May went really quickly - and yet - I couldn't remember the earlier journal pages. Here's what I have been working on for Journal52...
Week 17 - Refresh
I was actually ON my runaway-and-recover-and-recharge trip to Maine at this time, so it wasn't too hard to create a "Refresh" page. Unfortunately, the hot, crispy little calamari cooled off quite a bit while I did the drawing. But it was worth it. The hot tub idea just cracked me up.
I used ballpoint pen to draw the sketch in my Moleskine journal and watercolors for the yellows and reds. I transferred the whole image to my Journal52 journal using Sheer Heaven and then stuck washi tape around the edges.
![](https://www.teddybear-n-geekygirl.com/content/images/-ItxpP0Q0dvQ/U5KIvejpYEI/AAAAAAAAFWg/z-XWBZonbFc/s2000/refresh---web.jpg)
Week 18 - Creative Hands
I wrote about this one, when I finished it, on Mother's Day. This post has the words to the song too.
Photocopies of Lilah's and my hands with Brown Micron pen Zentangles.
![](https://www.teddybear-n-geekygirl.com/content/images/-CM8Cf7kYfQY/U5KI4i0SwBI/AAAAAAAAFWo/KNwMTfbXqNQ/s2000/hands-web.jpg)
Week 19 - Photography
Lilah, my mom and I went to BrickFest in Manchester, NH - it was AHHH-MAY-ZING! And this enormous balloon mini-figure...ummm..."maxi-figure"?.... was outside the convention center. I Photoshopped out all the anchor lines and added the text.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gnOof3OTVQc/U5KI808Cf1I/AAAAAAAAFWw/-xHkhF1s2000w/s2000/Lego-man-web.jpg)
Week 20 - Book Inspired
Lilah and I are reading through the Harry Potter series. Probably my fifth or sixth read. I've lost count. I photocopied the pages from the first book where Harry frees the snake at the zoo. I cut apart the text so it looks like the glass of the cage shattering and Lilah drew harry and the snake. The snake is saying "Thanks" with a snake-y lisp ("Santse"). Harry is saying "any time" with a British accent ("Enny time"). It's colored with colored pencils and markers.
![](https://www.teddybear-n-geekygirl.com/content/images/-et6Pqi_2ZA4/U5KJAoSrFLI/AAAAAAAAFW4/yQJ4GLZ50MU/s2000/book---harry-potter.jpg)
Week 21 - Making a Mandala
For this one, I avoided making a Zentangle mandala...just because I wanted to really push myself. I used a technique that Marie Browning showed us at TangleU. I drew the patterns and my Bumblebat with a black ballpoint (my favorite tool), pushing hard into the paper. Then I used colored pencils to color over the impressed lines. I didn't realize until I had finished that I had divided the background between rigid grids and freeform geometry. Interesting that it's not perfectly balanced.
Free-form rules!
![](https://www.teddybear-n-geekygirl.com/content/images/-lxeImftXVqI/U5KJDN9DbNI/AAAAAAAAFXA/hz3MzXc7YKc/s2000/bumblebat-dala.jpg)
Subscribe to our email newsletter and unlock access to members-only content and exclusive updates.
Comments