Here is the drawing I did for 2026 Inktober using the Zentangle method.
Inktober 2026 – Zentangle
Mandalas
Checker Flower – Coloring Page
The Checker Flower coloring page has a lot of potential to be beautiful. You are welcome to download it from the link or my Coloring Page. Color it! Or, use it as a template for a tangle.
I created this coloring page using CorelDraw and here are some examples of how I colored it.
Checker Flower:
Checker Flower: With Awesome Background. The shading really brings out the flower.
Checker Flower: Shades of Gray
Checker Flower: Example of the Template being tangled. With Zentangle and other tangles. Remember the shading really bring out the art.
Stars at 45 – Coloring Page
I named this coloring page “Stars at 45” because each circle is at a 45-degree angle. Below is an example how I colored the “Stars at 45” template using CorelDraw.
Stars at 45 Template: You can download the template from the coloring page or click the link. Coloring it or tangle it. I know you can make it beautiful.
Color Contour – Coloring Page
A new coloring page is available. I named it Color Contour because of the way I colored the original drawing.
You can download a pdf version of the drawing from the Coloring Page.
Color Contour – Coloring Page:
Shooting Stars
This isn’t my best work. It just something I did while watching TV. I was done with cheap markers and metallic pens, on a 16″x20″ art board. I though the metallic pens would give it movement.
2019 Christmas Card
Here is my 2019 Christmas Card.
Outside:
Inside:
Hearts Mandala
I created the mandala below for the month of February. What happens is February, beside National Pizza Day, Ferris Wheel Day, Chinese New Year (wait, I could have easy created a mandala for these days)? It is the month that Valentine’s Day is observed.
A PDF of this mandala is available on my coloring page, for anyone to download.
It was created and colored in CorelDraw.
Experiment: Epson Fine Art Paper
As soon as I felt the Epson Fine Art Paper, I wondered if I could use it for some of my coloring page. Over the last week, I have experimented with the paper.
This is the drawing I decided to use for the experiment. It was designed using CorelDraw.
It is also one of the first of my coloring pages I printed. It was printed using my Epson printer, on Epson Fine Art paper, with the thick-paper setting turned on. It printed nicely, but I did notice the lines in the middle were very close together.
I thought my first attempt to color it would be with color pencils; instead, I used watercolor pencils, with a water brush, and a light touch. The black line appeared to bleed a little, but I kind of liked that effect. The more color I added to the paper, the less the black lines appeared to bleed. The paper did really well with the water, there was minimum wrapping of the paper. Below is the results:
My testing of the color pencils did not go well. The color went on the paper like I expected, nice blending was accomplished. However, when you apply multiple layers of color with the pencil, wax bloom happens. Little specks from the color pencils gets all over the drawing. One method to get rid these little specks, is to use a kneed eraser.
The Fine Art paper, absorbed the gray color from the kneed eraser. It also absorbed the pink from the pink eraser and any color left from previous erasing off of a white eraser. There are two ways I can see to get rid of these little specks for future projects when using this paper: first, to clean the white eraser every time before touching it to this paper; or use can air to blow the specks off the paper. I am will probably go with the can of air.
Since I created the drawing in CorelDraw, I had to color it in CorelDraw. When I saved it out as a JPEG file, I though the background provided additional shine to the colors. Below is the piece of art.
It you would like to color this design, I have posted a PDF of it on my coloring page.
Flowers on Bamboo
Below is a drawing I did by hand with Derwent Inktense Pencils and Watercolor pencils on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper.
After I finished the drawing, I thought it would be a fun page to color. So, I recreated the drawing in CoralDraw. This version was created for letter size paper, therefore the flowers are spaces .75″ apart, instead of the 1″ spacing used on the hand drawing.
I created a black and white version that is available for download on my Coloring Page.
2019 New Years Mandala
Here is my mandala for New Years. It was created in CorelDraw. A PDF coloring version of it is available on my Coloring Page.
A PDF coloring version of it is available on my Coloring Page.
