Happy week before Christmas! With these tiles, we are slightly ahead of the gift giving - as though we get to open presents before the big day.
Let's take a look ~
The first tile arrived from Jennifer Wilken, CZT 19 (Hudson River Valley Region, New York) ~
Hello from the rapidly cooling area of New York! Thank you for this challenge. Hard to see it, but the orbs did start with stripes. As I applied color they decided to pearlize. Sometimes tangles have a voice of their own!
*luscious layering and color
From Sally Whiteman (New Zealand) ~
It was such a miserable cold wet morning here today that I decided it was a good morning for tangling. It is supposed to be the beginning of summer but this week has been very wet and windy, with a bit of sunshine thrown in. It can only get better.
I really enjoyed these tangles. I had not used verdigogh before as I always thought it too complicated, but as usual, one stroke at a time made it easy.
Thanks again for the wonderful challenges.
From Sherry Conte (Sanford, Florida) ~
Verdigogh has not been an easy tangle for me. I think it turned out pretty well. This is the first time I've tried Jetties. I really like it and will add it to my Arsenal. I used gelly roll pens.
From Angie Gittles (Maryland) ~
Hello! Glad to be able to participate this week. What I thought would happen with this tile didn’t, so, there you have it.
*aura, dark sparkled orbs, and highlights for Verdigogh
From Susan (United Kingdom) ~
Season’s greetings to everyone. Hope you find time for some Zen over the holidays.
From Ria Matheussen, CZT (Belgium) ~
Verdigogh is such a wonderful tangle for this time of the year...
In Belgium we have now the shortest and darkest days of the year but
many Christmas lights gave a special atmosphere. Therefore I prefered to
use a black tile. I decided to make a simple composition and have drawn
just one big "Jetties" surrounded on one side by Verdigogh. Different
charcoals brought a little bit on colour to finish my tile...
Wish you all the best, a wonderful Christmastime and send you warm
regards from Belgium
From Gudrun (Germany) and on Flickr ~
Christmas is getting closer - everything is decorated - ideal for Verdigogh and Jetties - it was fun.
Thank you for the challenge and a nice second Advent for you and yours.
Best regards from Germany
*colorfully detailed Jetties baubles hand from the border
From Baafke (The Netherlands) ~
Here is my result of this week's challenge.
From Simone (Germany) ~
From Lori Byerly (Washington State) and here on her blog ~
Thanks so much for the Christmassy challenge. What fun! I hope you have a lovely Christmas season.
*rounded Verdigogh and lovely soft shading
From Lynn F. (Florida) ~
Here is my tile for this week. I think it turned out very festive!
After drawing the string I turned the tile on it’s side so that the string became Verdigogh’s main branches.
Fun, fun, fun. Thanks for the challenge.
*very detailed tangles, dark border accents the colors
From Priscilla DeConti, CZT 28 (Kingston, New York) ~
Not one of my better works, but I like the simplicity of it.
Been a busy week so my concentration has been a bit off.
Yet here it is , in all its glory
Colored background with jetties and verdigoh in white black and a little gold which wont show up in picture.
Have a great week everyone!
*Verdigogh flourished to opposite sides of the string line complete with touches of gold
From Jane Goddard (Surrey, United Kingdom) ~
Your challenge this week incorporated two tangles I have been using a lot lately for a workshop involving Zentangle inspired Christmas gift tags so well use to drawing them and happy to do so for this IAST.
Thank you!
*pretty sprays of Verdigogh and alternating smooth and jagged border lines
From Sharyn Penna, CZT (Massachusetts) ~
Verdigogh has to be one of my all time favorites and I just work it into my tiles very often.
Cheers to a steady, getting ready for the holidays.
*fabulous overlapping, pen and penciled Jetties
From Vena C (Whitby, Ontario, Canada) ~
When I did last year's verdigogh challenge, I stuck to the pattern with squared off ends on the needles. I didn't like what the end result was. It felt stiff and awkward.This year, I used Maria's variation with pointed ends on the needles. I had a lot of fun doing this one and felt happy at the end of a relaxing Zentangle session.
From Mariam G. (Port Hueneme, California) ~
Busy, busy, BUSY time of year, yes?! But I loved having a moment to create a tile for IAST272. I've been busy making tangled trees, and tiny tangle house boxed (thanks to you and Dorian Eng!!!), and trying to keep up with all the other activities and requirements of the season. I have to say, I do enjoy it more, now that I am retired! Still hectic at times, but not like the younger days of balancing work along with everything else. Anyway, here's my tile - a bit of boughs and baubles...
Happy Holidays to you and your family and to all the fellow 'String Thing' followers.
*bright red Jetties clusters pop against the festive Verdigogh
From JoAnne (Ontario, Canada) ~
Here are Verdigogh and Jetties! Happy Holidays to all!!
From Talia Maynard (London, United Kingdom) ~
I hope you are well and enjoying the build up to Christmas.
Here's my tile for the first Christmas challenge. It seems terribly simple now that it's finished, but sometimes I tend to go overboard with detail so I consciously chose to pare back a bit. And add lots of black. I always enjoy adding lots of black!
Looking forward to next week's challenge.
From Sue Leslie (New Mexico) ~
What a fun string with 2 tangles that just said Christmas to me, so traditional Christmas colors of red and green. No mater where in the world you are, or how you celebrate this season my wish for all is a happy heart, health and time with family and friends.
*festive shades of green and colorful shading
From Margarete Gilge (Germany) ~
a wonderful challenge with beautiful patterns in a wonderful time! Maybe I will draw another version an put it on my blog next week!
Have a nice not too hectic and busy time! Best wishes from Germany
From Shirley Wohlsen (Queensland, Australia) ~
Attached is my Tile for ‘It’s A String Thing #272’ Challenge.
From Ginger White (California) ~
Hope the holidays do not have you too worn down! Thank you for all you do throughout the year.
Here is my contribution to this week's challenge. I call it "Aquaponics". Placing jetties just at the base of verdigogh reminded me of the water plants growing in ponds. Turning the strings on their side worked better for me. Tried colored pencils for the first time, so stretching myself each week!
From Ingrid (The Netherlands) ~
Here is my IAST # 272 tile for this week.
May everyone have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season.
Much love and have a blessed time with all your beloved people.
From Nor'dzin (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) ~
Here is my tile for #272 - a lovely couple of tangles to put together.
Our granddaughter, Zoë, arrived safe and sound on November 30th - even earlier than expected. Despite the concerns about her being so tiny, she is healthy and doing well. Thank you for your good wishes.
Seasons greetings to you and your Zentangle community.
*perf lined Verdigogh and pretty filled Jetties, too
From Amy L, CZT (Connecticut) ~
After reading your comments about the choices and the season I decided to go all out and do this one in color on black. I borrowed my daughter’s prismacolor pencils to shade. I had never done verdigogh so large and enjoyed letting it take control. Jetties is not my favorite tangle but filling in the centers with gel pens was really therapeutic and relaxing. Thanks for the fun inspiration.
*a beautiful pine needle look for Verdigogh
From Renee (Austin, Texas) and here on her blog ~
So fun to do. I am glad to have not missed out on this one. Thank you for the enjoyable challenge.
From Susie (St. Louis, Missouri) ~
I did two tiles this week, one in color and one in black & white. I hope everybody has a safe and fun holiday season.
*colorful and black and white, highlighted tangles - tapered and straight edged Verdigogh variations
From Laurel Davis, CZT #28 (New York) ~
What a great challenge, Adele! I took the liberty of turning the string and am very happy with how this turned out. To all the “Tickled Tanglers” out there, I’m sending my very best wishes for a zen filled holiday of happy tangling!
*beautiful blues, reminiscent of Juniper berries, grace a green shaded Verdigogh
From Cyndee Pelley (Oklahoma) and here on her blog ~
Happy Holidays to you, your family and to the wonderful “it’s a string thing” family all over the world. Whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year, I wish you all peace and joy. The world can use a lot more of this! Here’s my tile for the 272nd challenge. I can’t believe another year is gone again! Verdigogh is a challenge to overlap so I did my best but couldn’t seem to resist the obligatory Jetties as ornaments idea. I did enjoy this tile and I’m so glad I managed to get it in before Sunday this week! Much love to all!
*layered Verdigogh and Jetties - a double treat
From Sue Agnew (Tucson, Arizona) ~
HA HA even with 2 weeks to complete a tangle I ended up whipping it out this afternoon ... but then I guess that's actually what you're supposed to do with Zentangle rather than agonize over every stroke.
I enjoy Verdigogh, and remembering to draw behind came in handy last summer when I was trying to sketch a tiny balsam shoot. Today I placed the balls first, and then the top branch didn't end up in a place where the top ball could hang from, and I tried to add in a side branch but couldn't get it to work out. So let's just assume it was placed by that person (always someone) who hangs a too-big ball on a too-small branch. I thought Jetties was a perfect place to try that new-ish technique whose name I'm forgetting, "flicking"?
Have a very Merry Christmas, and looking forward to the next challenge right before New Year's!
*continuous line for the base stem and branches of Verdigogh - beautiful!
From Sharon Fite (California) ~
I was up for a little pointed pen practice. (Goofy lighting to show off the gold lettering.) Thanks so much for all you do for all of us, Adele. Wishing you and our IAST community Happy Holidays! Cheers!
*gorgeous, golden lettering and accents
Here are my tiles ~
I tangled these on a long (and a bit bumpy) flight back from California after the best time with our family in California. We were able to soak up some loving grandparent time - the best kind of Christmas present to ourselves.
In addition to the basics, my little supply bag contained red and green Microns which I used on the second tile.
I did intend to curve the line of Jetties, but it just kept going in the same direction. I curved the Verdigogh lines in an effort to compensate for their stubbornness :)
Thank you all for the good wishes, reminders to enjoy this time of preparation and celebration, and encouragement to take time to tangle when we can.
Many thanks to Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas for Verdigogh and Jetties.
Please check back later this afternoon for our last IAST of 2018! It will span two weeks as this one did for more time to enjoy these happy days ahead.
