How to draw BUEN CAMINO

Welcome back! Our last tangle for this week is Swiss CZT Tina Hunziker’s Buen Camino.

Buen Camino is Tina’s eighth tangle on the site.

It has a very interesting background and sends us on a trip to to Portugal …

In this first Zentangle® tile example Tina features Buen Camino as a focal point in an abstract sea scene.

I really like Molly’s description of this type of tangle from Zentangle’s Project Pack 7,

“In many of these videos you will notice a theme of working with tangles that blossom, radiate or in many cases create their own space rather than fill a predefined space.

These tangles or tangling techniques are exciting and often become the star of the show.“

Buen Camino is one of those “star of the show” tangles as Tina’s second stunning colorful ZIA tile demonstrates.

Tina explains the origins of her Buen Camino tangle:

I started planning to spend some time in Portugal. It’s an area which is calling me for a long time. I like to walk along the Coast direction Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrimage route.

The St. James’s scallop is the signpost for the pilgrims. When pilgrims pass each other, they say “Buen Camino” which means “good way”.

That’s how this, let me call it pattern-symbol and its step-out, was born. The first 2 Steps can be used to draw a string.

“Good way”, that’s what I wish to everybody who also cares about our mother earth, the water, air and life.

I wish that all of us are meeting signposts which lead us to what really matters in our own lives and how we can help others.

A little background on the pilgrimage route Tina mentions, from a website describing the Camino de Santiago and thirteen of the walking routes:

The Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) is a large network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across Europe and coming together at the tomb of St. James (Santiago in Spanish) in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain.

The Portuguese route (Camino Portugues) page includes this description:

The pilgrimage from Portuguese lands to Santiago de Compostela originates in the Middle Ages. It was used by Queen Isabel of Portugal as well in the early 14th century. The route followed closely the ancient Roman roads of Lusitania but today on many stretches you will have to walk along a modern road.

The site “Follow the Camino” includes the Portugeuse Coastal Route – I believe this is the one Tina followed – and lots of traveler’s details.

As for today’s tangle ..

Tina illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Buen Camino here on her blog. FWIW – I found I fared better at the overall shape if I reversed Tina’s Steps 1 and 2. Of course, your mileage may vary 🙂

As you enjoy any of the tangles on the site, please leave a comment of thanks and encouragement to show the artists you appreciate them for sharing their creativity to inspire yours. Your thanks helps motivate them to continue to share! And please share a link to your favorite tangles on social media. Thanks!

Check out the tag tinah for more of Tina’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

Have a great weekend, see you back here on Monday!

Related Links

1. Looking for tangles by Artist or Type? For details visit the ABOUT > HOW TO FIND TANGLES BY ARTIST OR TYPE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site.
2. What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals.
3. Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form.
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.
6. "A Zentangle has no up or down and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle." Thus patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure, or scene, are not tangles. A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: tangles never start with pencil planning.
   • Un motif n’est pas toujours un tangle — Qu’est-ce qu’un tangle ?
   • Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
7. How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
8. For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page.
9. Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
10. Never miss a tangle! FREE eMAIL NEWSLETTER - visit the SUBSCRIBE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site and sign up to get notices delivered free to your inbox.

.oOo.
Enhance your Zentangle experience while supporting TanglePatterns:
CURRENT EDITION! TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, 2024 Edition
	The 13th Edition of the TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE is an instant-download 109-page interactive digital eBook/PDF containing approximately 2,000 tangles on the site from May 2010 through December 31, 2023. It's a great resource and a must-have digital tool for using the site. Visit the STORE > E-BOOKS page and help keep TanglePatterns.com going by getting your copy now!
	"Linda, Thank you! I was relying on too few and getting stuck after 3 years of daily working with Zentangle. This has inspired me to ‘begin again’ with renewed excitement." ~ Barbara R.
See the BOOK REVIEWS page for more details on its features and view a sample page. Note: this is a digital product you download immediately when you place your order, nothing will be physically mailed to you.
GIFT ORDERS FOR ANOTHER PERSON: To give the TANGLE GUIDE as a gift, visit this page to place your gift order.
If you're new to Zentangle® and tangling, my TanglePatterns.com BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ZENTANGLE is just what you need to get started. Also available en Français and en Español.
	This is the only Zentangle book you'll ever need: the fabulous Zentangle PRIMER Vol 1. It's your CZT-in-a-book by the founders of Zentangle®. Visit the STORE tab on the top menu bar or click on the image. For more about the content and to read the rave reviews, visit the BOOK REVIEWS tab.
NEW! Now available in KINDLE format for $9.99. Spanish Edition here. Japanese Edition here.
"Absolutely the best Zentangle Book yet! As an accomplished artist I used to think I did not need instruction on this art form. How wrong I was! My tangling improved by leaps and bounds after reading this book. If you think you have Zentangle down then you need this book more than ever!" ~ Kris H
.oOo.