Flukes is among the 102 official Zentangle® patterns CZTs learn in their certification class. It appears in Suzanne McNeill’s first book Zentangle Basics, and is identified as an official pattern there.
Suzanne illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Flukes, here. (In her illustration, Suzanne has inexplicably renamed it Corner Box.) If you curve the lines and the corner “box”, you get a variation of Flukes that’s the official pattern Beelight.
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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 learning the published official tangles first.
Oh this is fantastic! Thanks for sending it to me. I have been doing “zens” and these doodles longer than I can remember. If there is a Tangle group I want to join it? Thank you. Jan
Janice, there is a flickr Zentangle group that’s free to join and I believe it was originally started by Zentangle originators Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas although it is not moderated: http://www.flickr.com/groups/zentangle/pool/. However now that so many people have joined it recently most of the illustrations posted there are tangle doodles, not Zentangles per se. I’ve written about the difference between the two on this page where I describe Zentangles: http://tanglepatterns.com/zentangles. Regardless of whether you actually Zentangle, or draw tangle doodles it’s a wonderful addiction. Delighted to have you among my readers! Thanks.