How “Speak Now” Came to Be
Working in my sketchbook in early 2012, I wrote the following cranky sentence across the page as a starting point: Thought I was buying a set of black markers presumably of different stroke sizes. Clearly, this is working out differently than planned. I had recently seen a magazine article that exposed me to the basics of Zentangle drawing, where one …
Happy accident in my art journal
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Zentangle, the morning after
Last night, I didn’t like this drawing very much. This morning, I am not as critical. Sometimes you need to walk away and let things sit. Hold off judging as long as you can. #zentangle #learntodraw
Zentangle Letter Baby Card
Feels good to pick up my pens again…it’s been awhile. I need a “Welcome Baby” card for a baby shower. Initial or monogram drawings are a good starting place, so “H” it is. I learned the technique for this tangled initial from Joanne Fink‘s book, “Zenspirations: Letters and Patterning”. From the “No Mistakes” department: I misspelled “Welcome” in the upper …
Starting with a hand-drawn image
A new piece, hand-drawn and digitally manipulated…both old-school and new-fangled. This is where I started…a Zentangle-style drawing from last year. (I’m trying to mine my own materials as a starting point more often. Anything to avoid the scary blank page!) After selecting a square section of the scan, I pasted it several times into Photoshop, flipping the image across from …
Combining Zentangle Drawing with Watercolor Layers
First piece drawn in a while, in the post-holiday quiet. I finally took the plunge with a Skillshare trial in order to learn more about using Procreate on the iPad. After just a few hours last night, I’m sold. I’m only half-way through a short class and have already picked up enough new tips to keep me drawing and exploring …
The First Zentangling President?
Since Zentangle appeared on the scene, there has been a heathy debate around the practice of doodling. Lots of people aimlessly make pencil marks on paper while otherwise occupied – in a meeting, on the phone, etc. Many of us call that doodling. Some people do considerably more with their pen in the margins. If one makes a detailed drawing …
New Symmetrical element
Last night’s iPad drawing, just black and white this time. Everything is on one layer. It was easily vectorized in Illustrator, so now on to the next step…which direction? Color Ribbon border White tangles in the black border? Scarf design? The time-lapse video of this drawing is extra fun when all those little stripes come in: …
Symmetrical, but not really a mandala
This digital drawing was an experiment in switching between symmetry grids in Procreate throughout the drawing. I used both Quadrant Symmetry and Rotational Symmetry. The switching had to be done carefully, because elements didn’t automatically line up as easily when using a different grid. Black, white and two colors of green, no shading