Waiting on the Blizzard and Zendala Dare 43-Like an Artist

Yes! A Blizzard!! And I know I'm the only one excited about it, everyone else is all grumbly, grumbly...Scrooges. But we're supposed to get 18-24" of snow tomorrow afternoon, snow falling at a rate of two to three inches an hour--that's some serious snow fall! The fridge and pantry are stocked, I'm all set-let the whiteout begin! My awesome hubby even brought home the super coolest pair of winter boots for me last night--is he amazing or what?? Love him!! He is the super coolest! Can't wait to go play in the snow in my new boots! Yay! And I've got plenty of arting projects to keep me busy inside as well (don't I always...I'll never be caught up, which only means I'll always be arting and that makes me as happy as an impending blizzard!)

Anyway! Our sweet Ms Erin of Bright Owl Zendala Dare fame has issued up another great template with her first of the month twist, which was to include your favorite tangles that make you feel most like an artist. Wow...where to begin with that?? I have loads of favorite tangles, but the ones that make me happiest when they're done are those intricate ones that really pop with shading. Still...that left me with so many choices that I had to really narrow down, but this is what I came up with:

Finery, Lanie, Fife, Cubine

I chose Finery for it's beautiful shading, Lanie and Fife because they look complicated to draw but they're really not, and I just love the dimension you can achieve with Cubine. I also went with a little grey marker to help separate the layers a bit rather than lose it all to a monochromatic background fill. My favorite part is the center star of Finery!

And just a quick shot of two of my crazy pups. Tucker did have his mouth hanging open and a few toothies showing, which was so cute but of course gone by the time I got the camera! He's such a moose--love him like crazy. And Pea, all warm and squishy and smelling of Bassett Frito-ness--aaahh, puppy love! These two have the life!

Today, I really need to work on some Valentines stuff, I have a postcard/fat bookmark idea buzzing in the brain, my calendar is falling behind...and I really need to work out, so off I go! Happy

Thursday, Happy Arting, and Happy Blizzard!!

 

Zendala Dare 37

After a good month off from challenges and dares and pretty much any kind of creativity projects, and staring at a nice pile of art goodies from Christmas, it was high time to get back on the horse again this week and start playing! I've got a couple painting projects well under way, jumped back in where I left off with One Zentangle a Day, started Carla Sonheim's Drawing Lab, and found the past three weeks' Zendala templates from Erin over at the Bright Owl. So much to catch up on!! And so many new toys to play with! Too much fun!

Making it in at the very last minute, I finished the week's Zendala Dare this afternoon:

Lanie, Tripoli, and W2

 And tomorrow she'll post a new one!!

I'm so excited about the coming year-I signed up for the Creativity Every Day challenge, there's a few online art courses I want to take, I've started painting again, and I'm also hoping to open an Etsy shop later in the year as well. If I'm really lucky, I just may get to go to CZT training in the fall...It's gonna be a great, great year!!