Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Zentangle® Ellish, IX, and an Inchie

Yesterday was a holiday for our Canadian neighbors. I hope you all had a great day. I am the Diva Challenge returned today to encourage all to play with the new tangle, Ellish. I did mine on a Renaissance tile because I wanted to play with some different color combos on the tan making this tile a ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art).



I used Ellish, Chillon, Meer, and a couple of giant Printemps. I used colored pencils and Stabilo colored charcoal pencils. 







The prompt tangle for Square One, Facebook, is IX. I added Printemps with a sparkle, Oybay (Antonine Koval), and some perfs.

And the prompt word at Every Inchie Monday is "button". I'm a fairly easy going person until someone pushes my button.....then, watch out LOL!

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments.

46 comments:

  1. I find Ellish difficult to combine with other tangles but I like the combination that you have made and also the colors are well chosen.
    Your tile for Square one is a real beauty!

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    1. I agree, Ria. It was a bit of a struggle to let this one "grow" into other tangles. Thanks for the kind words!

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  2. Beautiful Ellish ZIA! Nice to see you've combined it with other patterns.

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    1. Thanks, Ilse. Wasn't sure where this one would take me. I love surprises!

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  3. Beautiful both, and i like the color in the Diva.

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  4. Jean, I love the color on your Zia for the diva challenge. It really looks great on the tan tile. I also really like you IX. A favorite of mine that was first released during my training! :) Brings back fun memories!

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    1. I'll bet most people love the tangle that was introduced at their training, Kate. Mine was Quib and I think that one is pretty special.

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  5. Gorgeous work! Your Diva piece is so elegant.

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  6. Yes I too was pleased to see how it looks with other tangles. Well done and the colours are lovely.

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    1. Thanks, YT. I think I will need to play with this one more to really get comfortable with it though.

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  7. What fun have you been having? I just love the PUSH button!

    Sally

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    1. I always have fun, Sally :) Thanks for always leaving me comments!

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  8. Your push button is perfect! Don't we all have buttons that others can push - usually family too!

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    1. HaHa Kia, thanks, you are so right about family :)

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  9. I think I need one of your "push" buttons until we get our move accomplished on June 10th. Dealing with our cable carrier, Comcast, today definitely pushed my buttons---all of them! Maybe I'm up too late, but your Ellish tile kind of reminds me of a brain, a pretty brain. The Ellish is an important lit up area of the brain---perhaps the part that controls creativity.

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    1. Suzanne, I agree that it looks like a brain. I often find that image popping up in my mind after I complete a tile. Good luck in your move.

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  10. I really like your Ellish! The colors really show it off nicely. I didn't notice it looked like a brain until Suzanne mentioned it. Now that's all I can see. LOL IX is a great tangle. I like what you did with it. I'm going to have to use it more. And your Push Button is wonderful. Perfect! :-D

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    1. Thanks, Melena. There are just so many great tangles out there. I am glad for challenges so that I do try/use ones that I may have missed or forgotten to use in a long time!

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  11. Great tiles Jean and love the addition of color on your Ellish tile! I have not used IX yet...really like your combo of tangles in the Square 1 tile! :0)

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    1. IX and Ellish are very similar, except that IX is a bit easier to keep track of where you are, Patty. But, I don't think it is quite as pretty either.

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  12. love all the tangles, they are so detailed! I also love the button. Great work

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  13. Your Ellish on tan is beautiful Jean and I LOVE that inchie :-)

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    1. Thank you, Annemarie. That Inchie was fun to make :)

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  14. Wonderful combination and beautiful colors!

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  15. You chose beautiful bright colours and I like that the brown lines are very soft and subtle. There is a good balance in your tile.

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    1. Thanks, Little Splash. I really appreciate your feedback :)

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  16. I always love your colors! And I need a button, too!!

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    1. Thank you, Jennifer. Colors are a lot of fun to play with, especially on those tan tiles.

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  17. Beautiful tiles, Jean! I like your Ellish with Chillon, Meer, and Printemps, plus the splashes of color. Your IX tile is also lovely. Nicely done.

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    1. Sidney, I really appreciate your sweet comments :)

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  18. Pretty colours on your Ellish. Very soft and filled with light.
    I love your button...haha...that's great! I think I'm going to start doing Inchie Mondays. I love miniature.

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    1. Oh, you should, Karen! I think the most fun is making your brain work overtime on ideas. The actual inchie doesn't have to be perfect even though some of our members do so LOL!

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  19. Great inchie, I if I ever meet you, I now know not to push your button.

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    1. Yes, Wendy, as you can imagine, I am a terror LOL!

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  20. Nice tiles, Jean. I have been intrigued by the different variations that I have seen in Ellish so far. Lots of white highlighting and more color.

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    1. There really are some beautiful Ellish tiles done by the community, Donald. It's always a treat to see what differences can be achieved with the same tangle.

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  21. Wonderful all three! I like your Ellish tile with the touch of yellow and green. It gives the renaissance tile a fresh look! Your Inchie made me smile again! Have a nice sunday!

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    1. Thanks, Annette. I keep trying different colors on the Renaissance just for the fun of it. Green and yellow are probably my least favorite colors so that's why I selected them this time. LOL!

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  22. Love your drawings and your inchie. Your inchie makes me smile.

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