Challenge using the new "Assunta" pattern

Tangle using "Assunta" pattern

This week Laura challenged us to use Rick and Maria's " Assunta "Zentangle pattern.  It took a while, but it definitely has a nice rhythm to it once you get started.

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There is good news to report!

"Harley"

I awakened this morning to Harleys shrieks, demanding he be released from his room (aka laundry room). And then I realized, HE HAD SLEPT ALL NIGHT!  Wow!  I may be a new woman today.  I had forgotten this detail about puppies.  And this little puppy probably has a bladder the size of a pea.
Anyway, we are making great progress.  Guess we will keep him.

Old sketch books...

Am I the only one that has many, many sketch books tucked away?  While I was 

doing this weeks challenge I kept thinking, "I have done a frame before.  I wonder where it is."  Well today, while looking for something else, I found it.
[Thus the name "Scattered".]   I will add it to the mix.
And where do you keep old sketch books?????

The Diva's Challenge

This weeks Challenge was for us to create a tangle within a tangle, using the same string.  Well on the first one, I didn't carry the string from the smaller to the larger (or vice versa).  So I tried again, using just one string on both.  It was a challenge!

In my profile I had mentioned that I tutor for the Literacy Council.  This is my current class.  These women work and with the support of their employer they spend four hours a week with me.  They are very basic learners and incredibly motivated.
Many years ago I was a teacher (with a college major in Spanish).  This is the most enjoyable and challenging teaching I have done.  Our language is not easy but together we muddle along.
Our Literacy Council always has a waiting list of people waiting for a tutor.  If you are interested, please contact the Council in your area.  I know they will be glad to hear from you and you won't be sorry.  It is a wonderful experience.

Opposites attract, Challenge #34

Zentangle challenges are ...well, challenging.  This week Christina Vandervlist hosted the challenge with a mental exercise.  Our first string was to be straight lines filled with curved tangles.  The second was a curved string filled with straight lines.  On a steamy grey day, this kept me occupied for sure.  Thanks to Christina.  It was a fun challenge.

Diva's Challenge #33, 'Pendrills'

On the Zentangle website, Maria presented a new pattern, 'pendrills'.  Here you can get instructions on how to draw the pattern.  On the I am the Diva website we have a weekly challenge to encourage us to try new directions with our tangling.  This week's was difficult for me for some reason.  However I had the fun of glazing with watercolor before I started the tangle.  This is the end product.

And now, back to Zentangle...

Puppies can cause sleep deprivation.  Ours has been pretty good at this but is getting better.  I am still up once at around 3 AM for a 'pee break' with him.

So when I am a bit 'snarly' I get out the notebook and take a zentangle break.  I had found a great website, www.watercolor-painting-tips.com where Mary Ann Boysen demonstrated watercolor glazing.  It is so much fun, and the results are beautiful.  I just wish I was an artist and could really capitalize on these pretty designs.  But I am not so I just tangle away on them and the colors shine through.  Have a look at her website.  It is fun and easy.

Welcome August!!

I found this on Jane Monk's wonderful site.


There's always a little truth behind every 'just kidding.' 
A little knowledge behind every 'I don't know.' 
A little emotion behind every 'I don't care.' 
A little love behind every 'I hate you!'
A little uneasiness behind every 'I'm okay.' 
A little pain behind every 'forget it.' 
A little fear behind every 'leave me alone.' 
A little hope behind every 'goodbye.' 
And a little 'something' behind every 'nothing.' 
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Just had to post this because, isn't it so true???  Would have loved to have had this when I was raising my three children.