In their now-yearly tradition honoring May’s Mental Health Awareness Month, yesterday Zentangle HQ launched a 21-day “challenge”: the 2026 Bijou Be Well Series.
From Zentangle’s newsletter:
This year, we will be working on a Zentangle Opus tile to create one cohesive work of Zentangle art. We have carefully curated this years Bijou Be Well Bundles to include everything you need for this journey.
Beginning Monday, May 11th through the 31st, we will send a newsletter each day with a tangling prompt, paired with studies, articles and stories exploring the benefits of creativity. We suggest setting aside 10-15 minutes a day for yourself to tangle.
This year, we encourage you to step away from your screen, ground yourself in your space, and create without expectation. We will launch the series with an introductory video to get you organized and informed on the process. Each consecutive day after that, we will release simple instructions and a step-out of a tangle to guide you in filling your Opus tile.
This article is a chronology containing links to Zentangle’s newsletters, the day’s new video if there is one, and the tangle’s step-by-step illustrations and videos. This page will be updated each day after the newsletter is published.
RESOURCES:
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- Zentangle April 23 newsletter introducing the 2026 Bijou Be Well Series and explaining what to expect
- Bijou Bundles – available from the Zentangle Store through May 2026 only, while supplies last
- Zentangle 2026 Bijou Be Well series page
- Subscribe to Zentangle’s newsletter here
For each day the TanglePatterns chronology below contains:
- the “Day” link goes to the Zentangle newsletter for that day with the topic of discussion
- a link to the tangle of the day’s step-by-step instructions page on TanglePatterns
- each tangle’s page also includes all the available ZHQ videos for that tangle, including the one highlighted in the newsletter
- if the day also has a new video, a link is provided
Be sure to bookmark this page and revisit it around 12 PM Eastern for the daily links.
Day 1 Newsletter – Monday, May 11
Today’s Topic: How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit?
Today’s Tangle: Flux. Page includes all the available ZHQ instructional videos featuring this tangle.
Day 1 video introduces the series as Julie and Molly walk us through the purpose of the series; the materials we might use (this series uses Opus tiles in white, tan, black, and Translucen-Z); (2:03) how to set up an Opus tile with dots, borders, (3:26) and a unique string — the foundation for the 21-day project; how to create strings on each type of tile; (13:01) Flux, the first tangle of the series; and (23:20) a preview of how daily newsletters will deliver prompts, step-outs, mental-health resources, and community stories. ~ Read more at the newsletter link above.
Day 2 Newsletter – Tuesday, May 12
Today’s Topic: Why creativity is important for success in business
Today’s Tangle: Tipple. Page includes all the available ZHQ instructional videos featuring this tangle.
From the newsletter: Today, we share a tangle so simple yet so elegant. Tipple’s textured appearance is dependent on its beautiful orb shapes tightly nestled together. Explore varying the size of the orbs or maybe aura, and then ink it in to get a darker effect.
Start by nestling some tipple around some of your flux and then letting the orbs layer up in a few places. Remember to stop after a bit, as tipple is so fun to tangle that it is easy to get carried away. ~ Read more at the newsletter link above.
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Day 7 – Sunday, May 17
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