Nik, Joki and Twing

Spent the morning with college friends playing with classic Zentangle and the Art Raffle. So much fun!

2020Eni OkenDecember 30, 2020nik, joki, twing, blackandwhite, artraffle, Classic Zentangle

Rainbow Shading Part 1 Lesson

The first part of a multi-part series covering all the secrets of how to understand and apply colorful shading to Zentangle work.

2020Eni OkenDecember 23, 2020rainbow coloring, coloring, colored pencils

Bunny Wright's tangles in the Art Raffle app

A new update to Art Raffle honoring the memory of Bunny Wright who left us too soon, celebrating her wonderful tangles.

2020Eni OkenDecember 13, 2020nik, heartrope, bunny wright, artraffle, fragment

Faux Viking Knots Lesson

This week we had a spectacularly fun lesson on how to create Viking-looking knots using tangles Yah and Jaysix.

2020Eni OkenDecember 11, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot

Art Club End-of-Year Mosaic

As the year comes to an end, it’s important to evaluate what you learned. Let’s create an end-of-year inchie mosaic!

2020Eni OkenDecember 7, 2020viking knots, coloring, rainbow coloring, tinted, arukas, Joki, rixty3D

Rainbow Shading

As we approach the end of a year of extremes, a strange type of diffuse coloring style emerges in this picture.

2020Eni OkenDecember 4, 2020viking knots, coloring, rainbow coloring, tinted, arukas, Joki, rixty3D

Faux Viking Knots and Nik

Having so much fun preparing for my class on Faux Viking knots. This one mixed with Nik, Mooka and Cadent.

2020Eni OkenDecember 3, 2020freeform knots, knotted, knots, viking knots, celtic knot, nik, mooka, cadent

String Theory & Composition Lesson

Art Clubbers and I had a super interesting hands-on class on how to start thinking of string theory and composition in Zentangle.

2020Eni OkenNovember 27, 2020stringtheory, composition, layout

Shading with Black Pencils - no smudge!

In my search for the perfect smudge-free black pencil for heavy shading, I tested a few different options of colored pencils.

2020Eni OkenNovember 22, 2020black pencil, shading, pencils, colored pencil

Nancy's Knot Class

I had a lovely time in Nancy Dawes’ basic Celtic knot class!

2020Eni OkenNovember 12, 2020celtic knot, knotted, knots

Morrisseau

Square One FB group chose Morrisseau tangle as their focus of the week. Fun!

2020Eni OkenNovember 11, 2020artist-inspired, morrisseau

Organicized Moon

An interesting technique of how to add distress and a more organic, natural look through shaky lines.

2020Eni OkenNovember 10, 2020organicize, ratoon, crazyhuggins, moon string, ennies, stippling

Channeling Winterland

I’ve been channeling winterland, perhaps I want this strange year to be over. Gold, white and black over blue.

2020Eni OkenOctober 6, 2020winterland, gold, tanglingwithgold

Tan Depth meets Celtic Knot

I combined Tan Depth with a Celtic-looking knot for my daily meditation. What a fun effect!

2020Eni OkenOctober 5, 2020renaissance tile, tan tile, tandepth, celtic knot

Tan Depth Lesson

Art Clubbers and I had an ultra advanced live online class on how to add 3-dimensional depth to shapes.

2020Eni OkenOctober 2, 2020renaissance tile, tan tile, tandepth

Gourdgeous and Echosim

Two more over black tiles, this time using Echoism and some basic concepts from Project Pack 11.

2020Eni OkenSeptember 28, 2020black tile, gourdgeous, echoism

Gourdgeous Half-n-Half

Combining various things, Gourdgeous, black tiles over a Phi Tile from Project Pack 11.

2020Eni OkenSeptember 23, 2020BW shading, phi tile, fibonacci, black tile, gourdgeous

Phi Tile and Project Pack 11

Zentangle HQ just released what is probably my favorite project pack ever, with a new tile with golden ratio proportions.

2020Eni OkenSeptember 21, 2020BW shading, ribbons, phi tile, fibonacci, pokeroot, pokeleaf

Shading Black Tiles Lesson

We had a live class packed with students and information on how to shade 3-dimensionally over black tiles.

2020Eni OkenSeptember 18, 2020black tile, gourdgeous, courant, munchin, printemps

Gourdgeous and friends

Tangling and shading over black tile is a difficult technique which requires looking at the picture with a completely different perspective.

2020Eni OkenSeptember 15, 2020black tile, gourdgeous, courant, munchin, printemps

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