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Project Pack .04 -- 12 Days of Zentangle - Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of Zentangle!

In the Twelve Days of Zentangle series we borrow a traditional holiday song as a playful way to share fun, little Zentangle projects for twelve consecutive days. 

When Rick and Maria developed the Zentangle Method, one objective was to address the anxiety or distraction of deciding which tangle to do next. So when they designed the original green Zentangle Kit, they made a legend with 20 tangles on it and offered a 20 sided die to help choose which tangles to use.

The Zentangle Spinner of Project Pack 04 that we are using in these 12 Days of Zentangle expands on that idea. Now you can create your own legend to help choose tangles. And you can invent fun games to play and creative tangling parameters to guide you on your expanding tangled journey.

On each of these twelve days, we will offer a lesson that contributes to creating your Zentangle Spinner. All the necessary supplies are available in Project Pack #04 (available below).

If you don't have the Project Pack #04 with the spinner template, or you don't want to create one . . . you can still enjoy following along with the tangle instructions. The video instruction is free and available to all and we are happy to have you play along with whatever supplies you have.

And so, we begin . . .
12 Days of Zentangle - Day 1
On our preparation day, we added some color to the Zentangle Spinner. You can watch that video here.

Today, on this First Day of Zentangle, Martha serves up feast of jetties, flux, and zander and includes the secret ingredient . . . well!


Project Pack #04 -- 12 Days of Zentangle - Day 1
Project Pack #04 -- 12 Days of Zentangle - Day 1

See video with German subtitles here.
(Note to our viewers in China, in the next day or two, we will add these videos to a platform you can more easily enjoy.) 
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You can find the "12 Days of Zentangle" supplies in Project Pack 04 which is available at this link.
We'd love to read what you have to say and each day we will randomly pick a person from the list of commenters and send that person a gift from Zentangle Inc.

See you tomorrow for Day 2 as we continue tangling!

Rick Roberts

87 comments

  • I always look forward to this time of year as the Twelve Days project encourages me to pick up my pens and tangle every day for twelve days! I enjoyed adding color to my spinner yesterday and tangling today. Thank you for adding extra fun to this month!

    Laura Oldham on

  • I was so excited to begin. I got the packet 5 days ago and was so happy to start yesterday and the colors turned out lovely. I received the light blue and purple pencils. I switched the purple out for a mustard yellow and love the result. When I put today’s tangled on it was amazing. I can hardly wait until the next day. The only problem was that the email didn’t arrive until 11:30AM California time that the class was posted. I needed to tangle to lower my anxiety and it did the job. Thank for this great project

    Pat Rusch on

  • This is a wonderful way for me to experience Advent this year. I just found Zentangle and it has renewed my life. I love this first day of tangles.

    Vickie Stamper on

  • Thanks for putting together this Christmas gift 🎁 for newbies (myself) and All the members I have so enjoyed and admire seeing their beautiful and amazing tangle creations. I am so glad I finally acted on my desire to tangle and downloaded the Zentangle app. 🎨 🌟✨✨

    Kimberly Gilley on

  • Was enamored of the giant wheel at zenAgain and the thought, care and delight that went into creating it. Translated to a manageable size to bring to classes or use to choose tangles for daily practice is even more fab! I sat down with anticipation last evening to prep my spinner from project pack 04 and am pleased with the result. Generals watercolor pencils are very easy to use.

    Was tickled with today’s first day of tangling, led by Martha and how calming it was to focus me once i was able to watch when I was just plain excited to get home so I could ‘play’. Thank you for all the creative, fresh and inspirational examples you provide me on a daily basis.

    Looking forward to tomorrow’s video!

    PamS on

  • Looking forward to tangling each day with you! Day 1 down, 11 to go :))

    Ginger White on

  • I’ve been so looking forward to this – hoping to carve out some time for myself & make a spinner template so I can tangle along. It’s been an awfully long time since I last managed any real tangling & I’m badly out of practice but the fascination remains. As for my favourite of these: I always love grids but Flux tends to be a “go-to” & I absolutely love the embellishment on this. Thank you for once again doing this series of videos; it’s a lovely gift to tanglers.

    Evy on

  • This is a fun project. And it is great to have german subtitles! It makes it easier to many german tanglers to participate. Thanks!

    Anya CZT23 on

  • I love Alfie ❤️

    Floor on

  • Wonderful demo Martha! Love how you embellished Flux and your tip regarding Well is very helpful! You’ve inspired me to get to work on my spinner! Off to get it set up now!

    Sandy Kelley-Jones on

  • Lovely project.

    Diane Ross on

  • Love it! Thank you Martha for your calm and encouraging instructions.

    Kim on

  • I really like this project! Let’s tangling together :)

    Elena on

  • Love this, it’s made me want to pick up my pens and pencils again. Love what you have done with flux. I don’t have the spinner but I will make a start on something tomorrow.

    So relaxing to watch, thank you :)

    Debbie on

  • I look forward to this every time! This makes my day every day during the busy season.

    Shelly Tiefenthaler on

  • I don’t have the project packet kit but instead I am doing a silhouette of a Christmas tree and dividing it into three sections and filling it in with the same patterns that you will be doing each day. I’m loving it. I’m not sure if I will keep the same silhouette Christmas tree or create another silhouette each day. Either way it’s going to be an awesome 12 days

    Brenda on

  • My zentangle project pack is touring post offices “in transit to the next facility” …. so, today, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a delivery!!! [sad face]. Note to self - order early(earlier!)

    carol lee parry on

  • Really great to emphasise on the pure Zentangle feeling! I love the mindful words following the tangling! Thanks a lot for your passion and for sharing it with us!

    Melanie Bartsch on

  • This is a great tool. I finished day one! So fulfilling to see my tangles come to life. Thank you!

    Bernice Rogers on

  • Love this project!

    Jackie Saunders on

  • Enjoyed my first day. So fun to “tangle-a-long” and have a completed day.

    Lynne P on

  • Hermoso trabajo!! Esperando los demas dias . Gracias!!

    Maria Martinez Laplana on

  • Oh, thanks for making me start tangling again. It’s soo wonderful. Wish I’ll be strict to keep some time every day to tangle because it makes me feel soooo gooood! 💕

    Annika Wiener on

  • I love this project. I bought my daughter a pack too so we can compare notes at the end of each day. Thanks for the project pack and the videos. I love learning and creating!

    Jen Legate on

  • Oh my…. flux! This is one tangle I need to work on before it goes on the spinner! Thanks for the encouragement to exercise on tiles first! So excited to begin my first 12 Days of Zentangle as it is released!

    Beth Lovelle on

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