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How to draw C-SIX

Zentangle pattern: C-six. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

Online instructions for drawing CZT Damy Teng’s Zentangle® pattern: C-Six.

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How to draw SCHIEFER

Zentangle pattern: Schiefer. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

Links to online instructions for drawing Simone Bischoff’s Zentangle® pattern: Schiefer.

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How to draw TEST PATTERN

Zentangle pattern: Test Pattern. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. All rights reserved.

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Cynthia Gannon’s Zentangle® pattern: Test Pattern.

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TanglePatterns String 176

This String is shared by tangler Barbara Finwall for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 112 – Featuring how to tangle a pumpkin, and “Ways Floridians pretend it’s Fall”

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring how to tangle a pumpkin, and “Ways Floridians pretend it’s Fall”.

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How to draw 8C

Zentangle pattern: 8C. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Mina Hsiao’s Zentangle® pattern: 8C.

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How to draw FANDANCE

Zentangle pattern: Fandance. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Diane Knauff’s Zentangle® pattern: Fandance.

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TanglePatterns String 175

This String is shared by tangler Audrie Wiesenfelder for your creative enjoyment. Also, using tangles for Strings.

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How to draw KOLLIDE

Zentangle pattern: Kollide. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Kim Winebrenner’s Zentangle® pattern: Kollide.

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How to draw CHAIN LINK

Zentangle pattern: Chain Link. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing Barbara Finwall’s Zentangle® pattern: Chain Link.

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How to draw PIXIOZE

Zentangle pattern: Pixioze. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Margaret Bremner’s Zentangle® pattern: Pixioze.

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TanglePatterns String 174

TanglePatterns-String-174

This String is shared by tangler Annette Plaga-Lodde for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 111 – Featuring NYC’s “Tribute in Light” …

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring NYC’s “Tribute in Light” …

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2016 CZT Certification Seminar dates announced by Zentangle® HQ

Zentangle® HQ has just announced the CZT certification seminar dates for 2016 and registration is now open. The seminars fill up very quickly, so be sure to register asap to ensure you get a spot. Dates and links are as follows …

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How to draw LUFFLINE

Zentangle pattern: Luffline. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing Kari Schultz’s Zentangle® pattern: Luffline.

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How to draw JOIN

Zentangle pattern: Join. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing Elena Hadzijaneva’s Zentangle® pattern: Join.

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TanglePatterns String 173

This String is shared by tangler Judiellen Palumbo for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw HEART DIVIDED

Zentangle pattern: Heart Divided. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Two tangles today! Online instructions for drawing Helen Williams’s Zentangle® pattern: Heart Divided.

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How to draw HEART S

Zentangle pattern: Heart S. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Two tangles today! Online instructions for drawing Helen Williams’s Zentangle® pattern: Heart S.

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On understanding Zentangle®

Let's discuss it!

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.

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How to draw OPSESS

Zentangle pattern: Opsess. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Donald Wilka’s Zentangle® pattern: Opsess.

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How to draw PHIRST

Zentangle pattern: Phirst. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Suzanne Fluhr’s Zentangle® pattern: Phirst.

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STORIES: Zentangle® helps cope with devastating loss

Sunflower tranquility and hope

In this occasional series on TanglePatterns, readers describe in their own words how Zentangle® has changed their lives. New tangler Shirley H describes how Zentangle has helped her cope with the devastating loss of her 87-year-old mother and shares some of her tangled drawings.

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TanglePatterns String 172

This String is shared by CZT Anya Lothrop for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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Tangle Refresher 110 – Featuring a look at Hurricane Season and our current advisory for TS Erika

Tangle Refresher!

Buried Treasure – 5 tangle gems from a year ago in the Zentangle® world! Featuring a look at Hurricane Season and our current advisory for TS Erika.

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How to draw WATUSEE

Zentangle pattern: Watusee. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Virginia Lockhart’s Zentangle® pattern: Watusee.

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How to draw ZENITH

Zentangle pattern: Zenith. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing the latest Zentangle®-original tangle: Zenith. Including CZT Jason Poole’s song, “Zentangle Hula”.

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TanglePatterns String 171

This String is shared by tangler Ulrike Braun for your creative enjoyment. You can help our community’s String resource grow by sending me yours to share. I’m always looking for new strings!

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How to draw HAMAIL

Zentangle pattern: Hamail. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Links to online instructions for drawing CZT® Tina Hunziker’s Zentangle® pattern: Hamail.

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How to draw KAY-TEE

Zentangle pattern: Kay-Tee. Image © Linda Farmer and TanglePatterns.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may use this image for your personal non-commercial reference only. The unauthorized pinning, reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.

Online instructions for drawing Davor Planinec’s Zentangle® pattern: Kay-tee.

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