Daily Zen: 2025081201
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 
I am still having fun with variations of ‘Nzeppel, crazy or not! Since I was given the tangle Drawings in my random selection, I decided to make it the large focal point of my tile today. Then I used Crazy ‘Nzeppel as my background fill. I used a lighter color, gray Micron pen to draw it, so it would recede more into the background. I also wanted an opportuntity to use a specific style of shading for it. I think this style emphasizes the “bubble” more and the background less.
Daily Zen: 2025081101
· drawing tile zentangle tangling reticula fragment 
This was created by using Crazy ‘Nzepple as a reticula in a spiral grid. Then the fragment K7, a Crescent Moon in a grid shape, was added to each section of the grid. I wanted to use contrasting and complimentary colors for this design, so I chose Micron pens in colors reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest indiginous cultures. Strong corner rounding was used within each section of the grid after the ‘Nzepple bubbles were drawn to make each section stand out.
Daily Zen: 2025080901
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 
While I was at it… This is a very traditional rendition of Nzepple drawn in a standard grid. What makes it look different is the coloring and where the lines on the petal shapes are drawn! Since I’ve been tangling with various versions of Nzeppel, it just made sense to add an original version. The overall tile makes me think of Japanese Origami paper. Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Coloring and shading done with Crayola blending pencils.
Daily Zen: 2025080801
· drawing tile zentangle tangle tangling 
Randomly selected tangles applied to a simple criss-cross string. If I draw a ribbon-type tangle, I will often use it along the string to define individual spaces. This accounts for the center, angular location of the Hibred tangle. Then I arrange the other tangles so they balance out the best possible taking drama, complexity and type into consideration. It all usually works out fine, which is one of the wonderful things about tangling!
Daily Zen: 2025080701
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 
Another tile using ‘Nzeppel as a reticula. This time, Bunzo was tangled inside of each “bubble”. Shadinging was done around the edge of each bubble, on the Xs inbetween bubbles, and where the Bunzo shapes overlapped another. This was a bit tedious, but if you go slowly and don’t put too much pressure on the pen, it works! Zentangle drawn on a black, standard Zentangle tile using a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Daily Zen: 2025080601
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 5xPhive 
Project Pack 22 - Day 2 - 5 Spirals The video for this lesson is here . In the second lesson, Molly and Martha show us how to complete a pre-strung, 5xPhive tile. This project uses all the the tools that came in the project pack to decorate 5 spirals arranged in a wreath. I am starting to get the hang of working over the Moonlight ink with graphite and the white chalk pencil. The main conclusion that I’ve come to is to let that ink get good and dry! Since I live in Arizona, where it is hot enough to bake cookies on your dashboard in the summer… letting the ink sit undisturbed over night did the trick. Shading and highlighting was more succesful this time!
Daily Zen: 2025080502
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 
Continuing along the Crazy ‘Nzepple trail… This time I used a grey tile. I loved the Project Pack that I did with the grey tiles previously and wanted to do something with this “winter” theme… since today, it was over 113 degrees here! Instead of doing the same thing in each bubble, I chose several tangles and did each one in four or more sections, aiming for them not to touch each other if possible.
Daily Zen: 2025080501
· drawing tile zentangle tangling renaissance 
I don’t think I have ever done ‘Nzepple on a tan Renaissance tile! Inspired by what I tried on yesterday’s tile, I decided to give it another go, using somewhat different materials and some style changes. After drawing a curvy grid with dark brown, I used the same pen to round the corners of each section. This gave me the rounded baloon shapes without drawing them in each section.
Daily Zen: 2025073001
· drawing tile zentangle tangling 
I did a grid tile previously, which you can see here . I think this is going to become a “go to” string when I am really busy or can’t think of what to do! They are fun to do, but don’t require a lot of figuring out! However, I will need to do a little better selecting tangles… since I duplicated two of them between the tile above and that previous one!