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How to draw HEARTNUCKLE

Zentangle pattern: Heartnuckle. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Toshiko Kitaoka’s Zentangle® pattern: Heartnuckle.

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Zentangle® Project Pack #15 Summary – Alphaborders, Letter Forms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle

Zentangle Project Pack 15 - Alphaborders: Letterforms, Alphabets

Project Pack #15 Summary – Alphaborders, Letter Forms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle. This article provides detailed notes on each of the videos for this Zentangle Project Pack and makes it easy for you to find all the related videos and any parts of them you may wish to refer to again. Each full video can also be found on the corresponding tangle’s page on TanglePatterns.

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Tangle Refresher 136 – Featuring hurricanes and the brave ibis

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring hurricanes and the brave ibis …

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Why hasn’t my pattern been published?

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As time goes by, it is an increasing challenge to develop new tangles that are magical, simple and easy to create. … We think pea-nuckle is just such a tangle. It’s made with only two elemental strokes. One is curved; one is straight. It is simple, yet its result is surprising.” ~ Rick Roberts, co-founder of Zentangle® along with his soulmate and artist and calligrapher extraordinaire, Maria Thomas.

Ornamental pattern-work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination, and order.” ~ William Morris

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How to draw OPSESS

Zentangle pattern: Opsess. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Donald Wilka’s Zentangle® pattern: Opsess.

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How to draw PHIRST

Zentangle pattern: Phirst. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Suzanne Fluhr’s Zentangle® pattern: Phirst.

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How to draw FARLING

Zentangle pattern: Farling

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Deb Eichhorn’s Zentangle® pattern: Farling.

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Tangle Refresher 51

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure! Here’s what was new in the Zentangle® world a year ago – five tangle pattern gems for your tangling pleasure.

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How to draw PEA-NUCKLE

Zentangle pattern: Pea-nuckle. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing the Zentangle®-original tangle: Pea-nuckle.

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Linda’s List of Official Tangle Patterns

Sampler of a few Zentangle®-original Tangles

Sampler of a few Zentangle-original Tangles. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

For those who are new to Zentangle®, the Zentangle-original tangles (also known as the “official tangles”) are those created and introduced by Zentangle HQ — that is to say patterns by Maria Thomas, Rick Roberts and Maria’s daughters Molly Hollibaugh “(pronounced: haul’-a’-baw’)” and Martha Huggins.

Not all of the tangles deconstructed and introduced by Zentangle® HQ are posted online yet.

This makes complete

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