Happy Monday

I spent the weekend playing with a few new designs. It is amazing how relaxing this practice can be. Here are a couple of the pieces that I have finished.

I named this first one "Longing for Spring"

This one is called "A bit of color"

My 1st Tangle Design

I am more than a little OCD and I never know when or what will drive me to a new obsession. Right now my obsession is Zentangle...not just drawing them, but trying to find ALL of the different named designs that others have created. There are over a thousand that I know of and more are being created all of the time. In fact, last night I created one of my own--at least I think I did. If this looks familiar to anyone because the pattern already exists please let me know. It was inspired by blocks I noticed on the wall in the apartment of a TV character--Kevin on The Young and the Restless. [Yes, I can admit that watching Y&R is a guilty pleasure. I do not get to watch it everyday--I was home sick when I was watching and noticed the wall pattern. How many times I I seen the same wall, but never noticed the design? I love that Zentangle makes me more observant!]

I also have a completed design that incorporates several different tangles. I'll post it for you next week.

Finding Zen

I have exceeded my goal to complete at least one Zentagle a day. I'm creating 3 to 5 pieces a day. There are so many beautiful pieces on the Web created by skilled Zentangle artists that I hesitate to post any of my work, but I will so we will have a starting point to compare as I practice and hopefully improve.