Online-Next Steps on the Tangling Trail

Service Description

Next Steps on the Tangling Trail is a four-week live online series designed for tanglers who already know the Zentangle Method and are ready to grow their skills, experiment with new techniques, and explore fresh creative mediums. Each week invites you to deepen your practice, discover new ways of seeing, and build confidence as you expand your repertoire of tangles. With small, interactive classes held live on Zoom, you’ll receive personalized guidance, space to ask questions, and the chance to connect with others who share your love of mindful creativity. Over our four Mondays together, we will journey through a set of engaging, progressively layered lessons. Week 1, Tangled Garden, we revisit the eight basic steps while working with botanical tangles and the technique of “drawing behind” to create depth and flow. Week 2, Tangling in the Negative Spaces, introduces the art of positive and negative space, simple transfer methods, and using structured strings to create Zentangle-inspired art with a new sense of contrast and composition. Participants will be asked to print one page sent by the instructor prior to the class. Week 3 is dedicated to Adding Colour, where you’ll explore gentle, approachable techniques for bringing colour into your tangled work. Participants will be asked to gather two or three of their favourite colours of a waterbased marker, and a few watercolour paints. (Any brand will work- we will talk more about these during week 2) Finally, in Week 4, we will explore Map Tangling & Colour Tangling, we bring everything together to create beautiful bookmarks that combine structure, colour, and expressive marks. Throughout the series, you’ll be supported by Certified Zentangle Teacher Nicoline Kerkhoven-DeWitt, who brings decades of teaching experience and a warm, encouraging approach to every session. This course is perfect for tanglers who want to keep learning while staying connected to a creative community. And if you have to miss a class, don’t worry—sessions can be recorded so you can continue along the trail at your own pace.