Rancho Santa Fe Library meets Zentangle

 The Rancho Santa Fe Library welcomed me back to share the Zentangle Art Method with twelve wide- eyed participants.  The library is located 20 miles north of San Diego in a quaint little town. 

                               

Today in class I taught a basic Zentangle tile.  Teaching the history, theory, philosophy in the way the co-founders design the art method. You don't get it till you do it.

Zentangle Art Method is a meditative art method that is easy to do and creates beautiful mages by drawing structured patterns.  During the process you relax, get into a state of well-being- healing art-happy place.

After completing a basic tile, we put those tangles into a
ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art) and created a fun tortoise.

Thank you to all who participated and to Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild for hosting this class.

Kensington Library Zebra Zentangle Class

 A beautiful Saturday this afternoon at Kensington Library, San Diego, Calif..  This location is so class to the San Diego Zoo, thought we would tangle a Zebra for our Zentangle class today.

Ben Kwok created this outline for the class today.  He has many coloring books with amazing outlines.

Our tangles today were: Keeko, Stripping, Onamato, Zander, Printemps, Knightsbridge, Jetties, Reticulated, Tipple, Barber Pole, Hollibaugh, Knase, and Zebra.

Nine of us enjoyed the time spent together learning some old and new tangles. 

Fun Zebra facts:

Zebras are black with white stripes. This is because the black fur is the default color, and the white stripes are areas where pigment production is turned off. Zebra's sleep facing each other to watch for prey.

Just like human fingerprints, no two zebra stripes are the same, although each of the three species of zebra have the same general stripe patterns. Scientists believe their stripes may have a social purpose and help zebra recognize each other.

 

Kensington Library classes coming up

 More Zentangle classes coming in Feb, March, Apri to Kensington Library

Dates:  Check calendar on blog for picture

2/22/25 @ 2-4   Zebra will be tangled

3/22/25 @ 2-4   Gray Spring Bunny will be tangled

4/12/25 @ 2-4   Faux Leather Bookmark will be tangled

Only 10 seats, register with library by calling:  619/533-3974

Please call if you need to cancel.  There is a waiting list.

Kensington Library Hot Air Balloon ZIA

 HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the tanglers out there that love Zentangle.

January class at Kensington Library, this cute little library in Hillcrest, San Diego, we created a ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art) in the likes of a hot air balloon scene.

Eight happy tanglers joined in to fill our scene with fun tangles.

Thanks to Friends of Kensington Library for supporting Zentangle classes.
Don't forget to join Friends of libraries to continue getting free classes brought to your library.  
Only $10 a year.

T-K Reindeer Puppet

 My four-year-old grandson, Bryce, goes to Pepper Drive Elementary School and is in T-K.  I help out in class every Thursday. For the holidays, I brought a fun hand puppet reindeer class to add to the Christmas fun.  The kids loved it.  

Zentangle @ Kensingting Library

 Since the epidemic, I returned to Kensington Library in Hillcrest. San Diego, Cali.  The class was a ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art) creating some gift tags for the holidays.  New and familiar faces from the past classes was exciting.  

Next class, January 18th, for Hot Air Balloon ZIA class. Call to register only 10 seats.

Zentangle at Santee Library

 

After hours craft day at Santee Library, 9/19/24, a quaint library nestled in strip mall in Santee, California. 

 Fifteen wide-eyed participants came to see what Zentangle is all about.  Zentangle Method is a meditative art method that takes the hard out of art and creates beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.  During the process you relax and focus, getting into a state of well-being - healing art.

My class was version of a Mandala (in the round) representing the universe and the co-founders created a hybrid - Zendala.  

Our tangles for the class were Betweed (byZentangle), Rainking (by Leona Shih), Florz (by Zentangle), and, Knightsbridge (by Zentangle).  We completed our project with a free style heart and added aura to each side.

Zentangle is so amazing.  Each artist received the same information on how to draw the tangle (that's what we call the patterns), yet because we are all unique, the results show their individual technique on their tile.

This tile was an adorable little girl (her Mom and older sister came in after class started and I didn't get to ask her age), I'm thinking under 5, and did a great job creating her own tile.

Thanks to the Friends of Santee Library for hosting my class.  Don't forget to stop by each "friends of the library" store and support the library by purchasing their very affordable items so more classes can be brought to the libraries at no fee to participants.

If you are interested in a class for your library or yourself (I do private, Zoom, group classes) -
Email me at maseyjanet@gmail.com and ask for pricing.