Today I have an inspirational creative treat for you. I’m naming my Guest Contributor “Queen of the Spirals“, if you’ve seen any of her art you’ll agree with me. She’s Tasmania, Australia’s CZT Michele Beauchamp (aka Shelly Beauch), artist and creator of the beautiful cover on my TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE.
Michele has put together an excellent tutorial on how to draw spiral strings for your Zentangles and Zentangle-inspired art. Today she gives you some tips to get started and below you’ll find the link to her illustrated A Zentangle® Spiral Guide on her blog. Take it away, Michele …
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When drawing a string for a Zentangle®, we all have our natural way to start, some like to draw straight lines, curvy lines or go round in circles. Spiral strings have become my favourite.
You can bring a spiral in tight or stretch it out, let it flow and grow.
Draw the spiral with a pencil so it will disappear when finished.
To make it easier to adapt tangles to fit, draw pairs of lines to form sections which form triangles or squares. Curve these lines to give a rounded effect. Tangles like betweed fit beautifully in these sections.
A spiralation of mooka is great to try also.
Have fun putting some spin in your spirals!
Michele
Visit Michele’s elegantly illustrated “A Zentangle® Spiral Guide“ here on her blog for a lesson on how to draw spiral strings for your Zentangles.
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Thanks, Michele! Fantastic job.
Check out the tag shellyb for Michele’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
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April 4, 2012 | 
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Beautiful!
This is amazing! Spirals are my favourite too, but I’d not thought of using them for a string. Thank you!
I so needed this today, was dreaming of spirals. Thanks for sharing. I love Shelly’s tangles, too!!
OH WOW. These are ridiculously cool!!
Must get jammies on so I can draw….
Very helpful. I love making spirals and have needed a little creative boost. Thank you for the awesome ideas!
how do I get to Michele,s blog? I saw a fengle and I want to try to do it and cannt find it again. It was a blog with aqua sorta fish scales on it and it was a fengle design that I am looking for and it is driving my one little brain cell crazy. Karen Webb
Loved the spiral designs…….I included one in my tangle today…….not as good as Michelle’s but next time will be better!
i love your spirals what was it like to become a czt? I am applying for a class this august.
Tom
Hi Tom, I’m sure Michelle will appreciate your compliment on her spirals. The CZT seminar is a wonderful experience, you will love it.