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How to draw D’ELEGANCE

Zentangle pattern: d'Elegance. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.Hi everyone and welcome back!

Canadian tangler Cyndi Knapp is here today with another cool tangle and this one has a very interesting inspiration.

Cyndi writes,

I had the good fortune to go to a prestigious collector car concours. For me it was an opportunity to take photos for masculine greeting cards. What I didn’t expect was to find the inspiration for d’Elegance.

Within less than 5 minutes of entering the gate, I spotted my inspiration – the grill of an ultra modern electric supercar.

To my surprise, I soon found out it was only the first of the electric cars exhibited and they dated back to the 1896 Riker Roadster!

This is a sales pitch but great to see it in operation:

d’Elegance is a simple pattern that easily takes on different looks with different fillers.

It was named after the concours since it wouldn’t have been created without having seen the spectacular cars.

From Wikipedia:

Concours d’Elegance (French: concours d’élégance) is a term of French origin that means a “competition of elegance” and refers to an event where prestigious vehicles are displayed and judged. It dates back to 17th-century France, where aristocrats paraded horse-drawn carriages in the parks of Paris during summer weekends and holidays.

Over time, carriages became horseless and the gatherings became a competition among vehicle owners to be judged on the appearance of their vehicles.

These events are often held at automobile shows, after racing competitions or, especially in the United States, as a fundraising event for charities.

The oldest still-extant Concours, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, is held annually near the Villa d’Este hotel in Cernobbio, on Lake Como in Italy. …

Numerous local organizations sponsor Concours events. Traditionally, vehicle judging at a Concours is more demanding than that of a neighborhood or general automobile show. Trained judges examine the vehicle thoroughly. They rate each and every component. Only those vehicles that are judged perfect (or very nearly so) in every way are considered eligible for trophy class.

Often, the competitiveness of a Concours d’Elegance forces restoration of a vehicle to surpass “mint” condition. Mint condition would be the state of the vehicle when it originally left the factory. Concours-quality cars are often given upholstery, paint, plating, and mechanical restoration to a standard far exceeding that of the car when it was new.

Wow, the things we learn related to tangles! Thanks for that education, Cyndi!

Cyndi illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing d’Elegance below and she features it in two tiles showing ways it can be used.

How to draw the Zentangle pattern d'Elegance, tangle and deconstruction by Cyndi Knapp. Image copyright the artist and used with permission, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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