How to draw SAATIN

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Here we go, onward and upward into Year 10 — or Year X as we might say in Zentanglish …

Today German CZT Nadine Roller share her sweet Saatin tangle with us, an easy one to be sure. I must admit up front that I didn’t quite capture the “satin” nature of Nadine’s tangle with my example but you’ll see how she does that in a moment. I also tried out a White Sakura Pen-touch marker to add wee perfs in the center of the diamond shapes.

First Nadine explains Saatin formed simply of rice shapes and diamonds,

One little seed is able to grow and become a beautiful plant. Sometimes only one thought of another person is like a seed that is inspiring so much.

I have dedicated this pattern to all these wonderful persons that love to inspire and be inspired. All these persons that love to grow. May beautiful seeds stir and flourish :-). No matter which seed, it has the potential for growth and luck!

When i am tangling SAATIN i really come into a nice rhythm full of flow. After the first row of seeds there are some yummy diamonds concavely shaped … by the rice shapes.

While wondering which name is fitting, i suddenly thought about SAATIN. I like playing with words and the shading and highlighting gives a shiny note like silky satin.

Nadine illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Saatin here on her blog where she shares a wealth of tiles and ZIAs featuring examples of her tangle.

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