How to draw HIRARI

Greetings all, so nice to have your company once again.

Today Japanese CZT Midori Furuhashi shares her touching personal story with us and Hirari, a lovely tangleation developed from the Zentangle®-originals Fengle or Well, depending on which way you go with it.

First, Midori introduces herself:

I was born in Hiroshima in 1962. I have been a painter after I graduated from Kyoto municipal Art University in Japan.

My main theme of painting is cats. I started it after the big earthquake hit East Japan in 2011. I felt that making people smile is my mission as a painter, and I could do it with cat paintings.

My small art book “Mistigri au Japon” was published from ION edition in France. My artworks are included in “Cats Rock” edited by Elizabeth Daley from Cernunnos.

I was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 3B in 2015. I could spent calm hospital days with drawing. I felt the great healing power of art.

I discovered Zentangle in 2017 after my cancer metastasis and in June 2018 became certified at CZT30. Fortunately, I’m still alive, and teach Zentangle to others.

Zentangle gave me a new power to live.

I teach in many class learning about PRIMER Vol 1 in Japanese. Many students became CZTs after having these class. It gives me a great happiness. I can feel the meaning of my life.

I really appreciate being here in Zentangle worldwide community. I’m so happy if I could do something for the community.

Here she explains the inspiration for creating Hirari and the reason for its name.

The name “Hirari “ came from onomatopoeia. We Japanese use onomatopoeia a lot. Hirari means something fluttering.

I think it’s a good season to introduce this tangle. People can see many flowers fluttering with wind. I wanted to express the image of “fluttering” of petals.

I have taught in many classes as CZT after I got the certification in 2018 in Providence. And I knew that many ladies love drawing flower image with tangle.

Zentangle is not a representational art. But I wondered if I could add more lively feeling on tangle flower. I focus on petals and found they turn over when the wind blows.

First, I added Rick’s Flux shape on the top of flower petal which was made from Well or Fengle. They looked so nice!

Then, I started thinking it’s good if we have tangle like fluttering petal shape.

At last, I made this tangle. It’s very simple. You can arrange it in various way. I hope you love it.

Midori illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Hirari below and she demonstrates two different ways to tangle it as well as some embellishment variations to explore for the “fluttering bits”.

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In these steps, Midori demonstrates how to tangle a variation with just Hirari‘s fluttering petals.

Midori’s trio of gorgeous Zendalas featuring both her versions of Hirari.

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