On Monday we had fun with Ya, today we have Yes!
Ya, Yes to having fun with our Zentangle practice!
Belgian CZT Ria Matheussen shares her Yes tangle with us today and it’s her 19th tangle on the site!
Yes was inspired by a design Ria spotted while watching a program on television.
This time, I didn’t go on “hunting” but the pattern flew all of a sudden into my face and asked me to send it in, and so I did.
Just on an ordinary evening, I was looking to a dating show on TV. Two people who met each other for the first time were asked to prepare a meal together. They could learn to know each other better during the cooking time. When dinner was ready, they could choose: eating together (yes) or going to the take away (no).
In this case they said Yes and when I was looking further, I saw a wonderful pattern popping up on the door in their dining room:
Immediately I took a piece of paper and started to draw. I added a few details to form three examples of borders, but many other variations are possible…
When you draw the borders side by side, it becomes a nice filler, also with a lot of possibilities: you can draw the basic form in the same way again and again (first example) but you can also mirror them (2nd example).
I added also a tile with a coloured combination of Yes, Pokeleaf, Kettling, Shattuck, Andante, Copada, and Florez.
In fact, you can start to draw this tangle in two different ways, but I think that starting the way I did, makes it easier to draw afterwards nice equal squares to finish the pattern.
There is more than one way to form Yes and eventually after finding my looped stroke wanted to wander where I didn’t intend, what I resorted to was creating a row of squares to which I added the loops. Different path, same lovely outcome. The options for fills and embellishments are irresistible — without even considering ZIA color variations — yet I actually managed to restrain myself for my example.
Ria illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Yes below, where she includes just a few variations for us to explore. Almost all ribbon-style tangles can be placed side-by-side in rows or columns to create a beautiful repeat pattern filler.
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October 23, 2019 | 
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Just gave this a test run in my journal Ria. So relaxing to draw the loops and tons of embellishment possibilities. Fun! I say YES! :o)
Thank you Jody for your support, it is very appreciated. I agree with you that this is a relaxing pattern. I’m very glad with these words!
This is a wonderful ribbon style tangle! Thank you for sharing. There is so much potential with it’s use. Great job!!
It is a bit unexpected but I’m very glad you like Yes. Thank you very much for your kind comment!
Thank you Linda for publishing Yes. As Jody wrote, I also find this an easy relaxing pattern with a nice origine. I tried to draw Yes in the way you discribed and I do like that very much!
Ria, I really like this new tangle of yours. It’s easy for me to draw, and as already stated, there are a lot of possibilities with it for variations. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I’m glad to hear from you that you like Yes. It is a pleasant one to draw and I wish you succes!
Ik zag hoe blij je verrast werd toen je dit patroontje zomaar op tv zg verschijnen en direct begon te tekenen . Ik hoop dat velen het kunnen gebruiken.
Google translates: I saw how happy you were surprised when you just appeared to watch this pattern on TV and immediately started drawing. I hope many can use it.
Wat aardig van je om mij hier een complimentje te geven. Dank je wel Rob!!!
Google translates: How nice of you to give me a compliment here. Thank you Rob !!!
Thank you, Ria, for another lovely tangle. I love the combinatioin of straight and loopy, and the endless possibilities for embellishment!
As Linda wrote, there are different ways to draw this pattern and indeed many ways to embellish. Thank you very much Jennifer for your nice compliment. I’m glad you like Yes!
This is a lovely tangle. It’s really simple to do and has a lot of possibilities for variations. Thank you Ria!!
Always a nice surpise to receive a kind comment. Thank you very much Mary. I agree with you Yes is really simple and you can give it your personal touch. I wish you succes!
Ria, I just love this tangle! I don’t know why I haven’t commented before. It’s so simple and yet so very pretty!! You are amazingly creative and I appreciate your sharing this one with us. 🙂
Many thanks for your kind feedback. Your comment is a nice surprise. It is one of “my” older patterns. It is a simple but versatile one and I’m glad you discovered it yet. Warm regards from rainy Belgium!