“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula, Day 4.
For this day, the new tangles are Jonqual, Nipa and Shattuck. The focus is on angular vs circular patterns. As an interesting shading exercise, the circles in Nipa could be shaded as an orb…or a hole!
I kept the string very simple, drawing a square at and angle in the center of the tile.
I drew the lines within Shattuck and Tipple so that they weren’t perfectly straight or even to add more interest. Because both Shattuck and Nippa are mostly lots of lines, I placed them so that the directions were a contrast to each other.
I think that all of the tangles for this day work well together, providing lots of contrast and drama. I also added more orbs by placing Tipple in two corners.
Shading was fun and easy to do. It is always fascinates me to see how a bit of graphite in just the right places completely transforms a flat design into one with rich dimension that draws you in!
Zentangle drawn on a standard, white Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil. Highlights done with white pastel pencil.
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