Zen heart roses

Roses seem awfully appropriate for Valentine's day and I found this great zen pattern of roses made with hearts.  Now to make a card with it!  I am toying with Juliet's idea of black and lacy for Valentines Day with my shoe drawing ... hmmm.... gotta do some serious thinking here.  I plan to use my shoe digi ... it is here and yours if you like.   Sorry about the poor scan, my scanner here is on its last legs.

This is actually a New Balance Shoe, not a Nike like I thought. ( Thanks Juliet! She sure knows her shoes!)

Card is already made in my head ... when I get it made in the real world, I will post it.

I did the drawing, but Juliet came up with a ton of phrases to use with it ...

"Excuse me while I slip into something comfortable"
"Let's go tie one on"       
"You're my solemate"       
"We've been together a long time"       
"I thought you'd get a kick outta this"

"I hope you aren't feeling run down."

"I shoe miss you"
"I'm baring my sole to you"
"Here is something lacy for Valentine's Day"
"Just do it!"

"Catch me if you can!"

"What can I do to jog your interest?"

Breathe ...and Balance

My yoga instructor says you can't have balance if you don't breathe. I don't stop to think about breathing much, but I do hold my breathe when I concentrate.  I am trying to learn to relax and just breathe, nothing else.  I really like how my silhouette came out - I drew her with a gel pen and then colored with a copic .3 fine point. I kind of like the little scratchies of white through the leotard. Looks kind of like a woodcut to me.

Not sure what I will do with this drawing, but it was very relaxing to do.

What a nice way to sit on the beach

I got this really peachy notebook and can go sit on the beach and play Zenn ... zentangles that is! My friend Juliet got me going on these and they are very restful and non-demanding. Perfect way to watch the summer go by.

Manga me? Zenn?

My daughter laughs that I even know what Manga means, but I picked up a book by Mario Galea and have been playing with Manga Drawing. Galea suggests drawing his manga first to get the feel of it then branching out and creating your own. So this is my interpretation of the manga by Galea. The copic coloring is all mine since manga is traditionally done in black and white, according to the book. I promised Pam at Firecrackers to try to create a fairy manga with zentangle wings. Now if I could put a Nancy Z. sunset in the background, color with copics and fit it all on a sketch card, I might lasso in all the directions my muse has been flying lately.