The Tangletastic Challenge Wk 51 | Zentangle Tangled Thoughts - Clarity

Hello, Tanglers! 🎉

It's Week 51 of the Tangletastic Challenge✨

This Week's Zentangle Challenge: Clarity

This week it's all about Clarity. Let your tile evolve slowly, working one stroke at a time, and notice where your pen leads you rather than planning it all out first. That's hard for me to say as a Virgo lol. I do it in tangling, though; for some reason, I'm okay with that.

There is nothing like a good string, though, not gonna lie!

How to Get Started - Three Ideas For You

To develop this idea, you might consider:

• Starting with just one tangle in a corner and letting the next one respond to it, rather than sketching a plan first.

• Slowing right down and adding one stroke at a time, noticing how your thoughts settle as you go.

• Leaving some space open and untangled, and seeing how that space changes the feel of the whole piece

Here are samples from Chris (Govan) & Pauline (Herbert):

I used Lance-a-Lot by Thomas Padros, Tripoli and Shattuck by Zentangle.

Pauline said, "I overused my hands a bit last week. I intentionally slowed down with these tiles - taking frequent breaks to rest/relax my hands. My pen loved wandering for the 'DivaDance', although I ended up swapping the tiny orbs of 'Onomato' for stripes, as my hand felt the orbs were too much".

If you've enjoyed this challenge and you're thinking, "I want more of this", come and join us in the Tangle Emporium. It's where we do this every month: tangling, slowing down, switching the brain off for a bit, and actually enjoying the process.

A lovely little community of people who get it. It's just £35 a month, and there's no pressure, no hustle, just calm and creativity on repeat. We'd love to have you. The membership is closed now until autumn or maybe the new year. I haven't decided yet, but you can add your name to the Waitlist.

Join the Tangle Emporium Waitlist here.

In the meantime, come and join my free community section of the Tangle Emporium, where we share and chat all things tangling without the mean algorithms so people don't see your posts lol. You'll also get access to free classes and workshops.

Over to you!

Share Your Finished Zentangle Tile

Remember, the Tangletastic Challenge isn't a 'challenge' per se. It's meant to be a fun tangling 'challenge' to help you develop your Zentangle tiles, so don't overthink it. It's all about playing. Your tiles can be as simple as a 2" x 2" square.

Once you've created your tile, please share it in the Tangletastic group and then add it to the relevant album in the group (our Tangle Gallery)

I can't wait to see your tiles sparkle in the Tangle Gallery! 🌀👑

✨ Remember to stick to 'The Rules' ✨

1. Tangle to the weekly prompt.

2. Share your creation in my Tangletastic Facebook Group, and in the Tangle Gallery under the relevant prompt.

3. Share it on Instagram using #TangletasticChallenge and #Tangletastic, and remember to tag me @ruby2shoesdesign. 📸💖 Sharing on Facebook works too! 🌀👑

4. 💬 Share the Love: Comment on at least three other posts each week. This isn't a competition. Every tangle is magical! See someone's post without a comment? Please leave a little sparkle for them.

   
   

🌟 NB. ✨ While I'll be cheering you all on, I won't be commenting on every single post personally: The magic of this challenge is in us supporting one another as a community. 💖

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Come and join my Tangletastic group so you can join in.

Let's do this together! 🎉👠✨

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PPS. Did you know ... I've written a book!! It's a fabulous little book you can pop in your bag, ready to tangle at a moment's notice. Check it out here. Available in PDF too.