Below you’ll see the worksheet for my Line Weaving pattern Slapple. One for Soft Stacks also. And I included a short video tutorial showing how to draw them.
My shaggy little fir-baby Lacey (who was in need of a major haircut) joined me for a moment or two on the video as well. She’s always close by when I’m weaving lines, or watching TV, or working, or doing laundry, or…. well you get the idea. She’s within a foot or two of me just about all the time. Only slightly spoiled. 😉
Free Repeat Pattern Design Worksheets
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Samplers to Entertain You
Slapple Sampler
>>> Note: In the above sampler I also used Blork and my Binial patterns.
Soft Stacks Playground Page
Enjoy Your Weekend!
~Cindy
Guess what??? I needed some creative inspiration and you gave me a great shot of it. Thank you.
Hi Cindy… Thanks for the new patterns and the great video. But I want to see more of that cute dog!
Hi, Love your patterns, but soft stacks does look very similar to Lampions by Mariët Dronten. http://www.flickr.com/photos/studio_ml/5430593652/in/pool-1447935@N21/
Lizzie, You are ever so right. I just hopped over there to take a look and I agree – the patterns do have a very similar look and feel. Her pattern is lovely, however I do believe Lampions and Soft Stacks are drawn differently. I really like the way Mariët draws her Lampions in a star shape and at the end of a “stick”. Those are totally awesome!
I think it’s amazing how some patterns can look so very similar to one another even when they are designed by artists on opposite sides of the world. Did you notice how Miss Dronten’s pattern called Spinning looks to be very close to the official Zentangle design Huggins? And Mariët’s Fish Net pattern looks to be a variant of Connector or many of the same type grid patterns we see across the world, and her Toeter is almost identical to my CaddyRomp. I suppose this is more proof that creative minds really do sometimes think alike. 😀
It’s fun to see the differences and similarities in patterns and how different artists put their own spin on things. I love it. I love it. So very inspiring! Thanks so much for pointing us to Mariët’s Lampion pattern. I’ll give it a go for sure.
There is nothing new in ANY “zentangle” stuff. Check out some old henna designs and you’ll see A LOT of “zentangle” stuff there. “zentangle” is just a new word (and successful kind of money making) for art which can be found in different cultures. Nothing new. Humans have painted pattern for centuries…
I’m a bit tired and annoyed to see the name “zentangle” stamped on every kind of pattern doodling. And I’m also tired and annoyed to see comments like this! I was doodling “zentangles” in school when I was 14 years old or so. And that’s long ago 😉 People did not even habe computers at that time!
I could draw 20 new pattern a day with a pen on paper without looking at any “zentangle” and believe me – people who WANT to see similarities in those pattern to “zentangle” stuff, they will see them.
Sorry for the rant! But I really had to get this out of my chest.
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But more important thing:
Very, very nice site here. And I love the word “pattern weaving” 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing these lovely patterns!! I keep running out of ideas for Tammy Garcia’s Icads, and you have bailed me out!!
Cindy,
Love the video and your new tangles/line arts. I also must say I
love your pupper in the video!!! What kind is he/she? Lhasa maybe?
Hi Cheryl, Glad you like the new pattern shares. You were right. My fir-baby is a Lhasa mix breed. Spoiled from head to tail. LOL. Since she’s usually with me when I have sketch pad and pen in hand I thought it would be fun to share her with my on-line friends this go around. Lacey had her hair cut since this video was taped. Thank goodness. It was getting a bit out of hand. Have a great day!