We hope that you have enjoyed our Back to Basics series as much as we have. It has been exciting, humbling, and inspiring to look back at where we started and how far we have come. At the same time, we also found comfort in the fact that over the years, the Zentangle Method has remained the same, guiding us on our creative journeys. In this blog, we are taking a trip down memory lane and looking back at the Zentangle Kit over the years. Enjoy! --- + ---   Rick writes: When Maria and I gave our first Zentangle Workshop...

The other day I was reading Living Water by Olog Alexandersson. It is a book about Victor Schauberger and his discoveries about water.  When I got to this image on page 35, I saw the tangle mi2 in it. The text under the image reads, "Water Disturbance Pattern. A thin brush has been drawn in a straight line through a shallow tray of glycerine treated water, whose surface has been dusted with powder. (Schwenk method, photo by A.J. Wilkes)." I took this tile that was hanging on our porch wall and put it beside the picture. Sure enough . . . that's mi2, a...

Julie writes... Last week we concluded our Back to Basics blog series with the announcement of our TWO new Zentangle Kits. We are so excited to share these kits with you and see where they take you on your Zentangle journey. We have been focusing on the basics of the Zentangle Method and some of you have asked, "then what?" After you have "mastered" the basics, what is the next step? Do you learn more tangles? Try black or Renaissance tiles? Add color? Where do you go beyond the basics? The short answer: There are no mistakes, so you can...