The Word of the Year

The Zentangle challenge given by I am the diva this week is to pick one word to be a focus for the year and then tangle it in some way. I chose the word thrive. For my zentangle, I started with the 35th string in the Tanglepatterns.com Strings Guide 1-50 and used Bridgen (with solid dots) to outline it. The remaining tangles all begin with one of the letters in thrive.

The zentangle below is actually my second attempt. I'm still learning the tangles, and in my endeavor to not over-plan I tangled myself into a corner with no room to finish with Verdigogh. Oops! I learned a few other things as well, so for Take #2, I switched out a couple of tangles for ones that better suited the string. I also balanced the light and dark elements more intentionally.

T: Tripoli, Twing, Tipple; H: Hollibaugh, Hibred; R: Raddox; I: Isochor; V: Verdigogh; E: Ennies