Tanglepatterns Tangle Guide 2015
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TANGLE
GUIDE
2015 Edition
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Zentangle® is …
Zentangle is an easy to learn, relaxing and fun way to create
beautiful images by drawing structured patterns called tangles.
Zentangle improves focus, stimulates creativity, increases
confidence, reduces stress, and quiets your restless mind.
A Zentangle is:
• unplanned: it grows organically, the results surprise you
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“Quality tools are important.” A Zentangle is drawn with
a fine-nib black permanent ink pen (Sakura Micron 01 rec-
ommended) on a 3 1/2-inch square white tile of high quality
printmaking paper. Completed tiles can be arranged together
Maria & Rick in a mosaic.
Drawing a Zentangle is referred to as tangling, and the
The Zentangle art form and method completed tile is a Zentangle.
was created by Rick Roberts and
Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Tangle patterns are widely used in other forms of arts and
Zentangle® is a registered crafts and on paper and supports other than Zentangle tiles.
trademark of Zentangle, Inc.
These are referred to as “Zentangle-inspired” creations, or
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simply Zentangle art.
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A pattern is not always a tangle
A tangle has no pre-planning with pencil
guidelines, grids or dots, no erased lines.
It’s just pure Zentangle magic … one pen stroke at a time.
The Zentangle Method was designed to remove the thinking, planning, decision-making
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and other obstacles that often hinder creativity or even prevent people from creating art
at all.
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For this reason Zentangles are intended to be as little like drawing pictures as
possible. Patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure,
or scene, are not tangles. For example, floral patterns are not usually tangles.
“It’s also why (for the most part) we give our tangles names that have
little relationship with what a tangle looks like,” writes co-founder Rick
Roberts. “We usually choose names that don’t create a preconception
of how a tangle should look.”
This is the heart of the Zentangle Method. By eliminating recognizable objects or
scenes — and thus the associated “thinking” that goes with them — we become totally
focused on each stroke of the abstract, structured pattern-making that grows organically
into the usually-surprising end result. This process intentionally short-circuits the restless
mind and facilitates the pleasurable calm we experience in our Zentangle practice.
Characteristics of a tangle
A tangle is a single pattern. A Zentangle is the finished art on a tile containing one or
more tangles.
P generally tangles are at most 2 or 3 simple strokes, repeated
P tangles never start with pencil: they’re simple enough to draw without using
pre-printed grids or pencil dots or guidelines that are later erased
P tangles do not use rulers, stencils, or any other mechanical or digital aids
P tangles are abstract, non-objective (non-representational)
P tangles have no up or down orientation — there’s no “right side up”
P tangles are usually an overall pattern that grows organically, rather than a
single motif
P tangles are elegant, unique
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Helpful Resources
¡ Official Zentangle Kit — see this link for complete details
on the Kit’s contents including Maria’s DVD tutorial
¡ Zentangle-related books
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How the guide works and a few fun
ways you can use it
1. ALL the official Zentangle-original tangles (ie. by Maria, Rick
or Molly) are included, their names are highlighted in pink.
2. If there are no authorized online instructions for an official
Why are there tangle there’s a blank square as shown on the left.
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blank squares? 3. If you have the Official Kit, look in your Beginning Zentan-
gle booklet and on the Legend and you can draw your own
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Using the Guide Here are some fun and innovative ways other tanglers use the
TANGLE GUIDE to help select tangles.
to select tangles 1. Lynne Donovan prints the Guide and numbers each of the
tangles. Then she uses a random number generator to pick
the patterns. You can use an app on your smartphone or use
the RANDOM TANGLE SELECTOR I’ve added on the sidebar
on the site. “No cheating! You have to use the one the ma-
chine picks!”
2. CZT Suzanne McNeill has a similar but no-tech idea in keep-
ing with Zentangle. Number the pattern columns across
from 1-5 and the rows down from 1-6. Using dice, roll one
to choose the column and another for the row. Use the
tangle where the two rolled numbers intersect.
3. Print the pattern pages on light card stock then cut the
tangles into “chips”. Put the chips into a bag or an attrac-
tive container. Mix them well and draw the number of chips
you need. Homeschool teacher Faron writes, “Now, when
we need a break, or on art days, we reach into the bag and
pull a few patterns and enjoy a few peace-filled hours!”
Cheers & Happy Tangling!
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COOL BEANS COPADA CORAL SEEDS CORN ROWS CORNER BOX = FLUKES
Lynn Herrin Margaret Bremner, CZT Suzanne McNeill, CZT Suzanne McNeill, CZT Suzanne McNeill, CZT
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diamonds & squares DIAMONDX DIOSEA DIVA DANCE WALTZ DIVA DANCE FOXTROT
Deanne Stewart-Mills Angie Whalen Sue Zanker Zentangle Zentangle
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