Tea Time

As promised, Here are the winners (drawn randomly) from all the wonderful tanglers who commented.

1. "Vickie Lampron" 
2. "Webster" 
3. "anon" who thanked Mary C and Debbie K 
4. "Jo-Ellen Matthews" 
5. "Marlene Waters" and. . . . 
6. A special one for Annabelle (art belles) for the great lyrics she made up for "Ode to Zentangle"! 

Please, all, email me (maria) at zentangle@gmail.com with your emails or tel # so I can arrange the distribution of the tiles! (We tried to contact you, but couldn't figure out how to do it.)

• Vickie, tell me your top choice
• Webster, tell me your top two choices 
• "anon," tell me your top three choices
• Jo-Ellen, tell me your top four choices.

Congrats and thank you all. I wish I had 120 tiles to hand out.

But wait, oh no! could it be? Another chance for a tile?!

This has been so much fun, and since it's still fun, . . . here goes . . . .

I love tea. Anyone who knows me, knows this. (Coffee, too, but not so much.) I also love that pretty much the only place you can get a really great cup of tea is at home. I love tea's ceremony, simplicity, and formality. I love its warmth, comfort, and drinking it with others.
 
And, I love its color.

I have used tea for years as: stain, tint, paint, warming agent, aging agent, blush, flush, shade, tone, and wash. (I remember my mom staining linens or crocheted doilies with tea . . . nice memories.)

My hands are happiest with a brush (or pen) in hand and they are usually close by. So it's not surprising that tea would find its way onto my Zentangle tiles (an all cotton fiber paper).

I like to use the bottom of a pot that's been sitting a while. So, give this a try . . . when you have a bit at the bottom of your cup – even a q-tip will do – wash the edges or set a focus on a particular tangle. . . fun stuff. No need to run to the art supply store . . . kinda classy.

Remember, subtlety is what you are looking for. You can always go over it again for more color. This is great. We're back to creating our own "paints". . . just like Da Vinci and Rembrandt! What do you think? Where will this lead?

Surely we could use a cranberry wash or "coffee and cream"? How about some crushed blueberries or a really nice . . . hmm . . . "RICKY, can you open that really nice red wine we've been saving . . . ."

Cheers!

Supplies used:

• Zentangle tiles
• Black Sakura® Pigma® micron 01
• Black Sakura Pigma Graphic 1
• White Sakura GellyRoll®
• White chalk pencil
• Graphite Pencil
• brush
• Red Rose® Tea
• Clos de los Siete – a Malbec blend  

Rick adds,
Tea time really is a special time for us here. Every day, we all take a break around ten in the morning for tea and a snack. Work stops; everyone gathers on the porch; oftentimes family and friends stop by. (They've learned!  :-)

A quick note about that third tile above. A couple folks, seeing those strands that extend from that inner pattern, asked if it was a new tangle. That inner tangle is tripoli. When you extend the negative space away from the center cluster, it becomes a positive space . . . figure and ground suddenly switch. Static was then tangled behind in a hollibaugh fashion.

So . . .

Please tell us how you take a break.

We'll do another give-away of at least one of these tiles to a randomly selected commenter on this blog entry.

Click images for more tea.