And Just Two More...

The hand on the left is the original zentangle.  I inked in the background.  The one on the right has been inverted on the computer. The contrast is interesting and I can think of many posssibilities.

 

February Sketchbook Drawings Part 2

The February theme on the Sketchbook Challenge is Opposites.   The first vision that popped into my mind was Big and Small.  Here is my interpretation.  

Then I drew a lot more hands.  Here's my elderly hand:

February Sketchbook Drawings Part I

Earlier this month I saw the video on the Drawing Doodle Game posted by Diana Trout on the Sketchbook Challenge website, and it appealed to me a lot because  it sounded so relaxing.  So I tried

doodle of my own.  Here's the result:

 It is hardly riveting, but it was therapeutic and fun.

About the same time, I attended a Fiber Arts Alliance meeting where a member, Sally Fargo, shared a  ZenTangle she had reproduced on fabric, and one of the ZenTangle books.  I came home and looked at lots of ZenTangles online and then I tried some of my own.  Oops--it is like eating peanuts.  You can't do just one.  It does have a zen-like meditative component which is something I have needed in my life the past few weeks.

Here are a couple of my 'zentangles'.  Maybe I will share more of them later.

Deconstructed Screen Printing on Fabric

  Another thing I tried last summer (but never found time to blog about) was deconstructed screen printing on fabric with thickened procion mx dyes.  I bought the wonderful DVD set by Kerr Grabowski.  She's a thorough teacher and the DVD tells you everything you need to know, presented with humor and lots of inspiration.  I produced less than stellar results with my first tries, but it was really, REALLY fun.  When our weather warms up again so that I can play with dyes outdoors, I am going to do some more of this!   Meanwhile here are some pix of just a few of last summer's tries.