Blossoms over Tan

Art and Zentangle by Eni Oken, CZT

Here's a style I haven't played with in a long time. I call it “Party Tangles” because it uses turquoise and orange, colors that remind me of Brazilian Carnaval (Mardi Gras). The Art Raffle app pulled out Purk, Flux (both Zentangle), also Northshire (Jody Genovese, Brrrst (Kelly Barone) and Sandswirl (Karry Heun). I used a Blossoms String (3 blossoms).

Here's the before and after shading and coloring:

Art and Zentangle by Eni Oken, CZT

That was a LOT of treatment over that poor tan tile! Distressed stain for the background, colored pencil and regular pencil for the shading/coloring. A very time consuming technique, but I love the results. Here are a couple more close-ups for you to inspect:

Art and Zentangle by Eni Oken, CZT

I REALLY like how this turned out!

Art and Zentangle by Eni Oken, CZT

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