It’s the weekend again already. Kowabunga! how did that happen? 😉
Belgian CZT Ria Matheussen is back with us today to share her versatile Ocip tangle. She’s shared many tangles with us here on the site, in fact Ocip is her 40th!! This one has special meaning to Ria.
Ria shares some of her own history and photography, explains where the photos were taken and the background of her Ocip tangle:
In this picture you can see the tail of a humpback whale, just before diving into the deep of the Atlantic Ocean.
This picture was taken hear Pico Island (Azores), one of the most western islands of Europe on the fault line between the European and the North American tectonic plate. To see such great and kind marine mammals were magic moments. When we were younger, my husband and I lived on Pico for several years and we had the opportunity to spot them often. Many dolphins and humpbacks are living in the Azorian waters, most of them around Pico.
I’m almost 70 and of course, like everyone, I have a lot of memories, good and bad ones… Especially in this time of the year, I’m thinking a lot about our life on Pico because in the early Spring, the blue whale (the biggest creature on earth) who is swimming around the globe, passes the Azorian waters. It was wonderful to spot those kind giants and sometimes I miss those magical moments.
In this picture, you see the volcanic island of Pico (also the highest mountain of Portugal).
All of a sudden, touched by a picture of a whalestail, I decided to make a new tangle and named it Ocip (Pico the other way around).
Ocip is really easy to draw and to combine with other tangles. It is based on a whalestail but it also looks a bit like a kind of leaf. As usual, I checked twice to find out if a kind of this tangle exists already but I didn’t find one. I noticed three tangles who have something in common but are definitely different: Copada, Remo and Whalestail.
Ria illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Ocip below, “I added three different ways of drawing Ocip with other tangles: in a square with Bubbles, in the round (irregular) with Fescu and Flux and as a third option: popping up on its own with Boulder Builder and Narfello. I like to draw in the round and therefore I have made a little zendala with Ocip drawn in the round in a regular way, combined with sparkle and just a few Tipples. (Tipples because before you see a whale, there is always a splash.)”
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What fun Ria. Love the versatility of this one.
As you could read, this tangle is very special for me and I’m glad you like it. I hope you can use it in your drawings. Thank you very much for your kind comment.
I love the soft movement of the petals. So beautiful, Ria! I need to try it! Thank you very much for sharing.
That’s wonderful said dear Beatrice, thank you very much for this nice comliment.
Ria, I always love your tangles. 🙂 Ocip is no exception! And my hand particularly likes to draw S shapes. Your Zendala example is soooo lovely! Thanks for sharing this new tangle. 🙂
I’m glad you like Ocip and the Zendala I added. There are really many ways to use this new tangle and I wish you fun while exploring. Thank you so much for your kind comment.
What a beautiful tangle. It is so simple looking but it will be fun to draw and look great. Thank you
What a nice comment, thank you very much. Ocip is really easy and versatile to draw and color. Wish you succes and thank you very much for this kind feedback.
Thank you very much Linda, for publishing Ocip in such a nice way. I wish everyone who wants to give it a try pleasant moments while exploring.