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I’ve also added an FAQ page on the “About” menu that may answer any other questions you might have.
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Today’s Benio tangle is from Japanese CZT Hiroko Matsuo and it’s her fourth excellent tangle on the site.
Yesterday Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Hiroko’s home country declared a state of emergency in large parts of Japan. This coronavirus is an insidious enemy we are all dealing with and fighting together around the world.
Molly Hollibaugh of Zentangle HQ recently began a new video series of tangling lessons with a different approach. There are no images to follow, simply Molly’s calming voice guiding you through this second tangle lesson.
Molly Hollibaugh of Zentangle HQ has recently begun a new video series of tangling lessons with a different approach. There are no images to follow, Molly’s calming voice will guide you through this tangle lesson.
Online instructions for drawing Melissa Bruce’s Zentangle® pattern: Zenwheel. PLUS “Flowers in Spring” by Martie Kyde, and NOTL Spring Crocuses by Carol Fraser.
Online instructions for drawing CZT® Shilpi Gupta’s Zentangle® pattern: Spin n Swirl. PLUS: Rachel Maddow’s interview with Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite of the US Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen’s PSA demonstrating safe grocery shopping and takeout food handling tips.
Special Edition! The latest public KTT (Kitchen Table Tangles) video from from Zentangle® co-founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Watch as they explore Paradox tessellations …
Buried Treasure – spotlights hidden tangle gems from the past in the Zentangle® world! A great blast from the past article, AND our random string of the week …
Project Pack #08 – Dancing in the Moonlight. This article summarizes each of the videos for this Zentangle Project Pack and includes links to the individual videos. Each video is also posted on the corresponding tangle’s page on TanglePatterns.
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A very warm welcome to TanglePatterns, you are certainly among friends. Tanglers are a wonderful, generous and sharing community. I hope you enjoy the site and are inspired by the tangles and many useful resources you find here. Please feel free to add your thoughts in the comments on any page and join in the community.The fabulous hardcover, and now softcover, book by Zentangle’s co-founders, Zentangle PRIMER Vol 1.
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