Tag Archives: Zentangle

Aug23

Creative Juice #152

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Nudge your creativity into action with these wonderful ideas:

Laser-cut sculptures.
I love to read about an artist’s journey.
Want to be smarter? Do these 24 things every day.
Masterful embroidery on tulle.
What happens when a squirrel gets his paws on a GoPro?
Beautiful art quilts.
I always like to know what book clubs are reading. These books all sound wonderful!
Make sketching an everyday habit.
Want your children to find their own solutions to their problems?
Amazing street art.
I love checking out the responses to Zentangle challenges. These are so gorgeous.
This is from a few years ago, but still impressive: County Fair quilts.

Aug3

ICAD2019 Wrap Up

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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The Index-Card-a-Day challenge and World Watercolor Month both ended July 31. Here are my last five cards for the challenges.

I haven’t done a lot of Zentangle recently, and I really miss it, so for Day 57 I painted a background and drew a mandala on it, inspired by this video. Patterns used are thumbprint, ko’oke’o, shattuck, onamato, golven (variation), and birds on a wire. This turned out to be my favorite this week:

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I watched several watercolor tutorials this week, including one on how to paint flowers, the prompt for World Watercolor Month, Day 28, which inspired this card for Day 58:

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Day 59. The World Watercolor Month prompt for Day 29 was Glorious Green, which made me think of leaves:

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For Day 60 I wanted to paint a still life of a bowl of fruit. I looked online for a reference photo, but I got distracted by the picture of the bowl of cereal, so I painted that instead (click on the smaller photos to enlarge):

Day 61’s painting was going to be something else, but it wasn’t turning out the way I’d hoped, so I decided to use it as a background and painted a treble clef over it, loosely relating to the prompt of the day, symphony:

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This year I made 53 small artworks in 61 days. That’s my personal best for the three years I’ve participated in the challenges. Not all of the cards are that great, but that’s to be expected. We learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes. I experimented with some new (for me) techniques, so I am pleased.

Jul6

ICAD2019: Week 5

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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I am participating in the Index-Card-a-Day Challenge. I finished the month of June with two more Scripture passages.

Day 29:

Day 30:

For the month of July, I’ll be merging ICAD with World Watercolor Month, whose goal is to make a watercolor painting every day in July. I’ll be painting on index cards in the spirit of ICAD.

I don’t think I’ve done any watercolor since last July.

Day 31/1–the prompt is primary palette. A beach ball is an obvious choice for a red/yellow/blue palette. I also mixed the blue with white for the shadow, and then decided I needed a background, so I blended the light blue with gray. Too much gray. Note to self: in the future, paint the background first.

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Day 32/2–the prompt is sunny sky. If my sky seems a little intense, it’s because after three service calls, our air conditioner died, and we had no AC in the Arizona desert for four days. The temperature outside on July 1 was 110; inside was 97. Fortunately, a new unit was installed Tuesday, and our house is much more hospitable now.

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Day 33/3–the prompt is picnic food, but I never got beyond the tablecloth. You know how when you put a tablecloth down on the grass, it’s never smooth? That’s the effect I was going for.

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Day 34/ 4–I went off-prompt. I painted the background, and when it dried, I tangled two Zentangle patterns, Cindyer and Poa.

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Day 35/5–the prompt is loose & free. I tried to paint a picture of a girl whose long sun-streaked hair was hanging loose and free down her back.

It’s not too late to join in the fun! ICAD and World Watercolor Month run through the end of July.

Jul5

Creative Juice #145

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Lots of artsy stuff this week:

How we learn by copying others.
Okay, I admit it—I’m afraid to draw humans. Urban sketcher Suhita Shirodkar explains how to get over that fear.
Mark Rothko, king of color.
Peter’s Basilica and Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Basic watercolor tips.
Fashion dolls for a purpose.
Stuff I didn’t know about Roald Dahl and The BFG.
I want these Frida Kahlo Vans!
29 artists interpret a Happy tangle.
These books all sound great!
Some very interesting photos and how they were set up. (I’m not trying the fire one. Just sayin’.)
An artist interprets a 15^th century Japanese screen painting.

Jun21

Creative Juice #143

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Gorgeous ideas to jump-start your imagination.

I have long admired the sketches of Suhita Shirodkar. Watch her paint a quick (5 minutes!) sketch of Mexican dancers.
I never thought of the creative process in this way.
About America’s painting royalty: the Wyeths.
Beautiful photographs of Rome. I want to go!
Yes, but is it art? Where is the line? Lots of questions—any answers?
T-shirts for math and science nerds.
A reading list for people who like fantasy and fairy tales.
Kids and their stuff. (I wish I’d taken pictures like these of all my children and their prized possessions.)
An artist comments on the work of Marsden Hartley.
Zentangle donuts.
Cats on Twitter. (Too bad they can’t spell.)
Your neighborhood dollar store probably carries these fabulous organizers.

May31

Creative Juice #141

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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I am so jealous of all the talent in this week’s articles.

The Three Graces in art.
Cute dog photos.
Taking a stroll in Jersey City.
Some interesting tangles to try.
I wish I could sketch like Suhita Shirodkar.
You’d swear this little puppet was alive.
My dreamhouse would have 23 bedrooms, and they’d be decorated like this. (Then I’d finally have enough shelves for my books.
Leonardo da Vinci was left-handed and wrote backwards in his notebooks. I wonder if this has something to do with that.
I don’t think I could live here, but I’d love it for an occasional private retreat.
An artist comments on Botticelli’s Annunciation.
Beautiful responses to a Zentangle challenge.
Only a mother will get these.

May17

Creative Juice #139

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Lots of inspiring stuff this week.

Artists see differently than other people.
An artist discusses a work by Jackson Pollack.
An Austin neon sign artist.
If you are of a certain age, you might enjoy these movie suggestions. Some rather nostalgic selections.
The five most common regrets at the end of life—and how you can avoid them.
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard these British phrases and totally misinterpreted them.
A portrait that scandalized Paris.
Rainbow-colored sculptures.
This is how you pose with a statue.
Why the invention of the flute was so revolutionary.
Aerial photos of water.
Zentangle challenge.

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