Zentangle Nr4
Another zentangle, which I started at a lunch time craft session a few weeks ago. The central pattern was created from a randomly drawn ‘string’, sectioned by lines crossing its centre. I tried out a few new patterns in this one and played around with shading to add some depth.
One of the first patterns I inked in was the curling ‘question mark’ in the top left hand section. This quickly started to dominate the illustration though, so I ‘suspended’ the whole tangle from a striped cord, which helped frame the composition, and added the spiral ends to both echo and counterbalance the ‘question mark’.
Copic Multiliner SP and Faber-Castell pencil in 13x21cm Molskine sketchbook
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Wow, I really enjoy this work you’ve created. It’s both a feast and a journey for the eyes. Instead of black and white, it looks like shadow and light but in 3D. Shadows are 2D but you’re managed to create a new reality.
Thanks bccmee. I really enjoyed doing this one and feel I’m finally starting to get the hang of creating these shadow effects. I’ve actually rediscovered pencils as a medium and would love to try my hand at a pencil portrait one of these days. Haven’t done any ‘proper’ illustration for a long time though so will need to pluck up my courage 🙂