“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula - Day 10 - Lessons From A Landscape
Three new tangles are introduced in this lesson: Echoism, Finery and Flukes. I did not use Finery for this tile.
When you look out across a pastoral scene, you may notice how distance makes objects lighter and the edges of things become a bit fuzzier. You can apply this idea to your tangling to add depth and draw the eye in.
Tangles have tonal value. Some are lighter, such has pokeroot and some are darker, such as Isochor. The value of a tangle can also depend on how close you place lines togther, or how large or small each shape within the section of tangling is. Even the thickness and distance between lines can change it’s value.
One way to help understand this is to look at tiles you have already completed. Look at them with your eyes wide open. Then hold the tile at arm’s length and squint at it. You should be able to see the tonal differences between each tangle!
For the tile above, I drew a string that sort of represented a landscape. I included an area near the lower left for a focal point. Then, starting at the bottom, I tried to fill in the tangles I chose from dark at the bottom to lightest at the top.
I think I was fairly successful. And I like the way the tile turned out over all!
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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