A free tutorial featuring Spanish CZT María Tovar’s “técnica seca” or dry technique for tangling.
Continue reading: CZT María Tovar demonstrates her inkless tangling technique in a step-by-step photo tutorial
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Buried Treasure – our biweekly potpourri of things Zentangle (and sometimes not), hidden tangle gems, and our random string of the week … Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 181 – Featuring Zentangle travel journals, our random string, plus how to draw Jonqal, Aniane, Wacho, Braidle, Drawave 
Special treat! A Zentangle®-inspired tutorial to expand your Zentangle creativity, from CZT Marguerite Samama. Continue reading: A tutorial by CZT Marguerite Samama on how to create her Zentangle-inspired zenbuttons 
In case you missed any of it, here’s my recap summary of all 12 days and links to this year’s “Twelve Days of Zentangle” … Continue reading: The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2017 Edition 
In this 5-minute video presented by Sakura, Certified Zentangle Teacher Dorian Eng demonstrates how to create a Zentangle-inspired holiday ornament using 3.5″ square Zentangle tiles. Continue reading: CZT Dorian Eng shows how to make a ringing bell Christmas ornament using Zentangle tiles 
Links to online instructions for drawing Lindsey Bugbee’s Zentangle® pattern: Petals. And Zentangle-inspired mail art #ZIMailArt including a group link for posting thereof … Continue reading: How to draw PETALS 
Sakura and CZT Molly Hollibaugh got together to create this video with Molly demonstrating “Crazy ‘Nzeppel” … Continue reading: A video demonstration of Zentangle’s Crazy ‘Nzeppel with Molly Hollibaugh 
A new public Kitchen Table Tangle video from Rick and Maria at Zentangle® demonstrating tranzending, a technique to add layers of tangles to your tiles. Also news about 2018 CZT Seminar dates … Continue reading: Kitchen Table Tangles – Zentangle video demonstrating tranzending technique 
Question from the Zentangle community, to the community: When you’ve been absent for a while, how do you get back into the swing of your Zentangle practice? Your advice and suggestions are invited and welcome … Continue reading: Zentangle Community: When you haven’t been tangling for a while, how do you get started again? 
How to dye eggs naturally the old-fashioned way with simple items from your pantry and refrigerator, then tangle away to decorate! Continue reading: How to dye eggs naturally for a new Easter Zentangle tradition 
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring CZT Marie Browning’s tutorial on how to draw gems with Tombow markers, and links to more resources on rendering gems Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 149 – Featuring a tutorial from CZT Marie Browning on how to draw colored gems with Tombow markers 
Online instructions for drawing Jenna Black’s Zentangle® pattern: Shark Kisses. Note Jenna’s easy technique for drawing an ogee grid! Continue reading: How to draw SHARK KISSES 
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring a video demonstrating how to tangle a pumpkin … Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 138 – Featuring a video demonstrating how to tangle a pumpkin 
A Sakura video with CZT Sam Taylor where she combines Zentangle® and watercolor to create an abstract ZIA galaxy scene. Continue reading: How to create a Zentangle-inspired Galaxy on canvas
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring a tutorial on making unique wearable art with paper beads … Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 128 – Featuring a tutorial on making unique wearable art with paper beads
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring some excellent online guides to gel pens, calligraphy pens, drawing inks … and more! Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 127 – Featuring some excellent online guides to gel pens, calligraphy pens, drawing inks … and more!
Buried Treasure! And “Why write? Penmanship for the 21st Century”, a TEDx talk. Master Penman Jake Weidmann explores the connections between the pen and how we learn, think, and carry our cultural heritage at a time when the very act of writing is being dropped from school curricula across the country. Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 121 – And “Why write? Penmanship for the 21st Century” 
Buried Treasure! “Tangled connections” of our Sun, and more about the deliberate process of the Zentangle Method of mindfully creating unplanned, abstract art. 
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! And a long post featuring advice to Beginners on some tangles to get started … Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 119 – Featuring suggestions for Beginners on some tangles to get started … 
Oregon CZT Billie Lauder shares her delightful Tangle Folk with us, showing how simple it is to draw these continuous line figures in just six easy steps … Continue reading: CZT Billie Lauder shares how to draw her continuous line Tangle Folk in six easy steps 
Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! AND how to make lovely Zentangle-inspired ornaments using Zentangle tiles, a Sakura video with CZT Dorian Eng. Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 117 – Featuring how to make lovely Zentangle-inspired ornaments using Zentangle tiles 
Online instructions for drawing Sayantika Ray’s Zentangle® pattern: Organic. Also tips for finding and using some useful features of the site. Continue reading: How to draw ORGANIC 
Buried Treasure! AND how to make beautiful Zentangle-inspired gift boxes from Zendala tiles, a Sakura video by CZT Dorian Eng. Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 116 – Featuring how to make beautiful Zentangle-inspired gift boxes from Zendala tiles 
Here is a fun and inexpensive project to jump start your crafts for the upcoming Christmas season and it’s something that, with a little supervision, children can also manage. Continue reading: How to make origami Christmas trees to tangle for the holidays
This article “A post with no pictures” was posted earlier today by CZT Sandy Hunter on her blog and she is so eloquent I thought it worth sharing on TanglePatterns. So with Sandy’s kind permission, here is her post reprinted in its entirety. Continue reading: On understanding Zentangle® 
After we explored the idea of adding color in your Zentangle® art in last week’s wonderful article by CZT Marie Browning, CZT Jane Catherine shares her expertise on the subject of lightfastness and color. And why it’s important to carefully consider the materials you use for color in your art. Continue reading: Lightfast or not? Important considerations about color in your Zentangle®-inspired art 
CZT and Tombow signature designer Marie Browning shares her considerable expertise with an overview of materials and hints on how to add glorious color to your Zentangle® creations in this awesome tutorial featuring her beautiful, colorful ZIA examples. Continue reading: Adding glorious color to your ZIA projects 
Buried Treasure! And how to switch back and forth easily between the Mobile and Desktop versions of the site on your mobile device. Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 98
Here’s another way to create wonderful Zentangle-inspired art! This video tutorial demonstrates how to print greeting cards and matching envelopes using simple foam sheets to create stamps to use with a Gelli printing plate. Continue reading: Zentangle® and Gelli™ printing with foam stamps 
Buried Treasure! And exploring the creative possibilities of the tangle-enhancing technique of the aura. Continue reading: Tangle Refresher 97 |
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