Laura Harms, a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT), posts a Zentangle challenge every Monday morning on her blog IAmTheDivaCZT.blogspot.com. I have always admired the work of Zentanglers and have even tried my hand at it a few times myself. I have a few books and magazines on the subject and I’m sure if I had more free time that I would want to do more of it.  I decided that I would give the challenge a whirl.  I found the experience of drawing the piece below to be a very soothing exercise indeed–more so than even I was expecting.  I have been watching the coverage of the events in San Bernardino, CA and I am pretty upset with the whole situation on a MULTITUDE of levels.  I figured a good Zentangle challenge would do me well and it did.  I’m sure I will be doing some more very soon…whether they make to posts on this blog or not.  I could use a little more peace in my life at the moment!

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I’m not one to always follow the rules and so it was with this piece.  it was done in a 3.5″x5″ Handbook journal with a 6B graphite pencil.  I’m not versed in the patterns but I like how it turned out.  As I looked through some of my periodicals I found designs and patterns that I thought I could draw without too much difficulty and that would work with the vision that I had for “my” tree.  I’d really like to add some color to it and I may still go back and do that.  I feel the watercolors calling my name…

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I hope you are enjoying a beautiful, art-filled day!  🙂