Hex 6 fragments

And I thought I was about done....ha!  I'm still playing with hexagon fragments I'm creating with my Papertrey coverplate die.

Triangles keep emerging.  Sometimes deliberately, sometimes not....

Rearranged, Maryhill triangles also emerge.

Cubes of patterns...

...that can be added to or rearranged over and over.

And a glimpse of my outside table (luckily no wind!)

Of course I needed to update my prestrung Zentangle® journal with hexagon fragments.

And this is how my May BuJo calendar turned out.  I have a similar hexagon theme for June. Will I have sufficient fragments?

Back to the cube.  Remember it is a central point with 3 radiating lines out to alternating corners.

I liked Emingle (Ambler?) in the earlier tile....and I had played with it in a cube in this earlier post.

I wanted to explore with it more.

Note, if you start Emingle at an interior corner, you end up with an "impossible" type frame. 

Here I added weight to two sides (I always chose the outside edges of the diamond to make it easier).

And here is a rounded version

Let's not leave out triangulation! (in hind site I like being more selective with this technique vs hitting each corner as I later did.

And this is an Emingle variation of Quadrose.

And look at this unassuming little fragment.  The black makes the cube.  I aura-ed those lines with brown and then filled in leaving a hilight where I added generals white charcoal.

I love it in multiples.  Do you see the black lines form hexagons, as do the brown shapes in addition to the die cut fragments themselves.

And did you notice that the white also forms hexagons?   

So even tho 6  would seem the appropriate number of posts to explore hexagons, I believe I've only just scratched the surface.  I will likely mix in other things as well, but I'm sure there will be more hexagon adventures to follow.

I'll leave you with this card.  It utilizes Spellbinders Kaleidoscope die that I used to cut both watercolor paper and black cardstock.  Arukas is done in black Pigma micron ink and the blue is watercolor with some colored pencil shading and gelly roll hilites. 

I hope you enjoyed your week and I appreciate you sticking with me for this long post!

Stringing circles

I was contemplating a new class on stringing Zendalas. The Diva just happened to make this week's challenge "Running 'round in Circles". Just the push I needed.

Hard to make that string on your Zendala? If you're in the Vancouver WA (USA) area and want to learn more, I'll be adding a class page soon. So stay tuned!

Black and brown Sakura Pigma microns on Strathmore toned gray sketch 400 series. Tangles are Rick's Paradox (in a spin!), Shattuck, Punzel/Rixty and Emingle (triangulated). I also used PolyChromos, Fabrico gray marker, Zenstone and Prismacolor white.

And a Zendala tile with a PeelD variation (tangle by Franciose Lip) and 'NZeppel.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Inspiration and serendipity

I had a mini class last week with a couple of my friends. We played all afternoon with color and Zenstones. The time flew. Both of them shared things they had been working on. I was influenced and inspired by both of them. Deana had a set of Zendalas in white, black and red. I hadn't worked with those colors in awhile and decided I needed to! Terry showed me how she had been working on Paradox. She gave me a beautiful card incorporating it. So, the next day, I started a black, red and white Zendala using Paradox and incorporating our Zenstones using graphite. I finished it up this weekend.  Then today, Monday, the Diva challenge #272 is black, white and red all over! Zentangle® and serendipity. They just go together.

Tangles are Paradox (with Triangulation technique), Squid and 'Nzeppel.

before shading,  Zenstone and Triangulation technique

Check back on Friday for pictures from the class. Thanks for stopping by!

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Triangulation

The Diva's challenge this week was to add a bit-o-black. I worked on a sort of paradox meets rounding sample in my journal, sort of an imitation paradox. As I compared it to the true paradox tangle, I knew there was something in my attempts, but exactly what I didn't know. I set it aside for a few days. I thought about other ideas for this week's blog post. I went to YouTube one day and found this cool origami snail. I watched the video and thought, hey, I can do that one! I tried it on a 6" square piece of origami paper (the orange). I thought it could probably hold a Bijou tile if it was larger! So I tried a piece of fabulous Paper Parachute paper (the swirly turquoise in the photos below). The pattern was awesome, but the paper was just too thick for this project. (Everything I've ever tried from them, stamps, paper, has been really nice quality. This paper was no exception. Just not made for origami.) Ok, what about copy paper? I tried that too but it was also too thick. I was thinking I needed a trip to the craft store to look for larger origami paper, but then I had a moment of clarity...(in my sleep!) and remembered I had double sided wrapping paper that just might work! I ended up cutting it to 10.5 inches square for the snail that has the bijou tile tucked in it. Fun! It does topple over quite easily tho.
Ok, by now, I had procrastinated the week away regarding my blog post. But I thought this morning (Thursday as I'm writing this) that it would just be a quick Bijou tile and I'd be done. Then I saw my drawings in my journal and I knew I had to work on that some more. The lines of the square and cadent-like shape reminded me of the origami snail....what was Bijou trying to point out to me? I was a little distracted at first thinking I had a new tangle and took these pictures.

Ugh, the ink wasn't dry and I picked up a glob on my hand accidentally and redeposited it on my tile. No mistakes! Guess I'm filling it in :-)

The more I played with those little triangles, the more I realized I had another technique, or tanglenhancer vs a tangle. Cool! So, similar to rounding, it adds black but instead of the gentle curve, the angles tend to elevate or lower your design. I hope you give triangulation a try!

Bijou reminds me that sometimes it takes a long time to get where you're going...

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