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Friday, October 12, 2012

How to Shade Your Zentangles

Very exciting news! I am the guest blogger on Linda Farmer's TanglePatterns.com site today!


Linda did a two part series on Shading. Marizaan van Beek wrote Part One...


I wrote Part Two. Please take a look and let me know what you think. And be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom so you can see my.... um... Zentangle/shading/cartoon - joke. :-) Intrigued, eh?

I am currently working on an ebook about Shading Tangles, so I would greatly appreciate your feedback, questions and comments. Also, how do you prefer to learn? Written descriptions and instructions? Photographs of steps? Diagrams? Video instruction? Pop-ups and animation?! :-) A combination? How can I make shading easier for you?

12 comments:

  1. These are great. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Aloha, Sandy! I LOVE THIS MINI-CLINIC! It's awesome. Really. Shading, for some strange reason, makes me nervous. Probably because i don't really understand it. Or maybe I should say DIDN'T understand it until these mini-clinics! What you and Marizaan have shared is invaluable.

    I keep your books close at hand. And I've broken the binding on pages 6 &7 in Totally Tangled from rereading the shading tips there.

    Mahalo for doing what you do.

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  3. And totally stoked to see your ebook on shading! Just what we want/need.

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  4. Loved your tutorial! Shading gives so much life to our tangles--definitely looking forward to your e-book!

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  5. Thanks so much, Sandy! Great tutorial!
    Also, a big thanks to Marizaan, her's was great, too.

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  6. I read both tutorials and found them helpful...a couple of thoughts....pencils vary a lot...even those that say 2B are different from one another...are there 'better'ones?? If you want different values of shading, should you use the same pencil and press harder or go to a softer pencil; this may sound funny but I few awkward trying to hold the peccil at the right angle....would a less sharp lead or woodless pencil be easier? I think some video instruction would be helpful. p.s. I have all your books and they are my favorites !! Cheryl

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    1. I know it sounds like a wimpy response - but there is a lot of personal preference involved. Some people like a very precise, neat sort of shadow, others like a deep, rich, smudgey look. The best idea is to gather up a variety of pencils in your house and do some test strips. Press the pencil as hard as you can against the paper and color back and forth. As you move down your strip, lighten up the pressure until you are making the palet gray as possible. You can see the whole range of what each pencil can do for you. Then you pick the one you like best.

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  7. Hi Sandy. Loved the mini clinic and would love to see more in terms of tutorial on zentangle. Sometimes watching someone else's technique helps me to develop my own. I like to have both step outs and videos. I find it easiest to watch a video and then have the step outs for reference to try on my own. If it is a case for one or other, I would take video. I learn more from watching someone actually doing the tutorial. But in an ebook there are so many fun things you can do, so I say do a little of all of it to spice it up a bit! Can't wait for the ebook!

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  8. Hi Sandy - I still have to pick up your last ebook. Suggestion: Sell them by subscription - If you think you'll do 4 or 6 ebooks a year, sell the subscription and then just send them out when done.

    BTW, I like what you did on TanglePatterns.com.

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    1. Thanks! And the subscription idea is an interesting one. I fear I am not that organized! Someday, when I have an awesome assistant... :-)

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    2. Wellll, maybe we need to get ride of thoughts of "eBooks" which mimic paper books and blend ideas of publishing and sharing. Like you (I think), words just lard up information about how to create or observe drawings (I mean, just wanter into an art museum with a sketch pad to make copies of the things that interest you, rather than buy a scholarly book on the subject). If I want to learn a technique, I'd rather buy a book of sketches than one that talks about sketches (or watch a video when I require the chatter). I'd subscribe to a sketchbook of ideas that would not require the embellishments required to make a paper based book jump off the shelves. Perhaps other people would, too.

      BTW, I have used Zentangle to significantly advance my own ability to sketch AND it has helped me to broach fantasy which I cound never do before. I'm looking forward to information that integrates design, fantasy, and reality. Are Zentangle teachers restricted to the subject of Zentangle?

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