A few weeks back I posted a challenge/contest for the new AlphaTangled card packs. Here's the challenge: Create a Zentangle using your name or nickname as the string, and only traditional tangle patterns to fill it in. You may interpret the challenge however you like, but stick to black, white and red,...

Last fall, on the way home from Bonnie's Zentangle certification seminar in Providence, we had the good fortune to visit the studio of my friend, and master childrens' book illustrator, Judith Moffatt! Her studio was charming and highly distracting as every inch was covered in pictures and framed artwork. She's...

Here are my pages for Journal52 - I'm trying to keep up with July's and forgot to post June's! Week 22 - Traveling This is my favorite way to travel... by book. But that might just be because I have never gone first class. Next time I go to...

The >Sigh< is because today was the last day of my comic adventure. But it was a great way to end it. Marek Bennett spoke for most of the day with a presentation after lunch by Cara Bean. Marek had been tutoring my son in Spanish for years so I know how multi-talented...

We finally got to hold our comics in our hot little hands! To recap - yesterday, we had two hours to draw our page and ink it. We went from brainstorming the story, characters, etc. right through to silkscreening and assemble... in one day. Phew. Today we did a critique of the pages. Here'...

After hours and hours of drills and practice, I can now honestly say that I am definitely a brush person, and NOT a nib person.  More on that in a bit... First, I want to show you the bathroom. I was really surprised that the walls of this school are so clean. And white. My...