Tag Archives: Valentines

Feb4

Creative Juice #280

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Read and recharge.

This quilt is the maker’s pandemic project. Hmmm. It’s not too late to start a pandemic project, is it?
The problems of translating poetry.
Interview with author Hope Adams about her novel Dangerous Women.
Adorable pet pictures.
Sand sculptures carved by wind.
A painting as a social observation.
What the January 15, 2022 underwater volcanic explosion near Tonga looked like from a satellite.
Celebrate Black History Month by reading one or more of these recommended books by Black authors.
Capturing movement in a sketch.
This art journal page would make a lovely Valentine. Video tutorial included.
Arresting photographs of entwined snakes.
Don’t be stingy. Advice for writers and all creatives. And read the comments—there are poems in there!

Feb14

Creative Juice #177

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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The Valentine’s Day edition of CJ. Wishing you lots of love.

You could do this during the next solar eclipse.
This man hangs out with giant cats.
An artist’s valentine.
Happy Valentines’s Day from lots of illustrators.
Love from the animal kingdom.
Valentine quilts.
Photos that didn’t see the light of day until after their photographer’s death.
I never knew about the relationship between Khalil Gibran and his patron.
These paintings look so real and very surprising.
Award-winning photos taken by kids.
How to get into the flow.
My daughter is getting married this year. I hope none of this happens at her wedding.

Feb14

Valentangles

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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A few years ago I started a tradition of posting a bunch of Zentangle® valentines in February. Last year I thought I coined a new term: Valentangle. This year I discovered there has been a Valentangle challenge for several years already, so I didn’t invent the word.

I tried to join the Valentangle2020 Facebook group (in fact, I tried several times), but I never got approved. I don’t know if it was a glitch, or I missed a secret deadline, or they really don’t want me.

Anyway, I’m still calling these Valentangles.

This one uses the pattern Ixorus:

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This one combines Snail and Florz:

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This design is called Pepper. Doesn’t it look like a zebra?

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This one uses the design Mistrel:

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This one is filled with Double S:

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This might be my personal favorite of the group. Drupe:

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I am calling this one “Heart Attack”:

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This one uses Puffle, Onamato, and Luv-A. Puffle reminds me of ribbon candy.

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Which one do you like best? Vote in the comments.

If you want to see my previous Valentine posts, click on the years: 2019, 2018, 2017.

Feb12

Happy Valen-Tangles Day to You

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Starting in late January, I begin to think about hearts for Valentine’s Day when I work on my Zentangle creations. Here’s what I came up with for this year.

This was for the Diva Challenge #382. The patterns used were Heart Rope, Heart N Half with Luv-a, Stribations, and Heart Offset:

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Below is Dot Grid:

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And the featured pattern in this heart is Biscus. I like the shattered mirror effect:

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I made this for Diva Challenge #384. The patterns are Anthem, Heart Rope, and Fescu:

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I drew Heart N Half around the edges of the larger heart:

This tile features Heartswell with Kiss in the background:

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And, finally, a heart with Leashed Hart around the edges:

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My favorite of these is the next-to-last one with Heartswell. Which do you like best?

If you’d like to see my past Valentine designs, click here for 2018 and here for 2017.

Feb14

#DC351 Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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For this week’s Diva Challenge. “Heart of a Champion” is supposed to draw on the Olympics for inspiration, but I got distracted by the idea of Celtic hearts and decided to experiment with them. Patterns used are Shattuck, Static, Trio, and Tulipe.

Feb13

My Funny Valentines

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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In the last few weeks, most of my artwork has been valentine-related.

First though, here are some valentines I drew last year.

This year’s valentines use a variety of techniques, mostly zentangle or doodling.

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Feb14

Zentangle a Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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For three weeks, I’ve been working on a valentine project. I assumed I could complete one heart-themed valentine drawing a day, and that, realistically, at the end of three weeks, I’d have 10-14 mini-masterpieces.

Wrong.

Some of these took me as long as four sessions to complete. I ended up with nine.

I wanted a whole bunch so I could pick one to make a card for my hubby.

They were inspired by pictures I’ve been saving for the past year on my Zentangle Valentine board on Pinterest.