Hello there my tangling friends!
Here’s our last tangle for May and it’s a sweet one from Japanese CZT Hiromi Fukoka.
Mooleaf is Hiromi’s fourth tangle on the site, most recently we explored her Temari tangle (and a fascinating background).
Mooleaf shares DNA with tangles from the past, the Zentangle-original Mooka and also with CZT Jason Lau’s Hollyhock.
Hiromi writes,
Today I would like to share with you “Mooleaf”, a tangle inspired by my daughter Emi’s favorite plant.
Emi and I run a painting class. We have many plants in the classroom and Emi takes care of them.
She draws pictures of the plants and takes very good care of them.
The pothos plant is not in the classroom now, but it is my favorite plant.
Plants are beautiful to look at, smell good, and provide a lot of healing.
Even when I am tired or in pain, plants cheer me up.
I would be happy if I could give such healing to the world.
I am honored that you all appreciate my work.
Hiromi illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Mooleaf below where she includes several different ways of varying the basic tangle. In her lovely Renaissance Tan Zendala Hiromi pairs Mooleaf with a Printemps-filled zenbutton frame.
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May 31, 2023 | 
More like this: 
This is not only fun to draw, but I like the name, too…”moo” being the sound of one of my favorite animals (cows, of course). Probably a bit childish to like bovines, I suppose, but they have distinct personalities and are, for the most part, very gentle animals, so are easy to like.
But I digress; I like this pattern because of how easy it is to draw–some days my brain wants simplicity (more often than not now that I’m 70 plus a few months)—and how easy it is to give it personality 😀
What a lovely pattern with its variations as well, a “double dip of joy”!
Looking forward to giving it a whirl! Thank you both!
Thanks for another fun leaf pattern, there can never be too many.
Thank you Hiromi for the mooleaf tangle. I love the simplicity and flow of this organic tangle . Your
directional arrows made this a pleasure to recreate.
The name still gives me such a smile! <3 And I am having a playful fun time watching my tangles grow across my tiles, taking pleasure in having time to fill them up with more tangles! Thank you!
Love this “mooka leaf” tangle! I think #mooleaf also shares some “DNA” with #Toodles.
If you like Mooleaf, take a look at a very similar tangle, Olluan:
https://tanglepatterns.com/2017/06/how-to-draw-olluan.html
by Tina Hunziker, 2017. This has been a long-time favorite of mine.
Thanks Lee Ann, they definitely share DNA! 🙂