The Old Rugged Cross

Ever wondered what a tangled stack is?

Here is the definition once again:

rows of tangles that go in the same direction and touch. They may be vertical, diagonal, horizontal, circular, or semi-circular as long as they touch. There may be words in between the tangles.

For this piece, I cut this page out of an old Broadman Hymnal that my grandmother gave me when I was around twelve years old. A really long time ago. The Old Rugged Cross is a song that has meant a lot to me over the years. It is also one of the songs we used at my father's funeral.

I began by tangling the stacks, making them touch as per the description, and leaving words in between. I went through and boxed the phrases in micron, then highlighted them with pan pastels. Deciding which phrases to use - keeping a consistent thought running -  was really the hard part for this page.  The rest was fun and games. Super easy to do and I really like the way it turned out.