20th Anniversary Zentangle Celebration
Tangle along with us in your journal or any other tangling surface for a yearlong celebration through tangles. We will offer fun prompts, tutorials and bits of inspiration throughout 2024.
January
Read our celebratory newsletter announcing the 20th Anniversary celebration and honoring the 8-steps of the Zentangle Method.
Journal Prompt - Gratitude 2024: In honor of the first step of the Zentangle Method, we would like to take a moment right here, right now, for gratitude. We encourage you to take a page to dedicate to this very important first step in the Zentangle Method... Gratitude.
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Journal Prompt - 8 Steps of The Zentangle Method: Reflect on the 8 Steps as a source of comfort and support.
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Journal Prompt - My First Tile: Create a page in your journal dedicated to then and now. Add an early tile of yours and a more recent one and reflect on how your practice has evolved over the years and what has remained the same.
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February
Journal Prompt - From the Heart: Take a moment to reflect on what fills your heart and surround those things by your favorite tangle.
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Heart Strings: Tangle along with Molly and Julie as they fill their hearts with tangles. Read the blog and also find the video here.
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March
March we are honoring the Birth of Zentangle. Read about the very start of the Zentangle Method.
Journal Prompt - Birth of Zentangle: This month, as we begin to look back at the beginning of the Zentangle Method’s journey, we invite you to look back at the beginning of your Zentangle journey. Open a new spread in your journal and reflect on when you first found the Zentangle Method. Are there tangles that remind you of your early journey? How does it feel to explore those tangles now?
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Journal Prompt - ICSO: Write ICSO in large letters on your page. Use the letters as a string/guide for your tangles. As you tangle, pay attention to each line and which elemental stroke it uses.
Maybe, use tangles that utilize only 1 elemental stroke at a time, like indyrella, keeko, knightsbridge, etc.
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April
Learn about our fundamental philosophy of No Mistakes!
Journal Prompt - No Mistakes: Open up to a new spread dedicated to No Mistakes. Take a moment to reflect on how this philosophy has shifted your perspective both on and off the tile. Are there tangles or techniques that you have not tried for fear that you will not do them the “right way”? Use these pages to explore those tangles and techniques and remember… No Mistakes!
Follow along and Tangle the Spill with Molly and Julie!
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May
Enjoy getting to know Bijou!
Bijou Be Well 2024: We are making our way through Bijou’s Be Well Series 2024 and enjoying the simple tranquility of one tangle and one tile at a time.
Journal Prompt - If you are looking to expand on this series, we encourage you to open to a blank page in your journal. Add 4 dots to the corners and connect them to create a border. Inside your border create a string that has (at least) 21 spaces. Each day, after you finish your 3Z tiles, come back to your journal and add the tangle to this page.
On the opposite page, feel free to reflect on what this series means to you. Is there a Bijou Comic that resonates with you? Write down a few reasons why.
June
June's theme is all about celebrating our Certified Zentangle Teachers!
Journal Prompt - In your journal this month, we are focusing on shading. We encourage you to push the limits by adding layers and layers (and more layers) of contrast to create an illusion of light and dark.
In between the tangles, reflect on if you have ever taken a Zentangle class with a CZT or followed a tutorial that really pushed you outside of your comfort zone. How did that go? What did you learn?
Join Molly in this tutorial about creating depth and darkness in your Zentangle Art.
July
Read all about Zentangle HQ's Teatime Tradition!
Journal Prompt - As you think about how these rituals and traditions hold us together and surround us with comfort, tangle around your thoughts focusing on borders and border tangles.
We invite you to take a break, have some tea, and meet some of our Certified Zentangle Teachers!
August
In August we are celebrating Aura!
Project Pack No. 24 digs deep into this technique and introduces Lady Aura!
September
Read all about September's theme, Mosaic, in our newsletter.
Have you experienced the magic of the mosaic? Whether in a class with others or with your own tiles, the mosaic offers a moment for gratitude, appreciation and reflection.
Journal Prompt - Choose a spread in your journal and trace a tile repeatedly on a page, side by side. We recommend a Bijou or 3Z tile. Tangle each tile space, maybe with the same exercise in each tile or a composition that flows from one space to the next.
On the opposite page, reflect on your own mosaic experience.
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Follow along as Julie guides you through a tutorial on strings and mosaics using Translucen-Z tiles.
October
Read all about October's theme, Anything is Possible, in our newsletter.
This month we will honor the philosophy that Anything is Possible . . . One Stroke at a Time. Do you have an Anything Is Possible One Stroke at a Time story? We want to hear it! Submit your story by clicking here.
Journal Prompt - Starting a big Zentangle project can feel a little daunting. You may ask yourself, how am I going to finish?
One stroke at a time.
Open to a blank page in your journal and fill the entire page with a string, creating many different spaces for tangles. Over the course of this month, celebrate Anything Is Possible One Stroke at a Time by filling your spaces one at a time, slowly and deliberately. By the end of the month, you will have filled the entire page, one stroke at a time.
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