I recently visited Holland, Michigan for a little R-and-R with my husband and older daughter. We decided to walk the main, downtown shopping area, looking in various stores.
We came across The Bridge , a store that specializes in unique, fair trade, import items. There were some very interesting things in the store, but the most fascinating to me was paper made from elephant dung!
I purchased both a small, spiral-bound book and a box of small, loose sheets .
This is my Tuesday morning Zentangle meditation class. These people are so wonderful to be with! They love learning, tangling and each other which makes being with them a total joy.
This week, they used an “A” shaped string and learned Bales, Ennies, Fescu and Printemps. The two tiles (one unfinished) in the lower right are mine.
I love how each of them is not afraid to try whatever variation they think of. They are adventurous spirits who are fearless students!
She had traveled down the hall of the long good bye for such a long time. She slept and awoke and walked towards the door in the House of Waiting. The vastness pulled at her spirit and she longed to be free. She would not miss anything here. She had completed her mission. She would leave it all behind.
It had been her life. But now, she was free to fly.
This tile is the result of an ongoing challenge (#TangleTagCZT30) on the Zentangle Mosaic app . Each person is to create a tile using all of the tangles that came from previous CZTs in the chain, and add one more of their own choosing.
There were seven people in the chain when I was tagged. I’ve added the eighth tangle, Zailz.
I found this interesting, and very challenging. This was a lot of different tangles to try and fit on a single Zentangle and still have anything that wasn’t total chaos!
This is my finished tile from the Tuesday Beginner’s Class. I rarely finish my tile during the sessions because I’m busy helping the students. However, I do always finish them eventually. I don’t mind having many tiles with the same design.
I can always create my own, personal mosaic!
Zentangle drawn on a white, Official Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Bales Florz Hollibaugh Tipple
Another Beginner’s class last Tuesday!
I love introducing the Zentangle Method to new students. Their excitement and enthusiasm is so contagious!
Tangles: Crescent Moon Florz Hollibaugh Tipple
Perhaps, the Universe is pointing the way?
The next step of Beginner’s tangles evolving.
Zentangle drawn on an Official Zentangle tile using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Bales Ennies Fescu Printemps
Into the center. The weaving falls into dynamic patterns. Forming. Collapsing.
Which way will she take the ship.
Unknown.
This tile was created by following instructions in Eni Oken’s Crazy Gold Auraknot lesson. You can find it and many more fabulous lessons by joining her Art Club !
Zentangle drawn on Strathmore Vellum Bristol using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Crazy Auraknot Perfs
star light star bright weave your way through the night light the sky let us fly this is the day away we hie Zentangle drawn on Stonehenge white using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Aura Knot Perfs Monotangle
Another tile from a Beginner’s Class this week. I may have enough of these to create my own Mosaic!
I never get tired of drawing these. Each time, while they always have the same plan, they come out somewhat different. It depends on the day, the artist, and what they feel like doing.
It’s one of the wonderful things about the Zentangle Method!
Zentangle drawn on an Official Zentangle Tile using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
I taught another Beginner’s Zentangle class yesterday. What a wonderful time we had sharing our drawing and life experiences with each other!
Zentangles drawn on Original Zentangle tiles using a black, Micron pen. Shading done with graphite pencil.
Tangles: Crescent Moon Hollibaugh Florz Tipple
Tanglers are always looking for new ways to carry tiles with them on the go. Others want a way to save, share and protect finished tiles. And some are looking for projects that incorporate tangling alternatives.
I am making a Bitty BookZ , following the instructions from Chris Titus . These instructions are very clear and easy to follow. The end result is a finished book, containing ten Zentangle tiles!
If you make this from standard tiles, the book will be just a bit larger than 3-1/2 inches tall by 1-5/8 inches wide. Made from Bijou tiles, your tiny book would be a bit larger than 2 inches high by 1 inch wide.
I had an introductory class with a private student yesterday. We had a wonderful time together. This is the tile I created while teaching.
Every so often, I think it is very important to go back to the very beginning and do that “first tile” again. Every single person who has taken a class from a CZT creates this tile, or one very similar with the classic “Z” string. Sometimes the tangles used vary slightly. But there is so much to learn and remember from that Beginner’s class!
I have taken a lot of time off from traditional tangling. Basically, since the beginning of 2019. Sometimes, you need to take a break to evaluate where you have been… and where you are going. Sometimes, roads take off in unexpected direction. Sometimes we set off the road entirely to explore new territory.
And then the roads, the paths, the discoveries come around to a new understanding of where you were before.
This beautiful Zentangle tile was created by CZT Amanda Higbee. This design is based on Eni Oken's Fan String class .
I love the pink color and the way the shaping of the fragments adds to the illusion of curving segments.
Beautiful!
This beautiful tile was created by CZT Amanda Higbee. She is a member of Eni Oken's Art Club and this is the result of the Tangled Scrollwork lesson .
If you would like to take your tangling to the next level, check out The Art Club . You will amaze yourself!
If you saw yesterday’s post, you will understand what is going on here. I had a few more “museum” pictures.
The main outcome of this exercise, for me, has been the desire to do some larger pieces. They won’t be completely Zentangle… rather influenced by it.
Above, this tile is a monotangle of Ruutz . It is using the idea of fractalizing a tangle, introduced by Eni Oken , in one of her Art Club classes.
Recently, a friend of mine posted an image of her art in a museum setting. The picture was stunning. She used an app to create the image.
I decided to see what was out there for doing this sort of thing, and I came across PhotoFunia , which is a website that let’s you choose a setting, and then upload your photo to see how it looks.
I used it to created the image above, which was the stamped art that I posted yesterday.
I love the way Amanda (Amanda Higbee, CZT) wove the music through the center of this tile. It adds such wonderful whimsy and fun!
Tangles: Baton Hypnotic Lobellia Melody Pilla Zailz
I haven’t posted a Zentangle from Amanda Higbee, CZT in a long time. The camera on her phone has been broken and other life things have interfered.
But I have one for your pleasure today!
I love the way she used strips of Ambler to draw the eye into the center of the tile.
I also got a big kick out of the list of tangles on the back of her tile. She called Bronx Cheer “boo boo berries”!