One Zentangle a Day

darker by placing the lines closer together. Practice these patterns in your sketchbook until they feel familiar.
    By placing the Flux tangle in the middle, the eye is lifted from the darker regions of the piece and directed to travel all around the piece.

    Using the eleven-step process (see page 20 ), create a Zentangle tile with the three new patterns and any of the patterns previously learned.
    The border and string are elements that you can choose to use in full or ignore.
    Like fingerprints, no two strings are the same
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The String
    The string is the foundation of our Zentangle, but it is just a suggestion. Use it when and where you want to. The string is the only part of creating a Zentangle that is spontaneous. There is no plan in spontaneity. If the body is relaxed, the pencil can move freely across the page to follow a whim or creative spark or fill an empty area.
    The sketchbook is a great place to practice creating strings. Turn to a new page in your sketchbook. Use a pencil to create four dots in a 2 1/2-inch (6.4 cm) area. Connect the dots and draw a string. Fill the page with strings. Try creating curvy strings, straight and angular strings, and combining the two. Changing how you hold the pencil can also make a difference. Try several positions to find out what works best for you.

DAY 3 OVERLAPPING DESIGNS TO CREATE DEPTH
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    SOME PATTERNS NATURALLY lend themselves to creating depth, especially when the pattern is overlapped and repeated until the area of the string is full. This gives the impression that the pattern is receding away. Refer to the diagram below. To create this effect, I draw a tangle once. See box 1. Think of this pattern as now being opaque (i.e., nothing should show through it). Repeat the pattern, but lift the pen off the paper when you come to the first drawn pattern. Continue the pattern with the pen in the air until you reach the other side of the first pattern where the rest of the new pattern should appear. See box 2. Do not draw on top of the original pattern or the new one created behind it. Consider the patterns in the front opaque, blocking out all beneath it. Repeat until the string area is full. See box 3.
    Drawing tangles overlapping one another and using this approach as a way to intermingle two different tangles can be seen historically in Zentangle since its earliest concept
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Daily Tangles
    Try these three tangles. The patterns for the Poke Root, Festune, and Hollibaugh tangles become smaller as they recede, adding greater depth. Or, you can achieve a very organic ascending look by keeping them all close to the same size. Practice these patterns in your sketchbook until you are familiar with them.

Enhancing Zentangles
    Tanglenhancers add interest for the eye, and each one has aspects that make them a handy tool. Zentangle has six Tanglenhancers: auras, dewdrops, perfs, rounding, shading, and sparkles. Shading is a Tanglenhancer used on all our patterns to create depth, dimension, and form. On patterns that contain orbs, like Poke Root, shading can help create a three-dimensional effect. Refer to the last tile on the Poke Root pattern on the diagram. Take a moment to study the drawing. Notice the shadows on the patterns that fall behind. The slight shading creates the impression of depth and leads the eye into the background. The smile-shaped shading on the front of Poke Root’s orb fools the eye that the tangle is puffing forward off the page. The Festune pattern has a shape resembling a tire, so the shading should run along the bottom front to create the impression of dimension and weight. The casted shadows drawn on each pattern that are behind a previous pattern lead the eye through the piece. Tangle patterns are not meant to look like anything, but sometimes they do. The Hollibaugh pattern looks like a stack of boards from above. Shade the sides on the patterns only where one board seems to be running behind another. As you become familiar with new patterns each day, take note of the examples of shading in the final diagrammed box of each pattern. They will contain tips for shading the pattern throughout the rest of the book.
    Use the eleven-step process to create a Zentangle tile with Poke Root, Festune, and Hollibaugh. Include any previously learned patterns your instincts guide you to use. Remember to practice caution when shading—going overboard will leave the finished tile gray, flat,