Crescent Moon Drawing Silhouette Cartoon

Crescent Moon is the first tangle pattern Maria Thomas shows how to draw on the DVD in the official Zentangle® Kit.

It's a basic tangle and probably the first one taught in any Zentangle class.

You can vary Crescent Moon with shading and striping (filling in alternate areas with solid ink or shading) and also change up the ladybug/moon shapes a bit if you really fancy bending the tangle.

Sandy Bartholomew shows us how to draw Crescent Moon here.

UPDATE October 2019 – In the new Tangle Rootz series on the Zentangle blog, Molly writes:

Crescent moon is a special tangle. It is very often the first tangle that people learn when creating their first Zentangle tile. It naturally settled into this role very early on. It just seems to always work well as a place to start.

For starters it can appeal to a broad range of artistic abilities. If you are new to drawing or creating, this tangle is not too intimidating and the results are very forgiving as they can go in many directions and still look great. It has a few simple steps, so it is easy to learn.

For those who are more experienced it also offers the potential for interesting variations and complexity and might challenge dexterity.

Be sure to read Molly's entire article about Crescent Moon.

UPDATE November 11, 2017 – Project Pack #1. In this project series, in this video (13:59) Zentangle co-founder Rick Roberts demonstrates Crescent Moon using all three size (05, 08, 10) of the White Sakura Gelly Roll Pens on a black Zentangle tile. He also uses a regular black Sakura Micron 01 to enhance the layering aspects of this tangle.

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Update December 11, 2017 – Project Pack #02. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition, in this Day 1 video Molly Hollibaugh tangles a variation of Crescent Moon.

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UPDATE December 10, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 8 video starting at 00:56 CZT Julie Willand of Zentangle HQ demonstrates how to tangle Crescent Moon.

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UPDATE August 6, 2020 – Canadian CZT Margaret Bremner added Part 1 of Crescent Moon here in her "And then some" series.

UPDATE August 13, 2020 – Margaret added Part 2 in her Crescent Moon series here.

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UPDATE July 18, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles Crescent Moon starting at 00:47 in this video.

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Julie Willand tangles Crazy Crescent Moon

UPDATE July 22, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Julie Willand demonstrates how to tangle Crazy Crescent Moon at 5:51.

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UPDATE July 25, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, Maria tangles a variation of Crescent Moon at 00:56.

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UPDATE July 26, 2020 – Project Pack #10. As part of The Legend of Zentangle project pack series, starting at 00:49, Maria shows how she combined Crescent Moon and Scena.

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UPDATE September 22, 2020 – Project Pack #11. As part of the Fee-PHI-Fo-Fun! project pack, Rick tangles Crescent Moon on the back of one of the new Phi tile,

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UPDATE March 20, 2021 – Project Pack #13. As part of the Layers & Transitions project pack, Maria adds Crescent Moon to her grey tile beginning at 09:25.

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UPDATE April 01, 2021 – Project Pack #13. As part of the Layers & Transitions project pack, Rick tangles ING using a Clear Glaze Jelly Roll pen on a white Phi tile and adds Crescent Moon with a Micron 01.

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UPDATE September 1, 2021 – Project Pack #15. As part of the Letterforms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle project pack, Maria tangles Crescent Moons at 04:04 in this video:

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Check out the tag zentangle for more Zentangle®-original tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

For a complete list of Zentangle's Project Packs click the PROJECT PACKS link in the pink alphabetic tangle menu bar.

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"... And then some"

Canadian CZT Margaret Bremner has a wonderful series of tutorials she calls "... and then some" where she takes several Zentangle®-original tangles "on a wild ride of variations". Truly, you do not want to miss these creative and inspirational tutorials. Look for the links to Margaret's tutorials on these pages:

• Cadent
• Cubine
• Crescent Moon
• Echoism
• Gneiss
• Knightsbridge
• Meer
• 'Nzeppel
• Paradox
• Printemps
• Shattuck
• Stoic (aka Twile)
• Strircles
• Tipple
• W2

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Crescent Moon Drawing Silhouette Cartoon

Source: https://tanglepatterns.com/2010/05/how-to-draw-crescent-moon.html

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