Tea bag envelopes - Part 1

I draw very often on tea bag envelopes, since they gave a niche small size. I use them to train new or old patterns, to repeat things I am trying to understand better, er cetera.

Here we have the very first I did from the end of May.

I know, I put some tape to save the paper from possible water spills. But it takes too much time and it does not look so well.

I do not know several of the patterns, but having everything published makes it easier to keep an eye on it. 

Fandango, Printemps, Hipnotic, Myswing. End May 2025

Trelina, Betweed, Crescent Moon, Tipple, Fescu, Meringue. End May 2025

 

Betweed, Florz, Cadent, Paradox. End of May 2025

Diva Dance, Ahh, Paradox, Yumemi, Tipple, Foundabout. End of May 2025

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Zentangle Original Patterns

Ahh

Betweed

Cadent

Crescent Moon

Diva Dance

Fescu

Florz

Foundabout

Paradox

Printemps

Tipple

Other Patterns

Fandango, Vicky Bassett, CZT

Hypnotic, Elena Hadzijaneva

Meringue, Kelley Kelly, CZT

Myswing, Simone Menzel, CZT

Trelina, Eni Oken, CZT

Yumemi, Shie Naritomi, CZT 

My First Home Sketchbook - Part 6.

Ah, in my sketchbook I have often the tendencies to pack too many patterns at once!

Will I ever be able to post the whole sketchbook if I go on limiting the number of patterns?

Here we have another training page. I already used many of the patterns in some of the tea bag envelopes, but I still did not publish them here. I have limited time in a day.

Fantsee, Block-Chain, Satsu, Morrisseau, Heba, Jasmin, Loxo, Queen's Crown, Kazuma. 14-15 June 2025

As you can see, several patterns I recently learnt appeared here. I started to like using ribbons as borders, especially with bigger dimension they help to have some neat results in the end!
I have learnt to draw Bloomerz in a way that I like better and also did the only version of Floria that comes out well from my pen.

Bloomerz, Block-Chain, Joie, Fantsee, Cirque, Uzu, Flux, Harp, Floria. 12-15 June 2025

And here another attempt with a ribbon on the border, and this is actually my pattern Joie!

Joie, Bublz, X. 15 June 2025

My Patterns

Joie

Zentangle Original Patterns

Flux

Other Patterns

Block-Chain, Ludmila KatzBloomerz

Bublz, Lori Byerly

Cirque, Chris Gerstner, CZT

Fantsee,  Rashim Bhargava, CZT

Floria, Bunny Wright, CZT

Harp, Jan Brandt.

Heba, Nadine Roller, CZT

Jasmin, Simone Bischoff

Kazuma, Cindy Knapp

Loxo, Milde Weiss, CZT

Morrisseau, Cherryl Moote, CZT

Queen's Crown, Suzanne McNeill, CZT

Satsu, Tina Hunziker, CZT

Uzu, Tomomi Kamiya, CZT

X, Lila Popcheff

My First Home Sketchbook - Part 5

So, here I am again with a little story about what I was tangling, if I remind a bit what I was thinking at the time!

Here after trying some other tangles I tried to work with Fleur, and only found one version that I liked. The one where petals looks like feathers. But maybe you already know this story if you checked Fleurina post. :)

X, Fleur, Wirlz, Frozen Nandini, Bublz. 12 June 2025

Another training page, with lots of flowers and some ribbons. I was not so happy with the result I had with Bloomerz and also not with all results for Floria.

Iraku, Aquafleur, Bloomerz, Floria, Leur, Uzu, Gyro, Por Fin. 12 June 2025

Here you can see that I had some Fleur. I wanted something more to fill the space and took petals from Fleur and named them Fleurina!

Fleur, Fleurina, DMMC. 12-13 June 2025

This Narfello, I left it half empty for a long while. I only did the big Florez. And then later I saw the JoBowTie pattern in one of my Zentangle groups in FB, I was watching my sketchbook and had the idea to use it here. I am prety happy with the result, I think it gave some extra movement. Also using the wrong orientation for the bowtie added to the flow!

Narfello, Florez, Jobowtie. 13 June-2 August 2025

And here my first attempt of one of my favourite patterns, Harp. But I love all cadent based patterns! Who doesn't?

Harp. 13 June 2025

My Patterns

Fleurina

Zentangle Original Patterns

Aquafleur

Narfello

Other Patterns

Bloomerz, Jenna Black

Bublz, Lori Byerly

DMMC (Daisies Make Me Cross) by Helen Williams

Fleur, Mina Hsiao, CZT

Florez, Andrea Shuman

Floria, Bunny Wright, CZT

Frozen Nandini, Elisabet Hillerud, CZT

Gyro, Damy Teng, CZT

Harp, Jan Brandt

Iraku, Indrani Novello

Jobowtie, YuRu Chen

Por Fin, Cathy Staeven, CZT

Leur, Julie Isaac

Uzu, Tomomi Kamiya, CZT

Wirlz, Lori Howe

X, Lila Popcheff

My First Home Sketchbook - Part 4

So, let's go on with my sketchbook! I decided to post also images that are in other posts. Sometimes the quality was not the best in the past. I used the wrong filter I would say, and I am slowly learning to use Microsoft Lens better.

The first drawing was interesting. I asked chatgpt about patterns that reminded an air balloon or a lantern, to see if something resembled my Den Long. And did a tangle with all those patterns... and maybe a couple more.

Lantern-Pho, Cruffle, Orbs-La-Dee, Bublz, Luv-a, Icantoo, Roxi, Crescent Moon, Drip-Drop, Yum Yum, Bulb Lantern, Lantern. 9-10 June 2025

Here instead I did a ribbon version of Den Long. I also very much like the eyes up there, they are funny!

Trelina, Den Long, Borbz, Cruffle, Flux. 11 June 2025

Then I went for a Trelina, but all the stuff around it resemble a bit too much some larvae. The poor Trelina got lost in this sea of creatures.

Trelina. 11 June 2025

One of my many training pages...

Tau, Akebia, Mysteria, Lotus Pods, Mel Mel, Aleuba, Turkital, Veruca, Frozen Nandini. 11-12 June 2025

I think this is the first tangle I did with a border at the border. I saw potential in the patterns from the prevous page!

Aleuba, Akebia, Mel Mel, Turkital, Veruca, Turtra. 11-12 June 2025

My Patterns

Den Long

Zentangle Original Patterns

Crescent Moon

Flux

Mysteria

Other Patterns

Akebia, Gloria  Barocio, CZT

Aleuba, Jaxeline Blanco Ruiz, CZT

Borbz, Rita Nikolajeva CZT

Bublz, Lori Byerly

Bulb Lantern, Livia Chua

Cruffle, Sandy Hunter, CZT

Drip-Drop, Debbie Perdue, CZT

Frozen Nandini, Elisabet Hillerud, CZT

Icantoo, Hanny Waldburger, CZT

Lantern, Donna Blair

Lantern-Pho, Diane Tai, CZT

Lotus Pods, Margaret Bremner, CZT

Luv-a, Sharon Caforio

Mel Mel, Adele Bruno, CZT

Orbs-La-Dee, Anneke Van Dam

Roxi, Beth Snoderly

Tau, Tomàs Padrós, CZT

Trelina, Eni Oken, CZT

Turkital, Jenna Black

Turtra, Ria Matheussen, CZT

Veruca, Verónica Vázquez Orozco, CZT

Yum Yum, Tomàs Padrós, CZT

My First Home Sketchbook - Part 3

OK, let's go. Today only three pages, since there are a lot of patterns. 

Here the rose pattern has no name, I took it here:

Funbee, Printemps, Amaze, Saltz, Pokeleaf, Crazy Cadent, Fescu, Ahh. 4-6 June 2025

Harvey, Floo-ish, Bakery, Faux Weave, Kiasom, Gingo  6-7 June 2025

Here I also checked this doodle video to draw Dandelions. I got interested in dandelions when trying out snowflakes to pair with Taiga. :)

Pea-Nuckle, Tangleflake 4. 8-10 June 2025

The next tangle in my sketchbook has at least 9 patterns, so I will leave it for another post! :)

No exceptional drawing in this post, but... I started tangling only three weeks before doing these drawings. It is nice to see how I am evolving!

My Patterns

Saltz

Zentangle Original Patterns

Ahh

Amaze

Crazy Cadent

Fescu

Floo-ish

Pea-Nuckle

Pokeleaf

Printemps

Other Patterns

Bakery, Aida Rico, CZT

Faux Weave, Helen Williams

Funbee, Beate Winkler, CZT

Gingo Lisa Chang, CZT

Harvey, Sarah Fowler

Kiasom, Annette Plaga-Lodde, CZT

Tangleflake 4, Suzanne Davis

My First Home Sketchbook - Part 2

The original objective of this blog was the one of having all my tangles, or almost all of them, here, with their patterns clearly written, since I often tangle on sketchbooks and don't want to write there the name of the tangles. Ok a chop, I also started putting the date, but the name of the tangles?

Why Part 2? I have already published other tangles from the very beginning in other posts. It is fine to keep it as Part 2. In case I will add a Part 1 later with previous tangles.

I also put the limit of 20 patterns per page, since this is the limit of labels I can use. I do not always put a label for Tipple or Printemps or other patterns I always use, but there is also a search function, in case. :D

I will try to cover tangles starting from the older ones in my A5 home sketchbook.
Why not all pictures at once?
I want to add labels for the patterns.

Some are already around in the blog, if I recall having posted them already I will skip them but... it is not the first or last time that I put a drawing two or three times. :D

Here I tangled many Trelina thinking at a friend that likes it!

Trelina, Munchin. 1 June 2025

I once asked chatgpt for patterns to make a Japan-inspired tangle. I think this fits better. :D

Kuke, Yumemi, Star-Ing, Printemps, Tipple. 1 June 2025

Playing with Paradox, but not so happy with the outcome. Maybe I will add some shading here.

Paradox. 1 June 2025

I wanted to make strings to write Japan with Kanji (日本) but it did not work so well.

Spiral Rose, DMMC 1 June 2025

I am sure there are many other names for Bugz, but I usually call all of them Bugz since it is the first one I have seen.

Bugz, Flux, Casinoda, Spiral Rose. 1 June 2025

Here I saw for the first time a pattern from Tomàs Padrós. I hope the accents are right. Taiga. Oh so difficult but I liked it so much.

Taiga, Printemps, Cirque, Ahh, Brr, Tangleflake 4, Snow Flower, Syng. 3 Jun 2025

Not so convinced of the squid (ehm, it is Cadooh). I am sure I have drawn it better in one of the tea bag envelopes, but I will go through posting all old teabags another time, when I am done with the sketchbook. :D

Cadooh, Zenwheel, Fescu. 3 June 2025

Zentangle Original Patterns

Ahh

Fescu

Flux

Munchin

Paradox

Printemps

Tipple

Other Patterns

Brr, Julie Isaac, CZT

Bugz, Danielle deRome, CZT

Cadooh, Ria Matheussen, CZT

Casinoda, Theresa Fessler, CZT

Cirque, Chris Gerstner, CZT

DMMC (Daisies Make Me Cross) by Helen Williams

Kuke, Katy Abbott, CZ

Snow Flower, Linda Rea

Spiral Rose by Leigh Anne Weissmueller

Star-ing, Shie Naritomi, CZT

Syng, Shilpi Gupta, CZT

Taiga, Tomàs Padrós, CZT

Tangleflake 4, Suzanne Davis

Trelina, Eni Oken, CZT

Yumemi, Shie Naritomi, CZT

Zenwheel, Melissa Bruce

Those times when I thought I had a new pattern

I think this has happened mainly twice.

In my first month of tangling I reached a short phase when I was getting obsessed with Cadent, and all patterns that are based on it. I mean, I still love cadent and all its variations, Harp is one of my go tos for example.

I also wanted to find some new patterns, I just had done Saltz but wanted something more.

And here I came with an idea alternating the huggins and the cadent curves that look like roof tiles.

On a table of a Brasilian bar probably, with a caipirinha in my glass. :D

Yumemi, Funls, Zenwheel, Paradox..June 2025

I liked the pattern, so I had to try it also on my normal sketchbook.

Funls, Flux.June 2025

And try it again. (I added a bit of color last week, when I got my charcoal pencils).

Funls. June 2025

And in one of my tea bag envelopes.

Funls, Lilypads, Tripoli, Turtra. June 2025

I have been looking around and in the end I found out that the pattern was already existing. Possibly I thought it was a base for Viking, then I found Funls.

I did my first deconstruction even if I knew it was a variation. I also found a name and everything. But I indeed think it is not a pattern of its own.

And this was Groof Story.

Then there was the other one. I normally drew some patterns on my page, copying them.

Fluxfan, Tetralix, Scara, Lazy Noom. June 2025

I repeated the pattern on my backpack-sketchbook. I think it was out of the Gedächtniskirche, and in the cinema there (Zoopalast) there was the premiere of Jurassic World (in Germany maybe). 

Everybody was screaming Scarlett like crazy, but I could not see her. 

Akebia, Flux, Side-Winder, Scara. June 2025

And then, around the beginning of August, I was looking for the name of the flower/star pattern in the drawing with watercolors. I have also asked around in several Facebook groups. They suggested Fengle and Spoken Huggins, which looks a bit similar but are not that. For me it looks like a reversed harp, where you draw the petal behind the long part of it instead that in front. Look look look, I could not find the pattern in my small pattern sketchbook, so I got convinced it was a pattern of mine. 

I did the usual brainstorming

Scara. August 2025

And the deconstruction. The name Harpins came from Harp and Huggins, but this was pretty clear, right?

Scara. August 2025

And soon after, while keeping as usual my eyes wide open, I found out it was Scara.

Even if it's not a pattern of mine, but I like my interpretation of it.

Fun fact. Also this pattern is based on connecting dots with Cadent and Huggin lines.

What I learned? Asking people in a Zentangle group (or three) to recognize patterns is almost as effective as asking it to chatgpt. Which I obviously did, Or at least tried, apparently the upload button did not work that day.

Zentangle Original Patterns

Flux

Noom

Paradox

Tripoli

Other Patterns

Akebia, Gloria  Barocio, CZT

Fluxfan, Christiane Musiol CZT 

Funls, Margaret Bremner, CZT

Lilypads, Margaret Bremner, CZT

Scara, Midori Furuhashi, CZT

Side-Winder, Laurie Patterson, CZT

Tetralix, Maria Jose Torrado, CZT

Turtra, Ria Matheussen, CZT

Yumemi, Shie Naritomi, CZT 

Zenwheel, Melissa Bruce

Barbix, the last new tangle pattern for some time

And finally the last true deconstruction on my big sketchbook. There is another one, but I later discovered that the pattern is not new, I will probably post it but try to find a way to show that the pattern is not mine! :D

Barbix is one of the many line enhancers. I still have more to work on.

Barbix, Munchin, Paradox, Printemps, Flux, Nanalee, Ribbon Rose, Hollibaugh, Tipple, Cippociappo.  22 August 2025

In two tea bag envelopes I explored many ideas for Barbix use.

Barbix, Munchin, Flux, Printemps, Crescent Moon, Ribbon Rose, Tipple, Nanalee, Bear Huggins, Mooka. 19 August 2025

This tea bag envelope has many experiments, that will probably become new patterns when I feel in the mood for it! Only one has already a name. There is another series that will come after the line enhancer series. Or maybe two, but here you cannot see any sign of the second one. Stay tuned! 

Barbix, Hollibaugh, Tipple, , Printemps. 21 August 2025

Not so much to tell. As for other line enhancer there is no long story, that is why I often pair two together. But I did not have another one ready. It's fine anyway, right? :)

My Patterns

Barbix

Nam-Cap

Cippociappo

Zentangle Original Patterns

Crescent Moon

Flux

Hollibaugh

Mooka

Munchin

Paradox

Printemps

Tipple

Other Patterns

Bear Huggins, Tomàs Padrós, CZT

Nanalee, Mary Fein, CZT

Ribbon Rose, Alice Hendon, CZT