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Monthly Archives: October 2018

More Inktober Tangles, and other news..

22 Monday Oct 2018

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So… I had this impossible idea that after September, October would be less hectic and more restful! Wishful thinking on my part! On the home front things have not calmed down at all so I have been sneaking in time to tangle where I can, just to balance everything out.

I had to put some of my personal projects on hold, and I have not been keeping up with the Inktober Tangles very well but still – here are some of my recent pieces.

Inktober Tangles

This is my entry for Ginili, Inktober Tangles Day 3, on a round tile. I like it a lot because one of my cats, Dyllis, had spilled paint water on the tile and it was fun to turn it into something beautiful!

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A few weeks ago #dyllisthekat spilled some #watercolor on a round tile i was working on! @havepen_willdraw helped to rescue the bleed a little! Because it’s such a unique piece of 3-way collaboration between my cat, another #CZT and myself, I just had to use it for today’s #inktobertangles entry for #ginili 😂😂😂 swipe 👉🏻 for process photo, tile back photo and video to show how shimmery these watercolors really are 😍😍😍 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #inktober #ink #peerlesswatercolors #gansaitambi #sakura

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And here is my entry for Inktober Tangles Day 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11, in my very own Pre-Strung Zentangle Journal from Zentangle.com 🙂

I’ve grown a lot bolder in my art – previously I’d have never dreamt of putting cutter to paper in a sketchbook! For fear of ruining it! I had the impulse to cut out a feathery shape and I am so pleased at the end results, I might just do it again with another pair of pages soon! (Click on the right button in the image below to see a video of the sketchbook.)

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Here’s a look into my #Zentangle #prestrungjournal 💙 this piece which I’ve decided to call ‘The Cabbit Patch’ is my entry for #inktobertangles Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 😂 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #inktober #sakura #tombowdualbrushpens #gansaitambi #papercraft #papercutting #journal #sketchbook #art #hearttangles

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Here is the full page of tangles, tinted by hand, with Tombow Dual Brush Pens 😛 (More photos if you click the right button in the image.)

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Here’s a look into my #Zentangle #prestrungjournal 💙 this piece which I’ve decided to call ‘The Cabbit Patch’ is my entry for #inktobertangles Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 😂 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #inktober #sakura #tombowdualbrushpens #gansaitambi #papercraft #papercutting #journal #sketchbook #art #hearttangles

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This is my entry for Day 9 – Feba, again, hand tinted with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and highlighted with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors.

It turned out to be a very whimsical tile, especially if you consider how bright and intense the original tinting was.

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This Japanese kimono inspired piece is my rendition of #Inktobertangles Day 9, featuring the #tangle Fe-ba. I picked the most challenging tile to work on from a recent tile tinting session, one with colour that wasn’t very well blended. #Tombow #Carmine #Red is super intense and I had to tone it down a couple notches to get the shade I wanted. Swipe 👉🏻 for more photos including tileback 😂 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #inktober #sakura #gansaitambi #tombowdualbrushpens #japaninspired #kimonoinspired

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After this piece, I got suddenly busy and at the time of writing, I have several unfinished Inktober tiles here that I am still working on. Oh well, some is better than none! Haha!

Reto #129 – Ruflz

I managed to squeeze in time to do Reto 129 but have since had to sit out the last two or so because of the busy. This was a fun reto, and I loved it!

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Here’s my take on #retomindandtangle 129 featuring #Ruflz and #inktobertangles Day 2 featuring #Yah 💙 it’s my first time playing with both #tangles ! Hopefully not the last 😂 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #inktobertangles2018 #gamsaitambi #peerlesswatercolors #tombowdualbrushpens #tangledwhatzits

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After finishing that piece above, I had a sudden epiphany to try out something with origami paper! It was fun and very quick to do. I haven’t put this on Instagram because it’s meant to be part of a surprise for someone at the end of the year 😉 (And I don’t think she knows of my blog.. at least not yet haha..)

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International Swaps

It is a bit surreal that next month will be our 50th swap in the series! I really have no idea where all the time goes!

This outgoing Autumn Gemstone ATC is currently on the way to Germany for the monthly swaps I host on swapbot.com .

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Not very happy with how dark my #zengem turned out, and not happy the droplets didn’t cure well. Didn’t have time to redo it as I would have liked, so it’s #outgoing for the #swap we are hosting on #swapbot this month. Oh well it can be my first #oynx 😂 #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG

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And this delightful mini-accordian-book thingy in a tin was just sent off to Stephanie Jennifer CZT for another of our many swaps and collaborations.

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On one of my #random unplanned rambles in a #scrapbook supplies shop last month, I found this tiny little #accordionbook that came with it’s own adorable tin! I tinted with #tombowdualbrushpens , highlighted with drops of #gansaitambi #bluegold and added #ginili and #crescentmoon with #micron before getting too busy to add more 😂 this little book and #tin has gone to @havepen_willdraw for a #travellingtanglesproject #swap 💙 A sidenote, I only have the 6 #tombowdualbrushpens in the #photo but I’m having heaps and heaps of fun playing and blending (and tinting all kinds of #paper tiles and things) with the resulting #colours ! Goes to show you really don’t need to spend a fortune to create #art ! #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG #sakuracolorproducts

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And ….

I topped off last week with an amazing 101 Zentangle Basics class.

I had a very fulfilling 4 hours with this private group class, and it is always fun to watch people experience Zentangle for the first time!

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Taught an amazing #zentangle basics #class yesterday! Being able to introduce others to this fantastic journey, and to watch as they explore this art method for themselves, is always a meaningful experience 💙 I have taught many classes now, but the joy certainly never gets old. #zentangle #zentangles #hesedetangdoodles #tangles #ゼンタングル #tangledpursuits #CZT #SGCZT #CZTSG

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Till the next blog post…..

Keep calm and tangle on ❤

Hello October – Inktober Tangles & much more

01 Monday Oct 2018

Posted by hesedetang * in Masterclass, SGCZT, Uncategorized

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Hello from Singapore!

I haven’t said hello in awhile, so Hello hello!

This year has gone by at light speed, hasn’t it? Suddenly it’s October.

I know I have not been blogging for ages now – things have been so crazy busy but I have decided to try to make time to post more often on my website and blog. Thank you for checking in – I am grateful.

Singapore CZT Masterclass

This year I had the opportunity to organise the SG CZT Masterclass. It is our second year running, and my, what a blast we had!

Here are some photos from the day, as well as snippets from the magnificent CZT gallery that went on display.

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Organising this class is rather the highlight of my CZT year as it stretches my planning, budgeting, organising, networking skills.

This year I also got to do a quick sharing on how to teach Whatz-its and how to fit the technique into classes of any duration.

Whatz-its at SG CZT Masterclass 2018

Whatz-its at SG CZT Masterclass 2018

Inktober Tangles

As a challenge to myself to work on more tangles, I have decided to participate in this year’s Inktober Tangles along with Stephanie Jennifer CZT and many other CZTs and  tanglers. Click here for the prompts.

Here is my first Inktober tile featuring Mooka.

Mooka vs. Finery

Mooka vs. Finery

Mooka vs. Finery

Lately my memory isn’t that fantastic so I’ve been writing more details on the back of my tiles like this, to help me remember what I used in the piece! Very handy and old school but I am very pleased to have these little reminders 🙂

Reto Mind and Tangle

In September, my classmate from CZT seminar Alicia G. Rey visited me in Singapore. I invited Stephanie along since they were already connected in Facebook and we had a fantastic time together.

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Alicia, Stephanie and I ❤

One of the things Alicia introduced me to was her Spanish tangler’s group. She issues a weekly challenge or a ‘reto’ and we all have a go at it as a group. It is a Spanish group but Zentangle is our main language!!

Here are some of the ones I’ve participated in so far. You can find them on social media under the hashtag #retomindandtangle ❤

Reto #125 PKok

Reto Mind and Tangle #125 PKok

Reto #126 Chence

Reto Mind and Tangle #126 Chence

Reto #127 Bubbles

Reto Mind and Tangle #127 Bubbles

Reto #128 Seta

Reto Mind and Tangle #128 Seta

Other recent work…

Aside from being busy hosting the annual Singapore certified Zentangle teachers’ Masterclass, life has been deliciously good. I have been working very hard so in order to balance everything out, I have also been giving myself snippets of time in between everything, just to get creative.

I’ve started to journal again (I say ‘again’ because I remember doing this when I was a teenager!) in the bujo (bullet journal) style. Back then I don’t know what we called it!? Actually I don’t even think there was a proper word for it lol..

Here’s one of the pages, featuring my September highlights in a word or a tangle.

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And here is another page I was working on, nearly buried under Alicia’s sketchbook lol.., which I was also tangling in nearly at the same time.

A tangler's mess <3

A tangler’s mess :p

More art ahead………..

Custom canvas featuring Zentangle art

Finally completed this piece from March!! I don’t think I will ever try this again lol…. It was intimidating and I felt really overwhelmed.

For Sheena

Sometime ago I discovered these crushed seashell nail art flakes at the local $2 shop named Daiso. Naturally, these found their way onto my tiles!! They really are heaps of fun ;3

Tints on Tan Winter edition inspired tiles

More nail art flakes – this time on tan tiles. The colour made me recall the Tints on Tan Winter edition… so… here is a little bit of Christmas, 2 months early haha!

Phew! This has been such an image intensive post! That will teach me to disappear from blogging for so long, ha! I have no one to blame lol..

Until the next post! I will leave you with a photo of my art on display at our Masterclass CZT gallery 🙂

Travelling Tangles Project goes to Masterclass

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