One Zentangle a Day

was then drawn in place with a pen. The decorative fence was placed on the curved horizon line with a pencil to create a string and then filled in with patterns using the Micron pen and shaded.
    This barrel perspective was perfect to use when drawing the hilly streets of San Francisco that surround Union Park.
    GRAB YOUR ZENTANGLE take-along kit. Go in search of inspiration. Find an area of interest to draw in. It can be as close as another room in your home, your backyard, the library, or a coffee shop. Find a place you will not be bothered, take out your kit, and get comfortable. Create on a white tile a two-point curvilinear perspective ZIA of your choice.

DAY 19 GEOMETRIC RECTILINEAR PATTERNS
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Micron 01 pen
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pencil
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sketchbook
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white tile
    RECTILINEAR SHAPES ARE sharp and angular. They often reflect man-made or engineered objects or the rigid and geometric forms in nature. Art deco style incorporates many rectilinear designs and shapes. Today’s tangles are all rectilinear in design.

Daily Tangles
    Try these three patterns. Rain reminds me of the geometric lines found in nature, whereas Cubine and Beeline resemble man-made objects. Practice these tangles in your sketchbook until they feel familiar.

    Use a white tile to create a Zentangle tile using the patterns Rain, Cubine, Beeline, and any of the patterns previously used.
    Everything about this piece was kept rectilinear, starting with the border and string, to the patterns and shading.

Dewdrops
    A dewdrop is another Tanglenhancer and one of my favorites for using both the barrel distortion of the curvilinear patterns and the structured characteristics of rectilinear patterns. Because the dewdrop is a magnified circular section of the tangle surrounding it, the pattern inside the dewdrop is enlarged. This gives the illusion of the pattern being magnified. Careful attention to the shading creates the illusion that there is a drop of liquid or a transparent orb causing the magnification. Dewdrops can be used to break up a monotonous pattern, add a touch of detail, attract the eye, invite the viewer to look closer, or create whimsy.
    The dewdrop requires a little more practice than the other Tanglenhancers we have learned. Turn to a clean page in your sketchbook. Create a few 2 1/2-inch (6.4 cm) borders on the page. Use any of the geometric patterns we have learned to create a different dewdrop in each of the borders. This is a very useful Tanglenhancer; try to incorporate a few on the tiles you create in this chapter.
    A dewdrop creates a surprise for the eye that grabs the viewer’s attention.
    Step 1: Draw a circle in the area in which you want to place a dewdrop. Step 2: Fill the area with a tangle, making it larger inside the dewdrop area. (To demonstrate the shading of a dewdrop, I have removed the tangle from step 3.) Step 3: The area of the dewdrop that falls where the light source creates a highlight has the shading on the outside of the circular border. The shading is blended away from the circle. The area of the dewdrop in the shadows has the shading on the inside of the dewdrop’s circular border. The shading here is blended into the center area of the circle. Remember to leave the highlight in a circular shape. Step 4: Add the cast shadow the dewdrop would create, opposite the highlight.
    ZENTANGLE TILES WERE created so that when a group of completed tiles are placed together they create a mosaic. Lay out your tiles with edges touching, without gaps between the tiles. This mosaic represents your Zentangle journey. As you look over your mosaic, see how far you have come. Somewhere in the middle of those tiles you will see your style coming out. Take time to enjoy your creations and reflect on your work.
    A Zentangled tile mosaic
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    Mosaic of Zentangle-Inspired Art.

DAY 20 ANOTHER LOOK AT CURVY AND LINEAR ORGANIC PATTERNS COMBINED
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Micron 01 pen
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white pencil
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graphite pencil
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colored pencils
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sketchbook
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white tile
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one sheet each of 8 1/2" × 11" (21.6 × 28 cm) paper in red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and purple
    TANGLE PATTERNS ARE key examples of how artists break the shapes they want to draw into the parts they are composed of, which we often refer to as a stroke, and then re-create them.

Daily Tangles
    Try these three patterns. Jetties begins by filling the area with circles. Varying the last step’s placement creates interest for the eye. This step also gives the