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PULSAR: New EASY Zentangle Tangle

PULSAR: A SUPER EASY new Zentangle Pattern by Pegi Schargel, CZT

The PULSAR tangle is an incredibly simple, versatile, and adaptable Zentangle pattern. It is just waiting for your playful tangling agility and your own artistic creativity.  It begs to be used in many ways including a stand-alone tangle, a ribbon, a ‘flower’, using diamonds or squares instead of orbs, and other tangle enhancers like rounding, etc.

How the PULSAR tangle came to be… I love everything about SPACE. I even saw a Space Shuttle launch! PULSAR grew out of half-listening to a Space podcast and seeing an image of a pulsar, hence the name and the new tangle. Continue on to see the pattern!

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Zentangle: B’Twined a new tangle by Pegi Schargel, CZT

I have come up with a new Zentangle Pattern, it is a 3-D, grid based tangle. When I was developing the tangle I never imagined something so simple could “Be so entwined!” I took that phrase and came up with the abbreviation B’Twined for it’s name. It only uses just 2 strokes – a straight line and a parenthesis stroke – yet the resulting tangle looks very complex.

It does take a bit of practice to get it down.  I highly recommend initially practicing  B’Twined with straight lines and drawing it on a huge grid makes it easy to learn and results in a nice lattice pattern tangleation. Once you learn it, then you can switch over to using the parenthesis strokes and you can also reduce it’s size because it scales down quite nicely. So here you go… read on for all the details.

Linda Farmer, CZT from TanglePatterns.com says:

B’Twined is today’s very cool tangle pattern and it’s from CZT Pegi Schargel of Portland, OR. This is her first tangle on the site… B’Twined is one of those 3D “over-under” tangles that are so visually interesting and it’s a super simple tangle to draw.

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Zentangle Mosaic Review Part 2

In this Zentangle Mosaic Review Part 2, I will be going over how to install the application, using it’s on-screen demo, navigating the software, and – best of all – some tips on the Waterfall. This is a continuation of my ongoing coverage of the Zentangle Mosaic app from Zentangle HQ.

Read on for more…

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Zentangle Mosaic Review Part 1

Zentangle Mosaic Startup Screen

A Zentangle Mosaic Review of Zentangle Software for iPhone and Android

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Grab the software and come right back for my multiple-part review with tips, tricks, and techniques for using Zentangle Mosaic!

Part 1: Zentangle Mosaic Brief Overview

The English version of Zentangle Mosaic 1.0 has just been released by Zentangle Books & Creations! It is a cool, new, first of it’s kind inspirational World-wide Tangler’s viewer and sharing app (with a social media approach). Think of Zentangle Mosaic as a window to the global Zentangle community that you can peek into or become a part of any time you want. Zentangle Mosaic is currently available for the Android and iPhone platforms. There are two distinct versions of the app: there is the feature-limited Free Version viewer and, when activated, it turns into the more feature filled Subscription Version. For either functionality, you start by downloading the Free Version. This Zentangle Mosaic Review is done on an iPhone 6S and a 6S+.

Read on for my initial thoughts…

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Soluna Tangle – A New Zentangle Pattern

Soluna is a new tangle by me, Pegi Schargel, CZT. It consists of three easy strokes; orbs (circles), straight-ish lines, and a curved line (arc). Create Soluna in just three very easy steps. The inspiration for this new tangle is an outdoor light called Negron 1 that I saw in an online home improvement catalog. This shows that inspiration for tangle patterns can come from anywhere! Keep reading to see the exact steps…
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Zentangle Opus: My First Experience – Part 2

This is the 2nd part of a series. Be sure to see Zentangle Opus: My First Experience – Part 1 here!

Zentangle Opus Tile Part 2

After having drawn a wonderful string on my Opus Tile, I tangle Crescent Moon. It’s a standard tangle that I often use.  I also teach it to all students in my Do More Art Zentangle Basics and Introduction to Zentangle classes at Portland Community College. I decide to give crescent moon a prominent placeA few tangles have been added. on the tile, front and center. I decide to draw it  large and gave it 7 crescents so that it would not look too crowded. I decide to leave the center as white space to shade later. If I don’t like that, I know I can always fill it with solid black ink, or add the Tipple pattern. I think to myself that it looks naked sitting there on the tile. For a moment I fear that the scale is inappropriately large for the tile size. No worries, just tangle on and see what happens! 🙂

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Zentangle Opus: My First Experience – Part 1

My First Opus Tile

My incredibly talented Interior Designing Mother-in-Law had asked me to create a larger piece of Zentangle art for display in her gorgeous home. I have tangled for years and yet, I was a bit apprehensive about the idea of creating for the large 10-1/2″ square Zentangle Opus Tile format. I have made a couple of 9-tile ensembles in the past and had a lot of fun creating those, so I figured I’d give it a try. I ordered 5 Opus Tiles from Zentangle headquarters.

The tiles arrived quickly and I excitedly opened the package. The Opus tiles were well protected in a glassine bag and were carefully enclosed between two larger pieces of paper board to prevent damage.
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Review: Tangle Deck 1

IMG_3102Tangle Deck 1 is the brainchild of Lynn Mead, a Certified Zentangle® Teacher (CZT), from Monroe, WA. All CZTs attend extensive training in Providence, RI and are personally instructed by the founders of Zentangle, Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. This review assumes that you are familiar with the Zentangle Method and the associated terminology.

Have you ever tried to draw your own reference Tangles and Step-outs on tiles? I have and I could never get enough info on the front of the 3-1/2″ tile. LIMG_3107ynn takes care of that problem elegantly!

Tangle Deck 1 – What Is It?

Lynn has created Tangle Deck 1 to be a reference for named, non-copyrighted, repetitive images as introduced by Zentangle Inc. and as a wonderful source of inspiration for people who draw using the Zentangle Method.

The portable paperboard boxed set consists of fifty-four beautifully illustrated, coated large 3-1/2” by 5-3/4” cards, and an accompanying flat-lying, thirty-five page spiral bound booklet titled Tangle Deck Techniques. Fifty-two of the cards have easy to learn, copyright-free Tangles directly from Zentangle Headquarters.
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