Romanancy in frame

Yesterday Art Clubbers and I had a really intense 1:45 hour live session on Romanancy, an advanced concept by Zentangle which is based on Romanesque Italian columns. During the class we explored in great detail all the perspective distortions that are caused when you look at columns from the bottom-up. We also covered how to shade the columns 3-dimensionally so that you can tell they are rounded against a flat or chamfered background.

We even went on a little “virtual tour” and walked around the interior of the beautiful Duomo in Siena, Italy, to examine closely the distortion that is caused by perspective. Here's a snapshot of the Duomo interior I found later at Wikimedia Commons:

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We went into a LOT of detail of what makes these designs so interesting, it’s a matter of understanding the rules of foreshortening and how the round columns become ellipses when we draw them out:

The session had about 41 participants, and here you can see some of their work during class:

During class, I suggested to participants that they should FRAME these nuggets of Romanancy to make them look more finished, so after class that's exactly what I did, adding tangle Elegan (Tangle Dreams).

I LOVE what's happening here, the depth is so incredible, and it's all due to shadows. Looks like we're peeking through a beautiful windows into some kind of fantasy land.

Here's a little quick step-out of the process of making this Framed Romanancy:

And here is a super close-up of the piece for you to inspect. It measures 3.5x3.5 inches, drawn on Zentangle tile using inking pen. Shading was done using gray markers and graphite pencil.

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