Diva Challenge #226

Guest Blogger Katie Crommett's theme for the Diva's Weekly Challenge #226 was "simplicity."

 Fun - did this one with my Iced Venti No-Fat Latte at the Starbuck's in our local Super Kroger.

Rashell and O-Cee Tangleations

Obsessed with Mandalas

I suppose, once I got into Zentangle, it was inevitable that my Inner Rational would take me by the hand and lead me to the ultimate in drawing symmetry - the Mandala.

I've always loved drafting. Back in my quiltmaking days, I was a huge fan of Jinny Beyer. I loved not only her fabrics and her innovative use of them, but that she could teach how to draft complex designs. At her Symposium on Hilton Head Island each year, at least on half day session would be a lesson on drafting, and these were the sessions I loved the best.

Even more, I loved getting a piece of Staedtler gridded vellum, a pencil, ruler, and compass (oh yeah, and an eraser) and drafting an eight-pointed star, a hexagon, a pentagon. Making the actual quilt square was anticlimactic. It was the drawing I loved.

So I've jumped feet first into the Mandala pool. I started thinking I would stick to black and white, Technically, this is a Zendala - a Mandala with tangles. I'll do another post talking about the process.

Zendala 001 - with Mooka and Onamato

I told people I wasn't interested in color, since the intricacy of the black and white drawings was enough for me. 

I lied.

Mandala 005 - Prismacolor pencils on Strathmore Mixed Media paper.