The Playful Tanglers Community
Welcome to the online space for you to find your calm, recapture your creativity and expand your Zentangle® skills and knowledge
- Is your mind constantly racing, and you want a way to calm it down?
- Are you looking for a quick and easy creative activity or hobby?
- Do you want to improve your mental health and wellbeing?
- Do you feel anxious for no reason?
- Do you find yourself unable to "chill" after a stressful day?
if you said YES, then the Payful Tanglers Community is for you!
The Playful Tanglers Community is closed for new members
Sign up below to be the first to know when we open the doors again
What is Zentangle®?
Zentangle® is a relaxing, fun and easy drawing method where beautiful repetitive shapes, or ‘tangles’, are created by drawing dots, lines, curves, and other shapes, creating a sense of mindfulness and relieving stress and anxiety.
The Zentangle method helps people of all ages, interests and skills experience calm, confidence and positive mental health.
It is also a perfect way for those who have never drawn before to exercise creativity.
Zentangle is an excellent self-care tool for our increasingly busy lives.
Inside the Community
The Zentangle Method has a worldwide following, and the internet is filled with workshops, videos and inspirational ideas
that can feel overwhelming (some of the art on Pinterest in phenomenal!)
but sometimes, knowing where to start is the greatest barrier to overcome
I want to create a community that uses Zentangle as a quick, accessible and easy to follow way to reduce anxiety, calm the mind
and access self-care.
Gain confidence on your
creative journey
Are you creative at heart, but feel like
you can't "draw?"
When we compare ourselves to more experienced Zentangle artists, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and confused.
How can you make progress without clear direction, guidance and support?
Our short lessons provide ideas, tips and tricks that will take you from:
"what shall I do?" to:
"Look what I've created!"
Feel calmer and improve
your mental health
Do you often put the needs of others
ahead of your own?
It can be hard to practice self-care when our "to-do list" is pages long. Sometimes, taking a break can seem selfish, frivilous or just an impossibility
However, prioritising a few minutes of creativity can calm our minds, reduce stress and recharge our batteries.
Improved mental health means we can better help those around us
You can't pour from an empty cup
Build a community that will support you and cheer you on
Do you want to be part of a community that can support you on your creative journey?
The Playful Tanglers Community is just starting out, and we are looking for a small handful of founding members to contribute ideas on how to make this the BEST space possible
Our one live workshop a month will bring us together for a creative evening of tangling, while our private facebook group will provide ongoing support to ask questions, share ideas and display our art with pride
The Playful Tangler Community launched in May 2022 to a small amount of founding members
The doors will open again Winter 2022
Add your name to the waiting list if you would like to be the first to know when the doors re-open
What you will get each month
- Masterclass / Tile of the month: a recorded tutorial of for you to tangle along to
- Live Workshop: Tangle along to the live workshop, ask questions and connect with the community
- Short weekly videos: Learn a new tangle every week with our short (less than 10 minutes) tangle tutorials
- A members only Facebook group to share artwork, ask questions and connect with like-minded Tanglers
- A Monthly Resource Pack can be added for those who want a happy mail package of regular Zentangle supplies (Only available for those in the UK)
Hello, I'm Natalie!
I'm an Accredited Play Therapist and Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) based in London, UK
I love using play and the creative arts to bring playfulness and creativity into the world!
I stumbled across Zentangle about 10 years ago, loved it, became obsessed with it, but then life got in the way, and I forgot all about it.
Fast-forward to the 2020 lockdown and pandemic. Along with many in the world, the loss of freedom affected me, and I started looking for ways to improve my mental health which is when I rediscovered Zentangle!
I tried TONS of creative and artistic hobbies and activities, but it was the simplicity of Zentangle that stuck. Whenever I felt stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed, all I needed was a pen and some paper to calm me down.
Fast-forward to the 2020 lockdown and pandemic. Along with many in the world, the loss of freedom affected me, and I started looking for ways to improve my mental health I rediscovered Zentangle! to create The Playful Tanglers Community
Frequently Asked Questions
The Playful Tanglers Community is a monthly membership that provides bitsize, weekly Zentangle lessons to help you progress along your Zentangle journey
RESOURCE PACKS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR UK RESIDENTS
A Zentangle resource pack will be sent to your home every month and will contain:
- 5 mini tiles to practice new tangles on
- 3 - 4 large tiles
- 1 - 2 surprise tiles to extend your Zentangle practice.
These will change each month, but may include: coloured tiles (black/tan, etc), pre-strung tiles, different shaped tiles, watercoloured tiles, etc)
- 1 new pen/art resource will be sent bimonthly
This will change each time, but may include: different coloured or different types of micron pens, gelly rolls, watercolour pens/pencils, mica powder, charcoal pencils, etc
Absolutely!
My quick tangle tutorials are easy to follow along to and are perfect for beginners who are looking for direction.
Each time I teach a new tangle, I also share ways that you could extend the pattern, so if you are not-so-new to Zentangle, there are opportunities for you to play around with tangles you may already be familiar with
All content is hosted on a closed platform and once enrolled, each member is given their own login details
Each week a short video (5 - 10 minutes) is release which will either teach a new tangle or provide Zentangle tips and tricks
Our monthly masterclass is a pre-recorded video and will be available at the beginning of the month. However, if you don't have the time to watch this video, the masterclass will also be taught during a live Zoom workshop where you can ask questions, follow along and carve out time just for you
The Playful Tanglers Community is designed for busy women who are looking for quick creative wins.
You can access the lessons on any device at a time that works for you. and there is no requirement to keep up with everything
They are stand along lessons, so you can dip in and out of the videos, and only draw the tangles that appeal to you.
The Playful Tanglers Community is a monthly subscription.
Payments are automatically deducted from the payment method you choose at sign-up on the same date every month until cancelled.
Like Netflix or any other subscription, once cancelled, you will no longer have access to any of the lessons, videos or content
Please note, that due to this being a digital service, all payments made are non-refundable
Members can cancel at any time, so if you realise it isn't for you, I'll be sad to see you go, but there is no obligation to remain.
If you do leave and decide to come back at a later date, you will have to re-enrol once the doors open again (only a few times a year) and will have to pay the current price point
One of the benefits of joining earlier rather than later is that you lock in the cost at which you join. Founding
Members will benefit from the cheapest price plan it will ever be.
As the library grows and the value grows, the cost of the membership will increase but your monthly cost will stay the same as long as your payments are in good standing and you have not cancelled.
You can cancel your membership at any time. Due to the digital nature of the membership, refunds will not be made for months already paid.
This is a subscription service that will be billed monthly or yearly (depending on what you choose at checkout).
If you wish to cancel, you must do so before your next billing date which will be the same day each month. Please make note of the day of the month (or year) that your membership renews. Refunds are not granted once the payment has gone through.
Member's pricing gets locked in at the time they become a member. If you cancel and return in the future, you'll be subject to whatever price the membership is at that time.
Once you cancel you will no longer have access to any of the content on the membership and you will lose access to the membership site and the exclusive Facebook group.
This membership is for PERSONAL use, not for agencies or companies, and is not to be shared.
You will receive an email welcoming you into the community and it will give you all the information you need to know to get started
Once you are in the community, you will have access to all the tangles, tutorials and workshops that have been taught previously