Welcome to my corner of the web I have always been interested in the challenge of giving a black and white image a sense of reality. I rely on contrast; shading and composition to achieve my goal. On this blog, I would like to share my zen-doodling pieces and offer you the opportunity to try some of my own tangle patterns. To see all of my doodling work, visit my Zen Drawing Gallery Page.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Coloring Contest
Letraset is having a coloring contest and you could win a set of ProMarkers. Find the mandala template here: http://letrasetblog.com/craft/ colouring-challenge-3/
Color it, post it, put your link on their site and cross your fingers! Here's mine.
Color it, post it, put your link on their site and cross your fingers! Here's mine.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Gadfly
This pattern, based on a square grid, is simple, but looks complicated when finished. My favorite kind of pattern! How you color it will also change how it looks. Keep the squares fairly large or you fingers will cramp. Try it! Here's another example...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Dream Ball
I have been moving from a rectangle format to a circle format.One of the elements for this kind of pattern art
is to combind dense and open patterns. If you add many dense tangles near each other, then eye has no areas on which to rest before moving on to the next dense one. It can get tricky in a round format!
is to combind dense and open patterns. If you add many dense tangles near each other, then eye has no areas on which to rest before moving on to the next dense one. It can get tricky in a round format!
Zenplosion
Here I have experimented with Daniele O'Brian Zenplosion.
I like this tangle because it's easy and compliments a curving design.
Good one,Daniele!
Apple Core Gadget Design
This design was created using a apple core gadget to create the circles and the section. I
Found this idea from Margart Bremner's blog. I love her work with mandalas and just had to give this a try.
Her directions were helpful. Do they look like Indian baskets?
Found this idea from Margart Bremner's blog. I love her work with mandalas and just had to give this a try.
Her directions were helpful. Do they look like Indian baskets?
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