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I imagined this piece but it didn't execute as well as I thought. As The Diva says in this weeks challenge, it's about the process, not the product. I'm sure if I had another go it would evolve a little differently.
As I needed concentric circles and I don't have a compass, I was inspired by the apple slicer template and used some biscuit cutters. I only had two circles initially, but it was enough to get me going.
"The Little Red Wonder Book;" A First Book of Religion for Little Children by Lewis Gilbert Wilson. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood. Copyright 1917, The Beacon Press, Boston.
My apologies for the faded colours in this old picture from 1991, it is slightly light damaged. I hope the quality does not prevent people from getting something out of it.
Not an original idea (I've seen it elsewhere on Flickr, but I had to give it a go. I'm very pleased with the result!
Close up of Marrakech food stall in the Medina in Marrakech. The illustration is used for the Morrocan Landmarks Pattern. You can also view the doodle for Casablanca & Tanger .
Another Zentangle drawing I did this evening, called Crazy For Huggins. Named after the name of the scroll-like pattern that the rest of the designs sit inside.
Ref: D1870-024
11.14.08 A Zentangle inspired by Jacob's Ladder to heaven. Please view in a larger size.
Even though this is not as intricate as some of my other pieces in my arch series this took me a long time. I was working on perspective and weaving the lines. I seem to have dyslexia and boy this was hard for me because the lines seemed to keep flipping on me as I was working on this. Part of the inspiration for this is the string game we played as kids where we did different movements with the strings and ended up with something we called Jacob's ladder. Anyway, thank you for looking