Bookmark No. 10

This little bookmark was inspired by a Zenpirations stencil I purchased recently (link) at the Blue Moon Scrapbook online store.  It took about 46 minutes to make and it was a very relaxing thing to do for me since I have just take a test (night class)  that stressed me out.  Came home got my comfy pajamas some passion lemonade ice tea and this is the result!

My process:

• I stenciled the flower with Tim Holtz "broken china" Distressed Ink pad using a light touch.  The next step was to trace the flower with my micron pen.
• In honor of the Zenspiration method which inspired the stencil I added some dangles coming out of the the flower and leaves to add dimension and a more whimsical look to the flower.  
• For a last touch I colored some of the dangles with a complementary gel pen color.

I love reading and even in this day and age of all the cool e-readers and fancy phones I still love the feel of a actual paper book.  As long as I can hold a actual book in my hands once in a while I will always love bookmarks!

Be safe and have a great day!

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page No. 26

Is it really enjoyable when you are able to use a a stencil in different ways and still find inspiration in them more than once?? 

Here is another page I created using the  © Madartists | Dreamstime.com - Woman With  
Long Hair stencil I made with the Brother Scan & Cut machine and Duralar clear film.  I was not sure where this page was going, but it was 12 am and I could not sleep.  I had been studying for a final exam and had a little too much energy, so I got my art journal and this is the result.

My process & materials:

• Dry wall tape and glued a couple of strips to the page.

• I got this flyer from Trader Joes® supermarket and I don’t know if you know the look of the flyer but it has a old world look to it and it is designed with images from Victorian ages.  Really cool flyer to add background to your pages.  I also used some strips of music paper from an old book of rhymes I have.

• I applied some gesso to softened the edges of the scrap the paper then used Inkadinkado Stamp #60-00435 “My thoughts are free to go anywhere….” to add more words to the background.

• Dylusions Spray Paints:  London Blue.  With a brush I lightly spread this beautiful blue over my pages to add color to the background.

• Folkart® “licorice” black paint: I stenciled the lady face at a angle on my page. I added a few more strand of hair to give it a fuller look.

• Tim Holtz® Layering Stencil Eye Chart #THS010: With the Berry wine Folkart® HD paint I stenciled the eye chart randomly around the page and slightly on the side of her face.

• Dylusions “Teal Calypso” spray & Ultramarine Blue acrylic (ProArt): With a wet brush and mixed this two colors and added the darker shade of blue aroun the face and around the page.  I just kept adding color and contour to the face, leaving the front of the face lighter for my final touch.

• Prima “Gardenia” Stencil by Jamie Dougherty: With some modeling paste I created the 3d flower. 

The message I was going for in this  page was to remind myself that I had to remember to take deep breaths and have some rest in order to complete all the demands in my life.  Sitting down and letting this page come to life calm my mind and sleep came to me.

Find your calm and be safe…

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page No. 25

Did I mentioned how much I love stencils?  I reallyyyy love them.  So I got a few of them recently on sale and decided this is my page using all this lovely stencils. 
My Process & Materials:

• Strips of music paper and Tim Holtz® washi paper tape
• Tim Holtz Stain “Spiced Marmalade” for background color and mute the strips of paper pasted to the page.
• Joggles “Spirals (10-33738)” for background that’s the spiral shapes on the background. I used Reeves® viridian and silver to add the stencil shapes into the background
• “Art is…” Mini 6x6 Stencil TCW 261s: I taped the stencil with blue painters tape and using
  
  modeling paste and made a dimensional imprint of it in the page.  This is a technique I really love doing with stencils.  It adds great dimension and interest  to the layout.
• Zenspirations 6x6 Mini stencil TCW465s.  I used Folkart® HD “licorice” (black) paint to stencil the design.  This is the first stencil I have found from designer and creator of Zenspirations, Joanne Fink, and I hope there are more to come.
• Other thinks I used to add to the background were: Metal heart shape and Plaid® Swirl Stencil to add more interest to the background.
• I outlined the butterflies with Permapaque Sakura® marker in gold and silver.

The stencil I used with the modeling paste (TCW261s) has this message:

“Art is just another way of expressing our innermost thoughts onto concrete media.  Where form and function come together in beauty color and shape. We put our feelings and experiences onto paper, canvas, surfaces of all kinds.  Following ourselves to release and surrender to this all encompassing force.  This need to register what was today, what might be tomorrow.  Find what was yesterday and the day before that.”

This is a great message and loved using it in this page and I have used it many times as background on some of my other pages. 

Let your art speak for your soul and always remember to find joy in it…

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page No. 24

I have mentioned the Folkart® HD Paints that unfortunately have been discontinued, and lucky me I had bought a bunch of them before they were taken of the shelf.  The are creamy and they have high shine to them that makes them have an oil look to them without the smell and the long drying.

Materials and notes:

• Dictionary paper paste it to the background.

• Reeve’s Acrylic paint: Viridian to color the background.

• Conte a Paris to draw the outline of the flower, plants and butterfly.

• Permapaque™ Sakura Marker to trace the outline after I was satisfied with the layout.

• Folk Art® HD Paints:  Engine Red, Yellow Citron, Magenta and Turquoise. To paint the flowers and butterfly.

• Sakura® White Gel pen for the writing.

The last thing I did was write some inspirational works on the leaves of the plant next to the flower and a little message on the corner with the gel pen.

This was a quick and easy page done in an hour and half while listening to some music and just enjoying the quite in my studio.

Keep safe and enjoy the calm…

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations #11

A quick one for today, got some homework to do!   I am trying some new hearts to incorporate on my Zenspirations drawing and these are some of the ones I have been practicing.

The gel pens I used for these are from Fiskars®.  They have a more finer point than others so there was more control with the flow of the gel pen.

These heart would probably make great drawing for smaller cards.  Very simple!

Have a great day and most of all be safe!

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page No. 23

I wanted to make something whimsical and I saw this image at Dreamstine.com and really liked it and wanted to make something with it.  I have Brother Scan and Cut machine from my husband and daughter for mother’s day and could not wait to try making a stencil out of this lovely image.

My process:

• Image was purchased and downloaded from:  © Madartists | Dreamstime.com - Woman With
  
  Long Hair Flowers Photo and uploaded image to the Scan&Cut Canvas  site: https://scanncutcanvas.brother.com/en/Home. 

• I took Duralar® .005 Clear film which is a acetate alternative and worked pretty well for cutting in the scan and cut.  As a try out it works well and I can use the image a few more times. 

• Materials I used to create the background:

1. Paper:  Michael’s “Songs of Spring” packet
2. Writing:  Stencil TCW261s (6x6) Mini Art Is…
3. Paints:  Reeve’s Deep Turquoise acrylic, Titanium White, and Silver
4. Folk Art® Clear Medium to make the paint for fluid.

• I paste scraps of the paper and the butterflies were cut out of the paper I paste on the paper.  I also used washi tape strips and with the stencil I stenciled the phrases on the page.
  

• The deep turquoise was thinned out with the gel medium and I colored the entire page.

• Using the titanium white and stenciled the image and then with the silver I did some shading.

I love the color turquoise is one of my favorite colors and any time I get to use it makes me happy.  Than is the idea of art journal, use colors that bring you joy and give your soul a boost.

Be safe and be well…

WonderingMindField

Bookmark No.9

This was quick and easy bookmark I created while waiting for my dinner to be ready.  I just took a small stencil from the Crater's Workshop, Ronda's Fragments, and trace it.  I use Zentangle patttern "hallibaugh" to fill in the background.

I colored the clock parts with Tim Holtz Distressed markers: blacksoot, wild honey, and barn door. Added some shading and sealed with golden Gel Medium. Voila!

I've been reading the FBI psychic series by Shiloh Walker (link) so this little cutie was on my paperback as soon as the ink dried.

Always practice and create even if you only have a few minutes.  It is the journey and the experience that brings us joy and satisfaction.

Take care and be safe,

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations #10

“My Strength comes from those that love me unconditionally and without judgment.” – ConsueloM.

 This drawing is for the two people who give me the strength and determination to face myself and the world.  They love me no matter what my imperfections and sometime because of them.  They know me in my darkest and in my lightest.  They keep me sane and at times pluck me from the edge.  A smile, a joke, a hug or just a look is all it takes for them to find my heart and nourish it.  I love them unconditionally.  They know me like no other and I am blessed everyday to have them in my life.

WonderingMindfield

Art Journal Page No. 22

Started this journal pages because I wanted to use some stamps with a skeleton theme on it.  I started with red acrylic paint and did stamping with a few stamps I have. (Pic.#1).  Then I had to leave for school and when I got back I realized I had no idea where to go from there in order to finish the page.  I had no real inspiration so started to just do some writing and left the page alone again.  Did some Zenspirations instead.

A couple of days later I found some images on online and found this really cool skull image and inspiration struck me! Let create a Mexican skull in honor of Halloween. 

Image link: http://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Sugar-Skull-Coloring-Pages.jpg

I downloaded the image then with carbon paper traced the image into the page.  I used Sakura Permapaque fine point marker to outline the image.  I then used Folkart HD Paints to color the skull.  I really like these paint because they give a oil pain look to the image (it looks better in reality). 

Unfortunately I believe these paints are discontinued, I got my paints a couple of years back and thankfully I stocked up.  Thank goodness they have a long shelf life.

I finished by outlining with black and silver Sakura Permapaque and here is the finished product:

Always trust inspiration is just around the corner or a few mouse clicks away as in this case.  Be safe and always inspire your soul...

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations #9

Alright another Zenspiration drawing I made recently while sitting quietly waiting for my husband to come home from work.  I really enjoy the few minutes I get sometimes at night, with the house nice and quite.  There is such tranquility in spending a few moments in the quiet, specially after a few stressful weeks that have felt like a mini tornado.  Now after a few weeks of anxiety and stress I can finally take a breath and a slow deep breath!  I decided to just draw something that would reflect what a few moments of quiet means to my mind.

It is time to regroup and remember to make time for quiet.  I know I sound like a fortune cookie , but I guess is better that medication.

Enough self pity, hope you like the drawing and I can’t say enough about how much I like all my gel pens and the Zenspirations.  It's fun and very relaxing.  A big thank you to Joanne Fink, the creator of Zenspirations it has been a mind saver!.

Have peace and enjoy the quiet...

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page 21

My daughter and I were talking about setting up a travel fund so that some day we could take a trip to Europe.  This is a dream we both have had for a long time and hope to some day be able to make our dreams come true. 

Her dream place is London and Paris.  London has also has become one of my favorites since that country loves crafts.  They have some pretty cool craft magazine and supplies are to die for. My dream is to visit both Spain and Italy as well so I better start that fund, pronto!!  Here is the journal page our dream inspired!!

Some of the materials I used were:

• Tim Holtz Distressed Stains
• Dictionary paper for background
• Inkadoo Marble stamps to add the cracks in the background
• Bubble wrap for the circles.
• Tim Holtz paper (washi) tape at the edges
• The lady stamp was a flea market find and it did not have a label! Sorry!!!
• I used some letter stencils to write the words.  

New York happens to be one of my favorite places and luckily I only live about 4 hours away from it and have been able to visit a few times.  My husband and I love it at Christmas time.  Is full of life and so many different people, shops and theaters.  I have been lucky to see a few shows as well and hope to back soon.  My favorite Broadway show is the "Lion King." Beautiful production!

If you are lucky enough to travel to your dream places then let it inspire you and enjoy every minute of it. If your dream still not realized, then like me look at pictures and travel with your mind and creative soul!

Be safe!

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations #8

Along the Zenspirations theme I wanted to start practicing for a small greeting card set I want to create for Christmas gifts.  The set should be about home and these little houses are my obsession lately.  I tell you I can’t stop making them.  They are easy and have many possibilities for colors and lines that just bring a smile to your day.

The addition of the tree is to add more whimsical elements to the card and lets face it is another shape to add patterns to it and more glitz with my metallic gel pens (“The Write Dudes®).

This first picture is my drawing as I started coloring with the gel pens.

My finished little house!

Keep creating and remember that “Home is Where the Heart is!!

WonderingMindField

My Personal Zentangle® String Challenge!

I have been looking and following many other great and holy awesome Certified Zentangle Teachers and a lot of them participate in “The Diva Challenge.”  The work I’ve seen, blows my mind on how good they are and honestly I feel like a kindergarten kid competing against the teachers, so I haven’t had the nerve to even create a tile for the Challenge.  This is a personal issue and nothing to do with the challenge or the great ladies who participate in the challenge.  I guess I feel I don’t know enough tangles or have enough time to come up with ideas for it.  Lately, however, I’ve wanted to use more of the traditional methods and take my practice of Zentangle® to say, 1st grade level.

TanglePatterns String 001

After some thinking I thought to do my own self-challenge.  Using the TanglePatterns.com “string” section as a guide I will challenge myself to use those strings as inspiration. I will create traditional Zentangle® tiles without using stencils (my comfort zone go to supply), so I’m going to start with string 001.  This website has some great information and many, many links to all kinds of tangles and helpful information.  It is run by Linda Farmer, CZT and if you really like it throw her a donation.  The site is free but all that work she does deserves a little donation!

So, here I go, wish me luck and if you like the strings please click on the caption under the picture and it will direct you to TanglePatterns.com where you can download the string and find the creator and any other information you might need.

Please remember that ALL the strings are property of the creator and TanglePattern.com, so please contact them about any issues or questions. Do not overstep the copyright boundaries and lets all support and be nice to those with superior talents!!PEACE IN THE CREATIVE WORLD!  (I know, I laid it out a little thick…)  As soon as I complete the tile using this string I will do a quick post to show off my kindergarten skills!!!!

Be safe and fill your soul with creativity and most of all be safe…

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations #7

I have been posting a few drawings lately from my Zenspiratiions® sketch book and if you like more information click here, and you can see Joanne Fink’s blog and more information about her books.  I drew this one a while ago during a plane ride from Florida and really went all out with the color.  I just took a bunch of gel pens and went to town with coloring as many block as I could. 

You know how boring plane rides can be and this kept me busy and stress free from thinking I was inside a few tons of machinery that was flying at a very high speed.  Really, we humans are crazy if we stop to think about.  Mad Geniuses!!  At 6:30 am I was in Florida and at 10:40am I was across USA in Massachusetts!  Crazy!! But I still love to travel, don’t you?

Be safe and keep creating!!!!

WonderingMindField

Zenspiration-Inspired Journal Cover

If you have been vising my blog you probably notice my recent obsession with Zenspirations by Joanne Fink.  Well I decided I should have my own “Zenspirations Journal”".”

I found this paper kraft journal at Barnes and Nobles at the clearance shelf for just $5.98 and I just had to have it.  It is the perfect travel size for me and I can know just whip out my journal every time I feel like drawing some Zenspirations.  The paper quality is pretty good so I can use my Micron and gel pens without

worrying too much about bleed through to the next page.  I can’t use the back side but I prefer to use only one side of the page, that way nothing comes trough from behind the page.  After all this journal has like 180 pages so plenty of pages to draw on…Perfect!

Of course after looking at the cover with just the words SKETCH on it I decided it needed some pizzaz.  Took out my Micron and went to town with my dangles.  I drew a rod then used the letters and drew dangles all around.  This is the finished cover and I don’t think is too bad.  It makes me smile! 



For more information about this method visit the Joanne Fink blog or go to YouTube and look up Sakura channel.  They have all kinds of videos featuring Ms. Fink and the Zenspiration art. 

Many blessings and remember to have a little fun!

WonderingMindField

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Butterfly (Zentangle-Inspired Art)

My daughter is a Graphic Design college student and she has a very lovely best friend who is like our adopted daughter.  She is just a great person and just talking to her makes you smile.  Every time she gives me a present is always a hand made card with one of her original drawing and I always cherish them and have them on a little ledge where I put mementos.  She just turned 21 and I made her card using Zentangle(r) and a stencil that reminds me of her.  A butterfly card for a butterfly girl!

 I used a butterfly stencil I've had for the longest time (sorry, don't have the original package and don't know the manufacturer) and with my Micron pen drew the outline and filled int the spaces with some tangles.  The color came from my Fiskars Gel Pen.  I used only one color to add accent not to overpower the design and did some shading to add depth.  I wrote her name on the Envelope and also shaded the letter and used the same gel pen to ad some color.

I rather enjoyed creating this and contemplating how long is been since I've know this young woman and what a great friend she has been to my daughter.  We are much better just to have her in our lives, and I hope to keep getting her lovely cards for many years to come!

Enjoy the creative journey to the fullest.

WonderingMindField

“Happiness” Chinese Symbol No. 1

"Happiness" - a spark that can seem impossible to obtain....yet if you stop for a moment and look back you’ll see it has been in your heart…just welcome it and it will comes in little burst of light. – C.Morales

I got this stencil book from Dover Publications with some cute Chinese symbols and got the idea to do a series of of them and decorate them with tangles.  This is my first one and according to the stencil is represents "Happiness".  If it isn't I’m innocent!!! 

I realize after living a few years that happiness isn’t something that comes in big waves, is about just standing still and take stock of the special moments in you life, such as the birth of your child, your first kiss, first dance, first date, etc. Those are the sparks of happiness that touch your heart.  The ones you need to appreciate and know that it is up to you to recognize the little moments of happiness that life throws at you.

Be safe and welcome the sparks of happiness into your heart…

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page 20

You know that sometimes is hard to make something when you are not really inspired to, but the lesson I learned is, that is ok, I can always come back and do something later.  This page started with the background which I created using some red and orange spray inks then with a Ranger™ red ink pad and a Stampendous® Cube Marble Texture Cube (TC01), I created the marble effect on the background.  Having done that I took my stencil and drew the shape on the page, and that’s when inspiration dried up .

I taped a strip of washi tape and them stared at the page for the longest time with no idea where to go next.  So I decided to just let it go and walk away and do something else, like going on Pinterest® and see other people’s spectacular work.  What can I say, it was not a very good day to create anything.

About a few days later I came back to the page and still nothing, so I decided to just color the branches with some acrylic paint and see where I would end up.  I finished with the dark brown and still had no idea what else to do, again I walk away! (depressing)

Now after a week of no art journaling I went back to that page and decided to just write something.  I had seen a Art Journaling magazine that week and an artist would paint faces on the page and then write different quotes on them.  So I looked up a few quotes that spoke to me and with a blue gel pen when to town on this tree.

Here are some of the quotes I wrote:

“Great lives all remind us; We can make our lives sublime,and when departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time…” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It matters not who strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul…” - William E. Henley

“To leave a legacy is to take care of our children and given them a future.” – Consuelo Morales

“Only time will bring forgiveness to our heart…” – Consuelo Morales

 I continue to fill in by just writing random words of meaning to me and then decided that this page had ended.  The one thing I realized while writing the quotes down was that I need not to fuss so much about a finished project.  Total control is impossible!

Have a great and safe day and keep searching for more creative joy!

WonderingMindField

Tangle Journal

I’ve been working on creating my own tangle journal and just about done with it, but I have been trying to find the right paper to print my pages on.  I really like the way is coming out and hopefully will soon be able to show it to you all soon.  In the meantime I have been using a Moleskine® storybook notebook to draw tangles I like and learned.

What I like about this notebook is that the pages are thick enough that the ink does not bleed through so you can use both sides.  Another great feature is the boxes it has on every page.  It has 4 boxes lined horizontally on every page and next to every box is a blank space where you can write the name of the tangle, creator or any another short notes you might want to add.  The boxes are not big, but I find them to be just the right size to draw just the tangle.  The notebook has your typical Moleskine features; the back pocket, ribbon bookmark and it is hardcover.

The reason I am creating my own is that is it of course more economical, the Moleskine is about $14 at Amazon, which is the cheapest I have found.  This particular notebook is 5" x 8-1/4", it has 4 frames per page, 104 pages and the paper weight is 1655 gsm/111 lb.; FSC Certified Paper; Acid-Free (pH Neutral).  I really love it and wanted to share it with everyone.

Leave me a comment or post and let me know what you use and how it works for you.  Thank you for reading my blog in this little corner or Cyber space and as always be safe and enjoy your creative journey.

WonderingMindField

Zentangle Tile No. 16

A quick tile to start for start of the day!  I’ve been trying to practice both my Zenspirations® and Zentangle® so every time I learn a new tangle I try to practice on a tile to get better at it.

Mind you is not the easiest thing to do on my busy schedule but I try to always travel with some king of journal on my bag.

I got a new journal I'm loving and will show you soon with a pocket on the back where I store a couple of tiles and blank bookmarks to create on the go.  It is specially great when you are having a stressful moment and just need to take your mind away for a few minutes, you are ready to go with you Zentangle or Zenspirations.

God know I have many stressful moments so creating these tiles is an almost every other day occurance!

On future blogs I will try to post picture of the string or initial outline I use to create the tile or any other so everyone can see my starting point.  Here is my 16th tile for my Zentangle® practice.

As always I hope you get inspire to create..it’s the little things that make life more interesting.  Be safe!

WonderingMindIFeld

Zenspirations No. 6

More Zenspirations from my Journal.  I’m still going at it with this method, can’t stop!!!  I am taking a school course and every time I get a 30 minute break between periods I dig out my sketchbook and my little case of gel pens and start practicing.

I have not abandoned the Zentangle® method I am working on a series of Chinese symbols I'm decorating with some tangles. I will be showing them soon!  It's been a little crazy lately since I do have a  full time job and just started a certificate program that takes about 15 hours a week.  My time at my studio has been cut down significantly, but I'm trying to fight for time by taking my pens and pads with me and nab whatever little time I can squeeze in to give my creative soul some nourishment.

That's the beauty of Zentangle® and Zenpirations, they travel well.  The only thing suffering from neglect is my art journal, it's a little hard to carry my paints and supplies with me.  I'll figure it out, I do love getting my hands dirty with paint!

On this practice drawing I tried to do more patterns on the columns and more color on the bottom.  One thing I did not like too much is that I put too much color on the bottom of the drawing.  I was actually trying to see some more colors but the effect was not pleasing to me.  Next time I will keep color to a minimum at the bottom in order to draw the eye to the top where all the cute patterns really are.

"Life is colorful, embrace imperfections and know that humanity is complex...Live yours to the fullest and it will ripple through those around you." - Consuelo Morales

Have a great day! and keep creating....

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations No. 5

Zenspirations® method is turning out to be really enjoyable creative medium for me.  I enjoy the way I’m able to introduce colors into some of my drawings and the use of gel pens.  You really can't mess up this form of drawing (at least not too much).  As I said on my previous Zenspirations post, I have been using the Joanne Fink, Zenspirations Workbook and this is another drawing I practiced!

I did photo distressed the background since I am using the image on a journal card for my scrapbook.  The colors on the patterns is from some gel pens I got at Wal-mart at their office supplies department.

I can't seem to stop doing these...they're fun and make me smile, imperfections and all.

“Practice makes perfect” it’s been said but for me in art perfection is overrated.  Is the journey of the practice that carries the joy, because perfection is an illusion.

Find your journey and enjoy every moment…

WonderingMindField

Art Journal Page No. 19

Feeling very tropical!!! 

Always been fascinated with mermaids.  I think the idea of an under water world is very cool and just plain fun.

To be ale to breath under water and discover all those coral reef and amazing marine life is the stuff of dreams.

So I took a mermaid tail and a paper doll form I had and combine the two to created my very curvy mermaid!

Creative Notes:

I started with decoupaging some scraps of music sheets and drywall tape (my favorite) to add the wave movement effect of the ocean.

I followed with the mermaid, which was created by taking several pieces and putting them together.  I drew the tail then the upper body form and finally glue them together.

The corset was from a stamp I have from Enchanted Gallery.  I stamped the form on card stock and then cut the form out and used it to trace the form on a emerald green scrapbook paper, then cut it out and glued to the corset form, I also decorated the paper with some stamped swirls.

The hair was the tricky part, but I printed the hair from some clip art I had saved and them cut the hair out and colored with red markers.  I then colored the background of the page with turquoise acrylic paint and then aged it with Tim Holtz® distressed ink pads.

For a flowing look I took a white pen and drew the leaves to mimic seaweed under the water.  I finished the whole thing by using Tim Holtz distressed ink pads and just stamps the long streaks of brown you see all over the page, like old bubbles!

I enjoyed this page and its whimsical feel.  That is the idea after all to just create to give your creative soul a chance to soar.

Have a great day and enjoy your journey, you only get one chance at it!

WonderingMindField

Zenspiration No. 4

Ever find yourself learning a new art or skill and not been able to stop?  This little houses are my new obsession!   I keep drawing them and need to stop (maybe).

I finally got the hang of drawing them and really loving how they turnout.  The dangles just keep everything so dreamy and fun that it is had to stop.  I will definitely keep incorporating more writing.

Joanne Fink, creator of Zenspirations is a very talented calligrapher and she incorporates a lot of writing with her Zenspiration art.  She seems like a very nice and spiritual person and her art is really beautiful.  I will keep my practicing going and express myself through the use of words in my art.

The importance of words is taken for grated but it is what set us apart and how we communicate and express ourselves.  They can bring joy or sorrow, happiness or sadness and words can nourish our soul.

"Love, Peace and Family" are what my soul needs the most..What does yours needs the most?  

Have a great day and remember to always thrive for creative joy!

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations No. 3

Another try at practicing my Zenspirations®.  I am trying to practice at least everyday for a few minutes so that I can incorporate this method in my crafts.  My goal is to fill all 24 pages of my drawing pad with all kinds of practice patterns and Zenspirations®.

This is drawing no. 3 and I was practicing with columns and trying to find more patterns to decorate them and adding more lines and squares.  Another thing I'm trying to do is practice with different color mediums.  The Sakura® gel pens have been my weapon of choice but I have a very nice set of Prismacolor pencils I can wait to start using to see if it will work better.  I like the gel pens but I keep forgetting to wait for drying time and in a few occasions you will notice some little smudges from my hand landing on wet ink. I really need to be a little more patient!

Here is my Zenspiration® Drawing #3:

This little house looks like is crying some tears.  Total accident...I was in a very good mood when I drew it.

Keep creating and be kind to your soul…

WonderingMindFIeld

Zentangle tile No. 15

I was in an ocean mood, I guess it has to do with coming back from vacation.  I have been practicing some new tangles and started this tile with BTL Joos (left side) and decided to just go with it and the end result was a under water mini garden.

The tangles I used are:

BTL Joos
Fesce (Zentangle)
Tootsiemoon (Alice Hendon)
Doolee Do (Ksenija)
Buggee (Texasdoxiemama)

In this tile the new tangle I learned is "doodle do".  I am not sure if this is an official Zentangle pattern but I saw the tutorial on Tanglepatterns.com® (link) and wanted to try it out.

This is a simple and quick tile which I completed while waiting for the laundry to finish.  Yes! I was doing laundry during my vacation because I do go on vacation on a budget and like to have clean clothes!

I find it so relaxing to do this on my vacation without all the craziness of daily life.  I try to take advantage of the little time I have and create as much as possible.

Have a great day and keep creating for your soul.

WonderingMindField

Zenspirations No. 2

I went to my nearest Wal-Mart to get some paper goods and as usual there is a big giant magnet coming from the school and office supplies that attaches itself to me and does not like to let go of me.  It is such a pain!! Yeah right!


Anyhow, I found this pack of gel pens for $4.98 and just had to have them.  So I bought them and the first thing I did was a Zenspirations drawing.  The picture does not shows the colors very well but I was very pleased with the result.  Three of the pens’ ink flow were not very good but all the metallic, and glitter ones where pretty good, the brand I bought was the Wal-Mart office supplies brand and it has 16 pens.

I have been doing a lot of these drawings as practice since I hope to be able to create some holiday cards with it.  I'm working up to monograms which look really nice and whimsical.  I really have enjoyed the videos on YouTube that have been created by Joanne Fink.

Here is my finished drawing #2:

Joy, joy to my creative soul!  Have a great day!

WonderingMindField

Zentangle Tile #14

During my much needed vacation I took some of my goodies with me and created a few things.  One thing I wanted to do on my vacation was to fill my journal with a bunch of new tangles I had learned and incorporate them on my Zentangle-inspired art.

I created this tile while sitting watching "House" during a very rainy day with lighting and thunder raging on outside.
The tangles I used (from right to left) are:

• Shamber (Lori Howe)
  
• Cadent (Zentangle) - top
• Crescent Moon (Zentangle) - middle
• W2 (S.McNeil) - right/bottom
• Merry Weather (Sandy Hunter)

My favorite here is "merry weather" which is the tangle on the right side with the round shape.  I learned the tangle from a sheet I found on Pinterest® Sandy Hunter. 

It is a neat pattern that looks harder that it really is to make. Instead of posting the sheet click the word "merry weather" for a link to the steps of how to created this tangle by Sandy Hunter, CZT.  Ms. Hunter shows a few variations of this pattern that are sure to give your tiles a boost.  

I'm really enjoying the learning process and there are so many talented people out there creating some really cool patterns, the possibilities are endless.

Keep creating and be safe!

WonderingMindField

Bookmark No. 8

Ok! So I was on vacation and took some paperback with me to read.  You know the ones you take in the hopes that your family will leave you alone for a few minutes in order to try to catch up.

Anyhow, I was reading along and realized that I never packed a bookmark with my books!  The horror of a reader!! The worst was I did not even have a store receipt to use as a bookmark.  

Then I thought, "hey you have some craft supplies with you (yes I did, don't judge!), let's Zentangle® a bookmark for the blog and then use it!  So here is what I created sitting my the pool in 30 minutes or so, too relax to keep good track of time.

The top pattern is a new one I just learned while on vacation and it is called "beeline."  If you click on the link you can see the steps created by Maria Thomas, who is the creator of the Zentangle® Teaching Method.  I like the square dimension you can create with some shading.

The other patterns are called:

• Golven (Marlet)
• Kaleido (S. Batholomew)
• Crescent Moon (Zentangle)
• Jump (Suzanne McNeil)

Quick and fun little project...a perfect start to a relaxing day. Keep creating and always find time to relax and create.

WonderingMindField