Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Weekly Challenge #91: "Beads of Courage"

This week's challenge was in honor of Laura's son Artoo's second birthday.  Artoo suffers from a rare neurological disorder called Moebius Syndrome.  Recently Artoo has begun participating in a wonderful program called Beads of Courage.  Created as a way to help children cope with chronic illnesses, Beads of Courage allows children to tell their story of courage and strength through strands of colorful beads.  Artoo's strand, already over fourteen feet long and not nearly complete, was the inspiration for this week's Zentangle creation.

I, personally, am rather pleased at how my drawing came out this week.  I used real lampwork beads as my inspiration.  It was also a good exercise in shading.  I love the use of shading in Zentangle, I just often get lazy and leave it out.  This is a good inspiration to start using more shading.


-Jennifer Gayle

5 comments:

Tangles and More said...

The beads look great. I agree shading is a challenge.

ledenzer said...

Perfect way to hi-light the bead challenge!

Sue Sharp said...

Simple and pretty - very nice beads and shading

Anne's tangle blog said...

Great tangles on your beads!

Tinkered Art said...

Elegant in it's simplicity - lovely work.