I practiced these patterns in my regular sketchbook once again. I still need to make my step out cards for Chillon and Bales. I thought it would be good to draw out the patterns again before making the cards. I drew my Beelight variation again because I really like how the direction changes and shading really effect the look of this tangle. These three tangles were part of the lesson for day 12 in "One Zentangle a Day" (which I am ever so slowly working through).
This is an easy pattern. But it does bite. There's a lot of depth here--some columns seem closer than others. But when you start adding highlites, the depth may reverse on you. You'll exclaim "Oh, Poodle!" but it's an illusion. You didn't get it wrong. Stop. Then continue. If you do get off count, don't worry. When you fold cloth, the patterns don't always line up. Your Galatea will seem more real for not matching perfectly.
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You gotta love alliteration! This week's "It's a String Thing" challenge uses four official Zentangle® patterns that begin with the letter 'T' : Tagh, ,Tipple, Tortuca, and Tripoli . They are all listed on Tangle Patterns with illustrations and suggestions, but Tipple and Tortuca do not have step outs posted. These tangles are pretty self-explanatory, but just in case you need a bit more information before you try them on your own, here are my notes about them... In this tile, I used Tipple in the negative spaces of the tangle pattern Fengle. The word tortuca means, among other things, turtle. It does resemble a turtle shell when completed. By the way, these pages are from my pattern notebook. The page is actually a free download from Tangle Patterns. On the home page in the top pink bar, there is a tab named "Organize Your Patterns". Linda Farmer has many suggestions there for pattern notebooks and plenty of free downloads. Check it out sometime! And now, since you have even more information about these pretty patterns, try your hand at this week's challenge. Click here for more information and have fun tangling! You are welcome to leave a comment in the space below. If you would like to hear from me, please use the email box to the right. Thank you!
YArd saLE. Yale. Here's another tangle I designed while sitting in the sun last weekend. I think the pattern looks more interesting on an angle, but it's easier to draw if you do it straight. In step four you can add one or more arcs beside the spirals, whatever gives you the space you want between the spirals. Here is a tile with Yale. I filled the small central circles thinking it might work well beside Lotus Pods. Tangles: Dancet, Keenees, Lotus Pods, Paradox, Yale, Zedbra The next has an earlier version of Yale. One of my 'dream tangleations' of Assunta had two spirals out from a small circle so I was working with that idea initially. The Yale tangle is simpler but the effect is still there. Tangles: Dancet, Lotus Pods, Unyun, Wud, Yale
This is a bit similar to another pattern but with a different kind of knot.
I am currently working on Day 10 in the "One Zentangle a Day" book. One of the official tangles I'm learning in this day's assignment is Finery. In anticipation of becoming a CZT (yippee!) in June 2014, I am starting to draw step out tangle instructions in ATC form to keep in a binder for easy reference. (I combined the front and back of this card in this image.) It's also great for just giving me an opportunity to practice each tangle more! I spent time looking at many wonderful artists examples of this pattern and decided to try a variation of Sandy Steen Bartholomew's version with the gorgeous curlicues in the larger sample.
This is the 3rd (and last) step out for the tangles of Day 10 in the "One Zentangle a Day" book I've been working through. I really had fun moving the corner "dark" space into different configurations to create additional interesting versions. I love how this pattern looks once shaded. I drew this step out on an ATC. This photo shows the front and back of the card.
Hypnotic - a tangle by Elena Hadzijaneva - is very fun to draw. The basic grid gets sprinkled with dots, then the dots are aura-ed, and the result is magical. It is also one of the tangles used in this week's "It's a String Thing" challenge. Check Tuesday's post for all of the delightful details. In the meantime, here are my notes to help inspire you to give it a try ~ Enjoy!
Gadroon: Embossed decoration or fluting on silverware. I was playing around with one of the classic patterns (see cutout) and came up with this twist. ...and it twists 'round and 'round!
Drupe is cool. It's like a flower stuck inside a cage. If you have been wondering about using color with your tangles, Drupe looks really nice. And the color makes it look even more 3-D, don't you think?
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I call this new pattern Ticking because when shaded, it looks a bit like stitched fabric (to me anyway). It is really quite simple. Steps 2 and 3 can be combined but I do them separately so that I can make the space divisions as even as possible. It helps if I have a starting point. I tend to get carried away with lines if I don't start from a divided location. It's a little like Bales at the start and you can start with a grid or just make your ovals at even distances and go from there. I hope you like this one. I haven't seen a pattern like this out there in the Zentangle universe but if you have please let me know. Also: I had one heck of a time coming up with a name for this one. If there is another pattern named Ticking let me know and I'll rename it. I googled and didn't find one, but you know how inexact Google searches can be.
Kürzlich habe ich dieses Bild veröffentlicht, das ich vor einigen Wochen gemalt hatte und wurde daraufhin von mehreren Personen gefragt, ob dies ein Zentangle Muster sei und wie es heissen würde. Also....ähm, bisher war's eigentlich noch keins, aber wenn ihr's gerne nachzeichnen wollt, kann ich's ja mal taufen und einen Stepout dafür zeichnen. Ich habe es noch nicht mal in einem Zentangle Tile verwendet. Aber das lässt sich ja ändern. I have been asked by some folks, if this was a Zentangle Pattern.....so far it wasn't, but if you feel like drawing it, I can name it and make a stepout. I haven't even tried it on a tile, but I can change this!
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This week's "It's a String Thing" features the tangle JJ by CZT Joy Taylor. It is a lovely pattern and I have enjoyed getting to know it. Armed with my penchant for tangling with continuous lines, I experimented with ways to combine steps along the diagonal lines and across the grid. My goal was to find a rhythmic and relaxing way to draw the tangle, which resulted in my Tips for Tangling JJ. I hope you find them helpful ~ Tips for Tangling JJ (by Joy Taylor, CZT) by Adele Bruno, CZT Some additional notes ~ In Step 1 - As Joy states in her description on TanglePatterns, the dots are not necessary, but you may find them helpful. I exaggerated them here so they can be seen, but they will be small dots on your grid. The other option is to just imagine those line segments divided into thirds, as I did in steps 2 and 3. In Step 2 - The long 'S' curve line crisscrosses over the diagonal line at the dots and through the square grid line intersections. ENJOY!
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"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something." Jean Paul One of my favorite tangles is 'Nzeppel, so I was happy to see that it's the focus tangle this week on the Facebook group Square One. Right off the bat I knew I'd be creating multiple tiles for this "One." When I taught a class a few months ago all about tangleations, 'Nzeppel was one of the tangles I showcased. I had worked on several tangleations and decided to use some of them in my tiles for this focus. In case you don't already know, a tangleation is a noticeable variation of a tangle pattern. I will be showing you my tiles, as well as the step-outs for the tangleations I used. If you aren't familiar with the tangle pattern 'Nzeppel, you can see the step-outs here. For my first tile I chose to use the random variety of the pattern, not based on a grid. This is not one of my tangleations, but one of the ways to draw 'Nzeppel introduced by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. First I drew Cosmo, by CZT Sonya Yencer, as my string and filled all the background with random 'Nzeppel. I didn't take a picture before shading, but believe me, the shading made such a huge difference in this tile! I only wish I could get the shading in my scanned photos to look like it does in real life! Here is my second tile, using one of my tangleations, along with my pattern Sharmin, from my e-book Step Out in Style. Below are the step-outs for this tangleation. Notice that the first 2 steps are what you would do for the standard form of 'Nzeppel, which I think of as squishing balloons into the triangular spaces. But then I drew auras inside each of those squished balloons. An aura is a line traced around the outside or inside of a tangle. In the last box I demonstrate two different ways this can be shaded, and used the one on the right side to shade the above tile. Next I decided to try out the pattern Onion Drops by Shasta Garcia, which I've never used before. I added another tangleation of 'Nzeppel in the background. Here are the step-outs I used for the tangleation shown above. After drawing my grid and an X in each square of the grid, I drew lines dividing each of the triangles into two sections, as shown. Then I added a squished balloon in each section. For my last tile, I used a third tangleation. I created a very large 'Nzeppel in the center of the tile, surrounded by a little Tipple and a lot of Hollibaugh. The step-outs for that tangleation are shown below. Instead of drawing an X in each square of the grid, I only drew one diagonal line, alternating the direction of the diagonal in each square. Then I added a line in each of the triangles to divide it into two sections, and squished my balloons into each one of those sections. 'Nzeppel is a pattern that you can really do a lot with. Other ideas that I've used are a really curvy grid, an offset grid, and one more that I did the step-outs for, but do not have a tile to show you. In this one, I again started with an X in each square. Then I drew another triangle inside each triangular section (an aura), and squished a balloon into each of those triangles. 'Nzeppel isn't the only pattern you can create so many tangleations for. Try it yourself with another pattern and you might be surprised by what great variations you end up with. A wonderful way to make a pattern your own!
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Settle in. This is one of those long posts! Cadent is of one of Zentangle's 'official' tangles. It's simple, elegant and easy when you know the steps. It was designed by Maria Thomas and you can see her steps here, as well as some possible variations. Being basically a simple pattern, it lends itself to massive possibilities! It can be done with straight lines rather than curvy, but I prefer it with curvy lines so that's what I'll focus on here. Most of my examples aren't shaded yet; you should do that. :) I want to start by sharing some of my favorite variations. My left brain realized that they would best be displayed in chart form. And then some #1 A single row of Cadent makes a lovely border. You'll see a few scattered throughout this tutorial. And then some #2 The square parts of Cadent can be filled with many different things for various looks. You may want to add Auras or ribbons to separate the squares. Think of some square grid tangles you like and see if you can adapt them. Here are a dozen ideas to get you started. I've used Cubine, Dex, Tortuca and Yincut, as well as other ideas. And then some #3 If you make the circles larger they can be filled with something. Here are three possibilities. Think of tangles you like that are composed of small circles and try them out. And then some #4 Cadent can be done as triangles too. I find this especially useful if Cadent is along an angled edge. Using triangles, Cadent can be done in the round. Start with a central circle. Draw about six circles around it and connect all the circles using Cadent lines. Then you have to think triangles, add more circles, and keep going. For another method to arrive at almost the same pattern, see my tangle Wildwood. And then some #5 You can do Cadent as rectangles instead of squares. And then some #6 Here are some fancified versions of Cadent for more inspiration. This border uses simple dots instead of circles, and alternates the direction of the 'scrolls' And then some #7 For more ideas, see Patti Meijer's page of Cadent variations here. And then some #8 Finally, I was about to throw out the samples I'd drawn for this post. Two of the large circle ideas and one with border designs caught my eye. Then I thought, "I could make ATCs out of those!" ATCs developed from Cadent variations. The large circle ideas are at the top and the 'border designs' are at the bottom. Well, that should keep us out of mischief for a few days. Have fun! You can see my "and then some" tutorials on other tangles here: Paradox, Knightsbridge, and Munchin.
Tangles: Crescent Moon, Tipple, Windfarm, and Windfarm with Rounding Or is it a variation? Oh well, I've given it a name. This is another of the Hollibaugh variations I was to share at Tangle U 2014. The first is a tangle I now call Morse. One of the people I showed this to said that it looked like modern windmills so Windfarm it is. The Rolling Hills Wind Project in southwest Iowa. This tangle begins with a long-armed 'Y' which then has an Aura on either side. Add another Y and aura it too. Some of the arms of the 'Y's will need to go under previous arms. Here's the how-to: You may want to add a single 'arm' to fill a corner. Remember to shade it! Just as you would with Hollibaugh, all the parts that seem to be going 'under' get shading. Tangles: Black Pearlz, N'zeppl, Windfarm plus stripes and leaves. (That 'flower' on the left appeared when I turned the tile around, so I added leaves!) BTW: It's getting harder and harder to keep track of tangles and names. If this pattern has been presented elsewhere, or if the name has been used already, please let me know!
Xav is a grid based pattern and although most of its lines are straight, it yields a rounded look. My inspiration came from a printed border on a piece of mail that we received. It was a colorful and clean graphic design and it sparked an instant idea - Tangle pattern Xav by Adele Bruno, CZT The pattern begins with a curvy 'X' inside each square of the grid. I've named it Xav for my sweet grandson, Xavier. How could I not name it after the only boy I know with a name that begins with and 'X'?! Besides that, I am one very proud grandmother. Here is the first tile I completed with Xav - Xav monotangle by Adele Bruno, CZT I kept the pattern straight and clean on this monotangle just to see what it would do. On some sections of the tangle, I added only half of the detail lines and the shading is varied a bit. The tangle however, can adapt very well to curvy lines or a grid that varies is size. Just like everything else Zentangle® - it lends itself to endless possibilities! Xav with Pauline's Pigtail and Iza by Adele Bruno, CZT After a search through my resources, I was not able to find a similar pattern but if I've overlooked something, please do write to let me know. Enjoy!
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Here are Zentangle's instructions for the tangle Paradox, from the February 2008 newsletter . Paradox is one of my favorite tangles and ...
The other day I came up with a new tangle. It went through a few phases before I arrived at this one that I like. A while ago some family members were having a conversation and one said, "...yeah, but..." I thought, "Yabbut? Yabbut! That would be a great tangle name." I wrote it down, waiting for the right time. Here's how to do Yabbut. In step 5, note that the small black squares co-ordinate with the black triangular areas already created; they make the third point of the triangle. There's a tile that uses Yabbut in my 'Walking the Line' post here. Here's another example: Tangles: Dex, Drupe, Hibred, Knightsbridge, Up and Across, Yabbut
This past weekend I had a yard sale. There are a lot of different names for that; we also say garage sale, although neither yards nor garages are sold. Apparently some in California call it a Meet Swap, which I and a friend initially understood to be a Meat Swap and pictured people arriving with lamb chops and sausages and chicken legs saying, "I'll give you four of these for six of those." :P What do you call it? I awoke Sunday morning, having dreamed of two interesting tangleations of Assunta. (Obsessed? Who? Me?!?) I decided to draw them while sitting in the glorious late summer sun at the sale. Well, as often happens, something that makes perfect sense in a dream makes no sense whatsoever in the light of day. I tried this and tried that and tried other things, but no luck. The lovely dream tangleations weren't going to happen. And they were so pretty! BUT... I DID come up with a few other very nice new tangles!!! Cadent is a lovely tangle with a scroll-like look. It lends itself to lots of variations, some of which you can see here. I sometimes like to use two lines rather than one. Although it looks nothing like Cadent when finished, this new tangle reminds me of Cadent the way it begins and it looks somewhat dance-y. I mixed up the letters of Cadent and came up with Dancet. Here's how to draw it. Here are two tiles. One shows four variations of Dancet and the second uses Dancet with other tangles. More yard sale tangles coming soon! Tangles: Coaster, Dancet, Finery, Ninja Stars, Prestwood
C-Knots by Valli Ganti CZT This is an absolutely lovely tangle. Curves that are interwoven. Those delightful c-shaped arcs that create fan shapes that remind me of ginko leaves. The finished tangle…
Here are Zentangle's instructions for the tangle Paradox, from the February 2008 newsletter. Paradox is one of my favorite tangles and I seem to do it rather well. Perhaps those two things are related! :-) I've been asked about it occasionally, how did I do this or that. I thought about doing a video but that's just a bit more than I can take on right now. So I decided to post some tips and ideas here, and hope to make them clear enough. TIPS! TIP #1: The elegant curves show best if the lines are close together. See the difference. TIP #2: Agh! But what if you accidentally leave too much space between some lines? Simple! Just add a line or two between the ones that are too spacey, like this: Then again, never say never. I tried deliberately leaving wide spaces that I then filled with other tangles. You can see the results here. TIP #3: Paradox works best in triangles or squares. It's not bad in a pentagon but gets worse and worse as there are more and more sides. For one thing, the center deteriorates quickly as you move in. Besides, drawing a fairly regular shape with more than four sides, freehand, is quite a challenge. Stick with squares and triangles. TIP #4: There are two looks that can be achieved with Paradox. In my classes I call them "Fans" and "Twists". Here they are: Paradox is essentially a square or triangular spiral. These two effects are obtained depending on which direction you send your spirals. TWISTS: Regardless of whether you spiral clockwise or counter-clockwise, if you spiral in the same direction in every section you'll end up with twists. FANS: To get the fans you need to spiral in the opposite direction from section to section. Starting with squares Starting with triangles If you prefer to be less technical and more intuitive, you can look at what's happening in the section adjacent to the one you want to work in, and note where the lines need to converge and where they need to splay out. TIP #5: Munchin is a tangle that flows particularly nicely placed next to Paradox. Others that could work well this way are Tri-po, Facets, possibly Hibred (scroll down the link). I can also see possibilities for Tripoli (another of my favorite tangles) and Betweed. This is a rectangle divided in three. The red arrows show where the divisions are. AND THEN SOME! THEN SOME #1: Paradox also makes a nice border design. Start with a row of squares or triangles, then decide whether you want fans or twists. THEN SOME #2: An interesting variation is to fill in every other stripe. Don't do this going around the spiral the way you did the tangle. It's too easy to get confused that way. Begin on one side and fill in to the center, then move on to another side. THEN SOME #3: The triangles or squares you use don't all have to meet neatly at the corners. Interesting things happen when they're placed randomly. You can also use a mix of triangles and squares. THEN SOME #4: Sometimes when I'm doing Paradox using squares there's an odd-shaped section, like a trapezoid. (What a great word!) I've found a few ways of dealing with this challenge. One thing you can do is separate that end bit and deal with it on its own. This leaves a triangle and you can fill it in a number of ways: 1) fill the triangle with Paradox with a twist effect 2) fill the triangle with Paradox with a fan effect 3) fill the triangle Munchin style to extend the fan 4) fill the triangle Munchin style in the other direction Another option is to fill the odd shape entirely with Paradox, adding an extra line or two occasionally as you're spiralling around. You need to think about the direction of the spiral in order for the extra lines to fill the proper space. The aim is to get the (temporarily) empty center area looking more like a regular square. THEN SOME #5: Never say never, right? While the classic Paradox is done entirely with straight lines - thus the paradox - it can also be done using curved lines. It takes a little more concentration. THEN SOME #6: If you're feeling confident, here's something to try: partial Paradox! This requires imagining what's not there, but (of course) it doesn't have to be exact or perfect. Here you can see: 1st: a string 2nd: other tangles (Crescent Moon, Florez, Keenees, Prestwood, Tripo), with two sections left blank. The solid green line makes a nice square in the section where I want to put Paradox. Normally I'd draw it in black. Then there's a dotted green line where I need to imagine the far edge of the other Paradox square. 3rd: one and a half Paradoxes and the final section filled with Gingham THEN SOME #7: Paradox in a paradox. See the Paradox section in the lower left of the tile below? Going from the point in the center, there's a Paradox triangle, a Paradox square, and a partial Paradox. In the square section I did Paradox until about halfway in, then, I reversed direction! Cool! Other tangles here: Moving Day, Ninja Stars, Screen - all mine! FINALLY Here's a pencil string, some notes about what I did, and the Paradox result: There are more examples of Paradox in other Zentangle newsletters here (scroll down) and here (scroll down). I was about to throw out all the examples I did for this post when I thought, "Hmm. Let's stick 'em all together and see what happens." So here it is, the all-in-one (minus one) Paradox visual tutorial! HAVE FUN! (and congratulations to anyone who stuck through it to the end!) THIS JUST IN! August 2011: For another take on Paradox, using a two-sided shape (how cool is that!) see the Zentangle blog post for August 26. June 2012: for a cool variation that I call feathered Paradox see my blog post of June 22, 2012 August 2018: See Rick Roberts' post "Paradox Metaphors" here. April 2020: Another variation, Crazy Paradox, here on my blog.
You gotta love alliteration! This week's "It's a String Thing" challenge uses four official Zentangle® patterns that begin with the letter 'T' : Tagh, ,Tipple, Tortuca, and Tripoli . They are all listed on Tangle Patterns with illustrations and suggestions, but Tipple and Tortuca do not have step outs posted. These tangles are pretty self-explanatory, but just in case you need a bit more information before you try them on your own, here are my notes about them... In this tile, I used Tipple in the negative spaces of the tangle pattern Fengle. The word tortuca means, among other things, turtle. It does resemble a turtle shell when completed. By the way, these pages are from my pattern notebook. The page is actually a free download from Tangle Patterns. On the home page in the top pink bar, there is a tab named "Organize Your Patterns". Linda Farmer has many suggestions there for pattern notebooks and plenty of free downloads. Check it out sometime! And now, since you have even more information about these pretty patterns, try your hand at this week's challenge. Click here for more information and have fun tangling! You are welcome to leave a comment in the space below. If you would like to hear from me, please use the email box to the right. Thank you!
