How to draw TICKING

We’ve had some challenging tangles lately and I don’t know about you but I yearned for a little simplicity. JJ LaBarbera’s Ticking is the perfect tangle pattern for the occasion.

Not only is it simple and fun to draw, Ticking is a great looking tangle with loads of possibilities for variation and it would make a great looking border too.

Instead of drawing the Step 1 ovals individually, I liked drawing scalloped lines all in one direction, then turning the tile and drawing the other side of them to match. It helped me get them aligned nicely. To get the horizontal curved lines somewhat evenly distributed, I started with one smack dab in the middle of the open space after Step 2 and added the others in the remaining spaces on either side.

Shading along the edges of the ovals makes it very dimensional – I like the “column” effect you get. Ticking looks cool from any orientation. It’s because of how it looks when shaded that JJ gave it the name Ticking, “it looks a bit like stitched fabric“.

JJ illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Ticking here.

Check out the tag jjl (yep, the shortest tag of ’em all) for more of JJ’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.

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