How to draw HAF N HAF

Happy, happy Monday to you!

And here’s our first tangle for the month of June for your creative explorations. And oh, the possibilities!

It has been quite some time since we’ve had a tangle from CZT Dennie York but lucky us, she’s here today with her Haf n Haf and as she notes, “It’s very simple and easy with lots of possible variations.” In the past Dennie shared her Keystone tangle with us.

Dennie writes,

My sister Karin Tarter and I, who teach the Zentangle Method™ together, have been busy for a while. We do tangle daily, but haven’t been up to teaching classes. We plan to get back into it this summer. So many ideas, so little time.

I live in New Mexico, just north of Albuquerque, where it should be feeling like summer by now, but we’ve had a strange spring with lots of precipitation, cold weather, and wind (usual).

Because of all the snow in the northern mountains, the runoff has caused our Rio Grande river to be 10 times higher and running faster that it has in almost 10 years. So everything is green and beautiful! Here’s a picture of the Rio Grande along the bosque with the Sandia Mountains in the background.

When I first got into Zentangle, grid and geometric patterns were my ‘go to’ patterns. Eventually I became more fond of ‘organic’ type patterns.

But the other day, while getting lost in the black hole of the internet, something similar to this pattern jumped out at me. I spent a little time with it, showed it to my sister (also a CZT9) and we discovered that it had lots and lots of possibilities. The negative and positive aspects and all the variations are just endless.

“Lots and lots of possibilities” sure is right! I spent quite a bit of relaxing time myself exploring some of Haf n Haf‘s potential. A tangle with patterns within it. My main example above actually came as a result of a “no mistake”, when it was my intention to use Dennie’s example at the top right of her steps image like the one you see here. Instead of alternating the slant of the strokes of Step 2 in the grid squares, I kept going with them all in the same direction. Oopsie! I really enjoyed that discovery and the sort of notan look that developed once I inked in a few spots.

Dennie illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Haf n Haf below where she includes a whole range of potential variations for her fun tangle. In addition to changing the starting middle shape (circle, square, triangle) and the fills and auras, a whole spectrum of interesting Haf n Haf possibilities emerges from exploring rotating and mirroring the resulting reticula.

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When Dennie and Karin get their classes going again this summer you can find out more here on their blog. They offer Zentangle® classes in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe.

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