No borders.
By now I‘m sure you‘ve noticed that I usually draw a border around the edge of my tiles. I‘ll admit, I‘m trying to contain my drawing and keep it under control. Having that border does that for me.
But every so often, I have to escape and live life on the edge. My art will often reflect that.
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Tink Paradox Printemps W-2 Yincut
Simplicity.
Sometimes I just like simple, bold designs. This tile is a good example. I wanted to play with a few tangles and some deep shadowing. I think the effect would have been lost in a more complicated drawing.
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Appearance Frondous Magma Trigue Vega
It‘s a party… In outer space
Every time I look at this tile, the central motif reminds me of one of those crepe paper party poppers. You know the kind where you pull the central handle and it “pops” and then confetti comes out? They often have a small toy and a party hat inside the central tube. The other thing that comes to mind is some kind of weird alien swimming through space.
Supermoon.
Tonight‘s full moon will be the closest to earth since 1948. Take some time and go out an actually look at it in person. Think about how vast and amazing the universe is.
I decided to draw this to experiment with some new tools for drawing on black backgrounds. I‘ve had this card stock for years. I bought a ream of it over 20 years ago, and at this point, I have no idea which company it came from.
Sometimes you just need a little color in your life!
I recently got a set of Faber-Castel Polychromos Artist‘s Pencils . I‘ve always used Prismacolor pencils , but over the last few years the quality of the pencils themselves has gone down hill. So I was looking around to see if there was anything better and found the Polychromos.
For starters, they are oil-based, instead of wax-based. That means the pencil lead is harder, and puts down a more vibrant layer very quickly.
It doesn‘t happen very often, but once in a while I create a tile I don‘t like.
This is one of those. I feel like I should have just skipped the Henna Drum design below the Voxter medallion. And, for that matter, the medallion is almost centered, which also bothers me. I finished it anyway, and it‘s in my book, but it‘s definitely not a favorite.
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Bales Cadent Flora Onamato Striping
Yep, I‘m human.
It‘s not your eyes, or anything wrong with your screen. I made a few mistakes in the Eye-Wa section of this tile. I still like the tile. Flubs happen. You just keep on keeping on!
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle Tile .
Tangles: Eye-Wa Fescu Isochor Kule Well
Sometimes, I want to tangle with only “official” tangle patterns.
It was almost midnight. I had been asleep for a couple of hours, but then I woke up and realized I wasn‘t going to go back to sleep any time soon. So I got up and went in the studio to draw for a while.
I used my handy, dandy list of official tangles and a random number generator to pick all of the patterns to fill my tile.
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle Tile .
Tangles: Cadent Dribbetz Gourdgeous Msst Orlique Shard Stoic
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle™ Tile .
Tangles: Arckles Arrowheads D‘Rua Florz Gloven Isochor Leaflet Luv-A Squill
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Jetties Knightsbridge Meer Nzeppel Quabog
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Zentangle Tile .
Tangles: Cadent Cirquital Claire Flutter Inapod Marasu Meer Quabog
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Doodle Bugs Drupe Floating Disks Lightning Bolt Kathy‘s Dilemma Nipa Pendrills
Happy Halloween, everyone!
This is one of my favorite holidays. Everyone dresses up and has lots of fun. Kids get to dress up as their heroes and adults get to bring out their inner kid to play.
I had a dream last week of a picture with a variety of “little monsters” in it. So I decided to try and recreate a bit of the dream to share with you!
Zentangle drawing done with Micron pen on Strathmore Vellum Bristol .
Tangles: Fescu Flee Sharalarelli Trio
Welcome to the new website for Tandika.com!
You‘ll notice several things that are the same, and a few that are different.
I am still creating Zentangles on a regular basis. You will be seeing them, but not necessarily on the exact day they are created. On Thursdays, you will see an older tile, billed as a throwback. I‘ve been tangling for 6 years now, and it‘s interesting to see what has changed, and what remains the same.