Here are some tiles using Dutch Hourglass.
In the first, the tangle is used as a field in two sections of the string. If you do this tangle, be sure to make the stripes/diamonds/triangles a good size. You need room for the three circles.
At the top left of this tile you'll see a "tangle" that I'm calling Botched Dutch Hourglass Resurrected. :-) I didn't make it large enough and had no room for the white circles, so I filled the triangles with black, which was too bold so I added large black dots in the middle of the diamonds which toned it down but was still rather bold so I gave it lots of shading.
Tangles: Dutch Hourglass, Facets, Parabola, Rick's Paradox, Striping (and, in the interests of thoroughness, Botched Dutch Hourglass Resurrected) |
In the next tile, I used a single row of Dutch Hourglass in one of the 'ribbons' of the string. All these tiles began with wide two-pencil strings. To do a wide two-pencil string I place an eraser between the two pencils. (Ha! There IS a use for erasers in Zentangle!)
Tangles: Dutch Hourglass, Crescent Moon (with a highlight), Inapod, Yincut and a Knightsbridge Aura |
Here again I've used it in a ribbon. I think it's those 2-pencil strings I started with. Another interesting thing in this tile is two slightly different effects with the tangle Tidings. In the top right it's done with only lines. In the lower right I've filled the tiny extra spaces with black.
Tangles: Dutch Hourglass, Beadline, Munchin, black Pearlz, Tidings |
Overnight on April 26, I'll be winging my way to Halifax to visit my recently-married daughter and her husband for ten days. After that it's Bermuda for a week to visit my husband's sister and her husband. You bet I'm taking lots of Zentangle supplies with me! I'll need to do some creating myself, and who knows, maybe I'll get a chance to share it with others. Interspersed with visiting, whale-watching, board games, Peggy's Cove, snorkelling, restaurants, and touring of course!
I really like this one, kiddo.
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ReplyDeleteI love your Dutch Hour-glass. It is fresh and looks like it will fill many spots in our tangles.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the lovely examples. I liked the pattern when I saw it, but I LOVE it after seeing how you used it. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for deconstructing this versatile tangle! Nice tutorial. And the resulting tangle is very nice.
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