First Knightsbridge Zentangle

 

First Knightsbridge Zentangle

 oly Trippy Batman! What a difference shading makes!  I used pencils for shading in this one because I recently acquired Eni Oken’s Shading Fearlessly book and I wanted to use the techniques in it, which uses pencil, not grey copics.

I started with basic pattern as seen below.  Nothing fancy really, just some squares with a simple string. Simple. Basic. Boring. 

Knightsbridge Zentangle Before color

See what I mean? Boooring.

Then I added the black making it the knightsbridge zentangle. I looked at the finished product and shrugged. Meh, it’s better than before but really, nothing to write home about.



Knightsbridge zentangle after color, before shading

Finally I added the shading and WOWZAS! Holy 3D poppiness! From a flat boring square to a totally tubular tangle! I was so impressed with the dimensions that I sued a white pencil crayon to lighten up the black squares in the “tube” where the light would hit.  I LOVE IT!



Knightsbridge 3D zentangle after shading

Next time I’m going to shade each of the white boxes a bit too.  See what sort of difference that makes.

Tools: 1 tile, micron .005 and .5 and .3, white pencil crayon, 2B staedtler pencil (well sharpened), blending stick.