How to draw BUTTACUP

Today’s easy ribbon-type tangle, ButtaCup, comes from tangler Shawna Martin and it’s her first on the site.

From Jefferson City MO, Shawna writes,

“I discovered Zentangle® last December and haven’t lifted my pen from paper since! “

As with most of the ribbon or border type tangles that look great on their own, ButtaCup can also be drawn “back-to-back” to create an overall fill tangle as Shawna demonstrates below.

Shawna illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing ButtaCup below. Her monotangle shows a couple of different ways you can vary this tangle.

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