How to draw OLLUAN

I’m so delighted to be “home” in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada celebrating family birthdays and anniversaries with my dear Mom and three sisters, and husbands, nieces and nephews.

This is the first time we have all been together for this occasion pretty much since Robert and I moved permanently to the USA in 1980. So needless to say I’m absorbing every minute of this unique family celebration and so very grateful the opportunity could happen. Usually Robert and I make our “road trek north” in the Fall, so this is also a wonderful change to enjoy the Summer season and all that is unique to this time of year.

In addition to being a breathtakingly beautiful little Canadian town located minutes from the great Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to the highly acclaimed and world famous cultural attraction, the Shaw Festival founded in 1963 by the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation.

“In its first decade, the Shaw Festival company toured extensively in the United States and Canada while experiencing explosive audience growth. On June 20, 1973 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the Festival Theatre was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Designed by renowned Canadian architect Ronald Thom, the Festival Theatre enabled The Shaw to mount large-scale productions, drawing national and international acclaim.” History of the Shaw Festival

Each year from April through October a selection of wonderful plays are presented in the Festival Theatre and three more unique playhouses located in the old town area. “The Shaw Festival celebrates the life and spirit of Bernard Shaw by creating theatre that is as entertaining and provocative as Shaw himself.” Here courtesy of my sweetheart Robert’s photography skills is a photo of the Shaw Café and a statue of its namesake, George Bernard Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw’s statue at The Shaw Café, Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Images © Robert Farmer.

Thank you (and Tina) for indulging my digression … and so to today’s lovely tangle …

In celebration of all the family love, today we’re sharing hearts, lots and lots of hearts in Olluan from Swiss CZT Tina Hunziker.

Tina writes,

All is one or all in one. That’s where the name Olluan comes from.

While drawing this tangle i imagine that every heart represents the heartenergy of a person. All comes together in one Tangle.

Isn’t it wonderful to draw a heart and thinking of a loved person, draw another one and think of another person, and so on, until all become one tangle.

Another idea is to draw the tangle to feel happyness and the universal love. They are always around, and by drawing Olluan it gives us a reason to remember that.

To draw these random placed hearts, lets me feel good, connected with myself and the beings around me.

I can connect, while I tangle, every heart with a friend or any person of my life.

Or, I just let the ink flow and enjoy the process; One stroke at a time.

It’s a space filling tangle, and after step 5 or 7, just feel free to fill the hearts with your personal hearty ideas.

Tina illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Olluan here on her blog where she includes two lovely Zentangle® tiles featuring her tangle. The large tile also includes the Zentangle-original tangles Diva Dance (Waltz variation) and Printemps, and Karry Heun’s Sand Swirl. The small Bijou tile is a duotangle featuring Olluan together with scattered Flux fronds.

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Check out the tag tinah for more of Tina’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

Returning to “NOTL” for a moment, as I wrote here last Fall, “The gardens and hanging baskets everywhere are magnificent!” Not only is NOTL a photographer’s paradise, it’s located in the heart of some of Canada’s best wine country. If you’ve never been to the area before, it truly deserves to be on your bucket list.

The Shaw Café, Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Images © Robert Farmer.

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