Hi Tracy, I'm new to zentangle and completely at sea with shading. Thank you for this video you've made it easier for me to see where the shading needs to go to achieve a good effect and how much to use...I'm heavy handed with the pencil so lots of practise for me 😊👍🏻
Me and my colleagues are attending Zentangle class and I appreciate very much your tips for shading. I didn't like to shade at the beginning but l now understand how it can change the look of the tangles. Thank you very much. I will bear in mind your tips.
I am a complete novice...your demonstration was extraordinarily helpful to in understanding the overall process. I do know that shading will be my challenge and your instruction helped me so much in effectively doing shading. Thanks so much!
Thank you, Tracy for all those shading tips, very helpful. I also have the problem of aura ing nicely. To answer your question, my challenge is to put patterns together so that they make a nice overall tile. :)
I go into detail on how to place tangles to make a good overall composition in my video - Composition … ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4BkvTya_6Mc.html Drawing auras comes better with practice. I find that if It helps if I follow the line I drew previously with my eyes instead of the line I’m drawing.
Hi Tracy. I've been away from zentangling for maybe 2 years (I'm a beginner and never really did a lot of it), and watching your video here has inspired me to pick up my pens again. Your talking through the instructions is the perfect cadence, the background music is just the right volume, not overpowering, and it's always nice to hear an Aussie accent :). Those are 7 great tips, worthwhile following. Thanks so much! Diane.
Hi Tracy, I'm fairly new to tangling (just a few months in) and I am so excited to have just found your amazing RU-vid channel! So far, your channel is the best one I've found to help me along my Zentangle learning journey! You are an excellent teacher! I just subscribed to your channel, am planning to watch every Zentangle video you have made, and I hope that you are still making new videos. Shading was one of my greatest tangling challenges until watching this tutorial. Your 7 tips are extremely helpful and your instructional method is wonderful. At the moment, another big challenge I'm dealing with is how to fit patterns I have learned within strings of different sizes and shapes. Thanks again for all you do!
Thank you so much Tracy Anne, I really really love ❤️ that one, the one you did for us all is the best one. It’s so amazing what you can do with a pencil ✏️ and some shading too. I really really love ❤️ to see black and white pieces pleases. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Great video, Tracey Anne! I thought you broke everything down really well. I particularly liked your comparison of various experiments at the end. It was great to see some other options. I, too, liked your “original” option best, but the others were interesting as well. I’m working on a proposal for a therapeutic tangling group, and one of my lessons is planned to focus on the shading, so watching your breakdown and tips has been especially helpful!
Thank you for this shading tutorial. You happened to choose two tangles that are challenging for me. Watching you draw these made it seem more doable for me. So, thank you for a lesson on shading plus how to better draw two simple tangles!
Nancy Pearson I am so glad this tutorial was helpful to you! If there is anything else you would like to learn, please let me know. My aim is to provide content that meets my viewer’s needs.
I've always had problems with shading. The tortilion made it easier for me, looking forward to your tips... here goes. (Obviously I am at the start of your video)
Excellent Tracy! Very much appreciated. You’ve given me great tips here to help me successfully do shading. Though I’m not a beginner tangler, you’ve broken down the steps simply and helped me make sense of this important part of tangling. Subscribed and gave a thumbs up. Blessings to you!
I am new to Zentangle. I like it but find it a tiny bit intimidating. My challenge is knowing which patterns go together to make a good over all drawing. Also some of the patterns are a bit complicated any easy way to break them down?
Some patterns are easier than others. Take it one step at a time. Following tutorials will help. If you go to the website tanglepatterns.com/ you will find a whole heap of patterns and a link to their step out. A step out is a diagram which shows the steps to creating a pattern. Practice doing some of these patterns starting with the easier ones. I found that following someone else helped in the beginning. Once you become more confident you will start to have a go at putting the patterns together.
Thank you Robin. It all comes with practice but I do have some videos showing how I get inspiration and how I choose my string and tangles. Here are some that may help with this process: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DnavfkwksDs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oo6bTrtrz30.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NRtM7tbLoJs.html
Hi Tracy, I'm not sure you will get this message, but could you do a few more videos on shading? I'm still not doing something right and need more guidance. This video did help me though by understanding. Thanks for all your wonderful artwork and videos.
Hi Christine, I did put out another video specifically on shading ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zH_cXrSKKu0.html . There is actually no right or wrong way to shade Zentangle art. Play with different ways of shading. If you go to my RU-vid channel and look for the videos that are just black and white you will see how I shade different tangles. I will keep in mind your request for future videos. Good luck! Relax, and most importantly have fun! ❤️
I just found your channel and subscribed. I am new to Zentangle, so the tips and examples were very helpful. So far, my biggest problem has been trying to combine multiples of one Zentangle pattern on one tile. After I add several of the patterns, I get confused where one ends and another begins, if that makes any sense.
Using a string helps. Drawing a pencil shape to divide your tile into specific areas gives you a guide to where to place your tangles. Follow along with a few tutorials until you get the hang of different types of compositions. This will give you more confidence. The main thing is have fun!
@@TracyAnneWilkinson Thanks, Tracy. Actually, the one I was working on, when I came back to it today, I did just that, paying attention to each part of the string, and it suddenly made sense. I had not been "seeing the forest but for the trees."
Thank you very much for this video. My take home was the difference between dark and light shading. I struggle with shading and coloring too. I like my tangle with a bit of color and go with my instinct without any rule to follow. Are their rules to color a tangle?
Thanks Asha! There aren’t any rules about colour but there are different techniques you can use to get different effects. I use colour in most of my videos using a variety of different mediums. These include watercolours, watercolour pencils, coloured pencils, inktense pencils, alcohol markers, Tombows and pastel pencils.
@@TracyAnneWilkinson Thank you, Tracy, for your kind reply. I have subscribed to your channel and I hope to pick up new tehniques from it and get better at the craft soon. And yes, reach out to you if I struggle with something too. Much love to you.
Glennys Weiss it will come eventually. Keep copying and practicing. Try some challenges. Eni Oken has a wonderful free app called art raffle. You uncover random tangles and challenge yourself to use only these in your creation. I did another video called ‘finding inspiration’ where I use the spinner from one of Zentangle’s project pack. There are lots of Facebook groups that offer challenges. Or simply visit tanglepatterns.com, pick a few patterns and challenge yourself to use these in a composition. The main thing is to enjoy what you do. If you are getting pleasure in creating, even if it is copying then there is no harm in that.
My major challenge is aura 'ing' My lines are either too far apart, too close together or too wonky. Yet an aura is a major part of Zentangling, I'm too 'sketchy' too.
it just takes practice. Try drawing auras on a pice of paper or sketch book. As you draw each aura, focus your eyes on the line you are echoing instead of the line you are drawing. Hope that helps!
@@TracyAnneWilkinson thanks Tracy-Anne, good to hear from you. Hope you are well and thinking of uploading new content soon, I have loads to be getting on with, but love a constant upload. If you can manage it.
@@carla6497 maybe soon! Lots of things have been happening in my life so it’s been difficult to make new videos. The first part was exciting as I did a couple of courses on writing and illustrating children’s picture books. Then I got some full time work! I quit the job because soon my parents are moving in with me. I need to rearrange furniture and get rid of lots of stuff to fit them in. They are both now in their 80’s and dad has cancer. I’m looking forward to spending more time with them. Once they are settled in I can spend lots of time in my studio, creating art and making new videos.
@@TracyAnneWilkinson Thank you for answering me! I thought I was doing something wrong. I erased my shading that I did last night an reapplied it with a less heavy hand. It helped! I also re-outlined the shadowy parts which helped too. Your artwork is lovely! Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge with the world. I'm new to Zentangle and it's been life changing. The world is such a mess right now that the news was giving me anxiety. Doing Zentangle has really helped. Now I draw instead🤗🇨🇦
I struggle with straight lines, auras (even though they are supposed to be my friend. I can't go over the same line twice, my work always looks (sketchy). Liar ally sketchy. Not as in dodgy. 😁. I don't think you can help me with that though. (Shake it like a poloroid picture). Sorry, another song. I can't help it.😊
Take your time, follow the line you are echoing with your eyes. practise helps! I have trouble with my eyesight… I often go over my work using a magnifying light to neaten things up. 🧐 💃 dancing to your songs!
TRACY Anne, I'm still watching you, on my phone but my fella decided to put it in his name, So I'm still A K.A Luke, I'm still Carla though, it gives you more subscribers .😀 I'm a technophobe, so don't know how to put it in my name, I will eventually. Until then, I hope you're well. Much love. 💕💕CARLA💕💕
Hi Carla! I am well. I recently got a full time job at a nursing home organising activities for the residents. I haven’t had any time for art. I may have to let the job go as my parents are going to come and live with me. Dad has cancer and they are both 80 so I would like to take care of them as well as get back into my art. It might take a month or so to get sorted then I will get back to making videos. Thanks for still watching!
