This started life as another zentangle sampler. I still quite like the idea of zentangles and I still think they can be used in interesting ways as part of more conventional art styles, so I still do the occasional zentangle sketch. This one was intended to see if a subject (in this case the fish) could be distinguished from the background just by the design and colour of the embroidery, without any applique being used to define the subject. So the fish and the weed are just indicated by some rough painting on the fabric. But as I was stitching it out, it began to remind me of my old sub-aqua diving days and of the way that light is broken up underwater and reflects off seaweeds in different ways. To me, the finished work suggests underwater light in a way that more direct approaches might find it difficult to do
Fish in underwater light: another zentangle study
A wonderful design and love the stitching.