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One mistake I am glad I made
Learn how a mistake I am glad I made transformed my creative practice with tips to help your mental blocks and creativity.
Learn how to draw this new pattern Machy-Wachy
Learn how to draw the new pattern Machy-Wachy in a couple easy steps. An easy step-by-step tutorial.
5 significant lessons I learned with Zentangle ®
What are the 5 most significant lessons I learned with the Zentangle Method? Before I answer, I want to share a list from this article of the Zentangle blog. In this compelling article, Molly Hollibaugh talks about the relationship between Zentangle and shares this...
What to Bring on Your Vacation: packing tips to traveling light with your Zentangle® materials
Our brains, bodies, and souls all need downtime. And, a break from our hectic, hyper-connected lives can be rejuvenating. It's is why I am excited to share my tips for traveling lightly with Zentangle®. Whether you're on a business trip or a week-long vacation, the...
Take your practice to the next level
What is the one thing that prevent you from taking your creative practice to the next level? As an experienced Certified Zentangle® Teacher and over the last 8 years teaching, I have seen this over and over : people struggle with the next step (and sometimes with the...
What is Zentangle?
You may have heard about Zentangle® and wondered what is exactly Zentangle? Zentangle is a trademark. It is also a method. What is the Zentangle Method™ ? Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas are the founder of the Zentangle Method. It is a fun, relaxing and easy-to-learn...
How to organize and store your Zentangle® artwork
This question “how to organize and store your Zentangle® artwork” is a recurring subject in my Facebook group Le Monde Francophone Zentangle and from my students! And I know why. I don’t know if you are like me, but quickly after I started to practice with the...
You don’t have to be Picasso to be an artist
You don’t have to be Picasso to be an artist. Let me explain.
5 Tips to Enhance your Creative Practice
A list of 5 essentials tips to enhance your creative practice. While you practice the Zentangle Method™, these tips will help you take your creative practice to the next level.
Day 10 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 10 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 9 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 9 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 8 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 8 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 7 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 7 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 6 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 6 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 5 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 4 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 4 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021.
Here is day 4 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper. Vous pouvez lire l’article en français sur le site.
Day 3 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 3 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 2 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021.
Here is day 2 of the challenge TangleFolie for La Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Day 1 of the challenge Tanglefolie for the Francophonie 2021
Here is day 1 of the challenge TangleFolie for the Francophonie 2021. A challenge that takes you on a journey with pen and paper.
Challenge : Tanglefolie pour la Francophonie 2021
Tanglefolie pour la Francophonie is a challenge for word lovers that takes you on a journey with a pen, pencil and paper.
Exploring possibility
An article that explore presence, perspective and possibility in our lives and our creativity.
Everything is a Learning Experience
This week reflection on the saying “everything is a learning experience” while practicing the Zentangle Method™.
5 Creative Simple Gifts You Can Give This Holiday Season
I have gathered here for you a list of 5 creative simple gifts you can give this holiday season.
Three Months Worth
three months worth of tangled work
Learn how to draw a new tangle : Finegogh
Learn this new tangle: Finegogh. You can draw this pattern, using pen and paper, by following these quick and simple steps.
How to Make Baguettes
Learn how to make your own baguettes with step-by-step instructions and pictures
A pen and some fabric | un stylo et du tissu
Why tangle only on paper? There are so many other fun options! Like fabric. What do you tangle on for fun? Pourquoi tangler uniquement sur du papier? Il y a plein d'autres options, dont le tissu. Et vous sur quoi vous tanglez quand vous voulez vous amuser?
Walking the Labyrinth
As I continue to share how to draw Labyrinths in class, I wanted to share with you this work on a classical Man In a Maze Labyrinth. As usual I like the approach of hand drawing the labyrinth, it allows me to let go of the idea of a perfect shape. I just walk the...
April’s Fool | Poisson d’Avril
In France, when I grew up, there was this tradition on April fool's day to cut out little paper fish and paste them on people's back without them noticing. As a kid, it was so much fun and usually you were laughing so hard, it was difficult to do it unnoticed. I...
Well, well, who
A new tangle got released recently by Zentangle, Inc. It was a fun experience to teach in class. Un nouveau tangle vient de sortir récemment, publié par Zentangle, Inc. C'était amusant à enseigner et à voir la variété dans les tuiles réalisées. And look how much...
Labyrinth exploration
I am just sharing an image today. Walk the labyrinth for me please. Je partage juste une image aujourd'hui. -- "We enter a labyrinth to find our center, we enter a maze to loose ourselves..."
Embedded letters | Lettres inscrites
I have been hooked on embedded letters. It is a somewhat recent trend in the Zentangle Method®️ world. It is just plain fun. But eventually I wanted to be able to to frame them, to feel like I could manage how they evolved on my paper. Make them self standing in a...
E41: Being hard on ourselves | Trop (?) dur avec soi
Are you too hard on yourself? Do you find yourself to be judgmental and hold yourself to a higher standard (too high?)? I do. So do a lot of people. In this episode Kellie and I try to figure out why, and more importantly how to cut it out and be nicer...
Tenacity |Ténacité – 3
Here is another example of a class series exploring tenaciously and in depth a new technique: the DUAL COLOR TILE. --> You can read more about the importance of tenacity and this series of blog posts here. Voici un autre exemple de séries de cours explorant en...
E40 Masculine-Feminine
As we explore the subject of the Muse or Inspiration through a series of episodes, we thought it would be interesting to look at the concept of masculine/feminine and how that affects our creativity and our inspiration. All throughout the world, time and culture,...
