How to draw AUTUMNAL

Today’s seasonal Autumnal tangle is from Norman OK CZT Daniel Lamothe, who previously shared his Undu tangle with us before becoming a CZT earlier this year.

Daniel describes himself as being “in the tortuous years of ‘teenagerhood’ “, making him a member of the ranks of the younger CZTs in the community.

Autumnal is a tangle Daniel deconstructed last year before he became a CZT. It’s a pretty ribbon-style tangle that’s easy to draw and I’ve embellished the basic tangle a little bit with some aura-ing and solid fills.

Daniel illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Autumnal here on his blog. He demonstrates each step with a separate image, and the final one illustrates the basic “3” stroke used to compose Autumnal.

By using a long sinuous 3, you get both a curved segment on the baseline then a pointed one. The curved portion gets the teardrop shape, the pointed section the small leaf shape that opposes it. Are you still with me? 😉

Daniel describes it this way, “Add some wavy lines, with a corner every other time you meet the central line. I like to think of this as drawing a bunch of really fat Ms.” His M’s = my 3’s.

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And welcome to the wonderful season of Autumn!

Check out the tag daniell for more of Daniel’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

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