Nik, Joki and Twing

Spent the morning with college friends playing with classic Zentangle and the Art Raffle. So much fun!

2020Eni OkenDecember 30, 2020nik, joki, twing, blackandwhite, artraffle, Classic Zentangle

Rainbow Shading Part 1 Lesson

The first part of a multi-part series covering all the secrets of how to understand and apply colorful shading to Zentangle work.

2020Eni OkenDecember 23, 2020rainbow coloring, coloring, colored pencils

Bunny Wright's tangles in the Art Raffle app

A new update to Art Raffle honoring the memory of Bunny Wright who left us too soon, celebrating her wonderful tangles.

2020Eni OkenDecember 13, 2020nik, heartrope, bunny wright, artraffle, fragment

Faux Viking Knots Lesson

This week we had a spectacularly fun lesson on how to create Viking-looking knots using tangles Yah and Jaysix.

2020Eni OkenDecember 11, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot

Art Club End-of-Year Mosaic

As the year comes to an end, it’s important to evaluate what you learned. Let’s create an end-of-year inchie mosaic!

2020Eni OkenDecember 7, 2020viking knots, coloring, rainbow coloring, tinted, arukas, Joki, rixty3D

Rainbow Shading

As we approach the end of a year of extremes, a strange type of diffuse coloring style emerges in this picture.

2020Eni OkenDecember 4, 2020viking knots, coloring, rainbow coloring, tinted, arukas, Joki, rixty3D

Faux Viking Knots and Nik

Having so much fun preparing for my class on Faux Viking knots. This one mixed with Nik, Mooka and Cadent.

2020Eni OkenDecember 3, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot, nik, mooka, cadent

String Theory & Composition Lesson

Art Clubbers and I had a super interesting hands-on class on how to start thinking of string theory and composition in Zentangle.

2020Eni OkenNovember 27, 2020stringtheory, composition, layout

Shading with Black Pencils - no smudge!

In my search for the perfect smudge-free black pencil for heavy shading, I tested a few different options of colored pencils.

2020Eni OkenNovember 22, 2020black pencil, shading, pencils, colored pencil

Norway inspired and Viking knots

I’m still fascinated by Faux Viking knots. I found inspiration on Norwegian architecture to produce this very straight and angular piece.

2019Eni OkenNovember 22, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot

Vines and Berries Shading Class

Last Friday Art Clubbers and I had a the second part of the Vines and Berries project where we covered detailed and ultra-dimensional shading.

2019Eni OkenNovember 14, 2020vinesandberries, scrolls, scrollwork, bronxcheer, icanthis, icantoo, shading

Nancy's Knot Class

I had a lovely time in Nancy Dawes’ basic Celtic knot class!

2020Eni OkenNovember 12, 2020celtic knot, knotted, knots

Morrisseau

Square One FB group chose Morrisseau tangle as their focus of the week. Fun!

2020Eni OkenNovember 11, 2020artist-inspired, morrisseau

Organicized Moon

An interesting technique of how to add distress and a more organic, natural look through shaky lines.

2020Eni OkenNovember 10, 2020organicize, ratoon, crazyhuggins, moon string, ennies, stippling

Vines and Berries Live Class

Last Friday Art Clubbers and I had a live class (Part 1) on how to draw this challenging design. On Friday we’ll complete the shading!

2019Eni OkenNovember 7, 2020vinesandberries, scrolls, scrollwork, bronxcheer, icanthis, icantoo

Faux Viking Knots

For months now I’ve been mesmerized with all things knotted. Now playing with Viking-inspired treatment.

2019Eni OkenNovember 5, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot

More Vines and Berries

More vines and berries, in preparation for my next upcoming class. This time dealing with symmetry, super challenging!

2019Eni OkenNovember 2, 2020vinesandberries, scrolls, scrollwork, bronxcheer, icanthis, icantoo

Framed and Cornered Lesson

What a super fun lesson I had with Art Club members playing with Spoken and Frames and Corners.

2019Eni OkenOctober 27, 2020frames, tangledbackground, frame, spoken

Framed Gourdgeous

Framing Gourdgeous with a super fun and pretty burgundy color frame.

2019Eni OkenOctober 23, 2020frames, tangledbackground, frame, gourdgeous

Vines and Berries

Vines and berries using Mooka, Icanthis, Icantoo and Bronx Cheer.

2019Eni OkenOctober 22, 2020vinesandberries, scrolls, scrollwork, bronxcheer, icanthis, icantoo

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