CZT Nathalie Marinoff’s eye-catching Minouche is her first tangle pattern on the site. Nathalie, based in New City, New York, was certified at CZT #VI and was so fortunate to return for another adventure at CZT #VIII.
Truly, the Zentangle® training seminar is that compelling, and I am sure I’m not the only CZT who longs to return for more as Nathalie and others have done. Nathalie offers Zentangle classes in Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen County, NY.
She writes, “I looked at a pattern that I received in the mail and I thought that I would try to deconstruct it and see what happens.” As with many tangles, magic happens!
Minouche, a term of affection in French and also the name of artist Henri Matisse’s cat, begins with a dot grid that becomes lost into the tangle of intersecting rice-shapes. What you can do with it after that has many options and in my example I’ve (accidentally) combined a couple of them.
Here are Nathalie’s step-by-step instructions for drawing Minouche and her suggestions for potential variations.
Image copyright the artist and used with permission, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Please feel free to refer to the step outs to recreate this tangle in your Zentangles and ZIAs, or link back to this page. However the artist and TanglePatterns.com reserve all rights to these images and they should not be pinned, reproduced or republished. Thank you for respecting these rights.
Check out the tag nathaliem for more of Nathalie’s patterns on TanglePatterns.com.
PS – for more pictures of famous artists and their cats, take a look here.
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September 18, 2013 | 
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Very pretty. A pattern to dazzle the uninitiated (i.e., those who have not discovered for themselves what is possible one stroke at a time).
A super pattern! It’s easy to do and very, very versatile. Thanks for sharing, Nathalie and Linda!
I love this tangle!! Thank you!!
Lovely pattern. Reminiscant of Nvelope?
Similar, but different grids and different end result.
Pretty pattern and easy to draw! Thank You for sharing.
I think this tangle is a great one. I’ll have to try it.
I really like this one. And, oh, I so agree about wanting to go back to Seminar!!
P.S. Great artist-cat link!!
Linda –
This is really a nice one! Do so appreciate your site and all the work you do for us.
Thanks.