Tree of Life video class now available at shop

The gorgeous Tree of Life video class is now available at my shop for individual purchase. This is a two part advanced video class.

2023Eni OkenSeptember 20, 2023blackandwhite, treeoflife, moon pie, cat kin, tree leaf, twisted, branchstring, shading

Organic Sinkholes Class

Yesterday Art Clubbers and I had a fun class on Sinkholes, combining Wartz (Genevieve Crabe) and Prestwood (Margaret Bremner) to form an organic and fun mass to shade.

2023Eni OkenMay 26, 2023prestwood, wartz, sinkholes, shading

Tree of Life Part 2 Class

Today Art Clubbers and I worked on Part 2 of the lovely Tree of Life ZIA project. We worked on the frame, background and shading.

2023Eni OkenMay 4, 2023blackandwhite, treeoflife, moon pie, cat kin, tree leaf, twisted, branchstring, shading

Balloon Park Part 2 Class

Last Thursday Art Clubbers and I completed Part 2 of the Balloon Park class, including Knightsbridge, Vega, Paradox, Rambles and Moon Pie, covering a variety of 3D shading techniques.

2023Eni OkenJanuary 27, 2023blackandwhite, vega, knightsbridge, spherify, shadingfearlessly, shadows, shading, paradox, moon pie, frame

Balloon Park Part 1 Class

Last Thursday Art Clubbers and I had part 1 of a super fun class where we are exploring 3-dimensional strategies and techniques.

2023Eni OkenJanuary 20, 2023blackandwhite, vega, knightsbridge, spherify, shadingfearlessly, shadows, shading

Paradox Medallion Part 2 Class

Last Thursday Art Clubbers and I worked on Part 2 of the Paradox Medallion. We spent 2 HOURS shading this incredibly dimensional piece.

2022Eni OkenNovember 5, 2022paradox, medallion, shading

Paradox Medallion Part 1 Class

Last Thursday Art Clubbers and I worked on Part 1 of the Paradox Medallion, creating the line-art of this ultra dimensional ZIA.

2022Eni OkenOctober 29, 2022paradox, medallion, shading

Wrapped Frame and Paradox

Still playing with Paradox! This is combined with a wrapped frame and some galaxy effects in the corners. Loving this.

2022Eni OkenOctober 9, 2022paradox, medallion, shading, wrapped border, frame

More Paradox Medallion

Another Paradox medallion. This one turned out almost spherical, bulging outward, so cool.

2022Eni OkenSeptember 25, 2022paradox, medallion, shading

Paradox Medallion

Yesterday morning I pulled out an Art Raffle for my daily meditation and it gave me a medallion string with Paradox. I made two, here's the WIP of the second one. I haven't used Paradox much, but this is…. FUN! And mind bending too!

2022Eni OkenSeptember 21, 2022paradox, medallion, shading

Shading with Black Pencils - no smudge!

In my search for the perfect smudge-free black pencil for heavy shading, I tested a few different options of colored pencils.

2020Eni OkenNovember 22, 2020black pencil, shading, pencils, colored pencil

Vines and Berries Shading Class

Last Friday Art Clubbers and I had a the second part of the Vines and Berries project where we covered detailed and ultra-dimensional shading.

2019Eni OkenNovember 14, 2020vinesandberries, scrolls, scrollwork, bronxcheer, icanthis, icantoo, shading

More Floo-ish and Squid

More Floo-ish, this time with fun little Squid tangle pattern, which makes it look like a marine creature.

2020Eni OkenAugust 12, 2020flooish, shading, squid

Floo-ish and Mooka3D Lesson

A very fun lesson on how to create Floo-ish and Mooka3D, with particular emphasis on shading.

2020Eni OkenAugust 11, 2020flooish, mooka3d, mooka, twothirdsstring, shading

XLnt Tangling Lesson

A great tangling session with Art Clubbers showing how to play with the tangles XLnt and Crestfallen.

2020Eni OkenJune 11, 2020shading, XLnt, travel, crestfallen, tufton, embeddedletters, shadows, internal shadows, xlnttangling

Some Excellent Tangling

Creating step-outs for the Art Raffle has put me in touch with some excellent tangles I didn't know before.

2020Eni OkenJune 2, 2020shading, XLnt, travel, crestfallen, tufton, embeddedletters, shadows, internal shadows, xlnttangling

Tangle-a-day Crescent Moon

Nothing like starting fresh. I'm looking forward to filling up my Tangle-a-day calendar this year. I'm guest artist and you can find my work all over the calendar!

2020Eni OkenJanuary 1, 2020shading, Crescent moon, Zentangle Basics

Ratoon and Baton

Last picture of what was a very turbulent decade. I sure hope the next decade brings us all a bit of peace and tranquility, and BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY art.

2019Eni OkenDecember 31, 2019ratoon, baton, star, shading

Shading Fearlessly Bundle

It was about time that I put together all the materials I have on how to shade Zentangle 3-dimensionally. This bundle is made of 3 videos plus the super successful Shading Fearlessly ebook.

2019Eni OkenDecember 29, 2019shading, fearlessshading, shadingfearlessly, bold shading, shadows, lesson