Zonked is a pretty tangle from California tangler Barbara Finwall who shared her Olé with us earlier this Spring.
I’ve been practicing Zonked for quite a while but I have to admit it’s been giving me the yips. However it’s such a great pattern that finally I decided to forget perfect and just get it out there for you all to play with. I know this will be a breeze for many of you.
Barbara has given two versions, one with the curved strokes which I’ve used for my example and another with straight strokes that’s equally striking. This tangle looks great too if in Step 4 you simply fill in the smaller outer curved or pointed triangles. Barbara also adds some delicate shading in her examples, mine is straight up.
Barbara illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Zonked and her variation below, along with her ZIA featuring both tangles.
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Check out the tag barbaraf for more of Barbara’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
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UPDATE April 22, 2020 – Project Pack #09. As part of the Spring has Sprung project pack, CZT Martha Huggins chooses to work on her Zendala tile with Verdigogh as the dividing organic tangle and adds Zonked to the right side section.
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Zentangle Project Pack Summaries on TanglePatterns
For your convenience here are the links to all of my Zentangle Project Pack summaries:- November 2017: Introducing Sakura’s White Gelly Roll Pens
- December 2017: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition - A Stroll Down Memory Lane
- June 2018: A Zentangle Ensemble
- December 2018: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2018 Edition – Making a Zentangle Spinner
- April 2019: Zentangle Cartouches
- August 2019: No Mistakes
- December 2019: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2019 Edition – Light and Shade
- March 2020: Dancing in the Moonlight
- April 2020: Spring has Sprung
- July 2020: The Legend of Zentangle
- September 2020: Fee-PHI-Fo-Fun!
- December 2020: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2020 Edition - Zentangle Renaissance
- April 2021: Layers and Transitions
- May 2021: Accessing the Artist Within
- September 2021: Alphaborders, Letter Forms, Alphabets and the Birth of Zentangle
- December 2021: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2021 Edition - Keeping Score
- March 2022: The Kaleidoscope of Our Lives
- August 2022: Introducing Zentangle's new Translucen-Z Tiles
- December 2022: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2022 Edition - Zentomology
- March 2023: Blossoming Tangles
- August 2023: Organic Tangles: Tangles of a Botanical Nature
- December 2023: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2023 Edition - Exploring the Spiral
- March 2024: The Birth of the Zentangle Method
- August 2024: Crescent Moon & Aura
- December 2024: Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2024 Edition - Drawing Behind
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These are the links to my Zentangle Apprentice Project Pack summaries:- January - February 2021: The Basics of the Zentangle Method
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June 6, 2014 | 
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Recovered comments that were accidentally deleted:
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6/6/2014
Bertha Marselis – This is a fabulous tangle pattern. I can’t wait to try it.
I have really enjoyed your website Linda. Thank you for all of the hard work you put into it. I would also like to thank all those who contribute by sharing their tangle patterns. I am a newcomer but I have been having fun with all of the different variety of tangles.
Again, thank you.
Bertha
Jane Eileen – This is a great one! Thanks for sharing!
Sandi Buchspics – I LOVE this pattern…beautiful!!!
Brenda Urbanik – That’s a beautiful tangle!
Margaret Bremner – Wow. I LIKE this! It’s a good way to teach a bit of Rounding too – something I was just looking for.
Dayna Barnes – Wow is right…that’s stunning. I’m like everybody else…itching to try it. Thanks, Barbara (and Linda).
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6/8/2014
Jennifer Hohensteiner – This is definitely WOWZERS. A great follow-up to Ole, which I also love (even though I haven’t used it yet – but I will, I will.) And Linda, I think your demo is beautiful.
nelpertus – merci pour vos partages
Sherri – This one is being added to my “favorites” group. It is great alone but absolutely stunning when done in a group to get the true feeling of the pattern.
Barbara Burgess, CZT – Great tangle. It looks like it would be simple enough do but it packs a powerful punch! TFS!
Cyn – Will definitely make things pop!
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6/9/2014
Diane Karr – Wow, Barbara! Great Pattern. Very dynamic. I’m trying this one out first thing tomorrow.
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6/11/2014
Diane Tai – Beautiful pattern! Thanks so much for sharing. It looks great on black tiles too
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6/19/2014
judy murphy – absolutely love this one
I love this pattern. Did a variation to get rid of the grid lines by starting with doing the first step into the grid corners then doing inside auras, then the little fills.
This zonked pattern is one of the prettiest tangles I have seen yet. And it is so easy. Thanks Wendy.
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I drew this pattern when I was fairly new to Zentangle and not knowing what I was getting into! Occasionally I will go back and look at all of my tiles that I have stored in my binder and Zonked is one of the prettiest tiles! It is very intricate but when you are done it is very beautiful. Thank you Barbara for sharing this beautiful tangle and thank you Linda, as always, for giving us s path to share, learn and enjoy this beautiful art of Zentangle. It still blows my mind that before I discovered Zentangle I could not “draw” a thing. I desired to be creative but had no ability to do so. Accidentally finding your website has changed my life. It is funny, but I was actually on Pinterest trying to find out how to draw “bubble letters” like I doodled (not very well I might add) on my school binder in the 60’s. I found this beautiful drawing that led me to tanglepatterns.com and –forget bubble letters –it was Zentangle all the way!!! So, thank you to all who share your patterns and thank you to Linda for giving us the way to see them. Sorry, I am wordy this morning. Nancy
Thanks, this will be a fun one.
I love this gridbased tangle.what comes out is magic. Thank you.