Introduction to Zentangle Home Class

On July 11, I had the pleasure of giving a Zentangle class in the home of a friend. She invited friends from her book club as well as family, resulting in a wonderful group of 11 women. Before beginning the class, we all enjoyed the delicious food and drinks provided by the hostess.

It didn’t take long for the students to find their “zen” and start enjoying the tangling. You can see the lovely results below.

Tile One tangles used: Cresent Moon, Flux, Bales, Msst.

Tile Two: Tangles used: Printemps, Cadent, Flukes, Shattuck.

I think all the students loved looking at each others’ tiles in the mosaic and commented on how different they were, despite using the same tangles.

Thanks to my friend for introducing me to such an enthusiastic group of women. I hope I have the opportunity to teach each one of them again.

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Tan Tile Class at Miner’s Cafe

In June, 4 students and I explored a little more advanced Zentangle experience: Renaissance Tiles. On these tan tiles, black, white and brown ink is used, along with white charcoal highlighting and graphite pencil shading. It’s somewhat more complicated than the traditional black ink/white tile or white ink/black tile combinations. There are many more choices to make about what ink color to use. However, it’s hard to go wrong (and as you know, with Zentangle there are no mistakes) and the combination of these colors are beautiful.

See below for the first tiles the students and I completed.

Tangles used: Zander, Flux, Shattuck, Tripoli, Noom.

We then challenged ourselves even further by doing a tile with just one tangle, but this tangle required a little bit more focus: Huggins. As you can see below, this tangle has a woven look.

We made the Huggins tangle large, to allow for more tangles to be added inside.

Thanks to the students for a wonderful class exploring the many options of Renaissance Tiles!