Tangle of the Week

At the group Zentangle Inspired Art, each week a moderator comes up with a tangle to use on a ZIA art piece.  This week’s TOW is Nelumba. It’s a pattern by our very own fearless leader, Patty Meijer. Here’s the link to see the step-out for this fun pattern.
http://ptrish40-zekesden.blogspot.com/p/tangles.html

My rendition is drawn on red card stock with white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen.  I shaded with grey Prismacolor Pencil.

Thanks so much for viewing.  I do hope you’ll leave a comment.

What a difference a shade makes.

I wanted to post this Zentangle Inspired Art prior to coloring and shading so that you can see how the piece seems to come alive when colored and shaded.  I started drawing on this 8.5″ x 8.5″ off-white card stock yesterday, late in the afternoon.  I felt a bit stymied because I was bored with the tangles I’ve been using.  So, I decided to hunt down some new (to me) tangle patterns.  Of course, this took me longer because I searched out the patterns by checking various blogs and Flicker pages I follow.  I think searching out tangles is part of the challenge and fun of Zentangling.  

The tangles I used are Mozza & Charris (var.) originally drawn by Poppie_60; Loop N’ Leaves and Clydescope (var.) by texasdoxiemama;  Strimonds and Prop-Whirly by Emily Perkins; Eez by Judy Burkett; and Zuan Shi by JJ La Barbera.  I also used a few old stand-bys, GOLVEN by Mariët Lustenhouwer; Knightsbridge, and Cadent, both official Zentangle pattern.

I decided to use only two colors on this piece – blue and torquoise – and not to color the entire piece.

The thing that makes the biggest difference, in my opinion, is shading.  So here’s my ZIA with the shading added.  What do you think?  Does it improve with the color and shading?  Or, do you like it just black and white with no shading?

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I always look forward to receiving comments.

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