Monthly Archives: November 2015

Holiday Gift Countdown with FloraBunda

View a YouTube, create a unique and beautiful bracelet using FloraBunda designs.

Ready for holiday gifts?  I want to show you a few projects from my popular class on FloraBunda at SparksStudioArt.com. Here’s a quick, fun, affordable and perfect way to make personalized gifts and cards for everyone on your list.  The results are beautiful. You can even personalize mugs with a name or your favorite saying.
1 Ann mug FloraBunda 72
 Ann loves drawing easy FloraBunda designs.
FloraBunda refers to hundreds of floral and leaf designs (available in FloraBunda books)… all are fantasy type flowers so anyone can draw amazing designs with dozens of variations.
2 mugs FloraBunda 72
Everyone’s mug is special
So how do you get started?… The supplies are simple. All you need is a ceramic mug and a black DecoArt ceramic/glass marker. Bake it in your home oven to make the mug dishwasher safe.
3 notecards FloraBunda 72
Personalize cards with flowers and watercolors.
FloraBunda note cards are simple – draw with a black MICRON #08 or Graphic #1 pen. Add color with markers, color pencils or watercolors and a brush.  TIP: Don’t have time to draw dozens of cards,take your black drawings to a shop and have them copied. Then add a touch of color to each card by hand.
4 florabunda style cover 72
The latest release in the FloraBunda book series!
FloraBunda books are available from Amazon.com or d-originals.com
Zentangle pattern, enjoy and create!!
Zentangle #156
zen a
 by Michele Beauchamp CZT
 zen patterna
Daylight
The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc.  and is used with permission. Learn more at  zentangle.com

 

Zen-Notans and New Techniques for Zentangle®

View a YouTube, Zentangle Notan – Black and White, Cindy Shepard CZT shows you how to incorporate the art of Notan with tangle patterns.

Bring your Zentangle Art to life!  My talented mixed media friend Cindy Shepard CZT  mixes ‘Notan’ with Zentangle patterns for a great new look… ‘Zen-Notan’ designs in black&white. I am hooked – it is a perfect and beautiful pairing for Zentangle.
notans with frames
Notan is the Japanese word for dark/light, it celebrates the beauty of black and white and the interaction between the two. The Yin and Yang symbol is an example of this mirror image… one black and one white.

Zen-Notan

So how do you get started?... All you need is paper, scissors and a glue stick. The simplicity of Notan paper cutting combined with Micron black pens is addictive (a calm, positive, and good addiction, I might add).

Notan with Zentangle

The latest release in the Zentangle book series… ‘Zentangle 12 – New & Advanced Techniques in Black and White’ is available on  Amazon.com. Cindy and I share great ideas for Zen-Notan, punching, torn paper, stencils, masking, forks, scratching, ink blots, new looks, and activities for Zentangle art. You won’t want to miss this fascinating book filled with 30 new tangles as well as creative ways to tangle in “black and white.”
Zentangle 12

 

Zentangle pattern, enjoy and create!!

Zentangle #155

darla zen

Artwork by Darla Bostick

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Tree Rings

The Zentangle® art form and method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc.  and is used with permission. Learn more at zentangle.com