Happy Monday, y’all! I don’t know about you but for me it’s hard to believe we’re just a week away from the first day of summer.
Before long the 2016 edition of the Tour de France kicks off (July 2nd – July 24th) and until then Robert and I are immersed in UEFA Euro 2016 (June 10th – July 10th).
As our European tangling friends will know this is the European football/soccer tournament held once every four years to determine the champion out of 24 countries in Europe that qualified for the tournament. At three matches a day for the next week or two, thank goodness for a DVR. These events provide loads of great tangling time for me!
Paravan is a new tangle from Belgian CZT Ria Matheussen and it’s her first on the site. Ria became a CZT recently at the 22nd seminar in April.
Ria explains her inspiration for Paravan and tells us a little about her background.
On our search for a screen in the greenhouse, I saw this beautiful model on the Internet.
Immediately I saw a very nice and simple tangle in it. It is a very easy and simple pattern but you can make so many variations on it.
The translation of screen in French is Paravent, Paravan is Flemisch dialect for screen.
I was born in the North of Belgium (Flanders), I live in the South (les Ardennes) and I organize workshops in the middle (Hasselt) and I like that.
I discovered Zentangle® on the internet during the summer of 2014. After a few workshops, I knew this magic drawing art would always be a part of my life. I’ve never stopped drawing: on sunny days, but also in bad times. I loved Zentangle at first sight, and that will never change.
I began my example of Paravan by drawing a column of alternating rice shapes and diamonds for Step 1. But after I was finished I wondered if Ria drew it as a pair of scalloped strokes intersecting each other. I tried that and didn’t have as much control as the rice-and-diamonds version but others will very likely find that a simpler way to get the same result.
And as I often do, I turned the example sideways because there is no up or down in Zentangle!
Ria illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Paravan below and shows several different variations of her tangle to try.
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Well found Ria! Very nice !!!!
Dank je wel Maddy, je kent nu de stappen, het lijkt moeilijker dan het is, bedankt dat je altijd tijd vindt om een positieve commentaar te geven. Dat is heel aangenaam!
This is a pretty tangle, Ria, thank you for sharing it. I’m going to enjoy drawing it.
Thank you Joyce, as I said there are many variations for this tangle, maybe you will find another one. I really you will enjoy.
This is beautifully done and, as you said, can be varied in so many ways. Thank you for deconstructing and sharing it. I know that I will likely use it a lot!
Thank you Lezli,for taking time to give me this nice comment, I do appreciate that very much and I hope you will enjoy drawing this tangle.
Ria. I love your Paravan! I especially like the one with the black background and the one with the straight lines that forms the large X. Very nice. Thank you for sharing. And Linda enjoy your UEFA EURO. May your creative juices flow! Nancy P
Thank you Nancy, I ‘m very happy you like this tangle and I hope you can use Paravan in your drawings.
Fun and easy! In particular, I like your third variation (with the black background). Completely different!
Thank you very much for your comment, I hope you gonna use Paravan in your tiles! Wish you succes and keep on tangling!
Joli motif Ria, je vais l’utiliser
Merçi Chantal pour ce compliment, j’espère que vous allez avoir plaisir de dessiner ce motif! Vous savez j’aime le vôtre aussi!
Nice tangle Ria…
Dank je wel lieve Rob, heel tof om van jou een complimentje te krijgen via deze weg!
Thank you very much for sharing, Ria! Paravan is so beautiful!
Vielen Dank liebe Anja, dass du auch hier eine Kommentar geschrieben hast.