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Zentangle Project Pack No. 16 - The 12 Days of Zentangle 2021 - Day 08

Zentangle Project Pack No. 16 - The 12 Days of Zentangle 2021 - Day 08

The elves got together today to discuss the process, to beautify.  It seems that to them, it would be first and foremost on their minds the second they pick up their pen/pencil.  Of course, Nomi chimed in and said “there are many other considerations such as: to make it interesting, memorable or even distinct.  But, to him, to make his Zentangle art beautiful is his constant aim.” Marasu said in her quiet voice, that she felt Rick had a way of always making his tile beautiful, even though his thoughts at this time we’re perhaps to teach a class where both seasoned tanglers and those who are new to this art form could feel their time gloriously melt away. 

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Welcome to the Zentangle Project Pack No. 16 and the eighth day of the 12 Days of Zentangle!

This Zentangle series offers us a moment to pause and reflect on the past year. 2021, like all years, has proven to be a time of growth. As each one of us continued with our journeys we persevered with strength, courage, resilience, and trust. In a year of rebuilding, we were given the opportunity to choose what we wanted to keep with us and what we wanted to leave behind. As the year unfolded, we hope you were able to lean on your Zentangle practice and focus on the beautiful things that came through. Together, in this series, we will in-crease our skills while navigating this part of our journey one stroke at a time. In this year-end series, we will be looking closely between the layers and folds of our Zentangle practice. As we score some new tools for our tangling toolbox, we will dig into some creative, tangled ways to celebrate and illuminate your Zentangle art.


We will be working with the materials in the Zentangle Project Pack No. 16, but we encourage you to follow along with whatever materials that you have.

Day 08

Project Pack No. 16 materials are available here

Please share your creations on the Zentangle Mosaic App using the hashtag #PP16Day08 and #12DaysofZentangle2021

Let Alfie know your thoughts and each day we will pick a commenter at random to receive a Zentangle Surprise! 

The winner from Day 07 is Nancy Wilcox ! Please send your snail mail address to julie@zentangle.com.

Julie Willand

25 comments

  • I enjoyed the simplicity of revisiting old friends (tangles!) and ending up with a beautiful piece!

    Ellen Weinman on

  • Funny idea with the Bijous! So nice and relaxing to follow all days!| 😍

    Annika Wiener on

  • Funny idea with the Bijous! So nice and relaxing to follow all days!| 😍

    Annika Wiener on

  • I’m still working on 6 and enjoying every minute. Blessings!

    Myra J Arnold on

  • How fun to use the basic tangles to make a clever ornament.

    Marty Greiner on

  • I love the bijou tile ornament!

    AndreaR on

  • Some of my favorite designs, Bijou tiles are so much fun!

    Debbie J on

  • Bijous tiles make for nice size ornaments – perfect for hanging on a wine bottle when gifting, attaching to a gift instead of a bow or simply hanging on the tree. Thanks for another wonderful idea.

    Deborah R on

  • Love bijous for a 15-30minutes meditation or also to perform monotangles as we can see in this 8day!

    Beautiful ornament & with basic tangles ✍🏻🤩

    Meritxell on

  • I love to use Bijous when I don’t have time to do a larger tile or when I want to practice. I sm so enjoying this series.

    Llynn on

  • The little bijou tiles are great. Small can still be mighty.

    Andrea K on

  • “When you turn the tile of your world you don’t miss the new perspectives and new answers. " You both are so brilliant. I love those moments when you compare tangling with life.

    It’s very inspiring… for drawing and life. This is probably what is the favorite part of my zentangle world. Besides many others 😊

    Joanna Kohl on

  • Bijou tiles look like so much fun, I’ll need to get some to try.

    Nancy Wilcox on

  • Congratulations, Rick! This was another wonderful lesson in taking the basics and playing with them! I loved it, especially the mention of glitter! (I was surprised to hear that it was Maria that vetoed the glitter! ) You know what they say, if 10 people are making crafts together, and one of them decides to use glitter, how many projects have glitter on them???? All, of course! It might be nice to beautify the dust bunnies!

    LLS on

  • Congratulations, Rick! This was another wonderful lesson in taking the basics and playing with them! I loved it, especially the mention of glitter! (I was surprised to hear that it was Maria that vetoed the glitter! ) You know what they say, if 10 people are making crafts together, and one of them decides to use glitter, how many projects have glitter on them???? All, of course! It might be nice to beautify the dust bunnies!

    LLS on

  • I too use the basic tangles a lot!

    Cathrine Nicols on

  • To beautify it’s a great focus….tangling in bijou its fun and easy to make a Christmas ornaments movile….I’m enjoying a lot with this project pack

    carmela on

  • Bijou tiles are a great size for this project. So fun !

    Jackie on

  • What a fun shape! Not what I was expecting. And I am going to dip mine in glitter. Thanks for the suggestion!

    Mary Ann Wren-Jarvis on

  • This project is can be made simple or elegant just by the chosen tangles that are used. The small size makes it a good tree ornament. ❤️

    Kathy Y. on

  • Time to buy some Mod Podge and add some Zentangle spirit to our tree!

    Viola Dean on

  • I ❤️Bijous!!! So excited about day8’s dimensional design & tangles used⭐️ Thank you

    Jennifer on

  • Tangled Rick’s Paradox ornament (Day 2). I added a light layer of glitter. So beautiful!!! Thank you for making the holidays even more beautiful.

    Terry Scott on

  • I love those bijou tiles. Luckily for me I know the patterns very well, because I learned them from the book Primer1. Love those ornaments.

    Anneke de Reijke on

  • And again a beautiful new pendant for our christmas tree. ✨ Thank you.

    Claudia Fießinger on

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