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Sketch of a Sketch-note

I got distracted by a bunch of things so I didn't post this right after the Graphic Medicine Conference this weekend - as I had planned. I was photographed while sketching David Macaulay's Keynote Presentation on Saturday at Dartmouth - and thought you might like to see a little of

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Berlin-ish...

Back in October, I was contacted by one of my teachers, Luke Howard, at the Center for Cartoon Studies to see if I'd like to participate in The Secret Berlin Project. He wanted to celebrate the completion of Jason Lutes' epic comic, Berlin, which had taken 20 years to complete!

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It's a Sign!

I've been sick in bed for two weeks, but I did get one day off to bring some more Stuff to the new Studio in Concord. And my door had a beautiful new sign! Here's a closer view of it with the studio behind it... I was blown away by

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Post-Party Check-in

So THAT worked! We had a great party... Guests arrived and left in small groups all afternoon and evening so it never got overwhelming for me. I got to talk to almost everyone. It was unseasonably humid, but still a beautiful evening. My daughter, Lilah, made carrot cake cupcakes that

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Summer Solstice Sip and Paint

We've been cleaning out my mom's house for weeks. This past weekend, my sister, Jen, and her husband came up to help clear out the barn. There were tons of paint cans that needed emptying, so Jen and Brian decided to dump them on sheets of cardboard on our old

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Sandy and Christine - A Correspondence

Zentangle has been moving SO fast and the art online is staggering! Sometimes it is nice to be reminded of the whole point of this art form - as I see it - Creative Confidence. I've always thought it was amazing how Zentangle could get people drawing and experiencing their

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Artsy Holiday Celebration

I'm sick in bed and just realizing two weeks have flown by since I got out of school for break. Whoosh! Just before Christmas, I got to participate in a Holiday Celebration at my daughter's elementary school. It was my kid's idea that I should volunteer to lead an art

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Back at Ya, Judy

My friend Judith Moffat recently did a great blog post about how much fun she had playing with my new Inspiration Sketchbooks, The Tangles of Kells and The Tangles of Santa Fe. But what REALLY got me excited was to see her journal page with her Santa Fe-inspired mandala! My

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Ms. Moffatt's Merry Mandalas - A Review

February vacation is going by so fast! Last Saturday, Lilah and I had a wonderful start to the week - we built things out of clay, needlefelted, made brownies, watched movies.... And best of all - we colored while listening to stories on our iPads. Lilah has been listening to

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Tangles of Kells - Now in the Physical World!

I wanted to tell you about my new BOOK! I added a new cover and some new art to the e-book and had it printed on very nice paper and - voila!! - The Tangles of Kells is now available as a BOOK! I sold pre-release copies to the ladies

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It's That Bauble Tree Time of Year

I received the following email this weekend: Dear Ms Bartholomew, I have to thank you again. I recently had the pleasure of purchasing your book "The Bauble Tree" in your Etsy shop. I have since written a short blog post about it at http://www.stxradley.blogspot.com The book

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AlphaTangled Contest - The Winners!

I always seem to forget how difficult it is to hold a contest! I like the challenge aspect of it and seeing the amazing work... but "choosing" a winner? So hard! I really wanted to give everyone who entered a prize - so I had the idea of giving each

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AlphaTangled Contest - The Entries!

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,

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Ms. Moffatt's Meditative Mandala Masterpieces - A Review

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

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A Conversation: Rosie Hill's Tangled Garden

I received this beautful card - and encouraging note from CZT, Rosie Hill: I'll type it out for you here: Dear Sandy, Thank you for your wonderful tangles, books, art and ideas. I first found out about Zentangle from your article in Cloth, Paper Scissors and I was immediately hooked.

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The Pederson Ladies

I thought we would take a little break from the Tangle Library APP rush... breathe... ahh, yes, tangling is calming, right? ;-) Barbara Pederson sent me the following notes and artwork and I think they are lovely. Be sure to look closely at the details in the tangled hair. I

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The Perfect STAR for "The Bauble Tree"

Just before Christmas, I released my ebook, "The Bauble Tree," with step-outs and techniques and ideas... and a challenge to show me what you do with it. Rita Nikolajeva took the challenge even farther by integrating the Bauble tangle with a new tangle of her own design - Auseklis. Here

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Creative Lineage

In my last post, Steal Like an Artist, I mentioned some of the amazing new ideas that I am learning and processing from reading Austin Kleon 's book. Today I really understood what he means about creating your own (artistic) family tree. Building your collection of influences and inspirations that

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Guest Artist - Ellen Wolters

As you may remember, everyone who entered the final Challenge was a "winner" of a Tangle Card pack. I recently received this note on Facebook: Ellen Wolters > BEEZ ink Studio Been playing in my kidsclass with the Tangle Cards I won with your challenge! We had real fun, check it

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Mini Zentangle Retreat at The BeeHive

After I get back from the Santa Fe Retreat, I hope to start getting the Open Studios going again at my BeeHive Studio. There is a really great mini-retreat happening in a few weeks, so I wanted to call your attention to it. My Studio Manager Minion, Bonnie B., got

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Results of Tangle Card Challenge #7 - Gewgle

I hope this kind of creepy tangle - Gewgle - didn't scare anyone away! :-) I wanted to end the series of Challenges with something fun and unusual. As usual, I was really impressed with the incredible entries - and the sense of humor is wonderful too. As you can

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Results of Tangle Contest #5 - Hemp

This was a fairly complex tangle, but with two weeks to attack the challenge - you all rose to the occasion! And we get TWO winners this week. So let's see what we have. Try not to drool, these are fabulous! The winner is... Pamela Wolfstone!! The Facebook People's Choice

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Results of Tangle Contest #4 - Kaleido

It was nice to have an easy week wasn't it? Nevertheless - there were clever and beautiful solutions for this tangle - Kaleido. The winner is.... Maya Hardcastle's "Kaleid-ohm"!! Maya's piece is simple and yet really plays up the fun "trick" of hiding another image inside Kaleido. (Maya let me

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Results of Tangle Contest #3 - Ballenchain

As I looked through the entries, I would say "Ooo this one!" Then "Ahh, this one..." There was something about every piece that made me look again. And Alex isn't home this week to help me pick the winner. I was starting to get really nervous - how was I

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Spinning with Joy!

In case I forget to tell you, I think you are all amazing! Here's another really cool letter as proof: I really enjoyed Totally Tangled and it is the one book I keep in my bag with my tangle supplies. I thought you may want to see what I was