Nancy's Ixorus All Dressed Up

Last Wednesday I took a class with one of my favorite Zentangle Teachers, Nancy Domnauer. Nancy is a kind and attentive CZT who loves the beauty of the classic Zentangle method. In this class called Ixorus All Dressed Up she showed us various ways to play with that tangle. Learn more about this class here.

I had SUCH fun with this!! Here's the before and after shading:

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