Opposites Attract

Christina Vandervlist, the guest challenger for this week's Zentangle challenge, proposes a brilliant but simple idea (aren't all brilliant ideas basically simple?). Round and curvy vs. straight and angular. NO! not "vs.", rather working in harmony! We are to create a string with only straight lines and fill the tile with curvy tangles OR create a string with only curvy lines and fill the tile with angular tangles. Brilliant. Simple.

I had to try both.

Here's the one with a loop-de-loop string and angular tangles. After the pencil string I drew a grid in ink over all. Then I used all tangles based on grid patterns. This is something I do in one of my advanced classes. The grid pattern tangles don't all use only straight lines! I couldn't use Bales for example. Anyone for a hot air balloon ride?

Tangles: Demi, Gingham, Screen, Up and Across, Yincut, Zanella

Here's the one with a zigzag string and lots of curly, curvy tangles. I was going to leave a thin, white zigzag between the two halves until I realized that none of the tangles would be touching!

Tangles: Caviar, Flux, Lotus Pods, Miranda, Opus, Purslane (or Flux tangleation), Tipple, Wud