Zentangle® — Creating Calm Through Conscious Repetition

Here, it’s not a class, it’s an experience. 

A pause to breathe, feel, dare.

I welcome you into my Artist studio in Ericeira, where all materials are provided.

Zentangle doesn’t require any drawing skills. You trace slow, repeated lines and simple patterns inside a small frame.

Where does Zentangle® come from ?

Zentangle was created in the US by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. The core idea is both simple and powerful: build drawings from structured patterns—the tangles—on small paper tiles using a black fineliner, a graphite pencil for shading, and a paper stump… with no eraser. Every line is welcomed; nothing is “wrong,” everything can be transformed.

A real method, not just doodling

Zentangle follows clear steps: breathe, draw a border, add a string (the guide), build patterns one by one, add shading and highlights, sign. Patterns have names and step-outs. We draw slowly, with focused attention, to enter a calm, rhythmic flow.

What I’ll share in the workshop

  • The official foundations: border, string, order of steps, shading basics
  • 5–8 accessible patterns with their step-by-step breakdowns
  • Simple variations to compose your own tile (9 × 9 cm) and leave with a mini-series
  • A tiny ritual to keep practicing at home in 10–15 minutes

Why it works

Repetition reassures, constraint frees, and the small format removes pressure. The mind settles, the hand anchors, attention recenters.

Concrete benefits

  • Noticeable calm and concentration during the session
  • Improved focus and mindfulness
  • A quick way to recentre before a meeting or busy day
  • Gentle confidence through a beautiful, unique result
  • Finished tile(s) ready to frame or gift
  • A personal pattern toolkit and a method you can use on your own

Goal of the session: not to “make an artwork”, but to live a calm and creative experience of focus and flow — to draw freely, without pressure, and leave lighter.

Certified in professional art therapy, I accompany you without diagnosis or forced interpretation, with simple and caring listening.

How it differs from mandalas

  • Frame: Mandalas start from a central circle; Zentangle is drawn on small paper tiles with a free “string”.
  • Intent: Mandalas explore personal symbolism; Zentangle focuses on rhythm, gesture, and mindful attention.

Method: Simple, named patterns combined freely — no symmetry required.

My role : Open the Way and hold the space.


Welcome, short guidance, exploration at your rhythm, non-judgement, integrity of the works respected, optional sharing.

Yours : Explore and Feel

You come to live a moment of creative freedom, at your own rhythm, in a space of welcome and non-judgment.


There’s nothing to achieve — only to experience and feel.

✨ Workshops start on November 1st, 2025 !

To celebrate the opening and welcome you warmly,

I’m offering 10 € off your first booking

made before December 15th, 2025.

✨ Choose your à-la-carte format ✨

All sessions include one coffee, tea or lemonade,

plus a small homemade cake.

  • Duration : 2 h to 2 h 30 (flexible, at your pace)
  • Private sessions only : one-to-one or pre-formed groups (no mixed groups, no strangers)
  • All materials included

Zentangle Creation

Solo — 55 €

Personal guidance and full freedom of exploration.
Lines, dots, curves, patterns — let shapes flow naturally, without control or judgment.
No artistic experience required, only curiosity and presence. 

Duo — 100 € (2 h 30)

For pre-formed duos only (arrive together).
Friends, couple, parent and child… each person creates their own Zentangle at their own rhythm.
A calm, meditative and shared experience.

Small groups — 45 € / person (3 to 4 people)

Pre-formed groups only (arrive together). I never mix strangers.
Relaxed and mindful atmosphere.
Each participant creates their own Zentangle — a space to focus, breathe and express freely.

 

Practical info

  • Ericeira — Artist studio, address shared after booking
  • Schedule : 7 days a week by appointment
  • Morning 10–12 am, Afternoon 3–5 pm, Evening 7–9 pm
  • Booking at least 24 hours in advance
  • All materials provided
  • FR · EN · PT

Need more details before you book ? 

Don’t hesitate to contact me.


Ready to try ? The rest, we do together.

✨ We cannot change the past, but we can transform the matter of the present.