Published again. Yay for me.

Yay for me! Linda Farmer of TanglePatterns.com has just published another one of my tangle patterns, called Diamonds and Squares. I am excited that it is different enough from all the other stuff out there, and that Linda likes it enough, to include it on her website.

To see the step by step how-to-draw this pattern, you can pop over to the TanglePatterns.com website. Click "deannesm" in the tag cloud on the left to bring up my patterns. The patterns are also listed alphabetically, so you can click on the "D" along the top of the page and it will bring it up too.

There are many possibilities for shading variations, depending where you apply the solid colour (Linda has a really interesting variation, and I show you another in my steps). The basic pattern makes a really great background (IMHO) and I have used it on the ATCs below (which are for a swap over at the Zentangle Inspired Art yahoo group)

(you can click on the image for a larger view)

I will be putting my published (and some of my unpublished) patterns on here in the near future, but I like to have the reference to the TanglePatterns site, as it is an excellent resource for tanglers.

Have a marvelous day!

Take care and ciao for now,

I am on TanglePatterns.com!

Some very exciting news! I recently came up with a tangle pattern that I was so excitied about that I sent of to Linda Farmer at Tangle Patterns.

Today in my inbox there was a link to how to draw Celtic - one of the patterns I submitted to Linda.

I am very excited lol. If you click >>> HERE <<< it will take you to the Tangle Patterns page where you can learn how to draw Celtic.

Take care and ciao for now,

I've been published again!

Hey there!!
Well, I have been published again!! I was commissioned a few months back by Scrapbook Creations magazine to create a layout with doodling as the main focus (I believe "Dramatic Doodling" was the theme.

So, the magazine has been issued and my layout is in it!! Woohoo, so exciting. Unfortunately, the photograph in the mag does no justice whatsoever to the actual layout (its very orange in the mag).

Anyway, here it is for you to see. ALL of the doodling is hand drawn. I was going to use a template to draw the scallops, but changed my mind and went with freehand. I kept the colours simple (black and white with some red) to keep this gorgeous photo of my girls as the focus.

You can click on the image for a larger view (better to see the doodling lol).


Thanks for stopping by.
Have a great day!
Deanne
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