As you guys know, we are still on a long summer vacation, at my parents home. Whenever I find time, I am indulging in some art work. My new obsession is adding copper paints to the Black Zentile. It is really super fun to play with the paints and the beautiful white pen just gleams through the Zentile. Here’s one of my Zentile I have tried playing with tiny bit with some gold paint too. My obsession with copper paint started last year in Dec-Jan 2021, after which I launched Zen Coppering Session. I had a full class of 13 students taking this fun session. It was fun exploring the new process ..read more

On Day8 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Heartfelt deconstructed by me. I was inspired by Tangle Tamisolo deconstructed by CZT Hanny Waldburger (Zenjoy). She has deconstructed lovely tangle patterns, that we often use (abundies, icantoo, fluxoge, etc) and in her blog here you can find the original step-out of all her tangle patterns. However, the step-outs of tangle heartfelt is much different from Tamisolo. Tangle Heartfelt is a one-stroke tangle pattern very simple tangle pattern. I wanted to include this tangle pattern in HeartiZen2022 series, as it forms this beautiful shape of a hear ..read more

On Day8 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Heartwrap deconstructed by me. Heartwrap is a very simple One-Stroke Tangle Pattern . It has a heart shape, wrapped with Tangle Mooka. I was inspired by Tangle Rashell deconstructed by CZT Lin Chiu. When I was playing with Tangle Rashell; that’s when I thought of Heart-Wrap. Later I dug into my pattern sketchbook; where I found that Heartwrap also looked similar to Tangle Tint by CZT Henrike Bratz. Here's the step-out of the tangle pattern:     I enjoyed playing Tangle Heartwrap in many ways on my sketchbook. In future, I plan to play mo ..read more

  On Day7 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Namody deconstructed by CZT Simone Menzel. This is what she says, on her blog – “The name of my tangle is NAMODY - dedicated to my favourite soccer team which is likely moving up into the higher league because of its amazing performance this season.” Here's the step-out of the tangle pattern:     I enjoyed playing Tangle Namody in many ways. They were the protocols, but each time I started playing with Tangle Namody, it turned out differently. Thus, showing all of them here. ?   Tangle Namody with catkin and dugwood   ..read more

On Day5 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Zinja deconstructed by CZT Terri Delaune. Terri and I have been long-time friends, though we are from different countries and have known each other only through Zentangle. When I was very new on Zentangle Mosaic App; I was pretty shy to share my unpolished and just beginning of artworks in this amazing group of artists, but Terri and a few of my other friends encouraged me so much; that I kept drawing every day or think about next Zentangle every hour. I then, never knew, that we might actually meet up someday. In the Year 2018, when I made a solo ..read more

On Day6 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle SandS (S+S) deconstructed by CZT Mei Hua Teng (Damy). This is the second of her tangle pattern that we have used in this HeartiZen Series! The first one of her tangle patterns was Scarrow which we played on Day4 of HeartiZen2022. I am surprised at how I randomly searched a tangle pattern to play for this series and both the times it was deconstructed by Damy. ? In fact, I chose 3 tangle patterns of hers; but managed to schedule 2 videos so far. So maybe, her third one will be for our future YouTube endeavours. ?   Here's the step-out of the ta ..read more

On Day5 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Zinja deconstructed by CZT Terri Delaune. Terri and I have been long-time friends, though we are from different countries and have known each other only through Zentangle. When I was very new on Zentangle Mosaic App; I was pretty shy to share my unpolished and just beginning of artworks in this amazing group of artists, but Terri and a few of my other friends encouraged me so much; that I kept drawing every day or think about next Zentangle every hour. I then, never knew, that we might actually meet up someday. In the Year 2018, when I made a solo ..read more

On Day5 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Scarrow deconstructed by CZT Mei Hua Teng (Damy). As I was scrolling through my sketchbook, I came across Tangle Scarrow; that I noted down almost 1.5 years ago. If you know me by now, I have a strange love and attraction to the grid tangles & especially if they have beautiful “s” and “c” curve in them. I feel uplifting and excited to draw symmetrical patterns in an asymmetric way. Tangle Scarrow entice me completely. I have tried them couple of times before too; but presently can’t find it in my stock of Zentiles (I have now probably over 2160 ..read more

On Day3 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Whirlee deconstructed by CZT Lynn Mead. As I was scrolling through my sketchbook, I came across Whirlee; that I noted down a long time ago. I just felt it had an interesting space in the centre and I could easily nestle a heart within! Tangle Whirlee is a simple tangle pattern and Lynn as she wrote on her blog, was inspired by the maple seeds. You can read through her creative journey here, on her blog. Though drawing Whirlee in a circular form did not come naturally or easy. It took some practice and I came up with my own style of tangling Tangle ..read more

On Day2 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle 8Sam deconstructed by Simon Bischoff. Simone Bischoff has many patterns to her name. You can find lists of all her tangles on her blog. You may want to particularly check her Tangle Florentine which is a lovely heart-shaped tangle. I particularly chose Tangle 8Sam and imagined it as a beautiful border like pattern. The pattern looks complicated initially, but Simone has given such an easy step-out for this pattern. When I followed the steps of drawing, they seemed possible and simple. To include in my HeartiZen2022, I took some artistic liberty and ..read more