Tealing the Tangles #tanglepatterns #airways #shiretown

There has been so much discord in the tangle community lately. 

One side against the other.

It has seriously diminished my love for the art.

I am trying to get it back by standing on my own,

not siding with either side.

You may have noticed my posts have changed more

 to putting color on paper and playing on my iPad. 

I thought maybe if I took my own tangle patterns

and made them look "more me" that would help

bring some of that happiness back.

You may have noticed just by looking around 

my blog that the color teal is important to me. 

Teal makes me happy.

It makes me smile.

So I thought if I framed my step outs in teal

that would make me feel better and it would

help me take my own stand.

For me. 

So that is what I am doing.

Today I remind you of the tangles

Shiretown and Airways. 

I hope you will use these patterns

and just have fun!

And if you do - I'd love to hear about it!

Two Tangles For You #tangleallaround #alicehendontangles

 I am hoping to transition all my tangles over

to teal boxes like these two.

I just like teal. Hahahaha!

Here are steps for making All Boxed Up

with straight lines and with wonky lines.

Super versatile tangle. You can seriously use it so 

many ways. I used it in yesterday's post as well.

Feel free to pin to your Pinterest boards.

Ribbon Rose is the most recent tangle I've

published. Designing others for a couple books 

I'm working on. So stayed tuned for those.

This past week saw Ribbon Rose featured on

the Tangle Patterns website, where you can

find literally hundreds of patterns to work with.

Here is a link directly to Ribbon Rose.
I will post the YouTube video link at the very
bottom of this post.

I have used it so many different ways, but this

is my favorite!

Please feel free to pin Ribbon Rose to your

Pinterest boards also. 

Have a great Sunday!

You may also enjoy Helen Williams' tangle

Crumpled Roses at this link. 

Ribbon rose and crumpled rose are similar in

appearance, yet they are arrived at in 

different manners. 

Nebula Step Out, a New Tangle to Try #hahnemühle #zentangleallaround

What are you tangling lately?

I seem to do a lot of underwater or outer space

crazy skies or gardens.

This new tangle called Nebula will work 

very well for all of those.

Hahahahaha! 

Here is an example of that outer space thing.

The background belongs to my dear friend

Geneviève Crabe. 

She has a bunch of backgrounds in various

formats that you can purchase and download.

Makes your tangling a whole lot easier!

Here is a link to her store

Amaryllis Creations.

You can't go wrong with pink and blue.

So that's what I chose to work with.

My tangle ringz just felt like a good fit with this

background, but I needed something else.

I added in a sweet little Lilah Bean spaceship

but I needed something floaty.

And that is when nebula came into play.

Yes, it is similar to Michele Beauchamp's

popsicles tangle,

but it has more flexibility, more possibilities.

Varying auras and fills and centers.

I love it!

And here you can see what happens when you

morph nebula into something bigger.

Hahaha! 

I made this background on Bamboo Mixed Media paper 

from Hahnemühle with Schmincke watercolors, 

just swishing color here and there, 

and when I was finished with

the color, nebula just popped into mind!

It was perfect with this background. 

So. What do you think?

I need to tangle up a good ocean scene

using nebula and add that here.

I would love to see what you can do with

nebula!

Nebula is one of the 106 tangles featured in my book

Tangle Starts Planner.

A tangler's complete planner, tangle journal, and

organizer all in one. 

All the features of a planner plus 106 tangle patterns

to get you inspired. 

OK. Commercial over.

Go tangle up a bunch of nebula, please :)

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!

5 Petals, New Tangle from the Tangle Starts Planner #tanglestartsplanner

I was looking for something fun to post today

and I thought -

why not post a new tangle pattern from 

my book the

Tangle Starts Planner!

5 Petals is super easy to draw.

You can fill that center in anyway you wish,

sometimes I use Printemps instead of tipple.

I just think tipple looks good with the little

stamen and seedpods that come out from the center.

The pattern relies on echoing lines,

fanning out from the petals. 

Typically I use 5 petals (hence the name)

but you could really do this with however

many petals you like.

Have fun!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

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

Cee-a-Mosa, New Tangle

Are you ready to try a new tangle?

Here is one I designed recently called

Cee-A-Mosa.

So named because the pods remind me

of the seed pods on the mimosa trees

in Florida.

Let's walk through the steps.

 I began by drawing cee-a-mosa in a circle.

You do not have to draw it this way,

it works well in straight-ish lines also.

To set up this piece, I drew a double line circle,

then added the seed pods along the lines -

inside and outside.

Next, I auraed the entire piece.

If you are new to tangling,

auraing something basically means

outlining it.

 Now, go inside the circle and add a seed podded

line across the middle. Before adding the aura,

add two perpendicular sets of lines,

then aura the first line.

(I found it works better if I add new podded lines

in between the pods of the existing lines.)

 Add the seed pods, then aura. 

 In that same crossing point,

go back and add one more set of podded lines

to each one. 

 Your sections are all set up.

Make sure each seed pod is blackened in.

 Now there is the simple process of auraing each section . . .

. . . and keep filling sections, till you are done.

 Cee-a-mosa in the round completed. 

Cee-a-mosa is a flexible tangle. 

You can fill sections with it like I did here also.

Such a fun tangle.

I hope you will play with 

cee-a-mosa

and make it your own!

2 More Days!!! And a New Tangle!

Are you ready for a new tangle? Here are the steps for Diagonal², a versatile and useful tangle.

 It's been a super busy past month

with us getting ready for our big move to Maine.

The truck will be here in two days

and we are closing in on being ready.

I had been saving this tangle on my desktop

to share with you.

I figured today would be a good day to share!

 Diagonal² is super easy to draw.

It works well as a filler, a background, 

or in stacks. 

 It can also fill specific sections of a string.

The possibilities of tangleations are endless! Have fun playing with my new tangle. I'll see you in a few days once I am back up and running!