Emingle and Arukas

I love going back to black and white — just plain pen and graphite pencil. For this daily meditation, I used the Art Raffle app which pulled out the following cards:

Speaking of the Art Raffle app, Alan and I just released a new version with 30 new cards and it also has an improvement — the back of the card is wider for better viewing in smaller devices. The screenshot you see above is from….. the Mac version! Coming soon this week. Learn more about the Art Raffle app here (it's entirely free).

Here is the line-art, before and after shading:

Tangles used here were: Arukas, Indy-rella, Emingle and Printemps (all Zentangle), plus a few enhancers such as Black Pearl, Spread/scatter and Internal Shadow, all over a Wave String. LOVE this game, you never know what you're going to get. Here is a closeup for you to inspect again:

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