Tangle Tangle Tangle The book I co-authored with three other artists has been released, The Art of Zentangle. You will find 40+ pages of my work in the book (I am the "yellow" section.) It is hard for me to believe that my first publication is a Walter Foster book. Zentangle What is a Zentangle? In a word, a doodle. A structured, contained doodle. The term 'Zentangle' was coined by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas when, one day, Maria described her experience, as she created her art, as "feeling timeless, free and engendering a sense of deep well-being". Rick recognised that she was in a meditative state and so Zentangles were born. I use the technique of Zentangle in my own artwork, incorporating them into sketching, art-journalling and collage.
101 Simple Handmade Gift Tutorials These simple handmade gift tutorials will make any crafty person’s heart sing with joy! You don’t need special skills or a bunch of time because these can all be done super fast! Simple and cute…that works for me! Oh, and think of all the money you will save making these gifts. Substance Abuse: The Danger of Superficiality in e-Learning by Carmen Taran “In an era of excessive information, you have to wonder: how much of it is it real or matters? … How often do we create courses that look and sound good but are in fact cognitively opaque? How often do we design learning by staying near the surface? How often do we sacrifice depth and rigor for the sake of expediency? If you took down 80% of your e-Learning courses for one day, how many people in your organization would complain?”
Good Math, Bad Math After the whole Plait fiasco with the sum of the infinite series of natural numbers, I decided it would interesting to dig into the real math behind that mess. That means digging in to the Riemann function, and the concept of analytic continuation. A couple of caveats before I start: this is the area of math where I'm at my worst. Zentangle® art, classes, and more Weekly Challenges: Catching up #51-59 This week, I'm catching up on several weeks of challenges from Laura Harms... Weekly Challenge #51: New Tangle, FIFE Weekly Challenge #53: Diva Tangle - Undine Weekly Challenge #54: Purple Haze Zentangle: Meditation Through Pattern-Drawing by Maria Popova If greater creativity and more mental balance are among your new year’s resolutions, look no further than Zentangle — a type of meditation achieved through pattern-making, created by artist duo Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Each pattern is built one line at a time, organically combining simple patterns into complex zentangles in unplanned, unexpected ways that grow, change and unfold on the page as you enter an immersive state of flow.
Doily Projects Delicate, intricate and just plain beautiful, doilies are the perfect fodder for holidays and weddings. But don't merely set them on tables, as these aesthetic and functional objects have long been used. Rethink them. 10 Journal Keeping Ideas that Will Enhance Your Life What should I write about? Will it sound dumb? Will I run out of ideas before I even get started?
BW Fun-do Science Lab for Schools We know that every child is unique and that there is nothing called a ‘dull student’ or a ‘below average’ student. It is just that the levels of interest vary. This ‘interest’ depends on the child’s family, teachers, friends and the environment they live in. 8-13 is the age when most kids decide that they ‘love’ or ‘hate’ science. If a difference has to be made, it is then. With this in mind, Brainwave has conceptualised the BW Fun-do Science Lab for schools. Tangle Brasil Long time away from here!Some personal problems to be solved..I hope I can return to my tangling soon, as well as update the Mosaic with a lot of new tangles that were released these past weeks. I´ll let you with my last drawings that I made to frame and hand in my place. The large one ( the wave) will be a three part piece, so it is still a work in progress (WIP). Muito tempo longe do blog!