Core Classes
Every Tangle U Student is registered each of the three hour Core Classes

Starfish: The Art of the Interrupted Line

Eni Oken, CZT
​"Starfish" is more than an exercise in coloring tangles: it is an exploration of how to use shortened lines to enhance Zentangle® in a number of different ways. Interrupted, fading or shortened lines can create 3D effects, can enhance pre-shading through line-weight and can also help to produce vibrant color mixes and highlights. 
In this lesson, you'll learn how to create this lovely starfish using Mooka 3D and how to color it using Copic markers, colored pencils and gel pens. The lesson is divided into two parts: 1) The “Wave”, where we explore the "Interrupted line" variations at a larger scale and learn how to draw Mooka 3D; 2) The “Starfish”, where we create a Zentangle project from beginning to end. 

Linen Panel ZIA

Kim VanZyll, CZT
​Go bigger and better! Apply everything you have learned about Renaissance Tan Tiles and techniques to a large Linen Canvas Panel. Using quality pain and ink pens, you will create a stunning piece of art for your wall! What a great class to bring home to your students! It will be packable, frame- able and easy to take home with you! 

Charming Tiny Tiles

Annie Reiser, CZT
Who doesn't love miniatures? We confess to a real fondness for anything tiny. Our lovely Zentangle ® Bijou and 3-Z  tiles provide the opportunity to quickly embellish a surface and with instant gratification. Because they're small they are a wonderful way to share the Zentangle experience with your students! These tiles lend themselves to hanging ornaments. In this class you'll complete tiles and finish one out as a beautiful dangle with bass and ribbon. Use the dangle to decorate a Christmas tree, hang in a window or embellish a gift. You and your students will be charmed by these tiny tiles!

Forest Park ZIA

Marie Browning, CAT
This ZIA is inspired by Portland’s Forest Park. Leaves, moss, trees and critters are blended together in glorious color and tangles. Blending techniques with the Tombow Dual Brush Markers and working with the new Drawing Pens and TwinTone Markers we will create and enchanted forest with new tangles and tangleations with step outs also included. This will be your next great ZIA class to teach! 

Dynamic Dingbatz:
Tangled decorations for anything that’ll stand still! 

Brian Crimmins, CZT
Dingbats (with an “s”) have been used for centuries in typography to decorate book covers, to separate sections in a book or other document, to create visual interest, to frame text or large initials, to draw attention to a particular passage or quote, and much more. Dingbatz (with a “z”) are used in a similar way, and with great versatility. They’re fun to draw using familiar Zentangle techniques, and they can add a little magic to just about any surface.In “Dynamic Dingbatz,” you will:

• Understand the anatomy of Dingbatz that will support you in drawing balanced designs both in placement and in texture.
• Learn how to draw Dingbatz using classic Zentangle skills as a foundation. This includes suggestions on the types of tangles that play well with others to make your Dingbatz as delicious as possible.
• ​Use Dingbatz to decorate a “commonplace book,” for you to add letters, poems, proverbs, quotes, recipes, or other information just as Emerson and Thoreau once did. We’ll also experiment with adding pizzazz to plain notecards, envelopes, and bookmarks.
• Be inspired by a wide variety of examples that illustrate how Dingbatz can be used to create special touches to almost any surface.  ​

Tangled Chalk Art

Sampada Agarwal, CZT 
Chalk art is the latest rage! This trendy medium is quite versatile, forgiving, reusable, universally available and affordable. This class will explore chalk art style lettering – a way to create your own signage to celebrate big and small events in your lives. We will first explore design elements including basic lettering and placement on paper. . Common elements like banners, wreaths, laurels and botanical line drawings along with our stash of tangles will open a new door to creativity and expression.
The biggest benefit of chalk lettering over other styles is that it is temporary. Chalk won't last forever. With that knowledge in mind, it allows you to really push the boundaries and experiment. You’ll walk away from this class equipped with a new set of skills to create your own style of chalkboard art for your home, office or upcoming event in the family. 

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