An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

This is the first, wildest, wisest thing I know: the soul exists...it is built entirely out of attentiveness.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Fractured watercolor on canvas WITH tangles

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Click on this image to enlarge After I got back to my studio...I naturally had to add some "tangles" to this painting. It is ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Christmas is 3 months from today....

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This is an "almost" done version of the fractured wc piece that I did as our Christmas card and as a demo for the class last wee...
Monday, September 24, 2012

ZIA and a Zentangle

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  This is a "regulation" 3.5" Zentangle tile.  It is is my attempt to continue to extrapolate on the Auraknot tangle trying...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Auraknot in two formats

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  So these two Zentangle examples are both done on Strathmore note card paper.  So larger than the 3.5" again. Even though this fir...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Tangling a Snowflake

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Footlights, Checkerboard, Verve, Paradox, Annee  Well, before I tangled a snowflake I did one more "card".  So this is bigger ...

Maxwell House International Coffee

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Lacey, Scraper, Crescent Moon, Gyro, Herald, Ving Boy, the only thing keeping me warm this afternoon is a few cups of no-sugar French Va...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Holiday Motifs

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I give total credit to the fine Zentangle work of Margaret Bremmer and Pam Pincha-Wagener for inspiring me to the Zentangle art shown here...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Annika Sylte and Zentangle

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When you go to Annika's blog you need to click on "translate from Norwegian to English".  I  went there through someone else...
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Fractured WC class

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I had 17 sign up for this class.  Wow...a really nice group!  And such nice gals!  Thanks to everyone who came!!! Fractured watercolor i...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Zentangle® on a Stool

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Sanded and painted white. Today was my day to try out that Testor's Paint Marker I posted about just previous to this.  So now I am ...
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Stool Top Ideas

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I think I mentioned before that one of my CRAZY plans is to Zentangle my kitchen cupboards down in FLorida this winter. NOT the all door...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Happy Birthday to my Grandson

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Nothing like a birthday card! Homemade. My grandson Alex turns 19 next week.  So this  morning  I put together a little card for him. ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Card Making

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"You make me happy from the inside out" says the little round stamp that inspired this card. Enough to encourage some uncommon c...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Time Disappears with Zentangle®

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Slipped away today in studio for short bout with my Z's and sort got wrapped up in a LONG bout with a circular Zentangle. I have never ...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Explaining "strings"

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After teaching my first class of Zentangle® on Thursday I have begun to refine a few things that will go faster and smoother next time. For ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Stamps and Stencils

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Okay...so here is a piece of canvas which has on it a "sampler" of watercolor textures and marks that can be added to the fracture...

Merry Christmas...a little early.

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One of my demo pieces for fractured wc is going to be my Christmas card. This is just about as far as I will go on it before I start working...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Prepping for Fractured WC class

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I am doing another sample for the class and refreshing myself at the same time. This is a 16 x 20 canvas (although most of the class will us...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

Teacher's bag

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I found this nice bag (actually TWO matching bags) at a garage sale a few weeks ago (25 cents each). Perfect for keeping all my Zentangle s...
Friday, September 7, 2012

Moving into Phase Two

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I feel I have sort of "turned a corner" now with these lovely patterns. Although I am still basically using ideas I get from othe...
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Ginny Stiles
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
I live in Madison, Wisconsin and summer for a few months in Lac du Flambeau, WI. I teach watercolor, mixed media and Zentangle classes.
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