Category Archives: Art

Tropical Depression

Posted on July 8, 2016 by DrEMiller

I live in the tropics. It has been a disappointing day. It’s a tropical depression.  Thank goodness tropical depressions don’t last long–just long enough to regret a Zentangle.  It’s Day 24 in One Zentangle a Day. Today’s new tangle patterns … Continue reading →

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Wheels within Color Wheels

Posted on July 7, 2016 by DrEMiller

Since late last night, I have been playing around with color families and wash effects on Zentangles, as suggested for Days 22 and 23 in one Zentangle a Day. Per the book’s suggestion, I tried some white Gelly Roll pen … Continue reading →

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Dilemma Dilemma

Posted on July 7, 2016 by DrEMiller

Moving right along in One Zentangle a Day,  I am at Day 23. Today’s new Zentangle pattern is Kathy’s Dilemma. Instead of a second official or unofficial motif, a vine tangleation of Flux is introduced–except that I have been using … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Planning…

Posted on July 6, 2016 by DrEMiller

Day 22 of One Zentangle a Day, and it only took me three months to get this far! That’s why I write about the book days rather than calendar days. The book week’s chapter deals with color and talks about … Continue reading →

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Illusions

Posted on July 6, 2016 by DrEMiller

The topic of today’s lesson in One Zentangle a Day was “repetition creating transformation,” which ultimately results in more optical illusion. It’s The book’s Day 21, the last day of Chapter 3: Geometric and Organic Patterns. Today’s patterns are Rick’s … Continue reading →

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Mini Tiles and Their Uses

Posted on July 5, 2016 by DrEMiller

Such a prosaic title! It’s Day 20 in One Zentangle a Day, and I can’t think of a way to get one of the new patterns to work into a tile.  Ever since the preface to Chapter 2 (Day 8), … Continue reading →

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Clutter

Posted on July 5, 2016 by DrEMiller

The Day 18 topic in One Zentangle a Day was curvilinear geometric patterns, featuring Gneiss, Cadent, and Huggins as the daily tangles. For Day 19, the topic is geometric rectilinear patterns, and features Rain, Cubine, and Beeline. The latter two are … Continue reading →

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Turn 45 Degrees…

Posted on July 4, 2016 by DrEMiller

After botching up several attempts at Day 18 in One Zentangle a Day, I decided to change my perspective. So, I started by turning my tile 45 degrees. Instantly, I got an idea to do something a little different with … Continue reading →

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A Little Novice Discovery

Posted on June 30, 2016 by DrEMiller

Once again, our power went out and I have all doors open to allow for a cross breeze. I guess we’re lucky to be on an island that is not currently undergoing a–well, whatever you call a total absence of … Continue reading →

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Bedraggled

Posted on June 29, 2016 by DrEMiller

At this moment, I feel totally bedraggled. And I think that came out in my Zentangle Inspired Art, or ZIA. Day 17 of One Zentangle a Day gave me three more patterns yesterday, but it wasn’t until today that I thought … Continue reading →

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