A Tangleation in the Zentangle community is when you start to tangle a pattern, but then add your own twist to it. A very basic example could be starting with a straight-lined pattern, but tangling it with wavy lines instead. I like to describe it as the exploration of the “What if….” question. “What if you tangle it backwards?” “What if you re-arrange the order of the pen strokes?” “What if you tangle it extra-large, or extra small?” The list is endless. The curiosity to ask all of these “What if…” questions and, one stroke at a time, see where they lead, is the magic of the Tangleations exercise.

While we naturally do tangleations when we create a tile, we rarely spend solid time just brainstorming and taking notes about the many ways you can flip a tangle pattern on its head. That’s what this Tangleations bundle is all about!! Each 1-hour class is a notetaking, brainstorming session, guided by my methodical thinking process, so that you will leave each class with pages and pages of ideas for your tangling playtime.

In this series, you will learn how the shapes shown here were inspired by Sedgling, a tangle pattern by Zentangle HQ.