GROUP CLASSES AVAILABLE

Thanks for stopping by!

Interest in Zentangle keeps increasing, which means more interest in classes and workshops.  I do not teach regularly scheduled classes, but I do offer group classes in my home studio.  I have just updated my workshop page, so please check it....and contact me if you would like further information. I teach days only....any day of the week.

Needlework and Zentangle

I have not posted an update for quite some time, but I have definitely been tangling.  Many of my Zentangle have been for needlework groups/guilds and have been lots of fun.  Last year I was asked to teach a one-day workshop for the upcoming Embroiderer's Guild seminar in Phoenix and it has attracted a lot of interest among needleworkers.  Below is a photo of my workshop proposal board on display at this year's seminar in Louisville, KY.  The left side shows Zentangle 101 examples, the AM class,  and the center and right side shows the Zentangle 102, the PM portion, with the addition of fabric and color.  

                                                                   

Also, this past year, my daughter, McCall Miller, also a Certified Zentangle Teacher, has begun teaching Zentangle at our great local art supply store, Riley Street Art Supplies in Santa Rosa, CA.  She tries to schedule a class every month and offers Zentangle 101 as well Zentangle 102 where she includes an every-changing selection of different media......very fun.    Her email is mccallmillerdesigns@gmail.com.  Her classes are very popular and a great choice if you live in the Santa Rosa area.

If you or your group is interested in combining Zentangle with color and/or fabric, I am listing a schedule of my upcoming workshops (as of 12/15/13) for 2014 and 2015.   Please contact me if you would like further information.   Ii look forward to hearing from you!

Zentangle Teaching Schedule for 2014/2015

Late September 2014 - Seattle, WA area - Safari (2 days) and Zentangle (1 day)

October 18-24 - EGA National, Phoenix, AZ - Sahara (4 days) and Zentangle (1 day)

November 14-15 - Quail Run, Phoenix, AZ - Bargello Arrows (1 day) and Zentangle (1 day)

February 19-21 - Big Spring ANG, Huntsville, AL - workshop t/b/d (2 days) and Zentangle (1 day)

TRYING NEW STRINGS AND TANGLES

Recently I have been so involved with my stitching projects I have had little time to create Zentangle tiles just for my own enjoyment.  My tiles are not as fancy as many beautiful ones I see, but I enjoy drawing them nonetheless.  Today's ( July 16, 2012) Zentangle blogpost from Rick and Maria  was certainly the boost that I needed.  See the link to the Blog Zentangle website under Zentangle Sites (at right below).

None of the tangles in the tiles below are too involved.  Several of them I had never drawn before (as is evident) but each finished tile is pleasing  to me.  I usually don't have a problem with deciding on tangle patterns to draw, but what type of string to use can cause me pause.  

The string on the top one uses the basic "Z" string, while the two above were drawn  entirely curved with lines.

This one is just 4 curved lines, approximately equidistant.....with no border.   This was something I don't do ........very often.  Maybe it is because I generally stitch on needlepoint canvas?......on a grid?  Probably.  Well, I think I just don't want to many defined areas to be created by the strings on my tiles, as I like to "see" the tangles, and not have them too tiny.  

Most of the tangles are original Zentangle Tangles.  A few were created by Suzanne McNeil and Sandy Steen Bartholmew via their wonderful books.

Just a reminder, if you are in the Santa Rosa, California area, my next Zentangle 101 workshop will be held on Saturday, July 28th from 10-12:30 pm.  PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE.

Enjoy your tangles,
Terry

ZENTANGLE 101 IN SANTA ROSA, CA

ANNOUNCING THE NEXT ZENTANGLE 101 CLASS

Have you been hearing about Zentangle recently.  Lot's of people are talking about.  If you are interested in finding out more,  consider an introductory class.  My next class is Saturday, July 14th fro 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.  The location is at my Northwest Santa Rosa, CA studio.  Please see more details to the right at "Zentangle Workshops". 

I hope you can join us!

Terry 

Change in April 1st Classes

ANNOUNCEMENT:  The Zentangle 102 class scheduled for April 1st has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.   The Zentangle 101 morning class is still open for enrollment.

And here is a new tile.  Only four tangles:  OOF, Mooka, NZeppel and Printemps.

I am visiting Wine Country ANG this Saturday for a Zentangle workshop.  Should be a fun class!

Zentangle Spring Workshops

Zentangle Workshops are now scheduled for Sunday,  April 1st in northwest Santa Rosa.  Check out the link at right which provides details for each workshop.  Zentangle 101 will be presented from 10 to 12:30 and Zentangle 102 from 1:30 to 4:00.  Minimum class size is 4 students.  Maximum size is 8.

The focus of Zentangle 102 is to learn additional tangles and shading techniques.  In addition to learning more tangle patterns there will be demonstrations on using colored pencils to add another dimension to your tiles.

You can take one class or both.  Sign up for both workshops and the total workshop fee is $65.00 for both (a savings of $5.00).  There are several fast food places close by, or bring your lunch and eat with us....so stay all day if you like!

If you are interested, please email me for more info or to reserve a space. 
Hope to see you in class!

HOLIDAY ZENTANGLE WORKSHOPS

Our Holiday Zentangle Workshops are now scheduled for Saturday, December 10th in northwest Santa Rosa.  Check out the link at right which provides details for each workshop.  Zentangle 101 will be presented from 10 to 12:30 and Zentangle 102 from 1:30 to 4:00.

Zentangle 102 is all about the holidays.....cards, ornaments, etc.  In addition to learning more tangle patterns there will be demonstrations on using watercolor pencils and colored markers and time to create a card or ornament to take with you.

You can take one class or both.  Sign up for both workshops and the total workshop fee is $65.00 for both (a savings of $5.00).  There are several fast food places close by, or bring your lunch and eat with us....so stay all day if you like!

If you are interested, please email me for more info or to reserve a space....as space is limited.
Hope to see you in class!

Yesterday's Workshop

McCall and I had a fun day yesterday with eight  new Zentangle students.    The morning was spent introducing them to Zentangle and learning 10 new tangles.  Then in the afternoon McCall demonstrating creating tangles on dark backgrounds using gelly roll pens and pastels.  I will try to post some of their beautiful work.  I demonstrated using Inktense  pencils and water washes and also how to blend colored markers separately and then apple to a tile.  An example  of each are above and at right .  During a previous workshop we worked on fabric with fabric markers and an example of that technique is also shown below.

We hope to schedule another all day workshop in early December, so be sure to let me know if you are interested and which of the first two weekends in December might work best for you.

Happy Tangling,
Terry

Fall Workshop Schedule

Our Fall Zentangle Workshops are now scheduled for Saturday, October 15th in northwest Santa Rosa.  Check out the link at right which provides details for each workshop.  In the morning, from 10 to 12:30, McCall Miller and I will present Zentangle 101, and from 1:30 to 4 ..... Zentangle 102.  

For those of you interested in mixed media please note in Zentangle 102 you will have the option to add watercolor pencil, colored pencil, or color markers on dark colored papers.

You can take one class or both.  Sign up for both workshops and the total workshop fee is $65.00 for both (a savings of $5.00).  There are several fast food places close by, or bring your lunch and eat with us....so stay all day if you like!

If you are interested, please email me for more info or to reserve a space....as space is limited.
Hope to see you in class!
Terry

NEW WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED

New Zentangle workshops are now scheduled for Saturday, June 4th in Santa Rosa.  Check out the link at   right which provides details for each workshop.  In the morning, from 10 to 12:30, McCall Miller and I will present Zentangle 101, and from 1:30 to 4 we'll present Zentangle 102.

For those of you interested in mixed media please note in Zentangle 102 there will be mixed media segment.....lots of fun!

You can take one class or both.  There are several fast food places close by, so stay all day if you like!

If you are interested, please email me for more info or to reserve a space....as space is limited.
Hope to see you in class!
Terry

Zentangle 101 - January 22nd

I am now happily relocated to Santa Rosa, CA (from San Francisco).  For those of you not familiar with the area, Santa Rosa is in Sonoma County, about 60 miles north of San Francisco.....in the wine country.  It will be three weeks tomorrow since the move.  So there are still quite a few unpacked boxes lurking about.  But slowly we are getting it done!


And, I now have a nice location available for workshops, so I am now announcing my first work in Santa Rosa:

Zentangle 101......Saturday, January 22nd.....1:30 to 3:30 pm. Location:  The Orchard Clubhouse, at the corner of Orange Blossom Drive and Plum Tree Lane in Santa Rosa, CA.   Please contact me no later than January 14th if you plan to attend.  The workshop fee is $30 and includes all required supplies.  I will also have additional supplies for sale at the end of the workshop.  

Hope to see you there!
Terry

Shaded and Watercolored Posey #1

Lots of needlework preparations going on around here for the last six weeks and next Thursday I leave for 10 days to teach same.....in Columbus, Ohio.  But upon my return I will be preparing for a Zentangle workshop....which also means more tangles to post! 

I realized I had not followed up with shading the Posey #1 I posted on August 9th so I have shaded and posted it here along with a watercolor version using Graphitint pencils.  I scanned the original and then placed four of the design on one page of a Word document and printed it out on matte (speckled) cardstock.....a good weight for using a little water. 

There will be a series of "Poseys" so look for a new one by the end of the year. 

There is also a new needlepoint design in the works and I am using several Zentangle patterns as the inspiration for various areas.  That is something I will be working on in October and November so I will post some photo updates.

Enjoy your tangles into next time!
Terry

Making time to zentangle

Posey #1

I find time spent tangling is very rewarding so why I am I not finding time on a regular basis?!  Well,  like many of us I have a lots of various things going on..... with deadlines, etc.  So yesterday I made a list of things I like to do to relax and enjoy and then tried my best to assign a "priority" number to each.  No surprises really.....several things I do now, more as a matter of habit, are further down the list than Zentangle.....so I am determined to change that.  So hopefully you will see more posted here in the future.

Today I posting Posey #1.  It was drawn on a a "Zentangle square"..........and is not shaded.....yet!  I plan to add shading, but also to copy it onto a semi-smooth cardstock and try out some of the new pan pastels as well as watercolor pencils, or Inktense pencils.  I'll post the results later.

Wishing everyone a great week! 
Terry

Adding color to Zentangle

As you probably know, a Zentangle is generally created with a fine black Micron pen and possibly some pencil shading.  When something more is added it becomes Zentangle inspired art.  I love all the variations.  But as I work with color, color, color in my needlework designs, I find it hard to not add color....now and then.  So, here are a few I have recently done with colorwash added using Derwent Graphitint Pencils.

Plus a few more "traditional" ones.

Wishing everyone a great July 4th weekend!

Enjoy,
Terry

Toucan with Shading

Even though it was Father's Day today we made time to do a few tangles.  I added shading to the Toucan (see above) and Ashley tried her hand at a Kingfisher.  We also tried out a few colors from my new set of Graphitint pencils by Derwent......such fun!  The softness of the colors we look well with a Zentangle and don't tend to overshadow the design.  Planning on doing more with the Graphitints and will post some photos later in the week. 

Have a good week and happy tangling.

A Toucan Zentangle

I love to incorporate flowers and animals in my needlework designs, so I decided to play around with tangling a Toucan!  In an effort to keep it simple, my original drawing was greatly simplified as my tendency is to be to "fussy".  There is no shading in the this first one.....something to try out tomorrow.  But I think it will be fun to draw again....with all new patterns.   Next up, a flamingo or an ostrich?

Happy Father's Day

A Tangle day

My daughter, Ashley, and I had a fun day....I introduced her to Zentangle.   We watched the DVD and then listened to the Spirit Wind by Rick Roberts while we did tangles.  She got really into it and created five.  Now she has gone home with plans to introduce this creative and relaxing form of drawing to her friend.   

I had a chance to do a few myself while she was involved with hers and have posted my favorite.  The tangle on the far right (above) was created by my friend Barbara Allen while we were at the recent CZT training, but I am uncertain of the name she has chosen for it. 

I am leaving Wednesday on a needlework teaching trip and plan to take my Zentangle travel kit along.  It is much easier to work on a tangle than take the 16" X 18" current needlework project along!  So, I hope to have something to share when I return in a week.

Certified Zentangle Teacher

I have recently returned from Whitinsville, MA, where I attended the Certified Zentangle Teacher seminar.  Such a wonderful three days! We practiced our tangles, exchanged ideas, and learned fun and engaging ways to present Zentangle workshops....and more.  

 This is my very first Zentangle!

Two recent tangles!

In this and future posts I will talk about new tangles and coming events and show new tangles and ideas as they occur.  Please ask questions or leave comments anytime.  Soon I will be adding a page about Zentangle workshops, but until then, email me at terry@terrydryden.com, for further information.

Please visit again soon.

Terry Dryden, CZT