How to draw PIA

By Linda Farmer, CZT ~ January 16th, 2013

CZT® Margaret Bremner’s Pia was inspired by wallpaper she noticed while teaching at the “Paint In Alberta” convention, hence the tangle pattern name.

Pia is an interesting pattern that’s easy to do and fills up a large area relatively quickly.

This is a great pattern to remind you not to rush all those fine strokes and to focus on making each stroke in a tangle deliberately. I added a light touch of shading to my example.

Margaret has the steps for drawing Pia here on her blog, where she also shows a few suggested variations. There’s also a photo of the inspiration wallpaper on Margaret’s post.

Check out the tag margaretb for more of Margaret’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.

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