Friday, July 29, 2016

Circular World ~Diva #277

So.....I haven't been here for a couple of weeks due to my computer dying, but my darling son and husband bought me a new laptop that exceeds all my wildest dreams. It's a top gaming computer and breezes through the internet so fast that sometimes I can barely catch my breath...lol. But now I can hopefully get a few things posted.

It's been a very HOT couple of weeks here in Utah. I guess that Mother Nature needs to remind us that we DO live on a desert and that's how it's supposed to be in the summer. But in the last couple of weeks, we have only had a handful of days below 100 degrees F here. So I have spend my time indoors and have been tangling and playing with new techniques...it's been fun, but as I look at my meager output, I wonder why I don't have more to post. Could be that I am a blasted perfectionist. I had 3 or 4 great ideas for the Peace challenge, but seems I couldn't even get one finished. I'll just keep them in my "to be finished sometime" box.

Tangles used: Onamato (variation), Copada (I think),
Hibred, Arukas, Tipple, and a couple I don't know if they
are actually tangles.
But this week, the Diva (Laura Harms) is back home and has challenged us to "Go Round in Circles", with a circular inspired string or circle tangles. I really enjoyed this challenge, because I LOVE circles and I love circular tangles. Just something soothing in drawing orbs, maybe because they are infinite...no beginning and no end, just smooth infinity. Anyway, here is mine for this week. I wasn't able to do any editing on this so that the shading actually shows, but it really does and is actually beautifully shaded. My hubby loves it (which is  unusual) and suggested that it cried out for brilliant colour, and not pastel, wimpy colours. What do you think?

Tangles used:  Leaflet, Cat-Kin, St John's Cross, and Zen Bud
I also did an It's a String Thing challenge by Adele Bruno, but didn't finish it in time to submit it, I plan on using this one for a card front. I like this one too, but again, the shading doesn't show up well. I've got to find a way to load my Photoshop program onto this computer ... it doesn't have a drive for me to load from, so I guess I need to get a high capacity USB memory stick to load it.






Tangles used: Static, Tipple, and Crescent Moon
My birthday was earlier this month and I bought myself something that I have been debating on getting for a long time ... the book "One Zentangle A Day" by Beckah Krahula. I have started working in it, but I am not likely to do it daily like is outlined. I will do it in order, it's just that I like to take longer. At our last tangle get-together here in Salt Lake with the Intermountain Tanglers, we were talking about how our attention gets diverted, something that my family and I call "Bright and Shiny Syndrome". You know, you're in the middle of finishing or doing something, and something else catches you eye, so you stop what you are doing and do something else. Well, that pretty much sums up my life, so it kind of takes me forever to get things done, and that related to everything, even my tangling! But I did finish the first day and actually quite liked the result, so here is is without further ado...

So there you have it, my small submission for this weeks challenge and a few more goodies.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have the chance to see what all of the other artists have submitted, head over the the Diva's blog  and check them out. As always, I appreciate comments and helpful critique on my work. Thank you again for stopping by!

Have a zen-ful day!

15 comments:

  1. I do understand that you stay indoors as much as possible in that heat. Sounds a bit too much for me so it's a good thing I live in a much colder land (The Netherlands). Our summer is quite cold, even for this country. I love, LOVE this tile you created, love the half circles. If I were you, I would not color this, or maybe just VERY soft colors. Take care.

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    1. Thank you Anne, for your kind words. And yes, I am definitely staying indoors. I would prefer to live on the coast where there it isn't quite so hot, but I tend to love my desert, even though I complain about it...lol

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  2. Yes, Lezli, your tile for the DIva's challenge is beautiful, an original composition and very nice drawn tangles with subtile shadows. The one for Adele is also a little jewel, organic patterns and especially the Zen-Bud give pretty result.
    I wish you could give me some heat from Utah and I would give you some fresh rain from Belgium!

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    1. Thank you Ria. I wish that you could give me some of your fresh rain and I would gladly send you some of this heat. Thank you for your kind words. I think that I may go back to using the camera to take pictures again rather than scanning because the scan doesn't do the shading and pastel colors justice.

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  3. All of your work here is lovely, especially the Diva piece-outstanding!

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    1. Thank you Michele! I really think that the Diva piece is my favorite too.

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  4. Oh, I can so relate to the "oh, shiny" syndrome! I always thought that once I retired I would have all this extra time LOL! Nice pieces and I love the Diva one just as it is. However, you could scan it, copy paste it 4 times in a word doc then print it out on nice paper and try coloring it different ways. I would love to see the results!

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    1. Thank you Jean. Yes, I seem to have had this problem my whole life, which is why my house is full or arts and crafts in varying states of completion. I think I have tried most everything once. That's a good idea on scanning it. I believe I'll try it and post the results here when I am finished. Thanks!

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  5. I like them al, but your Diva is awesome.

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    1. Thank you Carmela! Circles are actually my favorite shape to draw....they don't seem to take much concentration from me and my hand likes to draw them.

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  6. I agree with all the above! It looks like antique silver..gorgeous as it is x

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    1. Thanks Hilary! I may actually have to take a picture of that one with my camera because it does have rather heavy shading that looks much better than the scanner shows. Thank you for your kind words!

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  7. Really nice tiles, the first one looks like a zentangle rainbow !

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  8. Love your circle challenge tile, beautiful tangles and it has a peaceful, graceful feel to it. I too can suffer from "bright and shiny syndrome" LOL :) I like the delicate trellis composition and the playful design of your Happy Birthday tile. Looks like you had fun and created a lovely group of tiles!

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  9. Beautiful work, I particularly love your its a string thing tile, very delicate and the leaflet is lovely.

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