tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27232120095907686522024-03-12T17:17:30.132-07:00Strings and Auras CZTThis blog is all about the Zentangle® Method of drawing developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-60880495306936729572020-08-01T22:47:00.001-07:002020-08-01T23:05:00.399-07:00A sampler and paradox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<font face="helvetica">This is an old post (from a few years ago) that I just realized I’d never published. Samplers are fun projects to practice patterns you haven’t used in a while.</font><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">And of course, good old <i>Paradox, </i>one of my all time favorite patterns. So complex-looking, yet so fun, simple, and relaxing.<br /></font><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div></div>Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-68790477905526650482020-08-01T22:14:00.001-07:002020-08-01T22:34:48.012-07:00New mandala colored with watercolor pencils<div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmTuiwGJGisRSP5GWt-2fTxHmMEBh4xcm0s_I4RWTQDV6LTeKRh4UQL6xkIcy13HyIJ9Z2cc61P0kIFgJehHozAEpMEMw5RGAJp1RihyphenhyphenheLaQYe5EJap278D6nqWNTH4sN3VUCnOZbPc/s1775/1F4FBA02-DC69-4485-B050-CA0EB18FE0A2.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1775" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmTuiwGJGisRSP5GWt-2fTxHmMEBh4xcm0s_I4RWTQDV6LTeKRh4UQL6xkIcy13HyIJ9Z2cc61P0kIFgJehHozAEpMEMw5RGAJp1RihyphenhyphenheLaQYe5EJap278D6nqWNTH4sN3VUCnOZbPc/w256-h255/1F4FBA02-DC69-4485-B050-CA0EB18FE0A2.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The other night, I watched a couple of tutorials on using watercolor pencils that taught me a couple of very simple but important techniques. First, it’s important to use </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">watercolor pencils like pencils. In other words, use them </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">to shade, applying darker and heavier </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">color in some places and lighter, more feathery color in others. Second, when activating the pencil color with water, don’t use a very wet brush, and work from lightest areas to more heavily shaded areas. This serves to push the color into the most heavily shaded area, which is true to what the artist would want.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><font face="helvetica">I used these techniques to add color to this mandala. Since I don’t use watercolor pencils very often, I chose a mandala that I felt I wouldn’t mind messing up. This one was drawn quickly late at night when I was feeling very tired. It took maybe ten or fifteen minutes to draw. For those of you already familiar with Zentangle, you will notice that the entire design is structured with just two patterns: <i>Hollis</i> and <i>Flux. </i>Next, I chose some purple and green pencils to color the mandala. After applying the colorS with pencils, I activated them using the techniques explained above. Finally, I added a little pencil shading. </font></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">I’m really happy with the result! What I love most about using these particular patterns is that it’s possible draw a balanced and symmetrical-appearing mandala starting only with a plain, blank circle. <i>Hollis </i>provides a beautiful string that serves to divide the space more or less equally in a flowing and dynamic way, and <i>Flux </i>fills the empty areas so beautifully.</font></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div>Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-48926711424563694382020-07-29T21:55:00.011-07:002020-07-29T22:30:29.101-07:00Online workshop with students for the University of Minnesota<div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Last Friday, I led an online Zentangle workshop with students in the summer English language program at the University of Minnesota. I showed everyone how to make a mandala that uses the tangle pattern </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1949" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW5hdxQxglUoGIQmspSZmWphfW7AyAOG9uCvfcaxW0ep-oMnA3bShoUV9CGBsPA7mHUlF4Th7YD_ls7JDWMpGhMjKZaIfjOSCcbLos-EPaoDmsAoX5GIGgcd40C47tKJ2KZkZ15Oy_e4/s320/zen1.jpg" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUD9OQOXAKKf8TDgyURY6blIwRcVTSKCHazrXZKpffVY_J9w5qbOkK1sGDiihWeMWgkFiBw6fpy2lqdwx1u58uJ_nAGiNV9bvTB8RHUShaxb-Xv0jhcAMk39l_ZdSz_yRYr6YI4HH0ypc/s320/IMG_8085.jpg" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2002" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBzJu_ZFBihuGzQW8LzoWZTLU6Kv7iHQveKLHcc8xt3IchPp1n7uAUiuuEoUVdKFruX8c0hyphenhyphenUElljiCD3qTUGPsyRdEH4WJriVuQtttxQ_kOHkzfpneY54OlgJqvgQ3XTpXhHMSz65H4/s320/IMG_6841.JPG" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fhvsXfEaiPCC8fV8qrV4Y7xxJUwtWU7xVW_b6dapMKrh1VcLqeXO2QNaE5sAt2gIr3sYWIo3zXNtR2C2TaFGdTjyXeGAY0__9zkNhvK2ng_Scm741hoZ5iUwjSKzjZcfK68Qw5pLSm8/s320/C03C6F3D-D2AA-4C9D-A5B9-24B24293D907.jpg" width="320" /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pretty awesome, if you ask me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thanks so much, everyone, for your participation and companionship on this artistic journey. I hope you'll continue to draw. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For anyone interested in learning how to draw the viney shape that organizes the overall composition of these mandalas, please see the following YouTube video: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/6q67Y_EY16A" style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6q67Y_EY16A</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img class="BLOG_video_class_sanitized" data-original-html="<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" youtube-src-id="6q67Y_EY16A" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6q67Y_EY16A"></iframe>" height="266" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; background-image: url("https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6q67Y_EY16A/0.jpg");" width="320" /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><br /><br />Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0California, USA36.778261 -119.4179324-40.289189837997512 99.957067599999959 90 21.20706760000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-11064169598907586102020-07-19T16:42:00.002-07:002020-07-19T20:03:07.510-07:00Drawing on Zoom with family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday I met with some family members to do some drawing on Zoom. I was very happy to be doing remote drawing, but I also needed help with technology details related to using a document camera in Zoom to teach Zentangle. Many thanks to you, Skylar, for helping me troubleshoot and solve the issue. Shown at left is what we worked on together. I am lately having tremendous fun with exploring tangles that work with <i>Hollis, </i>the viney-looking pattern that structures the composition overall. The Zentangle folks introduced this pattern last year, but I've only just started learning to draw it and work with it. I love this pattern because it works so well as a string. It also creates lovely flow, movement, and energy just by its roundness. In this project, I added <i>Tipple, Crescent Moon, Orbs, Phicops,</i> and basic leafy features to fill out some of the spaces.</div>
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The character of this drawing is different because Sara used pencil. (The microns they had on hand were dried out. 😞) It's beautiful all the same. I love that Sara added features that she felt like adding, just because she enjoys drawing them, e.g., the orbed flowers to the left (beautiful pattern that I'd like to try myself) and the grid pattern just to the lower right of the flowers). The <i>Hollis </i>tendril poking through one of the Crescent Moon lady bugs (lower right) is also lots of fun. Nicely done, Sara.</div>
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Another awesome version of what I was showing them in the Zoom room, but so different yet again from mine and Sara's. I have taught Zentangle for several years now and often feel surprised at how different participants' drawings look, and these three drawings offer a particularly striking example of this. What I love most about Skylar's composition is the structural feel he added through making some of the vines 3-D, something I would never think to do with <i>Hollis</i>. Skylar's composition looks more like a sculpture, or maybe an artist's planning sketch for a sculpture. I also love how he left part of <i>Phicops</i> undrawn in the middle, resulting in four blade-like structures. Just below that part and to the right are semi-circles that emerged from his own improvisation of what I was drawing. So interesting!</div>
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ON Friday I facilitated a mandala-drawing workshop at the request of Erin Acharya, Hypno-birthing Childbirth Educator. (For more information, visit <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.birthevolved.com&source=gmail&ust=1594696166882000&usg=AFQjCNFTX_8O0bQTi5nT_SLTC2yBo1ONrA" href="http://www.birthevolved.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.birthevolved.com</a>.</span>) Erin wanted participants to be able to create a mandala related to their thoughts, feelings, and internal images about birth, new life, and motherhood. While reflecting on patterns that might fit the vibe of this workshop, <i>Hollis</i> (the vine-like, curvy pattern that divides the space in the mandala(s) below) seemed to be the hands-down winner. For me, this pattern communicates flow, growth, and femininity while providing enough flexibility to accommodate a range of other patterns into its open spaces.<br />
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I drew the mandala on the left on 3.5 x 3.5 inch Zentangle tile while preparing and practicing for the workshop. The drawing on the right is larger. To create it, I photocopied a picture of the drawing on the left onto a larger sheet of "Render" paper (a type of paper that can be used with various types of color without bleeding through). I then added more designs to it and finally colored it with Copic markers.<br />
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In the workshop itself, we drew two mandalas. The first was drawn using a simple six-petal flower as the string. From there, we added extra parts to each petal by drawing an arc from the tip of each petal to the left (all the way around), and finishing up by drawing a shorter arc from the tip of each petal to the right. We then inked over the petals, added auras, extra smaller petals, orbs around the periphery, and two other tangles (<i>Paradox</i> and <i>Diva Dance Rock 'n Roll</i>) to the small, triangular sections just below the orbs.<br />
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The last mandala we drew began with a beautiful border I learned from Maria Thomas at a Zentangle workshop, followed by another basic string created by the viney, curvey, altogether beautiful <i>Hollis. </i>In the nooks and crannies of <i>Hollis, </i>I have added Orbs, <i>Tipple</i>, Leaves, <i>Mollygone</i>, <i>Crescent Moon</i>, <i>Phicops</i>, and mosaic stones. I have not yet added color to this mandala or to the one directly above, but I will soon! More images to follow!<br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-77430711337374139072019-05-20T19:20:00.001-07:002019-05-20T19:20:54.071-07:00A mandala board!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-51984613452098997492019-05-20T17:50:00.000-07:002019-05-21T20:27:28.390-07:00Catching up on posting: Mostly Mandalas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have a little more time now than I've had in recent weeks...yay! To celebrate, I have a few pictures I'd like to post. These are mostly mandalas. I've been drawing a lot of mandalas. This format is so intriguing to me that I'll probably be staying with it for a while.<br />
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1. This first one reminds me of shredded wheat biscuits. (Right?) For a journey through the beginning of this mandala to its completion, <a href="https://stringsandaurasczt.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a>.<br />
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2. This mandala is based on hexagram, otherwise known as the the Star of David. It's a fairly simple structure to draw. For a peek at the skeleton of this mandala, click <a href="https://stringsandaurasczt.blogspot.com/p/the-hexagram-or-star-of-david-mandala.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>:<br />
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3. This mandala is based on the same structure as the one above. I find it so interesting that the two compositions that use the same structure can look so different because of the patterns used.<br />
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4. I drew this mandala on a renaissance mandala tile (available through zentangle.com) which is a very pretty tan colored paper. I drew the design in the middle on a separate (bijou) tile during a private lesson. Click <a href="https://stringsandaurasczt.blogspot.com/p/phicops-on-bijou.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> for an image of the original small tile:<br />
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5. I love this one, even though it hasn't gotten much love on social media. (It could be that I'm posting it in the wrong places.) One of the reasons I like it is because I drew it using a "pre-strung" Zendala, the design of which I was never crazy about. I rarely felt inspired to create a finished piece using this particular structure because it always seems somewhat awkward and unlovely. But then I managed to create this and realized that it really could be beautiful with the right perspective and design.<br />
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6. This is a mandala only a mother could love. THIS is a great example of a mandala drawn WITHOUT a compass and only by "eyeballing" the proportions. It isn't that bad really, and I even find that it has a charm that more precisely balanced mandalas may lack. I gave this one to my niece for her birthday and certainly wouldn't want her to think that I gave her a "failed" composition." I don't consider it failed; only a little wonky with unique character.<br />
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7. The coolest thing about this 3Z tile is that the main design is the same as the center design in #4 above. I didn't realize that Phicops (the tangle) could be so pretty drawn in a triangular format with color.<br />
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8. This is a fragment called OTM designed by Cari Camarra CZT. It's draw in a 2 x 2 grid with each cell of the grid further divided into 2 x 2. The overall design will vary according to the way (the direction in which) the pointy designs are drawn in each of the smallest cells.<br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-51014105680837749452019-03-22T09:29:00.000-07:002019-03-22T09:37:12.533-07:00A photo album of tiles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some (or perhaps most) of these tiles appear elsewhere on this blog, but I wanted to publish this album link for ease, at least for now. The tiles pictured under the link below give a good idea of my basic style and sense of design from a few years ago.<br />
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Recently, I have done more with mandalas:<br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-68010969867096587842019-02-19T21:20:00.001-08:002019-02-19T21:20:33.094-08:00Paradox times four<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a demo of the Zentangle pattern Paradox drawn in a two by two grid. The pattern that emerges from the four parts of the grid can take a few different forms depending on how Paradox is positioned in each square. As you watch the video, you may also notice that I draw the lines from top to bottom in the first two squares, and then bottom to top in the third square. When you try this yourself, experiment with “pushing” the pen from bottom to top or “pulling” it from top to bottom to see which approach feels best.</div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-28967835775183915822019-02-19T19:54:00.000-08:002019-02-19T19:54:07.071-08:00Printemps (Springtime) in February<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With all the winter weather we're having in Minnesota, I'm thinking about springtime, which is only a couple of months away. </div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-19253994589963128592018-06-07T08:49:00.003-07:002018-06-07T08:51:54.574-07:00Zentangle at Lake Harriet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just wrapped up a two-day Zentangle class with Lake Harriet Community education. What a great group of artists! Here are some mosaics from our time together:<br />
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We started out with the standard beginners' tiles -- always lots of fun. After that, I showed everyone how to draw huggins and suggested a few ways to begin improvising by using elements from other patterns, e.g., the half-moon shapes and grid.<br />
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In the second meeting, we experimented with Scratchy Scratch tiles. Yes, these tiles are made for four-year-olds, but they are really lots of fun to use for Zentangle. All I had on hand was the rainbow variety, which has its own beauty but isn't really my favorite. These tiles are also made with solid silver or gold foil underneath the black coating, as pictured to the right. These probably look a little bit more "adult," but they're pretty. Actually, I cannot seem to find the gold foil variety anywhere anymore, which is really my favorite. I just ordered a pack of silver foil tiles, which will have to do until I can find my gold foil connection again.<br />
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Lake Harriet class members, please, please send me your colored mandalas!</div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-81711456329155905502018-05-05T11:00:00.000-07:002018-05-16T11:24:04.804-07:00Drawing with J and J<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I spent a lovely drawing session with mother and daughter J & J. We explored a few different tangles and a couple of different paper types:<br />
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We started with a basic design set on a 3.5 x 3.5 tile (left), and then experimented with drawing a <a href="http://craftsbybetsy.blogspot.com/2014/06/maryhill.html" target="_blank"><b>Maryhill </b></a>mandala and then Paradox on coated rainbow paper.<br />
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I had fun, ladies, and I hope you did, too!</div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-14724737892329465012018-03-25T09:16:00.001-07:002018-03-25T09:16:53.212-07:00A springtime mandala<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm taking a course through the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota called <b>Healing Imagery</b>. The topic for this week was the healing power of mandalas. Our assignment was to make one without any particular planning using materials of choice. I made this one using acrylic paint and black ink. I had a general theme of springtime in mind and listened to <b><a href="http://insig.ht/gm_5519" target="_blank">Akanda Mandala Mantra on the Insight Timer mediation app</a> </b>(by Jaya Sarawsati) for inspiration.</div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-17175428970450734052018-03-13T07:14:00.001-07:002020-07-26T16:41:45.986-07:00Tranzending<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with a basic mandala design inspired by a drawing in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0880451246/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=78340255655464&hvqmt=p&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_24us4o0vds_p" target="_blank"><i>African Gold Ornament Designs</i> byDiane Victoria Horn</a> (see below) and saw an opportunity to try adding some larger, transparent patterns in another layer, which is basically what tranzending means. Adding the Mehndi leaf design over the dashes of blue lines around the border felt like a safe and easy place to begin. I then added some shading and highlights around the leaves and found that it created a visually interesting effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't know where to go from there, so I made a few photocopies of the mandala and tried different patterns for the center. After a few attempts, Betweed won. The auras on either side of the Betweed look like gills to me (an image from Shape of Water?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with a blank zendala tile and used a compass to draw the basic circles.</span><br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-54510879009393957412018-03-10T06:43:00.000-08:002018-03-12T08:12:46.149-07:00Friday night mandalas 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I drew a second mandala last night an old favorite pattern, Ovolution by Sandra Chatelain.<br />
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My version in this particular drawing looks more uniform and less funky and relaxed than the basic design. Sandy adds weighting to both ends of the line strokes, and she uses more sections. ((Have a look <a href="https://laughingorchidstudio.com/2013/10/17/a-set-of-tangles-evolved-from-an-old-woven-room-divider/ovolution/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.) Her Ovolution has a down-home feel. By comparison, mine, quite honestly, looks somewhat sterile, but I don't mind it. There is something about the suspended circular movement and symmetry that is fun to make and view -- at least for certain moods.<br />
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This was a good exercise for practicing line quality and weighting throughout, a little like Diva Dance.<br />
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It's also interesting to understand what inspired this design and to see a couple of variations of it. Navigate <b><a href="https://laughingorchidstudio.com/2013/10/17/a-set-of-tangles-evolved-from-an-old-woven-room-divider/" target="_blank">here</a> </b>for more details.</div>
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I've been working a lot in the round lately, creating mandalas on standard 3.5 x 3.5 Zentangle tiles.<br />
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This pattern is called Maryhill (by Betsy Wilson). It's fun and easy to draw, though it might be little challenging on days that you have a lot of wobble in your straight lines. It can be drawn in the round as shown, or in any other shaped space.<br />
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This is a pattern like Paradox in which distinct shapes emerge that seem to have been drawn as separate elements, though they weren't. In other words, the blade-like structures in this pattern are not created by drawing blades. Instead, they emerge in each slice of the pie with shading. I also experimented with a white pencil to create brighter highlights<br />
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(To learn how to draw Maryhill here: <a href="http://craftsbybetsy.blogspot.com/2014/06/maryhill.html"><b>http://craftsbybetsy.blogspot.com/2014/06/maryhill.html</b></a></div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-59161196563078066972018-03-08T20:15:00.000-08:002018-03-08T20:15:36.775-08:00Lake Harriet Community Ed -- Last Session<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What a great time I had with Lake Harriet Zentanglers these last two weeks. I hope we have a chance to do it again sometime. Here are some pictures of our drawings:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We also experimented with scratch tiles during our first meeting last week. The white tiles are samplers for 'Nzepple, Tripoli, and Quandary.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We closed our two-session course with mandalas. Time did not allow us to finish them in class, but I'm sure they'll get done at home. These are so cool! Please, LHTs, if you finish your mandala, send me a picture.</td></tr>
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-38500496700722290332018-03-02T20:11:00.002-08:002018-03-13T06:49:34.418-07:00Mandalas and scratch-art Zentangle at the last session of OLLI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We were all very pleased with the different look and feel (while drawing) of scratch-art paper Zentangle tiles. I wish I hadn't thrown away the packaging for this paper so I'd know where to go to buy more of it. I bought it many months ago and am finally introducing it in classes I teach. I was a little concerned that participants would find the new materials awkward to work with. Actually, most people found it easier.<br />
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I also had the group start a mandala to finish up at home. They seem to be crying out for some color, don't they? OLLI participants, please send me pictures of your completed mandalas, and I'll make sure to post them here.<br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-33856806859103425012018-03-02T19:31:00.002-08:002018-03-02T19:31:41.141-08:00Lake Harriet Community Education, Session 1 (Wed,2/28)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many beautiful moments in these tiles! Looking forward to next week. :)</div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-57121336205581781352018-02-26T12:33:00.000-08:002018-03-13T06:49:58.620-07:00Another scratched composition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Working from black to gold (with each scratch) is an interesting change from drawing as usual, and the tool is very easy to handle. Unfortunately, the image does not show the shiny quality of the gold foil that creates all of the patterns. (The picture in the previous post shows it better --it's really pretty!) To bring out the golden color of the foil even more, I have cut off the black borders of the original tile and pasted the remaining, smaller drawing onto a renaissance tile. I'm really enjoying this technique!</div>
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-24297507737987929552018-02-25T09:44:00.003-08:002018-03-13T06:50:14.491-07:00Sunday morning centering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning at breakfast, I drew this using a paper tile coated with a thin layer of black wax. To make a drawing, you need to use a tool (shown below) that will scratch away the wax to reveal the gold foil underneath.<br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-70833826341164451312018-02-25T09:27:00.000-08:002018-02-25T09:27:07.328-08:00OLLI Class 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had another fun-filled session on Thursday (2/22). We reviewed the tangles learned so far. Here are a few of these with links to video tutorials for each (all by Ludimila Blum):<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxBFssAvfgk" target="_blank">Crescent Moon</a> . <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbh4g9FfJY" target="_blank">Hollibaugh</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OzDjbBoYk8" target="_blank">Florz</a> . <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ry02Lj-XbM" target="_blank">Printemp</a> . <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14v1FyKyviE" target="_blank">Bales</a> . <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFmh4ljXXE0&t=3s" target="_blank">Shattuck</a></b><br />
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We also learned <b>three new tangles: Fife, Huggins, and Paradox. </b>I've posted my teaching tiles here with links to videos showing how to draw each one:<br />
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Next week, we'll be doing <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">mandalas :)</span></b><br />
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Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-35027024365540334752018-02-17T09:52:00.002-08:002018-02-17T09:52:32.258-08:00OLLI Class #2 (Feb 15)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Zentangle OLLI group met yesterday for the second of four-session series.<br />
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I introduced three new patterns for the main tile -- Shattuck, Jetties, and Bales (with a little Maelstrom thrown in).<br />
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We also did a 2 x 2 monotangle using Hi Cs, which I have challenged everyone to finish up at home and share next week. I wish I had taken a picture of this tile before adding color to give a better idea of the basic pattern structure. Suffice it to say that Hi Cs is versatile and can look very different depending on if or how the spaces in the design get filled in.<br />
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This journal cover is also structured with Hi Cs. Some of the similarities of the basic shapes are obvious, but comparing this drawing to the one above also shows how much difference fill designs and color can make. </div>
Paula Bramantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608312813629562240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723212009590768652.post-82985210645283410042018-02-08T19:17:00.000-08:002018-02-08T19:17:16.389-08:00Osher Lifelong Learning Class #1 (of 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today was the first meeting of a four-session series of Zentangle with OLLI participants. Here is our class mosaic:<br />
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As usual, the variation in composition is so much fun to observe. Differences come from a variety of strings, differing sizes for each of the patterns, differences in line quality, different decisions about how much or little to fill the space, and other factors. No matter...every session is a new adventure. Thanks, everyone! I'm looking forward to more fun next week.</div>
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