Enthusiastic Artist

Shaving: removing a small amount or a (thin) slice from the original form.
Almost any tangle you'd care to draw can be changed considerably by shaving it, but I find this idea works best with tangles that are composed of lines, like Emingle at the top here, rather than tangles that already come with black areas....

Here are some of the final pages in my non-journal/non-sketchbook.
The Garry oak is native to this part of the world, and I used a leaf from a tree near me to prepare four 'starts' in a collaborative project. I did another in my Book, more or less duplicating what I did for the collaboration....

"Ancient Spirals" was created on paper I had eco-dyed some time ago. (Click on "eco-dyeing" in my subjects list on the right to see more about this technique.) It is also inspired by a compositional method I learned during a class from Lynn Mead through...

Tangles: Bunzo, Ennies, Moon Pies, Pearlz
It's a hashtag, too! #prestrungfun. Have a look on Instagram and Zentangle's Mosaic app.
"Pre-strung" means that there are pale, gray lines provided on the paper so you have a string to start with. Zentangle(R) offers many tiles like this....