Diva's Duotangle Challenge, (Happy Birthday, Laura), and String Thing #40

This week, this past Monday to be exact, was the Diva's (Laura Harms) birthday. We all hope she had a terrific day, and that it is the start of a wonderful year. Because the Diva loves Duotangles (a tile or ZIA using 2 tangles only), she has chosen to use this format for this week's challenge. And the 2 tangles she has chosen are Punzel and Well. Now, Well is one of my favorite tangles, but I don't think I have ever actually used Punzel. I have tried it out; put it in one of my Tangle Practice Sketchbooks, but I just never was able to get it to look anything like I wanted it to. So I was bound and determined to perfect it, or at least make it presentable for this Challenge. It's a challenge after all, isn't it? 

So I put in a little time working away at it, and finally came up with a version that I was OK with enough to use it as the centerpiece of my tile. The rest of it is made up of 3 different versions (or tangleations) of Well. Which is one of the reasons I like Well so much; it is truly versatile. There are so many different ways to use it.

So here I was, I had a tile using both Punzel and Well, and very happy with the results. Until I realized that one section was very sloppy, and totally detracted from the overall effect, So I spent the next couple of days trying to recreate the tile, and of course you know that I could never replicate what I had done with Punzel, and when I did it fairly well (pun intended) something else wouldn't work. But finally I got it together, more or less, and went to post it. Aargh! I had no trouble scanning it to my computer, but I couldn't get my photo program to import it, and when I finally accomplished that, I couldn't get Blogger to upload it. I spent a lot more time trying to get the tile onto this blog than it took to create it, problems and all. So here it is, warts and all. I hope you like it.

DC#167

If you haven't already, be sure to check out Laura's blog to see all the fabulous entries.  It's amazing how different all the responses are. Maybe you'll be inspired to try out one of the Challenges yourself.

The other challenge this week is That String Thing #40, using Beth Snodderly's string #043, one of my favorite strings of all. I really use this string a lot.




and any or all of the following: 
Beadlines by CZT Margaret Bremner
and three official Zentangle® patterns -
Beelite
Beeline and
Betweed

I chose to only use Betweed and Beadlines. In true Zentangle fashion, once I penciled in the string, the rest just followed. What a difference in the ease of doing this challenge compared to doing the previous one this week. 

 

Adele Bruno presents That String Thing tiles a little differently. Instead of having links to them all week, she presents the tiles themselves all together on Monday. This is the single link you need to access them.  The vast differences that can be achieved using the same tangles on the same string are truly incredible. She does, however, post links to the individual blogs so you can see the artist's other work. And for those interested in accepting the challenge, check back on Tuesday, when Adele offers new ones.

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Have a wonderful day; see you all next time.