Julie writes… In conversations with other tanglers and in blog posts, I have always shared that my Zentangle journey does not involve learning all the tangles. I tend to use the same tangles again and again and I have always been content with that. This does not mean that I don’t like to try new tangles but I tend to know right away if I like a tangle or not. Or, do I? There have been plenty of times in which I have written off a tangle as “not for me” only to end up loving that tangle in the...

From 2019... Maria and I just received this letter: Dear Rick and Maria, Some time ago my husband and I went on a motorbike weekend with a group of 20 friends. My husband loves to ride his motorbike and it always warms my heart to see the smile on his face when he rides his horse of steel. I recognize his smile because it is the same smile I have on my face whenever I tangle. I cannot help it, even when I slightly think about Zentangle the smile appears.So, there we were in beautiful France, being blessed with some...

Julie writes… A few weeks ago, we celebrated the release Zentangle Project Pack No. 20. In this project pack, we explored blossoming tangles. Throughout the series I saw comments in online communities and many emails in my inbox from tanglers who had taken the idea from the project pack and gone in their own direction with it. They were wondering and hoping it was “okay” that they were exploring variations rather than following along exactly. Short answer: Yes, of course! Long answer: In the weeks of preparation for this project pack, here at Zentangle HQ, we were bouncing ideas off...