Catching Up

I've been negligent with my posts lately because I was hit pretty hard with both a sinus infection and ear infection.  It's been an unfortunately long recovery, but I'm finally feeling like my old self again, and ready to post some of the tangles that I've been working on during my "down time".

Most of these were inspired by I am the Diva's weekly challenge.  I have not yet had the courage to post any of my tangles, but I'm sure I'll get up the nerve one of these days.  In the interim, I've been enjoying her challenges since she usually will focus on one tangle pattern each week.  A few weeks ago she was looking for challenge submissions using the pattern "Cadent".  What ended up happening was that I tried several different drawings using the same pattern and really had some fun branching out with it.

getting my bearings with Cadent, and trying to mix in Betweed and Tipple.

Monotangle with Cadent.

More Cadent but with more Betweed.

This is my favorite one.  It makes me feel relaxed. 

Then I decided that I wanted to learn the pattern, "Nzeppel".  I really like it!  I think it's pretty.

Nzeppel with Tripoli and Betweed.  Oh, and that random pattern I made up that looks like Spirograph.  

I tried using only Nzeppel with this one.  I really like it and think it has an earthy look to it.

This past week, the challenge at I Am The Diva is to draw a tangle that reminds you of something about your home.  Well, at the time, it had been stormy and raining quite a bit here in beautiful Connecticut, so I drew a tangle that (hopefully) brings that to mind.

Nzeppel, Pais, Printemps, Ixorus, Tipple.  Do the skies look dark and stormy?  Do you see the rain hydrating the dry, parched ground and making things grow?  lol.

And then, this weekend, I decided that I wanted to learn the pattern "Tripoli".  I am having a lot of fun with it!

Tripoli, with Mooka, Tipple, and a tangelation of Cadent.

A monotangle with Tripoli.

Another monotangle with Tripoli.  I like Tripoli a lot because it can look completely different depending upon the pattern you use inside the triangles.

I've been doing a lot of drawing in my Leuchtterm 1917 blank journal which has been great, but I find that the ink smudges a bit if I'm not careful and brush my hand over what I just drew moments after having drawn it.  I will need to find a sketchbook alternative, but for right now it's something I'm trying to remain conscious of.