Kwazeela is my newest Leaf-type tangle pattern.

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This is a tangle pattern which I’ve named BONNIE This is such a versatile tangle. Here are some examples of how it can be used in a tile

For the DIVA Challenge I used English Breakfast Tea to create a string - I dripped it on the paper and used the spots as the background for my new tangle "PRAA". I got the inspiration for PRAA during a walk on the Cornwall Coast Path, on the cliffs along the sea, and there were loads of beautiful blossoms. The shape of one of them reminded me of tangles , the new , fresh lplant, but the dry residues of the last year as well. Later in the evening I played with this flowers and found an easy way to deconstruct it as a tangle.I named it PRAA, as our holiday home is situated in the village Praa Sands, directly at the Southwest Coast Path. Here is a page from my calendar, where I did the first steps with PRAA: And, just in case that anyone will give it a try... here is a stepout for PRAA: Last, but not least I show you the plant, which inspired me for PRAA: The German name is "Bärenklau" , in English "hogweed".

Online instructions for drawing CZT® Sharon Caforio’s Zentangle® pattern: Luv-a.

You can download this worksheet and see the quick how-to video at my blog: rainbowelephant.com This is the second pattern in a series of three, inspired by the shape of an earring. ;) Enjoy!

Anatomy sketches and studies by illustrator James Ng.

Here are Zentangle's instructions for the tangle Paradox, from the February 2008 newsletter . Paradox is one of my favorite tangles and ...

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So life is getting ridiculously bogged down and I haven't been able to do any art related fun things lately! But I have managed to squeeze in a little Zenspiration stuff at night after the kiddos are in bed. I'm still in the rough learning stage but I thought I would share the fun. I still can't figure out why you can't click on my new images to see the larger one. You used to be able to do that in my earlier posts. So I must have somehow changed my settings. Sorry about that. I'll try to figure it out. :-) In the meantime, here are some roughs. Truly, Erica

Trigue tangle.

The heat is still intense here in Melbourne, 39C here today - we should be getting a break tonight/tomorrow morning. We really need it, as everything is drying off so fast! I'm just exhausted and have very little motivation to do anything after about 10am. Anyway, onto the first diva challenge for the year and a new tangle pattern to play with - fun :) I was up early this morning when it was still cool enough to get some drawing done. As soon as I saw Phicops I thought of leaves - so went with that idea for my first design: Next, I played with using s-shapes at random lengths out from a centre point to create, sort of, a flower: Here's my first experiment with the random line length idea: Of course, I went off on a tangent, too - I love this flick back shading technique and I started experimenting using tube and cone shapes, changing the direction of joining lines, etc - and though it was random experimentation, some of the results remind me of other patterns like planateen and chainging. I received the 2013 Tangle Guide in my email this morning (thanks, Linda) - love it! A great reference and so much fun to look through. Now, I'm heading off to lie on my bed in front of a fan and not move at all except to turn the pages of my book! hx

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This week's "It's a String Thing" (click here for all of the delightful details) employs three beautiful tangle patterns and one that has sparked a few questions - Twizted by CZT Terri Brown. I read and re read Linda Farmer's suggestion on drawing the tangle in a continuous line and studied Terri's step out before attempting it on my own. In the meantime, I received requests for a more detailed explanation on tangling this fabulous pattern. It is very relaxing and calming to draw Twizted using a continuous line. Here are my "Tips for Tangling" to help illustrate how to do that ~ Many thanks to Terri Brown, CZT, for a lovely tangle to work with. ENJOY!

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Today I want to introduce you to my latest tangle. It's been haunting me for quite a while, popping up in bits and pieces on many of my tiles. You can see - bands of it running through my twisted rope string tile - it edges Batumber on my grey tile - I use it to create a simple but favoured fill for Dreamcatcher, and it was the perfect choice to finish a Travelling Tangle sent to me by Elena Greer For a long time I thought it wasn't really enough in itself to class as a tangle. It has so many tangle-relatives, which it shares less or more characteristics with. To mind come Isochor, Indyrella, Barberpole, Marasu, Sugarcane, Starcrossed, Ticking and Kristillis - I'm sure you can think of more? All of these tangles particularly appeal to me, and all rely on those repeated curved lines for detail. But each has a particular initial shape which defines it and the detail lines are almost an afterthought. I wondered what would happen if the lines became the star of the show, and the structure merely the framework to hold them... And so Clob was born. Clob because the little lines work best for me when I draw them as I would a CLOsed Bracket! Of course the name might not suit you if you prefer to draw open brackets instead! I find the repetition of the Clob line so relaxing. Shading is so simple - you just pop a line of pencil into the valleys and smooth it out a bit, making it as dark or light as you like. And suddenly the tangle is transformed - it really seems to shine, and jump out from the paper. There are so many variations possible, depending on how you lay your initial lines. Parallel or not, straight or curving or spiral, closer together, far apart, laid over each other, or with gaps between. You can even embellish within the little brackets. And of course it plays well with other tangles. White on black - always the trickiest combination for me. Clob accompanied by Flux. Renaissance tangling - Clob dances with Henna Drum and Cat-Kin. Call it washed-out or call it dreamy? Blue and purple tones give a soft look to Clob with big bright Printemps. Last but not least the simple elegance of black and white. Abukas with bands of Clob and a handful of Fescu. Perhaps by now you can see why I think those little shiny lines deserve a tangle and a name all to themselves? I hope you have fun playing with Clob and I'd love, as always, to see your results. [Hopefully this pattern doesn't replicate any existing tangle I might have missed, in name or appearance, but please let me know if it does.]

This week’s tutorial is based on a zentangle drawing tutorial I found on Pinterest. The specific drawing pattern is called Clem and is designed by Erika Bonham Kehlet and can be found on the …

Online instructions for drawing Jenna Black’s Zentangle® pattern: Trisnail.

My first try at a pattern of my own

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Back in Zendala Challenge #9 , I came up with a new pattern that I am calling Verve. I must credit my Husband with coming up with the name....

In response to requests from contributors to IAST #230(click to view), I set out to write up some "Tips for Tangling" Debbie Raaen's heart filled Skelter. Debbie's step out and tiles show beautifully flowing, spiraling examples of her lovely tangle (click to view). A few of us, myself included, encountered some challenges when attempting to create the same effect. After getting to know the tangle better, I believe that I have unlocked the mystery of this beauty. Read through these "Tips" and see what you think ~ I do hope you found this helpful. Enjoy!

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This tutorial will focus on the more complex possibilities for the TWIST pattern. The next set of ideas is based on stitching the TWIST pattern and on your way back, you add in the flourishes. Her…

Ever since Mysealiam, I've been toying with the idea of creature-like tangles, and I came up with this one which reminds me of a fish fossil. I named it "Phossil”. You can find the step-out at my blog.

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I just looked at this again and it was supposed to say Jack's Stalk.....oh well...Jack's Stack it is!

04-04-11 Who says Hollibaugh can't be glammed up a bit? Each ribbon features one of my tangle patterns, all of which can be found at my blog perfectly4med.wordpress.com Ribbon start points, clockwise from top left: Mulhouse Border | Talbert | Navajo Border | Santo | Decobricks | Atura | Jugenstil | Quatrefoil | Victile

This past weekend I had a yard sale. There are a lot of different names for that; we also say garage sale, although neither yards nor garages are sold. Apparently some in California call it a Meet Swap, which I and a friend initially understood to be a Meat Swap and pictured people arriving with lamb chops and sausages and chicken legs saying, "I'll give you four of these for six of those." :P What do you call it? I awoke Sunday morning, having dreamed of two interesting tangleations of Assunta. (Obsessed? Who? Me?!?) I decided to draw them while sitting in the glorious late summer sun at the sale. Well, as often happens, something that makes perfect sense in a dream makes no sense whatsoever in the light of day. I tried this and tried that and tried other things, but no luck. The lovely dream tangleations weren't going to happen. And they were so pretty! BUT... I DID come up with a few other very nice new tangles!!! Cadent is a lovely tangle with a scroll-like look. It lends itself to lots of variations, some of which you can see here. I sometimes like to use two lines rather than one. Although it looks nothing like Cadent when finished, this new tangle reminds me of Cadent the way it begins and it looks somewhat dance-y. I mixed up the letters of Cadent and came up with Dancet. Here's how to draw it. Here are two tiles. One shows four variations of Dancet and the second uses Dancet with other tangles. More yard sale tangles coming soon! Tangles: Coaster, Dancet, Finery, Ninja Stars, Prestwood

You gotta love alliteration! This week's "It's a String Thing" challenge uses four official Zentangle® patterns that begin with the letter 'T' : Tagh, ,Tipple, Tortuca, and Tripoli . They are all listed on Tangle Patterns with illustrations and suggestions, but Tipple and Tortuca do not have step outs posted. These tangles are pretty self-explanatory, but just in case you need a bit more information before you try them on your own, here are my notes about them... In this tile, I used Tipple in the negative spaces of the tangle pattern Fengle. The word tortuca means, among other things, turtle. It does resemble a turtle shell when completed. By the way, these pages are from my pattern notebook. The page is actually a free download from Tangle Patterns. On the home page in the top pink bar, there is a tab named "Organize Your Patterns". Linda Farmer has many suggestions there for pattern notebooks and plenty of free downloads. Check it out sometime! And now, since you have even more information about these pretty patterns, try your hand at this week's challenge. Click here for more information and have fun tangling! You are welcome to leave a comment in the space below. If you would like to hear from me, please use the email box to the right. Thank you!