How to draw 4 CORNERS

For quite some time California tangler Barbara Finwall has been sharing Strings with our community on TanglePatterns. By my reckoning these are Barbara’s contributions so far: 012, 023, 030, 038, and 052. You might also recognize Barbara’s Zentangle®-inspired artistry on flickr where she’s known as banar.

Today we have Barbara’s first tangle on the site, a lovely new grid-based pattern she named 4 Corners. I used the basic grid Barbara illustrates in the first three steps below and I added just a wee touch of shading. As you’ll see there’s lots of potential with this one.

Barbara introduces herself,

My sister, mother and I started a craft and needlework kit and book company (Banar Designs) about 40 years ago. My sister and I had both worked for advertising agencies in Los Angeles and our mother owned a needlework shop.  I met Suzanne McNeill at one of the trade shows and we’ve been friends ever since. She introduced me to Zentangle about three years ago. I haven’t come up for air since. I live in Fallbrook, CA in the middle of an avocado grove.

“Fallbrook is known for its avocado groves and claims the title ‘Avocado Capital of the World.’ … The Avocado Festival is held in the downtown strip annually and frequently draws large crowds.” I love these tidbits I learn on Wikipedia almost as much as I love avocados.

Here Barbara illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing 4 Corners and shows in her Zentangle-inspired drawing that 4 Corners is very adaptable to some cool variations.

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Check out the tag barbaraf for more of Barbara’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.

For some cool variations on 4 Corners, see this post by German tangler Henrike Bratz.

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