How to draw ZWILLE

Greetings my tangling friends and welcome to our Wednesday tangles.

You read that right, today we have maybe two bonus tangles (or a great technique) to explore.

But for now, the first: Zwille.

Zwille is from German CZT Henrike Bratz and it, along with its companion Thorned Hollibaugh and Thorned Pokeleaf, are her fourth, fifth and sixth tangles on the site. The others will arrive together in your inbox soon too.

Henrike found her inspiration for Zwille from this drawing by the amazing artist Ernst Haeckel. Haeckel has inspired other tangles on the site, notably CZT Jody Genovese’s Anthem, and Searchin.

For a selection of Haeckel’s inspirational books click the image for this page on Amazon.

On her Zwille post Henrike writes, “The structure of the continuous division, which always leads to a doubling, appealed to me. Each one of the pattern elements reminds me of a slingshot – hence the name.”

For my example of Zwille, I varied a bit on the natural doubling Henrike refers to. Kept to the spirit if not the precise intent 😉

Henrike illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Zwille below and you can also find them here on her website. On her site Henrike includes some great tips for tangling Zwille (be sure to check them out!) as well has her explanation in German and some more great examples done by her students in the class when she introduced it.

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Stay tuned for Henrike’s Thorned Hollibaugh and Thorned Pokeleaf. Thorned Pokeleaf is shown in the ZIA tile on the bottom right above.

Check out the tag henrikeb for more of Henrike’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

Zentangle Project Pack #25

Today we’re half way through the The Twelve Days of Zentangle project pack and if you’ve missed it or simply don’t have time for it now, no worries! I’ve got your back.

Next week after the series wraps up I’ll be posting my usual TanglePatterns Project Pack Summary with links to all the video tutorials AND a detailed summary of each.

You can always locate all of TanglePatterns previous Project Pack Summaries by going to the PROJECT PACKS tab on the pink tangle menu bar.

Related Links

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4. How to use the site — an excellent free video tutorial showing how to use the site as well as pointing out lots of useful features you might have missed.
5. Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
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