I keep checking to see if Laura has a new Diva Challenge looking forward to the day one appears. Until one appears, I continue to check Square One: Purely Zentangle Facebook group for their weekly focus tangle and the daily tangle on Pattern-Collections.
This week’s Square One focus tangle is Inaura by Bunny Wright. I’ve only used this tangle a few times even though it is a rather simple one to draw. The daily tangle on Pattern-Collections yesterday was Buckle up! by Tomás Padrós. Unfortunately I don’t feel I did either one of them justice but enjoyed the process.
Here it is before shading. Oh, I loosely used string 007 from TanglePatterns.
Here it is in natural (overcast) light.
When I started shading I shaded outside the sections I tangled. It looked okay but when I shaded the tangles it was way to muddy and not enough contrast. So, I made the bold move and covered up all that shading with black ink.
Here is my final shaded tile.
And here it is in natural light.
I made the dot grid too close together for Buckle up! which made it too small for me to shade properly. In the end, I added shading to the section and called it good.
Thanks for stopping by,
Michele ºÜº