Exactly two years ago today (that would be June 9, 2013 for those of you keeping track at home!) I opened a new-to-me book (One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun by Beckah Krahula), learned my very first tangle pattern (“Static”), and promptly fell in love with Zentangle®.
Having the feeling that tangling was going to be my thing, I immediately set up a Tumblr called Ten Thousand Tangles to share my creative journey (the good, the bad, AND the ugly!) with anyone who might be interested… and now here I am, celebrating two years, 584 Tumblr followers, and a whole bunch of learning and creativity along the way.
I can hardly believe it!
I’ll admit, this auspicious day kind of crept up on me – I mean, if I’d realized that my two year tangleversary was actually going to fall on a Tangled Tuesday, I definitely would have tangled something special to mark the day! Since I missed the boat on that one, however, I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to share a small selection of my finished Zentangle-inspired art (ZIA) pieces as a bit of a retrospective.
Hope you enjoy!
ZIA 5
ZIA 8
ZIA 10
ZIA 14
ZIA 15
ZIA 22
ZIA 24
ZIA 34
And now, onward… to many more years of tangling joy!
P.S.
The Zentangle® Method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and is copyrighted. Zentangle® is a registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. Learn more at zentangle.com.
Previous posts in this series are all tagged Tangled Tuesday.
For background on how I discovered and got involved in Zentangle, and links to further information and resources, check out my blog post For the love of tangling.
You can browse my entire tangle gallery at Ten Thousand Tangles.
And, if you’re interested in having a little piece of my art for yourself, please click on the GoFundMe button below for more information and also visit my Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Society6 and Zazzle. (Pssst… links to my international Ten Thousand Tangles shops on Zazzle are in the Alphabet Salad sidebar – just click on the appropriate flag and you’ll get to the place you need to be!)
How have you been creative this week?
Please share!
Awesome!
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June 10, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
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June 9, 2015
Awesome Happy Anniversary to the tangles
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June 10, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
These are absolutely gorgeous. I can’t believe how much you progressed in such a short time–the ones you did after only a couple of months are amazing. I’m still trying to figure out how to draw straight lines, lol. Such wonderful work. Thank you for sharing it all with us.
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June 10, 2015
Thank you so much, Elaine! I’m not sure I can draw straight lines either, LOL!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
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June 9, 2015
Happy Tangled Tuesday Anniversary! What an accomplishment!O what a tangled drawing you weave, two years old is hard to believe! (With apologies to William Shakespeare for butchering his original words! hahah!)
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June 10, 2015
Love it, Cat! Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
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June 9, 2015
Happy tangleversary to you. Your work is beautiful. I find it impossible to pick a favorite. How was I creative? Well, I am having to think of some creative solutions to some problems in my life. Call it invisible tangling!
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June 10, 2015
Thank you so much, Alana!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
Congratulations! Awesome tangles too..
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June 10, 2015
Thank you so much!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Happy Tangleversary to Me!
Those are some really awesome pieces, Laurel. Happy 2nd Tangleversary to you and here’s to many great things happening with your shop and leader aspirations! 😀
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June 12, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
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