More Betweed

We though you might be enjoy seeing Maria's original sketch pages for betweed.

Now that you've "met" betweed, here are some Zentangles (some new, some previously published) that include betweed and show its beauty and versatility.

It has been such a rush to read your comments on our first YouTube. Thank you all so much. And thank you for sharing and linking it so more can see it.

We were so grateful reading the comments because we could tell that people really "got" what Zentangle's about.

For instance:

This is the first time that I really could understand the difference between zentangling and "d......." [ed. "doodling"] Now I understand that it is a structured meditation and that it is the structure or tangles which make it that much more powerful.

As informative as videos can be, there's something special about a Zentangle Workshop with a Certified Zentangle Teacher. You get so many additional insights. You share your experience with others. You can ask questions in real time and enjoy seeing everyone's Zentangles arranged together. We encourage you to contact a CZT in your area to attend or arrange a Zentangle workshop. Molossus (linked on our sidebar) puts it best when she says:

I think the video shows what the benefit of attending classes by a CZT would be.

You can look at drawn out steps until you are blue in the face, but sometimes you just need to see someone drawing it.

 Thanks Molossus.

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I ♥ Zentangle

Margaret Bremner, CZT, from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada sent us this photo of her beautiful recent Zentangle creation.

I found some interesting flecked all-hemp paper recently and had to share this with you. The heart appeared among the tangle so, of course, I had to call it "I ♥ Zentangle" :-)  !

-- Margaret

Margaret used sepia and brown inks with brown shading. Piece size is 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30.5 cm).

Thank you so much for sharing that with us and everybody here.

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September 28, 2010 Newsletter and Video

Our September 28, 2010 newsletter has been published. You can sign up for it on our website. It's free. You can view all our newsletters here.
In this newsletter we introduce our new tangle, betweed, and also our first video. Below you can see larger views of the Zentangles that we create in our first video.

Please refer to our this issue of our newsletter for written instructions for betweed.

 Enjoy!




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Challenge!

Yesterday Maria invited suggestions for a Zentangle challenge. One suggestion was to create a Zentangle with just one tangle.

In this next example, Maria used only crescent moon in its basic format, only altering its size.

In this second example, she used a variety of interpretations of bales.

We welcome your comments and your additional challenges!

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A is for Angela

Angie Vangalis, CZT from Texas, just sent us a picture of her completed Master Class project.

It's beautiful, Angie! Thank you for sharing this with us.

If you are interested in taking a Zentangle class from a Certified Zentangle Teacher like Angie, please visit this page for a list of CZTs and their contact info.

Challenge!
Maria had so much fun challenging herself to do a Zentangle with just straight lines that she's looking for new challenges. If you have a challenging suggestion for creating a Zentangle, please offer it and we'll give it a go.

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Sonnet 116

Maria was given a commission to reproduce Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 for an upcoming wedding. She researched lettering styles of the late 1500s, early 1600s to find this popular lettering style of that era.

She used that as her inspiration for her initial letter, except she incorporated Zentangle tangles for its surrounding filigree. Finished piece is approximately 13 x 26 inches. (We smudged the bride's and groom's names for privacy.)

Here's a close-up of that "L" in all its tangled glory . . .

This paper has such a beautiful laid pattern that I had to hold it up to the light and take a picture so you could appreciate its pattern.

Maria had so much fun with that "L" that she did an "R" on a Zentangle tile this morning. (Thanks, Maria!)

In case you've recently joined us, Maria keeps up her day job as a lettering artist and designer. You can see some of that work here.

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AIPOSAAT

Zentangle's slogan is "Anything is possible, one stroke at a time."

A fun story came our way from a Zentangle CZT:

I am in the process of moving my fiber arts studio to another city . . . . a very cool thing, but I've got TONS of stuff, and it's about 45 minutes away.

As I was driving up the highway, the thought came into my head . . .  "You can move anything... One Prius at a time" . . . which is how I am actually doing this... :)

Maria created this Zentangle to celebrate your move . . .

. . . while looking out our window at this.

Notice how most of Nature is not woven, but in a hollibaugh style of "behind."

Read about what's behind our slogan here.

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