Art Marathon!

I'm participating in the Cream City Illustrators Art Marathon, which challenges you to make 26.2 works of art in 30 days from June 14-July 14, 2012. I've primarily been doing ATCs (of course), and here are some of my favorite ones so far.

Day #4 - Jellyfish (fabric collage)

  

Day #5 - Bird of Paradise

  

 Day #8 - Amigurumi Bear

  

Day #11 - Alone

  

You can see the full set to date on Flickr. Also check out what other participants have posted on the Cream City Illustrators blog.

Art Journal: Zentangle A Day

The past two weeks have been very busy so I started a Zentangle journal spread where I could just add a little bit of ink every day and then color the black and white designs with Letraset markers & colored pencils. Does a Zentangle a day keep the doctor away?

Journal spread completed February 16-20 & 24-25, 2011

If you're looking for tangle inspiration, check out these links:
The official Zentangle blog
Molossus's blog - Life Imitates Doodles
Sandy Bartholomew's blog - BEEZ in the Belfry
Zentangle Flickr group

Do You Zentangle?

I admit, I tried to avoid the Zentangle craze, but then I saw Sandy Bartholomew's article in Cloth Paper Scissors, and then checked out the Tangle of the Week on her blog. Next thing I know, I'm making Zentangle ATCs, though I wasn't able to keep to just black & white!

Another great source for design ideas is Molossus' blog Life Imitates Doodles, which provided inspiration for the Gem card below left:

The one on the right above was embossed metal, and I'll definitely have to try some on the sewing machine since there's a strong doodling link between the tangle patterns and the free-motion stitching I learned from Diane Gaudynski. In the meantime, it's ink pens & Twinkling H20 watercolors for me!