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Zentangle 11 – Suzanne McNeill’s latest is now available

Zentangle 11Zentangle 11 – Lettering, Quotes & Inspirational Sayings, CZT Suzanne McNeill’s latest in her Zentangle®-inspired crafts series is now available from Amazon.

Paperback, 32 pages including covers. Available now, $7.70. (List $8.99)

From the publisher’s description:

“Discover how to tangle with quotes, sentiments, and uplifting words. Give your drawings a voice by combining letters with inspirational Zentangle art. Text-inspired tangling can be anything you want it to be, from classic tiles to expressive shapes and words. You can make your letters fun and casual, or formal and flowery, with messages that are personal, social, reverential, or whimsical. Use them to create motivating and meaningful note cards, bookmarks, gifts, fine art, and more. You don t need to be a calligrapher to create awesome art with the elegant letters and 28 original new tangles inside. Use the bonus workbook to explore sample alphabets, learn new techniques, and practice tangling.”

From the back cover:

“Zentangle can free your mind to soar! Discover how to tangle with quotes, sentiments, and uplifting words. Give your drawings a voice by combining letters with inspirational Zentangle art.

Text-inspired tangling can be anything you want it to be, from classic tiles to expressive shapes and words. You can make your letters fun and casual, or formal and flowery, with messages that are personal, social, reverential, or whimsical. Use them to create motivating and meaningful note cards, bookmarks, gifts, fine art, and more.

You don’t need to be a calligrapher to create awesome art with the elegant letters and 28 original new tangles inside. Use the bonus workbook to explore sample alphabets, learn new techniques, and practice tangling.”

Kitchy and craft-oriented, Suzanne’s booklets are inexpensive and very popular.

For detailed Book Reviews of the available books about Zentangle®, visit the BOOK REVIEWS tab on the menu bar at the top of the page.

Related Links

  1. Looking for tangles by Artist or Type? For details visit the ABOUT > HOW TO FIND TANGLES BY ARTIST OR TYPE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site.
  2. What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals.
  3. Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form.
  4. How to use the site — an excellent free video tutorial showing how to use the site as well as pointing out lots of useful features you might have missed.
  5. Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
  6. "A Zentangle has no up or down and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle." Patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure, or scene, are not tangles. A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: tangles never start with pencil planning.
  7. How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
  8. For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page.
  9. Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
  10. Never miss a tangle! FREE eMAIL NEWSLETTER - visit the Here's how to SUBSCRIBE button (top of left sidebar on any page) and sign up to get notices delivered free to your inbox.
  11. If you have questions about the TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, visit the BOOK REVIEWS tab on the top menu bar of any page on the site for COMPLETE details!

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TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE, 2025 Edition The 14th Edition of the TanglePatterns.com TANGLE GUIDE is an instant-download 117-page interactive digital eBook/PDF containing over 2,000 tangles on the site from May 2010 through December 31, 2024. It's a great resource and a must-have digital tool for using the site. Visit the STORE > E-BOOKS page and help keep TanglePatterns.com going by getting your copy now!

"Linda, Thank you! I was relying on too few and getting stuck after 3 years of daily working with Zentangle. This has inspired me to ‘begin again’ with renewed excitement." ~ Barbara R.

See the BOOK REVIEWS page for more details on its features and view a sample page. Note: this is a digital product you download immediately when you place your order, nothing will be physically mailed to you.
If you're new to Zentangle® and tangling, my TanglePatterns.com BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ZENTANGLE is just what you need to get started. Also available en Français and en Español.

Zentangle Primer Volume 1 This is the only Zentangle book you'll ever need: the fabulous Zentangle PRIMER Vol 1. It's your CZT-in-a-book by the founders of Zentangle®. Visit the STORE tab on the top menu bar or click on the image. For more about the content and to read the rave reviews, visit the BOOK REVIEWS tab.
Now available in KINDLE format for $9.99. Spanish Edition here. Japanese Edition here.
"Absolutely the best Zentangle Book yet! As an accomplished artist I used to think I did not need instruction on this art form. How wrong I was! My tangling improved by leaps and bounds after reading this book. If you think you have Zentangle down then you need this book more than ever!" ~ Kris H

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