Global Doodle Gems

The first Volume of the Amazing Collaborated Coloring book is ready and will hopefully be published soon! I can't wait to share this book with you guys! There are artists from all over the world who have come together to put these books together and they are coming together beautifully!

To have such a variety of styles and countries represented is very special and I'm proud to be a part of something so global!

If you would like to stay up-to-date on how the book is coming along as well as the future volumes, please join here! Also, you can add your own drawing into a photo album for a charity book! The top 100 liked photos in the album will make it into the book! :)

Let It Go Tangles

Today in class we did "Let It Go" tangles. Why? Because who doesn't loooove Elsa??

So each student received a tile and and that person chose the type of string that would be on the tile. For those new to zentangle, a string is a pencil line that breaks up the tile and gives them a starting point. My only requirement was that this one made 4 sections. Then they had a limited amount of time to tangle just one section of the tile. Then they had to sing "Let it go" as they handed over their hard work to the next person in their group so that they could do section #2. We continued this until all four sections were completed. Then the group took their completed tiles (4 now since each person started one) and then they composed them into one large tile. One of my groups had 5 and it worked out just fine :) This was a fun and collaborative way to practice and experience zentangle patterns!

Instructions I had on the board lol

Project #1: Tangled Little Hands

So this week in class we are tangling our hands! The kids are excited to move past tiles only and are ready to attempt something a little more ZIA (zentangle inspired art).

I cut cardstock in half and we traced their hands onto the paper.

They were then allowed to decide how to use their string to break up their hand. Some chose the palm and then each finger to be separate while others went a completely different way!

Students were told to start with black and white and then they could use Sakura Jelly Roll pens to accent afterwards.

They had a blast!