“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula - Day 8 - Creating Dimension
Two new tangles are introduced in this lesson, Purk and Vega.
This lesson is all about how shading creates shape and volume. Darker shading pushes that area away from the viewer. Lighter colors and white highlights bring the area closer to the eye.
The ribbon appears rounded and shiny because of the darker areas along both edges and the highlight suggests a shiny surface such as satin. There is more darkness where it is squished and going into the loop at the top of the pendant.
I chose to make my Purk tangle into a pendant hanging from the ribbon. In addition to the shading giving shape to the large orbs, the curved lines of the small beads, and the shapes or the overlap of the beads tends to reinforce the idea that the large Purk is rounded and not a flat object.
Finally, the shading below the ribbon and to the right of the pendant give the impression that the focal points are being held up in front of a wall, with bright light shining on them. A hard-edge shadow implies bright light, a soft edge shadow can imply indirect or ambient light.
I kept this tile really simple, using only the two new tangles and focused mostly on the shading, since that was what the lesson was about.
Zentangle drawn on a white, Standard Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil. Highlights created with white chalk pencil.
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