Cadent is one of those “make your eyes” jump tangle patterns. Once you get into the rhythm of drawing each stroke, it does sort itself out. Just don’t take your eyes away! And as Maria often advises, remember to turn your tile.
Update July 2010: in their July newsletter, Rick and Maria revisit Cadent with some additional variations and they reveal how this Zentangle® pattern came by its name:
Cadent was inspired by the houndstooth weaving pattern.
(We call it “cadent” because a hound is a CAnine and a tooth is DENTal, thus “ca-dent!”)
Variants include using squares instead of circles, varying the width between those “anchors”, shading, and drawing various shapes within the white space created by the lines. Here’s a variant using squares and filling the white space:
Cadent is an original Zentangle® pattern by Maria Thomas. The link to her illustrated instructions for this pattern is here.
Sandy Bartholomew shows a carpet with this design and puts her spin on Cadent here.
Check out the tag zentangle for more official Zentangle® patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
Got ideas for pattern variations? Share with us in a comment!
Cadent Tangleations
Related Links
- Linda’s List of Official Zentangle® Patterns – the complete list of official patterns (i.e., created by Zentangle® founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas), including those not published online. If you are new to Zentangle, I highly recommend starting with these published official tangles.
I love this one, you can do so much with it!
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