about those as well...fun, fun, fun!
As always, thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a fantastic weekend! See you next week! (Watching the weather reports on Frankenstorm...and off to Walmart to stock up this morning! Yikes!!)
They are both beautiful Dawn. I do like the holibaugh stripes. Great with the black background so that the stripes really pop-up. The patterns are beautiful. The look to me like real middleaged ribbons. And i can almost imagine how queens have thes on their ball dresses. Wel done!
ReplyDeleteYour Zendala is quite spectacular & I absolutely love the Queen of Hearts allusions. I can see the chessboard & I see both spades & hearts in Pokeleaf - the little additions of red in along the stems is just such a brilliant piece of attention to detail.
ReplyDeleteYour castellations are a lovely touch & I can't get over the dimension you created in this. Your signature chop is a real beauty.
The Hollibaugh for Stripes looks fun too - I'm hoping to have a bit of a play with that one but have some tangling coursework to catch up on.
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Love your Queen of Hearts zendala - it really does have a theme related feel - and just the right amount of red! Well done holibaugh string - lots of fabulous tangles!
ReplyDeletelove the dark background-it makes the stripes pop.
ReplyDeletethey look like jeweled bracelets
Your stripes are really good. You have used some super tangles.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beatifull zentangle!
ReplyDeleteYour zentangle, i understand your heaviness!
Your zendala looks wonderful - love the red highlights. Love the stripes, too. Terrific pattern choices and shading :)
ReplyDeletemy first comment disappeared in cyberspace! Love your zendala - the touches of red are beautiful :) Pattern choices/shading look great on the stripes challenge. Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteYour zendala may be a bit heavy Dawn, but it is still very beautiful with these colours. The challenge is great, I love the black background.
ReplyDeleteVery bold with the red and black--commands attention.
ReplyDeleteLike the strings one, too.
What a sweet face! Hope to see the work in progress. :)
I love your stripes and "baby Holly".
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I love the way you used hollinaugh to do your tile...it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeletedawn - i like how you used hollibaugh to do your stripe challenge - pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I love the zendala - to me it is perfect. I love the picture of the sweet dog.
ReplyDeleteOh Dawn, both of these are truly stupendous!
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