Snowflakes and Hot Toddies

It's been quite a long week and I'm slowly recovering from a nasty chest infection - the obligatory back to school cold passed on to me by my daughter! So, I haven't done much tangling - I managed a few drawings whilst on the sofa with a blanket and hot toddy.

I am particularly excited about Eni Oken's Glow on the Dark technique. It's a completely different way of tangling and shading - white on black. It does seems like there's nowhere to hide with the style and that imperfections leap of the page. BUT...we know that Zentangle should be all about the Zen. There are no mistakes in this art form. All of your lines are utterly unique - no one would be able to recreate your style of drawing.

These are my first attempts at white on black using this technique.


The top right design is by far my most favourite. The thing that really makes the technique so effective are the patterns inside.



 Here's one with a gemstone.  





This is my pattern Oringel with colour. I use Derwent Coloursoft, which give brilliant vibrant colours.

The second thing I have tried this week is Fassett and Phroz. I generally choose organic and flows patterns, but these have straight lines through and through. I was looking at patterns I might use for Christmas cards and these really remind me of snowflakes.

Can anyone think of any other patterns that would work well on Christmas cards?