How to draw CHOCOBOX

Belgian tangler Didier Gervy shares his ChocoBox tangle with us and it is a swoopy, swirly fun one to draw. It looks all puffy and “float-y” right? It’s almost in motion.

Didier was inspired by something he saw on an outing to “the famous Market Place in Brussels” during the Christmas season.

“The Grand Place or Grote Markt in Dutch is one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with architecture from 3 different eras (Baroque, Gothic and Louis XIV) making their marks on the square giving it an eclectic flavour. This eclectic quality earned the Grand Place a listing as one of the Sites of World Heritage by UNESCO in 1998.” – From Brussels.info

From Wikipedia by photographer Vase Petrovski (amanito on flickr)

Here’s something very cool I learned from Wikipedia, “Every two years in August, an enormous ‘flower carpet’ is set up in the Grand Place for a few days. A million colourful begonias are set up in patterns, and the display covers a full 24 by 77 metres (79 by 253 ft), for area total of 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft).” I’d love to see that in person but you can view a great photo on Wikipedia. We planted begonias in our garden in the Annex in Toronto, way back in my ‘yute’. Squirrels ate ’em into begonia confetti. But I digress …

Didier describes his inspiration:

“I was enjoying the Christmas illuminations of the famous Market Place in Brussels and my attention was attracted by a golden box of (Belgian !) chocolate in a store. The box inspired me this new pattern, easy and fun to draw. I named it, quite naturally, ChocoBox. I hope you all will enjoy !“

Here are Didier’s steps for drawing ChocoBox with a Zentangle® featuring his unusual tangle.

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