“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula Day 20 - Another Look At Curvy And Linear Organic Patterns The new tangles introduced in this lesson are Jetties, Sampson and ‘Nzeppel. This tile is the final one I will be doing in this series. There is still a lot more in this book for anyone who is interested. If you don’t want to add it to your own library, you might want to check your local library if you want to continue with it.
“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula - Day 17 - Organic Patterns Intertwined The new tangles introduced in this lesson are Courant, Sedgling and Vitruvius. Organic patterns can be mixed together and play well with each other. As you’re tangling, you can see where tucking a few Pokroot under or beside another tangle would enhance both of them. It’s as if you have a florist’s shop of tangles from which you create a beautiful arrangement!
“One Zentangle A Day” by Beckah Krahula - Day 16 - Organic Patterns Today’s new tangles are Pepper, Ynix and Squid. These are organic patterns that can fill almost any shape. They are versatile and can be done alone, or have multiple iterations in one area. For example, the Ynix on my tile above. I have used a grouping of multiple fronds to fill a side and corner area. On the other hand, Each of the Pepper shapes stand alone, but still act as a group to frame the area filled with Nekton. Finally, the Squid at the center, bottom is a singlet, filling an area, but with empty space around it so it stands out.
Keeping it simple today. I am usinging a simple string with randomly chosen tangles. Some of these tangles I haven’t drawn in years. A nice thing about the Zentangle method is that you can work from wherever you are along the path! Simple, complex or inbetween, wherever you are today, you can still do this! Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil. Highlights created with white colored pencil.
I mentioned previously that I had a very old Zentangle kit. I also have a newer one that has the lighter green color on the outside. I pulled it out because I wanted to see what was in it and I found a standard Zentangle tile that already had a string drawn on it! Actually there are a few with strings already drawn on them. I chose this one to work on. The string was fairly complex, so I thought it might be fun. The string had several small loops around the outside edge, so I started drawing orbs and basically filled them in with Tipple.
She had traveled down the hall of the long good bye for such a long time. She slept and awoke and walked towards the door in the House of Waiting. The vastness pulled at her spirit and she longed to be free. She would not miss anything here. She had completed her mission. She would leave it all behind. It had been her life. But now, she was free to fly.
“Just as the sun rose over the landscape, shards of yellow penetrated the deep blue water to reveal life beneath the sea. Tentacles of deep green seaweed danced to the music of the current. In the deepest depths of the water, life was awakened with the bright morning sun. Creatures of the sea revealed their secrets.” - Jo Flaherty Jo posted this as a challenge on the ZIA Tips, Tricks and Techniques Group on Facebook. I decided to begin by creating a fairly standard Zentangle, using just a few of my favorite “aquarium” tangles.
I‘ll have the cabernet. Actually, this is more the color of Welch‘s Grape Juice! I really liked this color combination. The gray and purple played nicely with each other and allowed for a good amount of contrast. Zentangle drawn on gray print making paper using wine and gray Copic multiliner pens. Shading done with Polychromos colored pencils. Tangles: Crescent Moon Cubine Ixorus Knightsbridge Locar Quipple Rain Rixty Swarm Ynix
Elegance. This tile is unusual in that it doesn‘t have my regular border around it. I wanted to try a very rounded, loopy design because I thought it would appear more elegant with the black and gold tangles. Zentangle drawn on Official Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Cyme Ennies Ibex Purk Squill Tink Ynix
No boundaries. I decided to do this tile without my usual border or string. Instead, I simply started drawing the Ynix in one corner and progressed from there. Sometimes, you just have to go for it, without imposing limitations on yourself! Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Tangles: Bucky OOF Quandry Shattuck Ynix