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How to Draw Bales, Step by Step

Bales starts as a diagonal grid; then every grid segment gets a pair of curves bowing out on both sides, so each cell becomes a puffy pillow, like stacked hay bales. Small black diamonds sit at the crossings.

Bales step by step

1. 
   Step 1

   Draw evenly spaced diagonal lines in one direction.

2. 
   Step 2

   Cross them with diagonal lines in the other direction.

3. 
   Step 3

   Along every grid segment, draw a curve bowing out on each side, from crossing to crossing.

4. 
   Step 4

   Fill a small diamond at each crossing with black.

Tips for a neat Bales

• Keep the curves shallow; deep curves crowd the cell.
• Work one diagonal row at a time so you do not miss segments.
• Make the black diamonds small and all the same size.

Variations to try

• Add a short line in the middle of each pillow.
• Leave out the grid lines and keep only the curves.

More easy tangles

• Knightsbridge
• Florz
• W2
• Keeko
• Cubine
• Cadent

Bales — practice sheet

Draw the dashed pencil string lightly, then tangle in ink. TangleSteps · https://tanglesteps.com/tangles/bales/