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Maria writes: Hi everyone. Today’s blog is about “mysaics.” We are all familiar with the word mosaic (in the world of Zentangle). It is a collection of tiles, created by a group of individuals, assembled into a grid for presentation purposes: to admire, to appreciate, to learn from. But, what would you call a mosaic all made up of only one artist’s tiles? Mysaic, of course! It occurred to me that I had never gathered up all (!) my tangles and appreciated the interplay and glow that only a mysaic can deliver. Well, for me, it was quite an effort to actually find all my tangles. They...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the inaugural International Day of Zentangle. When we were planning how to celebrate this day, we thought it would be so much fun to invite tanglers from around the world to tangle together. Over 3,000 tanglers joined us from near and far, at all hours of the day and night as Rick and Maria taught a new tangle to celebrate the occasion. We are thrilled to introduce and share with you the tangle idoz (International Day of Zentangle)! If you missed our live stream, you can watch the replay here: We are...
Rick writes... Maria and I always focused on the simplicity of the Zentangle Method. We often say that if you can write your name, you’ve already “drawn” all of the shapes or strokes you need to create Zentangle art. The basic strokes that we use to make all our tangles are: Dot Straight(ish) line Curved line S-shaped line Orb We now refer to those basic strokes as elemental strokes. This year is the 20th anniversary of the Zentangle Method, so it is a good time to tell the story of how the term icso came about. I remember exactly where...