C-You

Just had to try this new tangle, C-You, by Debbie Huntington! After following the stepout, and adding shading, it reminded me a bit of Crazy Huggins, so I used that to surround it (along with a touch of Mooka, and Tipple in pencil). 

A renaissance tile for the New Year

Had to try out a couple of my Christmas presents - new red and brown micron pens. Also used black and sepia, white gelly roll, plus white charcoal and graphite for shading. I can definitely understand why Zentangle was originally just black on white - it's amazing how much more complicated things get when you add more colours/media. I really wasn't sure about this one at first, but I think it turned out alright in the end. Definitely need more practice though!

Trying out tan

Another first - tangling on tan. Really not sure whether I like this or not. I coloured the gems reddish orange first, then the Danzer pattern in red. But that really clashed so I tried to make Danzer more orange to match, which seemed a bit better. I think the problem is a lack of tonal range - will try again with different tangles.

Gems on a black tile seem quite tricky too - definitely get a different effect. Might add some more tangles around this one.