Line Dance Tangle Pattern

Many of you will already recognize this

tangle pattern of mine called Line Dance.

I detailed the steps to this pattern all the

way back in 2015, when it was published in 

a book in December of that year. 

 This was a sketch I did when we were putting the

book together. It was an idea for what to do

when you are stuck in a tangle rut and don't

know what to do next.

The steps in the first photo and the one above were

drawn before I had my cataract surgery, so please

overlook the unevenness and bumpiness.

Hahaha! I had no idea!

But . . . we all know in zentangle, 
there are no mistakes.

 I put this tangle together three years ago and have been using it in art ever since.

It is a really easy pattern that anyone can draw.
And that means you.

 Here are some examples I tangled showing
various ways you can incorporate line dance.

 You can see it is a versatile tangle. 
It fills areas, it sets areas apart,

it is fun and looks different every time.

And here you see even more Line Dance. 

It is always a good idea when you copy a
new pattern into your sketchbook or journal
to make a note of the tangle name and 
the designer.
It is considered courteous to give credit
when you can. 

And I do believe Diana looks mighty fine standing 
in front of all that lovely Line Dance!
See? You can even tangle on art journal pages.
Hahaha! Yep!

I want you to feel free to use my tangle

line dance. 

That is why I designed it and took the time

to draw all those little boxes -

even if my cataracts made them look

better than they do.

If you need a tangle place to hang out,

please come over to Facebook and check out

Tangle All Around.

I would love to have you join us there!

New Tangle Pattern Airways

 I like to use flowers in my tangling,

but not strictly for the floral aspect.

Sometimes I want my work to be

"representative" of something specific.

Say a dragon.

Most of the time I don't want it to be representative

of anything specific, but a floral design

would work well with the other tangles.

 And even when I design something that looks

representative,

I like it to be comprised of legit tangles.

The center of airways is called ripped screen.

Circling that is a band of tagh.

The outer arms are a more organized version of

an original zentangle pattern called mysteria.

 There are plenty of ways to switch up airways.

And plenty of ways to use it.

Not to mention plenty of places to tangle it up.

This is a wall in my studio.

Still have a long way to go on it,

but airways is making a real difference with it

so far. 

And then there were all those Valentine's Day ATCs I made and swapped.  Airways. Have fun and give it a try. I'd love to see what you do with it. SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

Shiretown, A New Tangle

 Thank you for being patient while Cindy and I tracked down the problem with the blog.

It has been corrected and you should not have

any more of those nasty pop up boxes

to deal with.

To celebrate, allow me to introduce you to

Shiretown, a new tangle!

Back in the summer, Mark and I traveled to Maine

to look at some houses. 

We overnighted in a hotel name Shiretown.

This is phone photo I took of the carpet in the hallway.

Many of my tangles come from carpets.

 Deconstructing that pattern was simple.

You just break it down one step at a time,

much the same way you draw a tangle.

One step at a time.

 Shiretown makes a fine border as you can see. 

 I really, really love tangling this in a circle!

In the background you see another of my patterns -

barz. No step out drawn, just rows with a series

of straight and diagonal cross lines.

And here is another tile I did using shiretown. Add a little zander and some  Knights of the Round Table. Shiretown looks great in black and white, but it also looks great with a pop of color. Why don't you give shiretown a try? I would love to see what you do with it!

Baubles, a Fun Little Tangle!

Are you ready to have a little fun! Here is a relatively new tangle I haven't posted yet. I put it together for the Tangle It! book series. Baubles.  You are only limited by your imagination!

 Super easy steps.

The hardest part is going to be deciding on the embellishments!

 For this particular piece, I decided to forego the embellishments, 

and head straight to the color!

This piece was colored with copics and 

At You Spica glitter pens.

For this piece I went with some basic embellishing. And I mixed my baubles in with some bow*petal for extra zing! From top to bottom you have: curlz, bow*petal and baubles, diagonal², then reverse the order.
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Have fun with baubles! I would love to see what you do with it!
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Coral Step Out, New Tangle

 Not long ago, the Tangle It! Journal was released

and along with it came some new tangles.

Coral was a tangle of mine that we shared 

in the new journal.

Coral is easy to tangle and it has so many applications.

The lines do not have to be straight, they can be wavy. Fat or thin, heavy lines or thin lines. Rings or no rings, holes or no holes. It is up to you.

 This one was fun.

Coral can be more abstract and just flow

with whatever you are drawing.

 It can be asymmetrical. 

 Or really asymmetrical. 

Here coral just kind of takes on a life of its own.

 I really love using coral in underwater scenes. 

As you can see, the coral don't need to all move in the same direction. 

They work very well in a random placement.

Probably my favorite piece using coral of all time. Twinkling H2Os really brought this piece to life and those swaying bits of coral add the movement this piece needed.

Coral.  Why don't you give it a whirl today and see how you can use coral in your own art.

Bow*Petal, a New Tangle!

Here is a new tangle for you to try.

Bow*petal.

It is fun, it is easy, and it always looks good.

 Bow*petal made its debut in the 

Tangle It! Journal.

(Available on Amazon, just click the pink link.)

 I use lots of round elements in my tangling.

Bow*petal fits in with geometrics and organics.

Flexible and pretty.

 Here I used bow*petal in a coloring page.

See what I mean about lots of round elements.

Hahaha!

Please use bow*petal.

Make it your own, use it in your tangling,

have fun with it.

Ringz, A New Tangle

Allow me to introduce you to a fun little tangle, that is easy and joyful to make! Ringz. So named because of all the little rings I drew  making this alien looking work of fun-ness.

I drew this in the Detroit airport during a layover flight. I needed something easy to do as I balanced my sketchbook on my lap, along with my ipad and my earphones. I had been obsessed with these little eyeballs and needed somewhere to use them, and in the Detroit airport ringz was born.

Ringz is really very easy to tangle. Start with a circle and start adding rings under that, building one below the one before it. I decided to make mine as arms extended from a central point. Then I added the little wink of an eye at the end.

I began layering them with circles of various tangles. And ringz just kind of took on a life of its own.

Hahaha! Another tangle I love right now is narwal. Ringz, narwal, and printemps were made for each other!

Here I was going for some heavy contrast, so I pulled in another tangle of mine -  patch -  and filled those large circles with it. Shading makes the big difference in this piece of art.

It's all about the details.

I would love to see what you do with ringz.  Please give it a try and let me know what you think.
Also, I am going to be in Maine for the next nine days. Hanging drapes and daydreaming in the new house. I hope to have internet next week sometime,  but blog posts may need to wait till I get back home. Have a great week!