Challenge #117 - The New Official Tangle Schway

Version 1 - Schway with Hollibaugh

The Diva's challenge for the first Monday of the month features Rick Roberts new tangle "Schway" which was released by Rick and Maria this week.

This is a very structured, symetrical tangle that doesn't come naturally to me, OG (Organic Gal) that I am. I used this tangle in last week's challenge, so I was feeling pretty comfortable using it. Even though my version is not measured and perfectly spaced it works, very fun, versatile tangle. I tried to make this tangle flow and go with the banner curves, it really helped give a 3-D quality to my tile.

It was fun to play with different tangleations and embellishments with this new tangle. Hollibaugh seemed like a good accompaniment for this tangle, they "play well" together!

Version 2 - Schway Landscape with Mooka, can you see the little folk?

I did a second version of Schway and the curve looks like a landscape, so added some Schway houses and blue sky, I think it's going to be a bookmark. Tangles: Schway tangleations, Mooka, Paradox, Tipple, BTL Jooz, and Beadz with little fun folk and Schway houses. Size 3.5 x 8.5" with black micron pen, Derwent Watercolor pencils, and graphite

Challenge #17 - 15 Minutes of Fame

15 minute Zentangle - Version 1

Wow, Diva challenge #17 - to complete a tangle in 15 minutes, this challenge has been a tough one. Perfectionism rears its ugly head, either that, or I'm so flaky I can't focus on the time 15 minute criteria when I begin to tangle and get in the "zone". Here was my process: I looked at the time, I started to tangle, I lost track of time, or something else came up, so I forgot when I began.... I said, (to myself) of forget it! and finished the tangle in a certain time frame - not sure what that is???
I've tried doing a lot of tangles for this challenge (A LOT!!! -more than 6) but NONE of  my previous versions were successfully completed in the 15 minute time frame. I don't know the exact time for each tangle. This challenge seems so counter intuitive to the Zentangle process. Keeping track of time when your tangling, THAT'S WACKY! Question - doesn't that add stress? Answer - You bet!!!

So, once more I began, I set the timer on my computer, had to stop once (paused timer), restarted timer, and after 15 minutes this is what came out. I accomplished one more tangle in 15 minutes. What would we do without Mooka?

15 minute Zentangle - Version 2

I'm posting my original 15 minute tangles (2 versions)  but then I added some shading and another 20 minutes and finished my first version. It's not an official #17, but it's interesting to see the comparison. I must say that doing the 12 other tangles (unsuccessfully) for this challenge made the 15 minute final much easier to complete. I was much more used to the quality of time, thought, tangles that went quickly, etc. It's all a learning process so I will try this tangle a few more times this week.  I'm definitely not a fast learner when it comes to this weeks challenge.


NOT Challenge #17 final - this is version 1B, this version has shading and lines added,
Total time for this version 35-45 minutes