Over the years I’ve had several peacock-related patterns submitted for consideration. However in each case the patterns didn’t qualify as tangles because they were almost literal attempts to draw a peacock feather instead of being an overall, non-objective pattern. And as we well know, Zentangle® is not about drawing “some thing“.
As Zentangle co-founder Maria Thomas once explained to me in an exchange about what makes a tangle, Zentangle is not about the repetition of a drawing it’s about the repetition of a stroke. “One simple stroke in many places, then a different stroke next to the others…etc.”
CZT Amelie Liao’s lovely Pea-Fea is the first that meets the qualifications of a tangle, and it’s really a good one. [Remember Amelie’s Loop from a few weeks ago?]
Amelie writes that her inspiration for Pea-Fea was a pattern she noticed on a wallet which appealed to her as “very simple, and beautiful!”
This is one very versatile tangle pattern and Amelie explores many interesting ways to play with it. You can draw the motifs adjacent to each other, or offset them. Connect them up, or space them out. Change their direction. Draw them around shapes or even fit them within grids.
Amelie illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Pea-Fea below with a simple variation. Her beautiful Zentangle includes the Zentangle-original Diva Dance tangle and it fits so well as a background here.
Image copyright Amelie Liao and used with permission, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. Republishing or redistributing pattern deconstructions in any form is prohibited under law without express permission of the copyright owner. For more information, click on the image for a discussion entitled “Artists for Respect” by several prominent artists.
In Amelie’s next examples, along with several more variations she also shows two grid-based versions — the regular diamond grid here in the top right …
Image copyright Amelie Liao and used with permission, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
and another version including one using an ogee grid below on the right. See, I told ya. Versatile! Fun! Pea-Fea!
Image copyright Amelie Liao and used with permission, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Check out the tag ameliel for more of Amelie’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.
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- Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
- "A Zentangle has no up or down and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle." Thus patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure, or scene, are not tangles. A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: tangles never start with pencil planning.
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Oh, wow, what a beautiful pattern! It’s all curves, my favorite thing to draw, and it’s so “flow-y,” it’s going to fit right in with all the other ‘tangle patterns I love to work with 😀
I was really impressed with the different patterns that could be created
Love the versatility and how the lines just flow! Thanks for sharing.
Very cool pattern. I love curvy patterns and will enjoy this one, thanks Amelie!
This is really a wonderful tangle, Amelie! It’s easy to draw and easy to remember. Every one of your variations is beautiful! Just what I was looking for today. Thank you so much! ????
Very pretty pattern! I like having so many ways to use it! Thank you for sharing!
Pea Fea is versatile and fun. Thanks for the great tangle, Amelie and Linda!
Such a lovely, easy pattern with so many variations… such a pleasure to tangle it??
nice thank you
I awoke early this morning, long before the rest of the family arose! I needed something to do quietly, so as not to wake my 2 year old granddaughter. I am grateful to have found this beautiful, flowing pattern to explore in my emails! Thank you for sharing! May the Lord bless your day!