How to draw TWILE (STOIC)

Last summer my fellow CZT#7 classmate, Lesley Scott-Gilliland of Muncie, Indiana, sent me her tangle pattern Twile for consideration. I immediately recognized it as the as-yet unpublished Zentangle®-original tangle Stoic.

Waaaaay back when — 3 years ago in March 2010, even before TanglePatterns was “born” — Rick and Maria were in Stowe, Vermont and saw a doormat with a design they named Stoic. Although they illustrated a Zentangle® with the pattern and posted a photo of the doormat here, they didn’t publish steps for it.

Rick writes, “This is another of many patterns that begins with a grid. It’s neat because it looks woven without trying to weave it which we don’t do in Zentangle – too much left brain work for that.”

Then well over a year later, along comes Lesley’s Twile  — she had unknowingly deconstructed Stoic.

I’ve been holding on waiting to see if Rick and Maria published the steps but I can wait no longer because Lesley’s Twile tangle is eye-catching and so simple and versatile. Here’s another version, sans shading.

So here you go, here is her first tangle on the site and Lesley’s step-by-step instructions for drawing Twile, and two lovely monotangle Zentangles featuring the tangle. Lesley also gives a shading tip for you.

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UPDATE August 11, 2021: Canadian CZT Margaret Bremner has added Twile/Stoic here to her delightful roster of “And then some …” posts.

Check out the tag lesleysg for more of Lesley’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.

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"... And then some"

• Cadent
• Cubine
• Crescent Moon
• Echoism
• Gneiss
• Knightsbridge
• Meer
• ’Nzeppel
• Paradox
• Printemps
• Shattuck
• Stoic (aka Twile)
• Strircles
• Tipple
• W2

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