Zentangle at Lake Harriet

I just wrapped up a two-day Zentangle class with Lake Harriet Community education. What a great group of artists! Here are some mosaics from our time together: Day 1: We started out with the standard beginners' tiles -- always lots of fun. After that, I showed everyone how to draw huggins and suggested a few ways to begin improvising by using elements from other patterns, e.g., the half-moon shapes and grid. Day 2: In the second meeting, we experimented with Scratchy Scratch tiles. Yes, these tiles are made for four-year-olds, but they are really lots of fun to use for Zentangle. All I had on hand was the rainbow variety, which has its own beauty but isn't really my favorite. These tiles are also made with solid silver or gold foil underneath the black coating, as pictured to the right. These probably look a little bit more "adult," but they're pretty. Actually, I cannot seem to find the gold foil variety anywhere anymore, which is really my favorite. I just ordered a pack of silver foil tiles, which will have to do until I can find my gold foil connection again. Lake Harriet class members, please, please send me your colored mandalas!