Thanks everyone for coming along this year. Zentangle really does bring together a lovely group of people. (This photo was taken in week 2 – sorry to those people who were away or had to leave early and missed out on the photo)
Hope you all enjoy the holiday season and New Year celebrations and I’m looking forward to next year!
Just finished the classes for Term 1 at St George & Sutherland Community College.
We had so much fun creating together. We explored many different patterns and their variations. I felt that everyone really relaxed and allowed their creativity to flow. On the first day we focused on heart shapes for Valentine’s Day and on the last day we created organic shapes which reminded us of nature. We also added water colour on the last day which was a lot of fun.
Thank you so much – it was a really enjoyable term and I’m so looking forward to next term!
Next 4 Week Class starts at St George & Sutherland Community College on Monday 9th May 2022. (9.30am to 12.30am).
If you’d like to join us please contact the College directly and if you’ve never done Zentangle before, then sign up to the Introduction to Zentangle (3 hours) on Monday 2nd May 2022 (9.30am to 12.30am)
We’ve just finished the 6 week Beyond the Basics class at St George & Sutherland Community College. Zentangle really does attract lovely groups of like-minded people (I know I keep saying it – but it’s true!). We went out for lunch after the last class which topped off the 6 weeks!
What’s next? I’ve just updated the Workshops page with the latest Class Schedule so have a look at what’s available for the rest of the year and January 2020. Labyrinths, 3Z Stars & Klimt inspired tiles to name a few.
I will be sending out an email by Monday 23/9/19 so if you don’t receive one and would like to, then please contact me on the Contact/Bookings page
There were a lot of laughs, fun and friendships made this week at both the Zendala Classes. We didn’t quite finish the all tiles but you could post them here in the comments when they are finished, if you want. The tiles look amazing and each have their own individual style. I love them all!
The little succulent plant photo was taken on Saturday morning just outside my studio before the class started. When you look closely you can see some beautiful little dewdrops on the leaves. And the leaves are the perfect shape to add to mandalas. Nature is so perfect.
We’re half way through the 6 week Zentangle Class. Time is flying by so fast. In week 3 we created these lovely tiles with a floral theme.
There are spots available for the advanced class this Thursday. We’re going to explore a special string which will create a ‘circle in a Square’. I hope it will be a spring board to inspire you to take your creativity further.
Looking forward to seeing those who are booked in. If you’d like to join us or find out more information then contact me on the ‘bookings’ page of Artoftangling.com.
These tiles were created in the second part of the beginners’ class held at St George & Sutherland Community College. Both classes were full of wonderful people relaxing and creating beautiful art.
We started today with open hearts and thoughts for our dear fellow student Bev who passed away suddenly this week. Bev was booked in to join us for the class today and I believe she was there with us in spirit.
I had the pleasure of knowing Bev through our Zentangle classes on about 10 occasions. Bev was a lovely, kind and wonderfully creative person. We will miss you Bev.
The Borders class was a relaxing morning of exploring different tangles as borders. We created a ‘border sampler’ which can be used for future reference to create borders.
A tip when deciding on a border for a piece of art would be to reflect some element of the artwork in the border. This can bring the border into harmony with the art rather than competing with it.
The second part of the class was ‘Embedded letters’. This is a technique described by Maria Thomas from Zentangle Inc in which words or letters are aura’d and embellished. The results were amazing! I love embedded letters – they can be used in such a great variety of ways – in journals, snail mail paper and and envelopes and they make a beautiful decorations for cards and gifts.
The first class for the year will be on “Borders”. I’ve had several requests for this class and thought that the new year is a great time to explore this theme. Other requests have been for journals, so I’m combining both themes with a very relaxed start to the year. If you have a journal, 2019 diary or notebook and would like to decorate some pages with borders, then bring it along. If you don’t have a journal, come along and decorate some tiles instead. It is up to you!
If you need any encouragement or motivation to start a journal visit UNESCO SIX exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales. This is an amazing collection of First Fleet Journals, WWI Diaries and notebooks. I visited there today. You can read more about this on the State Library website.
To book into the class, go to the bookings page and fill out the form. Looking forward to seeing you!
Art of Tangling 