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Fountain Pens opened up my world so much. A new desire to draw as a creative outlet hit me last year. I really like urban sketch style or line drawing. I work from home, so I started keeping a little pad on my desk to use when inspiration strikes. The pad is almost done, and I've got a stack of these little drawings. It's neat to see where I started and where I am now. Each drawing is done with whatever pen I'm using for the day.

#fountainpens #doodles #art #linedrawing

Small doodles done in various fountain pen inks. Background is dark wood.

Close-up of said doodles on dark background

Next up is Tangle Tile No. 299 - Fragmentary Imagining 5.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Heschnu, Zale3, Blubb, Casket.
#Zentangle #AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing

Finished tile with black ink patterns and graphite shading. Four different fragments in the same reticular as before.

Number four in the series, Tangle Tile No. 298 - Fragmentary Imagining 4.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Chitiemas, Schaelle, Punch, Aiposaat.
#Zentangle #AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing

Finished tile with four fragmentary patterns inside the usual reticula. Black ink pattern and graphite shading on white card.

The next piece in my Alphabet series is Tangle Tile No. 297 - Heavenly H's, drawn last week.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Hokusai, Hamadox, Hollis, High Stakes, Hollibaugh, Hypnotic.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Finished tile with black ink patterns, graphite shading and metallic gold accents.

This is a more recent work from my backlog, finished last week: Tangle Tile No. 296 - January Tea Time.
Fluid border on white Zendala stained with tea. I chose to leave some of the tea stain blank as I liked the layered drying effect.
Includes: Tipple, Walk The Line, Crescent Moon, Pangea, Rixty, Hollis, Flux, Poke Root.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

The finished tile with black ink patterns, graphite shading and white highlights.

I found another drawing I forgot to post before, ooops. This one was finished before Christmas.
Tangle Tile #290 - Festive Tea Time.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock stained with tea.
Includes: Antidots, Tipple, Diva Dance, Garlic Cloves, Flux, Triplex, Printemps.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle
[edit - I'm an idiot - posted the wrong picture, now corrected]

Finished tile with black ink pattern on random tea stained tile, with graphite shading and some white chalk highlights

I've realised that I forgot to post the previous drawing in this series, Tangle Tile No. 289 - Fantastic F's, which I made before Christmas.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Fescurus Verae, Fassett, Flec, Fiboro, Florez, Faux Weave.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Finished tile with black ink patterns, graphite shading and gold ink highlights.

Here's another tile from my Alphabet series which I drew yesterday.
Tangle Tile No. 295 - Gorgeous G's.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Gra-Vee, Garlic Cloves, Gingo, Gotcha, Gottago, Galaxyéa.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Finished tile with black ink pattern, graphite shading and some gold ink highlights.

Here's number three, again using the same reticular placements. I think I might stick with it for all 8 tiles.
Tangle Tile No. 294 - Fragmentary Imagining 3.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock
Includes: Aiga, Spa, 2wenty2wo, Evadam.
#Zentangle #AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing

The finished tile with 4 square reticula in the centre of a 4x4 grid, the 4 circles are at each corner with the triangles and seeds interwoven along each edge. Ink pattern and graphite shading complete.

Here are the next four patterns on the January Fragments of Your Imagination list. I decided to use the same reticula placement as the first tile in the series.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Alcazar, Loev, Treff, E23.
#Zentangle #AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing

Finished tile with black ink and graphite shading

I'm a bit behind the curve but I finished a #Zentangle tile last night which incorporates the first four fragments in the January Fragment of your Imagination challenge.
Tangle Tile #292 - Fragmentary Imagining 1.
Fluid border 9x9cm on Original cardstock
Includes: Auragin, Schligl, GTM8, Zart.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing

Finished tile with black ink patterns and graphite shading.

I haven't stained any Zentangle tile for a while but did a batch over the weekend. This one was drawn a few days ago - Tangle Tile No. 288 - Sunday Evening Tea Time.
Fluid border on white Zendala stained with tea.
Includes: Tipple, Munchin, Walk The Line, Crescent Moon, Garlic Cloves, Star Map, Triplex, Seedwayz.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Additional silver metallic jellyroll colour added to the Tipple to give additional sparkle

Black inking finished and graphite shading completed

First pattern - Tipple - added to the tea-stained white zendala tile

This drawing is Tangle Tile No. 287 - Enchanting E's.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock
Includes: Edie, Esher, Ennies, Eddyper, Enoc, Etcher
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

The finished tile with some added gold to highlight some of the Tipple orbs

Black ink pattern and graphite shading completed

The basic inking is finished before shading begins

Mini bijou tiles showing each of the six patterns I have used in my new drawing

The next in my line of alphabetically themed drawings is Tangle Tile No. 286 - Delightful D's.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Diva Dance, DL-Sunray, Dark Busters, Drupe, Damsel Leaf, Double Marasu.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Final tile with some added gold bling for good measure

Inking finished before the shading it done

Oops, drew this last week but forgot to post it.
Tangle Tile No. 282 - Anglia Tea Time.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock stained with tea.
Includes: Tipple, Walk The Line, Flux, Rixty, Inapod, Diva Dance, Baton.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Finished tile with black and brown ink, sanguine, chalk and graphite shading.

Black ink patterns almost complete, on the area which has been stained with tea.

A while back I saw a post on IG of some geometric embroidery patterns by user silentwave.indigo. I thought it would make a great Zentangle pattern so here is the new tangle I drew.
Tangle Tile No. 281 - Kuguri-Sashi.
Fluid border on white Zendala.
Includes: Kuguri-Sashi, Printemps, Tipple.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle #Sewing

My finished tile with black ink and graphite shading. Some of the squares defined by the "stitches" are filled with patterns Printemps and Tipple

The inked "stitches" are now completed, giving a regular grid in the circular tile

The first crosses which anchor the "stitches" are placed at the corners of a pencil-drawn grid

A post of embroidery by user @silentwave.indigo on IG which inspired me to develop my Zentangle pattern

I drew this card for my friend's birthday today. She loves flowers, so using lots of floral themed tangles seemed a good way to go.
Cream cardstock.
Including: Flame Flower, Peonie, Rixty, Zinger, Ukulele, Spangle, Fescu, Sedgling.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Completed card with black ink patterns and graphite shading

Black ink patterns are complete before the shading is added

Reaching Up by French artist Mahn Kloix @mahnkloix at Trinity Center, Wapping Street and Rennie's Wynd, Aberdeen, AB11 6PE, Scotland in 2019 as part of @nuartaberdeen festival. Photos taken April 2025.
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"In my work for Nuart Aberdeen, I portrayed a father with his daughter, the latter perched on his shoulders, reaching for something above, the nature of which remains unknown. This piece is a reflection on education, the transfer of knowledge, and the hope we hold for a brighter future for the next generation, despite the struggles they face.
I depicted a girl supported by her father because, in many countries, girls still face unequal rights compared to boys. My message is a progressive one for men and fathers because they must play their part in achieving equality." @mahnkloix June 14, 2024
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Artist website: https://mahn.fr
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#aberdeen #aberdeeninspired #aerosol #artmural #frenchartist #globalstreetart #insearchofstreetart #linedrawing #mahnkloix #mural #muralart #nuart #nuart2024 #nuartaberdeen #nuartfestival #portrait #publicart #Scotland #sprayart #street_art_and_graffiti #streetart #streetarteveryday #streetarteverywhere #streetartist #streetartphotography #streetartscotland #urbanart #wallart

Tangle Tile No. 280 - Charismatic C's was completed a few days ago.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock
Includes: Crescent Moon, Crazy Huggins, Crayzee Dayzee, Cubine, Cornerz, Croon.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

Finished tile with black ink, graphite shading and metallic gold highlights

Finished tile before adding the gold accents

The six featured patterns, each drawn on their own small Bijou tile, taken from my Bijou 365 project in 2023.

This drawing was finished a few days ago. Tangle Tile No. 279 - Beautiful B's.
No border 9x9cm on Original cardstock.
Includes: Bridgen, Biscus, BB, Blind Membranart, Baton, Blinkt.
#AbstractArt #Art #LineDrawing #Zentangle

#linedrawing

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