Linda Farmer, Certified Zentangle Teacher
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How to draw PLANATEEN

Zentangle pattern: Planateen

Links to online instructions for drawing Sandra Strait’s Zentangle® pattern: Planateen.

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How to draw FOHBRAID

Zentangle pattern: Fohbraid

Links to online instructions for drawing Sandra Strait’s Zentangle® pattern: Fohbraid.

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Guest Contributor: Sandra Strait on Semi-Transparency

More skills for your drawing repertoire! Guest Contributor Sandra Strait goes above and beyond with this highly detailed drawing techniques tutorial on how to make an object appear semi-transparent. She illustrates two versions, one using color and one in black and white.

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Guest Contributor: Sandra Strait on Shading for Translucence

Transparent object beside Translucent object

Guest Contributor Sandra Strait offers another excellent drawing techniques tutorial. Here she shows how to make an object appear translucent using pen and ink.

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How to draw SLALOM

Zentangle pattern: Slalom

Links to online instructions for drawing Sandra Strait’s Zentangle® pattern: Slalom.

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How to draw WISKET

Zentangle pattern: Wisket

Links to online instructions for drawing Sandra Strait’s Zentangle® pattern: Wisket.

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Guest Contributor: Sandra Strait’s Shade, Shape, Blend Color & Add Texture

Guest Contributor Sandra Strait offers our Gentle Readers another great how-to tutorial. This one is a technique using squirkles to shade, shape, blend color and add texture to your drawings.

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Guest Contributor: Sandra Strait on How to Draw a Ribbon

Sandra Strait's Zentangle featuring Ribbons

Sue Palmer of Westerly RI, recently emailed asking for guidance on drawing a ribbon. I asked Sandra Strait if she had time to respond to Sue’s request and she replied with this great tutorial illustrating not one but two techniques.

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How to draw EMBELLISH

Tangle pattern: Embellish

Links to online instructions for drawing Sandra Strait’s Zentangle® pattern: Embellish.

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Guest Contributor: Sandra Strait on Choosing a Journal for Penwork – Part 2

Global Art Handbook Journals

This is the second of a two-part series where Sandra generously shares her wealth of experience on how to go about choosing a journal for penwork such as Zentangle. In Part 2 of this series, “Journals I’ve Known and Loved”, Sandra reviews 7 different brands of journals in detail.

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