Learn how to extract tangles from an intricate Italian Palazzo and also how to use the Markus Operandus template to design and create beautiful tan Renaissance Zendalas.


4:30 hours of advanced video plus tons of bonuses


Includes video captions!

Your Instructor: Eni Oken

I'm Eni Oken, artist since the age of 8, art instructor and teacher for over 30 years, author of hundreds of articles, tutorials, video lessons and ebooks online and books in print on various different subjects such as fantasy design, jewelry making and in recent years, Zentangle method. My true passion is exploring methods and tools on how a person can create something remarkable in art, and teaching it to others so they can grow artistically.

CZT® since 2016

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Topics covered :

• Learn how to extract tangles, patterns and motifs from a historic Italian Palazzo

• Explore Zentangle renaissance drawing techniques over tan paper using black and brown pen, colored pencils and white gel pens

• Use the Markus Operandus template to create a Zendala guideline

• Learn to design your own Zendala string on tracing paper, creating a template that can be used over and over

• Learn to apply overlap and layering to create rich, intricate Zendalas

• Create a Zendala over tan paper using everything you learned


Learn to use overlap to create rich, intricate Zendala design as final project

Video Snippet


Learn how to design your own mandala string full of overlapping ribbons!

No two designs are identical!

You won't believe that you could ever get this kind of detail in your own work