How to draw BRONX CHEER and BRONX SPEAR

This tangle arose when Zentangle originator Maria Thomas wanted to “make revisions” to a drawing.

For those who might not be not familiar with the term “Bronx Cheer”, it’s also known as The Raspberry — and here’s the Wikipedia explanation complete with video.

Maria illustrates how to draw her Bronx Cheer tangle here.

UPDATE December 8, 2018 – Project Pack #04. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition series, in this Day 6 video (starting at 11:03) Maria’s daughters Molly and Martha demonstrate how to tangle an unusual form of Bronx Cheer as a border or ribbon style tangle.

And BTW, it’s NOT “Bronx Cherry” as CZT Beckah Krahula published in her book. Major editorial fail there.

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UPDATE December 11, 2020 – Project Pack #12. As part of the 12 Days of Zentangle, 2020 Zentangle Renaissance project pack, in the Day 1 video Maria tangles her new variation of Bronx Cheer she’s called Bronx Spear. [The Zentangle blog also has a post about Bronx Spear here.]

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UPDATE September 1, 2021 – Project Pack #15. As part of the Letterforms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle project pack, Maria tangles Bronx Cheer at 09:58 in this video:

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UPDATE December 11, 2022 – Project Pack #19. As part of the Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2022 Edition project pack, Martha tangles Bronx Spear beginning at 03:48 at in this video:

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UPDATE August 23, 2024 – Project Pack #24. As part of the Crescent Moon and Aura project pack, Maria tangles Crescent Moon, Bronx Cheer, Hurry and Doodah in this video:

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