Zentangle class at OLLI College for Seniors at UNCA, June 2014

Yesterday was the second of two classes in a Zentangle course at the College for Seniors at UNC Asheville. Lots of good questions and some challenging work with triangles. 

I think triangle tangles such as Rick's Paradox in particular are very challenging--especially when there are multiple triangles next to each other--because they can become visually confusing. I also think that we're accustomed to working with squares and circles but not with triangles.

So here's a suggestion for learning Rick's Paradox: on a plain piece of paper, practice doing multiple solo triangles to get the hang of how it works. When you incorporate it into work on a tile, do only one Rick's Paradox tangle. Then try two next to each other. Also look online at sources such as this post (listed as "Paradox") on tanglepatterns.com which has links to posts on the Zentangle.com website to see the marvelous ways that multiples of this tangle can work out.

And keep working with triangles. They might even beat Sudoku for a brain workout!

Here are the two mosaics from this wonderful group of tanglers.