Hello there my tangling friends, it’s good to see you and welcome you back for our easy Monday tangle.
This pretty tangle named Palais is from Japanese CZT Mika Shiohara and it’s her first on the site.
Mika introduces herself and her tangle,
I live in Matsumoto. (Geographically, it is almost in the center of Japan.) It is surrounded by mountains and full of nature. It is home to Matsumoto Castle, a historic national treasure, and the birthplace of Yayoi Kusama, a world-renowned artist.
My Zentangle® journey started three and a half years ago. One day I came across a Zentangle book at my local library. Three months later, I attended the CZT 37 seminar. I was very eager to take lessons, but there were no CZTs in the neighborhood.
This fragment was inspired by the main gate of the Palace of Versailles. Therefore, I named it Palais. The gate, called the Royal Gate, is covered with gold leaf and decorated with luxurious splendor.
By Martin Robson from Brighton, UK – 20130810-IMG_7417, CC BY-SA 2.0
It can be used as a square fragment or a line fragment !
I love tangles that use the spiral motif and even deconstructed a couple myself many years ago: Rosé, and Chianti. The latter of the two shares DNA with Palais particularly as I’ve shown it in a grid version. Mika’s “dangles” version has way more lovely options.
Mika illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Palais below and her lovely ZIA tiles demonstrate some of the ways it can be used in addition to the grid version I default to 🙂
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Thank you so much for your design called,”Palais”, Mika. It’s so versatile and fancy looking and will look great in my Zentangle art work! Also, thanks, Linda, for sharing it on your site!
A fun and easy one. Thanks for sharing Mika.
Lovely tangle, Mika!! Simple & easy to draw, but soooo versatile. I’ve enjoyed playing with it! So glad you sent it in to Linda.