Julie writes...If you have been with us for a while now, you have probably picked up on what some of our favorite tangles are. You may have noticed Maria's love for mooka, Rick's preference for paradox, or maybe you have heard my campaign to rename marasu, marasuju(lie). We all have our favorite tangles, our comfort tangles and our challenge tangles, but as we were talking about tangles this month, we realized that we also had our supporting tangles. A supporting tangle is one of those tangles we reach for to add support to our tiles. They help build composition and continuity in our...

Martha writes... It’s late winter, here in New England. This time of the year comes with some challenges, yet also great beauty and potential. We find ourselves in the midst of the winter blues, longing for springtime temperatures and longer days. It’s a time for indoor activities, deep cleaning, reading and of course… tangling! I recently dove into a fairly large composition, in fact it, was Zentangle Project Pack No. 29…maybe you’ve heard of it? As is often the case, we at ZHQ follow along with all lessons as they are being filmed. This particular day was filled with the usual...

Rick writes: In 2007, we started BLOG Zentangle and began our enjoyable series of conversations within our Zentangle community. In reading through these blog posts with their insightful comments, we decided to bring a few of them to your attention from time to time. It is easy, for me anyway, to sometimes think of old information as stale information. But these insights and conversations are anything BUT stale! Today, we invite you to revisit this blog with us from August 2017... -- Begin Previous Post -- Molly writes... In the famous play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Juliet speaks to...