Monday greetings, everyone!
Today’s lovely tangle looks like it would be hard to draw, right?
Au contraire, mes amis. (Yes, watching the Tour de France is affecting me a tad. And what a GREAT tour this year!) Cindyer is from Taiwan’s Yu Ru Chen and it’s based on the basic construction of the Zentangle®-original Cadent.
And it’s so easy to draw, one step at a time.
Yu Ru writes that she was experimenting with “a small circle and C” strokes looking for something “good and simple“. Cindyer is the result of her experimentation. Cindyer is named for a Zentangle classmate named Cindy.
Yu Ru illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Cindyer below and in her example she shows several easy ways to vary her tangle.
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Here is Yu Ru’s pretty Zentangle tile using Cindyer in a circular, somewhat mandala-like format with Showgirl as the center focal point.
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Beautiful thank you !
This is so beautiful! I am going to give it a try today!
I love this pattern! Will be using it soon–thanks for sharing!
Such a lovely flow to your tangle, Yu Ru. I know this will get a lot of use by me. Thank you.
Looks interesting and a bit of a challenge! There seems to have been a lot of ribbon-style tangles lately but this one does look as though it has more potential to use other ways. Must give it a try tomorrow, best wishes Vera Whiting
Thank you! A beautiful pattern. I just tried it and was impressed with how good my first attempt turned out Iris
Lovely. This will be a fun one to use. Thanks for sharing one that is simple, but looks elegant.
This is so cool! I am definitely going to have to try this soon. And the tile at the bottom with showgirl is lovely!!
Lovely pattern. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work!
I enjoyed learning your tangle Cindyer. I will be using it for the Valentangle 2017 project. Thanks again for it.
This one looks like a keeper. It is light and lovely and I think sections of it can even be used to fill a small space if needed. Thanks for sharing Yu Ru Chen and to you Linda for putting it out for us to grab!