How to draw 03

It’s September the first (already!) and this is also our long Labor Day weekend as well as we gradually move towards Fall. One of my favorite seasons of the year.

Today we have a simple, and as you will see in her examples below, a very versatile tangle for your tangling pleasure.

Taiwan CZT Ai Ling Hung shared her Pand tangle with us some time ago, today we’re exploring her 03 (zero 3) tangle.

Ai Ling writes the idea for 03 came to her last year while decorating her Christmas tree with its string of lights. 03 is based on the figure 3 for the light’s wiring, together with tiny orbs, or 0’s:

Just like the lamp decorations with wire around the tree gives us warmth, light and hope.

Wow, lovely three things in our life.

Ai Ling’s tangle uses two of Zentangle®’s elemental strokes: two C shapes to create the 3, and an orb (see Dicso for more on this). For my main example above I used one of Ai Ling’s variation examples of a sweet, simple floral ribbon tangle. For the example on the right I began with a dot grid of 0’s or orbs (Step 3) to help give even overall spacing for the tangle. There are many, many ways to embellish this simple, graceful tangle that can function as a border tangle or an all-over one.

Ai Ling illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing 03 below. Couldn’t be easier.

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Have a great weekend and I’ll see you all again on Monday … 🙂

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