I am the guest blogger for the Diva this week July 20th, 2015. I am so honored that Laura has allowed me this time with her awesome challenge followers. The challenge is based on my trip to Anna Maria Island, Florida with my family and friends. We went to the Ringling Circus Museum and I was inspired by the art and architecture of the place-the Zentangle possibilities are endless!
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Diva Challenge 227 by Lee Darter
In Ring three it's Ling!
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John Ringling's summer home in Sarasota, Florida
A huge banyan tree
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Diva Challenge 227 by Lee Darter
In Ring one it's...Fescu!
In ring two it's Florz...
In Ring three it's Ling!
Diva Challenge 227 by Verne F.-awesome use of color!
Diva challenge 227 by Verne F. -love the way the back ground Tropicana is faded out and the Fescu is inside the Cack!
Diva Challenge 227 by Verne F.
Diva Challenge 227 by Monique B.
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John Ringling's summer home in Sarasota, Florida
The mini circus was my favorite!
My mother-in-law
A huge banyan tree
The front of the main house.
Sarasota Bay in the background.
Check out all the Zentangle possibilities!
A modern art exhibit at the John Ringling museum.
The courtyard of the John Ringling art museum.
Part of my crazy and wonderful family and friends at Clearwater Aquarium visiting Winter and Hope.
One of my Zentangle Student's Dive Challenge #227 Tile by Sidney Kapinos
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Thanks for your inspiration at this week's Diva Cahllenge!
ReplyDeleteIf you ever get to Sarasota you just have to check out the place!
DeleteFun challenge this week, Lee. I'd never some of the tangles, and it's always nice to try something new. I like you take on it!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you are having fun with it!
DeleteThanks for being the guest Zentangle Diva this week. I had a good time with your challenge. I used three tangles that were new to me.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are using new tangles! That is always exciting!
DeleteThis was a real hard one for me! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you were up for the challenge!!!
ReplyDeletethank you for this challenge, i love your tiles
ReplyDeleteThank you Ulrika B.! It was such an honor to spent time with the Diva's wonderful followers!
ReplyDeletePretty Tangles !
ReplyDeletethank you Jay
DeleteThank you, Dee, for the challenge this week. I had a REAL zen time tangling it. Thanks also for you comment on my blog and your explanation on animals used in circuses. Starting this year, here in The Netherlands wild animals are forbidden in circuses. And Europe is following as far as I know.
ReplyDeleteAnne, I am glad you liked the challenge
DeleteLee
Hi Lee from a fellow CZT 15. I like this week's prompt and your story. Your tiles are great.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe it was over a year ago we became CZTs, it seems like yesterday! I am so glad you enjoyed the challenge. I am so honored the Diva allowed me this time with her followers
DeleteLee Darter
Thank you for the Challenge! It was so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you enjoyed it!
DeleteLee Darter
Thanks for the fun challenge but especially thank you for the photographic inspiration!
ReplyDeleteDebra,
DeleteI am so glad you enjoyed the challenge. My family really had a great time in Sarasota!
Lee, thank you again for this challenge! It was fun, especially since this was the second Diva challenge that I have participated in, and you, my Zentangle teacher, are the guest blogger. By the way, you asked on my blog if you could post my tile here, and of course the answer is yes. I'd be honored.
ReplyDeleteYeah...thanks!
DeleteLove all your pics and tiles. It was really nice of you to feature one of your students tiles. I had fun with the challenge.
ReplyDeleteBeverly...I am so glad you enjoyed the challenge. Verne and Monique are my students as well.
ReplyDeleteLee Darter
As a fellow art educator, (33 yrs), I am so honored that you picked my Tropicana tangle for your challenge this week. It will be a pleasure to see what everyone does with it. It is truly a gift that you have given me during this challenging time in my life as I navigate through my Husbands dementia and our “new normal”. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteKate, I am so glad you contacted me. Tropicana is one of my favorite tangles. I just love seeing what everyone did with it during the challenge. I was so honored to be a guest blogger for the Diva. Her followers are so awesome! I am so sorry to hear about your husband. My great grandmother, grandmother and father all had alzheimer's so I understand your pain. My husband has MS so I am learning to adjust to our "new normal" as well. If you ever need anyone to chat with please email me anytime at doodleallday@hotmail.com
DeleteLee
Love all your variations - they are amazing!! Hope your trip is fantastic!!
ReplyDelete~ Diane Clancy
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thank you Diane!
ReplyDeleteLee Darter
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