This color scheme was not my favorite when I finished the piece - what was I thinking! - but it's starting to grow on me. Here is Pickpocket (Tomàs Padros) and also a coiled ribbon pattern similar to Cadent with a lotus in the middle, found on Plate X (Egyptian) of the Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, 1865. Ancient Egyptian ornament was mostly very geometric; flowing lines like this were very rare. Tangled with inktense and pitt artist brush pens.
Read MoreContinuing my latest obsession with pop-ups, watching a ton of videos on different mechanisms, my goal is to understand the differences well enough so that I can create pieces intuitively using Zentangle patterns. Many thanks to fantastic paper engineers that post instructional videos online such as Duncan Birmingham and Matthew Reinhart.
Read MoreContinuing my new obsession with pop-ups and paper mechanics. While practicing some tangles I created this tiny 3x3 inches (8x8cm) handmade paper pop-up card using Zentangle tangles such as Cadent, Nik (Bunny Wright) and Mooka.
Read MoreOne more Sand Swirl watercolor piece. This is the last one, I promise! Also tangles Cadent and Squid over watercolor background.
Read MoreAnother piece using watercolor background: Cadent, Aquafleur and Sandswirl (Karry Heun). Sooooo much fun!
Read MoreThis video class is available at my Video Shop here. Learn how to use a watercolor background to tangle over, producing vibrant results in color!
Read MoreHaving so much fun preparing for my class on Faux Viking knots. This one mixed with Nik, Mooka and Cadent.
Read MoreThis incredible lesson on how to create Cadent as a String in two versions is now available to the general public as a video lesson (recording from the live session), plus bonus PDFs.
Read MoreSUPER fun live online session on how to draw, tangle and shade Cadent on a string, in two versions.
Read MoreCan't get enough of Cadent as a string, this one turned out super fun and 3-dimensional.
Read MoreI enjoyed creating this "Cadent as a String” tile, based on Zentangle's Project Pack #07 from last December.
Read MoreWhen different inspirational sources collide, you never know what kind of magic can happen!
Read MoreI completed my second picture based on the beautiful ceiling of the Pisa Duomo, inspired by the Virtual Art Tour we took on November 29th. This one using colored pencils and Cadent tangle pattern.
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