I’ve finally sat down to draw some new tangle patterns 🙂
This is LRI, based on iron railings around the Leicester Royal Infirmary next to Welford Road. It’s amazing how many patterns there are to be quickly snapped with a camera phone and broken down in to step by step instructions:
On Saturday I’ll publish my 100th tangle pattern – inspired by a wood panel in Liberty, Regent Street.
I don’t normally go for anything Hallowe’en. I do however like some of the crafty aspects of the time of year, particularly the pumpkin carving. I’m not entirely sure why, but I woke up this morning working out whether you could make a Hallowe’en tangle pattern. A quick sketch later solidified the initial idea, and following a few trial runs after breakfast came this:
This is a tessellation tangle, or a tangle that tessellates! You’ll need to draw it several times to get the hang of it (or at least I did). Points to note: bats alternate with ghosts – bats have curved bottoms, ghosts have pointy bottoms (step 2). Bats wings are crinkled top and bottom (step 3), ghost ‘wings’ are smooth tops and crinkly bottoms (step 4). Oh and colour really makes this one come to life 🙂
This is a bit of a tangle pattern, but more of a guided doodle for my Twelve Tags of 2012 – September tag. Of course, a true forget-me-not doesn’t have tendrils as I have shown in the embellishment, but artistic licence rules here 🙂
The last of my original tangle designs created whilst on holiday in Ireland last month.
Three of four original tangle patterns designed during a recent holiday in Ireland.
Next week: ‘Shamrock’.
The second of my original designs created whilst on holiday in Ireland.
Next week: ‘Lough Erne’.
I’m back from a holiday in Ireland, and while there I put pencil to paper and designed four new tangle patterns from scratch. They’re all named after places we visited during the stay. I’m also a bit out of touch with what patterns are out there (including my own!) – so if any are the same, or similar, apologies, and let me know!
I’ve enjoyed playing with the negative spaces on these, and this one can be embellished by emphasising the circles.
Next week: ‘Monaghan’.
If you remember, I had a giveaway at the beginning of March in honour of this ‘ere blog’s first birthday. The first prize was for the person giving the most comments and is featured here. The second giveaway was to the longest active subscriber to the blog at the 12 month point – and that was/is Shirley at 11 months and three weeks. I asked her what she would like as her commissioned artwork and this was her reply: “I have been looking through your blog and saw the ‘largest ZIA to date‘. I used to do a lot of counted cross stitch (until my eyes rebelled). Samplers was one of my favourite things. Would I be asking too much to have that as my prize?”.
Of course I couldn’t give that particular example away again as it was a unique piece for that particular giveaway. So I’ve created this one instead, including some of my new Faberge patterns and using my first attempt at a Celtic Knot. It’s a biggie again, being A3 sized, and took almost 6 hours to complete. Well done Shirley, I hope you like it!
Here’s the final Faberge inspired tangle pattern in my Easter special. As you can see from my mistake in step 3, missing the diagonals makes for interesting contours starting to be formed! Great pattern for colouring and making your own background papers for your card crafting or scrapbooking projects.
This is the third of four tangle patterns based on Faberge patterns, drawn for your Easter tangles. The top section will work well as a border pattern, whilst the bottom section is a simple space filler. Tomorrow’s final instalment in this series is ‘Roses’.