In this class you will get to know me, who I am and my journey of how I became a Certified Zentangle(R) Teacher.😊

The best way to take this course is to gather your supplies and tangle along with me.

The best part of Zentangle® art is that you don’t need a lot to start with. My advice is to use the best you can get, so that you feel special, the paper feels excellent, the supplies excite you and you actually enjoy using them! 😊

The Zentangle® method is a meditative art form. It should help you relax, be stress-free, and be creative. So always start with a clean work surface, avoid distractions or stress about a messy desk surface, and ideally choose a place where you are comfortable, breathe deeply, and be mindful about relaxing your body and mind.

We are tangling today! Yay! 

What is a tangle?

A tangle is a design that can be easily replicated in simple steps, using simple shapes.

In my opinion anyone who can sign their name can tangle.

You will learn three new tangles in this class.

1. Printemps: A French tangle which highlights the concept of a sparkle in Zentangle®, it is a spiral with a gap at the same place. Note: Keep your sparkles aligned.

2. Fescu: You bring out a line, give it a slight curve at the end and put in that tiny seed pod at the closure. This one has a nature...

Shading produces amazing results in Zentangle® art and is step number six in the Zentangle® method. You don’t have to follow the traditional light source method of shading; you can just add shades of gray where you think they will look best. That’s why there are several ways to shade the same tangle.

You can’t go back and change previous decisions made throughout your life, you have to commit to the decision and work with what you have. There are no erasers in life either, we are just left with creative problem-solving skills, and we will approach our tiles with the same concept in mind. 

A lot of the tangles which you have learnt have immense potential to play and experiment with.

So I will be playing around with Hollibaugh, Ing and Bales in this class...

In this class we will learn how to add colour to your tangles and we will learn three new organic (nature-based) tangles.

Remember there is no compulsion for you to fill every space with colour, you can leave some white space, especially those tiles in which you are using dramatic tangles, or the busy tangles with a lot...

Now we’re getting to my favorite part of this class. Putting everything we’ve learnt into action. In this class we will be making a tangled spinner using the worksheet shared below. As always all you have to do is right click and save the image and then print it out. I would advise mounting it in some cardstock or printing it directly on yardstick. Whatever suits you.

Let’s get started.

The simplest and easiest thing you can do with your tangles is turn them into cards! 

I got my precut cards from Die Cuts With a View, Inc. You can also buy sheet of card stock and cut and score your cards yourself. This will give you more flexibility over size and paper type...

Another fun thing is to create 3D shapes from your tiles. 

The ones I am creating in my video I call Artist Trading Blocks. 

I also have two worksheets for you below; you can print them out on cardstock or watercolour paper and use each section to tangle in...

Explore how to create a tangled mosaic in various ways.

You can even frame the tiles individually and put those up together on your wall to create a gallery wall!

You can put your tiles as they are in your art journal or scrapbook, or you can tangle around the page. You can make mounts and use pictures in the center as scrapbooking frames. I am also sharing some Mandala worksheets below. You can try filling in each different section with a tangle you’ve learnt in this course and add it to your journal!