A week following my first Zentangle session with Linda I went back to her home for a second. She had a second blank Opus tile waiting for me and about five new patterns to show me. I was struck by how simple it was to place a dot in each corner and then connect them to form a frame. Then a freehand string to divide up the drawing space and it was on to the pen and the patterns. Since the Opus tile was too large to complete in a 90-minute drawing session, I took it home to finish. I enjoyed the drawing so much that I finished it that evening. And here it is:
At our next session I was able to try using colored ink along with the black. And I learned five more patterns as well! I was delighted with the result...
At this point I knew a couple things. I knew I had framable art. And I knew I wanted to teach other people how enjoyable it is to draw this way. I had started showing my sisters and friends what I was doing and they in turn were asking me to show them how. And my sisters started putting dibs on new drawings I did. Maura got this Opus-size Zentangle:
And Mary got this one:
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