Mooka

Mooka is the representative pattern of Maria, the founder of Zentangle. From the release of the pattern to the scene, Maria has used it in her works for ten years. Over the years, after seeing those varied works, it is not difficult for us to understand why one pattern is said to be endless in Zentangle painting.

Mooka is a versatile pattern that can be filled in any shape, used as a border, or enlarged to be used as a dark line. If you don't know what pattern to use, please remember this pattern.

This is also a pattern that requires practice and must be repeated repeatedly to allow your muscles to form a memory of this movement trajectory.

I have asked many people about CZT and Zentangle painting, and they are basically confused about how to draw continuously and how to interlace.

I was obsessed with this pattern for almost 3 months. I couldn’t draw it well at first, but I really liked it. During that time, I would often unconsciously repeat it in the blank spaces of my notebooks and on napkins. I practiced on the ground. When I went to the beach with my family during the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2014, I picked up a branch on the beach. My first reaction was to draw a MOOKA on the beach.

Key points for drawing Mooka

For Mumu’s demonstration video, please refer to NetEase Cloud Classroom day12

1. Mooka is an organic pattern. Zentangle patterns are divided into two categories: geometric patterns and organic patterns. What we practiced in the past few days were all geometric patterns. Organic patterns mean that the patterns are inspired by nature, just like naturally growing plants.

2. Mooka is a pattern that requires practice. When Ms. Maria demonstrated on-site for CZT certification, the formula she gave was UP-ROUND-DOWN (line goes up, turns, line goes down);

3. Mooka is an excellent pattern for practicing Hollibaugh (drawing behind) technique. Various interlacing and superposition will make people feel the charm of natural growth.

Practice rules

1. Only use the Zentangle?-original tangle we learned in the first 6 days;

2. Only use Black and white;

3. Each work can use up to 3 Zentangle patterns.

4. Try to draw Mooka with different head shapes;

5. Try to use Mooka as the border, use Mooka as the dark line, draw a small mooka, and draw a big one The muka.

Practice suggestions

1. You can only draw Zentangle patterns in an area of ??5cm (the size of a snail brick);

2. You can also draw a Zentangle pattern in an area of ??8.9cm Draw a single work (Monotangle) in the area (the size of a paper tile);

3. You can also combine the patterns learned in this summer training into a work in the size of square tiles ( 8.9cm);

tips If you imitate a master's work on the Internet, you don't need to deliberately draw it exactly like him, but learn to use his methods, such as the position of shadows and the deformation of lines. . In the world of Zentangle painting, there is no standard answer, just create your own wonderful painting!

The source of inspiration for Muka

Maria’s inspiration for creating this pattern came from the work of the Czech national treasure painter Mucha at the end of the 19th century, so this pattern is named Mooka.

In the following piece of Mucha's work, the hostess's hair is Maria's original version of Mooka's painting method.

Alphonse Maria Mucha was born on July 24, 1860, in the small town of Ivancice, Moravia (in today’s Czech Republic) to a devout religious family. When Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, he was one of the first men arrested by the Germans, and although he was allowed to return home after interrogation, his health was already damaged. He died of pneumonia in Prague on July 14, 1939, and was buried in Vysehrad Cemetery.

Musha's creative experience is almost a microcosm of the "Art Nouveau Movement". His creations cover posters, oil paintings, sculptures, book illustrations, architectural design, interior decoration, jewelry design, and stained glass window paintings. And many other art fields, it also includes the design of daily necessities such as furniture and coffee pots, as well as a large number of product packaging paintings.

Among them, his posters called "Musha style" show the mature pursuit of extreme beauty in the Art Nouveau curve decorative style, which has almost become synonymous with Art Nouveau posters.

In addition, what is not known is that Mucha was the designer of Czechoslovakia’s first set of stamps and banknotes! Mucha's works had a great influence on later generations of commercial painting and once again sparked a craze in the 1960s and 1970s. After reading Mucha's works, you will understand where the beauty calendars and the sweet female images in Japanese comics that were popular in Shanghai before liberation came from.

Mucha’s works absorbed the elegant depiction of shapes and contours of Japanese woodcuts, the gorgeous colors and geometric decorative effects of Byzantine art, and the detailed and fleshy depictions of Baroque and Rococo art. He used sensual decorative lines, concise outlines and bright watercolor effects to create characters known as "Musha style". After his processing, all female images appear sweet and elegant, with slim and curvy figures, full of youthful vitality, and sometimes have flowing and soft hair. His paintings often consist of young and beautiful women and decorative flowers and plants with smooth curves.

Mumu’s Mooka application demonstration

Appreciation of Maria’s Mooka application works

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Maria and Rick’s collaborative work, Maira is responsible for the organic pattern Mooka, and Rick is responsible for the geometric pattern Tripoli. Please pay attention to the interesting collaboration signature in the lower right corner.