Zendala Stencil

ZENDALA STENCIL

Cadent variation, Bales, Swarm

Ed and I are in the seventh week of teaching an eight-week Zentangle® course, "Zentangle® For Everybody," through our school district’s continuing education program. So far they've learned the basics, beyond the basics, tangleation, and drawing on both black and tan tiles. Get a glimpse of their efforts below. This week and next, the class will be tangling  Zendalas, both tangling on a pre-strung Zendala tile and drawing their own on a blank Zendala tile. If time allows we’ll show them examples of several stencil Zendala methods: here’s one we won’t be showing.

On February 26, Sue Jacobs posted on her blog Sue’s tangle trips,  “Zendala Tool — Free,” how she uses a Healthy Choice Steamers® basket for a tool to draw a Zendala on a regular 3.5-inch square tile. I challenge you to do it her way then see what you can create on your own using her method.

My experience: This was a fun project but purchasing a Healthy Choice Steamer entree is NOT part of my usual habit. I do not buy convenience foods so this purchase was purely for this project. My Simply Lemon Herb Chicken entree was pretty bad; I'll stick with home-cooking. Have fun!

Zentangle® For Everybody— an eight-week course

The first six weeks