Ella's reviews
Nov 2023
Draw Zentangle Art: Butterflies and Bugs
Loved this class. A fun way to use different tangles to fill in the bugs and butterflies.
Sep 2023
Detangle with Zentangle® at Home
I really enjoyed this class. Heidi is fabulous at explaining the patterns and walking us through the tile. I love how 3D it looks. Great way to end the week
Aug 2023
This was Ella's fifth time doing this class
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
I enjoyed learning the tangle Seedwayz in this class. Definitely will use it as a border tangle for future tiles
Aug 2023
Draw Zentangle® Art: Twilight Tanglers
This was a lovely class learning new tangles. I am happy with my finished tiles
Aug 2023
This was Ella's sixth time doing this class
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
I always love Niki’s lunchtime classes. This one I decided to experiment with a tan tile and different colours.
Jan 2023
This was Ella's fourth time doing this class
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
I love that these classes are tailored to suit both beginners and more experienced tanglers. This class I decided to mix up tile shape and pen colours to challenge myself and see what I could produce. Super happy with the result! Thanks Niki for the great ideas this lunchtime class. Looking forward to next holidays when I can join in again!
Jan 2023
Loved playing with flux in this class. I especially loved learning some new flux tangles and playing around with them. A very mindful class after a tiring week, Zentangle always centres me and gets me focused in the moment and forgetting about everything else. Thanks Niki
Dec 2022
This was Ella's third time doing this class
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
Another great class. Decided to try out on a black tile and I really enjoyed it
Nov 2022
A lovely class combining 2 things I love - watercolour and Zentangle. Loved the idea of putting the paint on the plastic first then smooshing it onto the tile (even though I found it a bit hard to get the hang of at first!) The ‘map’ tangling has such a cool look.
Nov 2022
Draw Zentangle® Festive Decorations
This class was awesome. Loved the Zentangle + crafty Christmas vibes combined. Niki gave us 20 small circles to tangle on and instructions to stick them together to make a beautiful decoration. She went through a bunch of tangles for us to use on the circles, and she gave us plenty more tangles and instructions to make another decoration out of square (bijou) tiles (though I didn’t get up to that yet but can’t wait to do it later!) I am keen to make a bunch more decorations, it will definitely keep me busy for a while
Nov 2022
Paint Beautiful Watercolour Insects at Home
This was a lovely class! I love the way Carlie teaches - slowly, going through the basics, building you up to a confident watercolour artist with a piece you’re impressed with. I particularly enjoyed the insects as there was so much detail and interest to them
Sep 2022
This was Ella's second time doing this class
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
Always love Niki’s classes and so glad I could have the chance to join in on my week off. Zentangle has become a form of therapy for me and Niki is to thank for that! This session was great, I learnt new tangles and I’m very happy with my tiles
Aug 2022
Paint Watercolour Marine Animals at Home
I loved this class. Carlie is a great teacher and makes you feel very comfortable. The marine animals were fun to paint and I learnt many new techniques
May 2022
Learn Zentangle Art: Tangled Buds and Berries
Very cute buds and berries, loved adding colour to the tiles too. Thanks Niki for another great class
Mar 2022
Learn Zentangle® Art at Home: Dingbatz Decorations
I love love love the Zentangle dingbatz! So fun. Quite different to traditional Zentangle which was exciting to try new things. I’m so inspired to use them for my journal, scrapbooking and card making. So much you can do with this and I’ve already started exploring more dingbatz outside of the class. I recommend this as an extension to your Zentangle journey and to spice things up a bit and add some more interest to your art
Mar 2022
The Lonely Arts Club: Zentangle® Hearts
This was a beautiful class. Despite being tired from work and hesitant about my heart drawing ability, Niki’s heart templates and guidance meant that I was super pleased with the result and loved this class so much. The heart tangles were a great addition to my toolbox and the embossing was an added fun aspect that I hadn’t tried before. Thanks Niki
Feb 2022
Zentangle® Art: Embedded Letters
Lovely class and great way to have time out for myself with a relaxing evening in the middle of a busy week. This class is perfect for all Zentangle abilities, beginners or experienced as we used basic patterns but created an awesome effect to embed the letters. Always love Zentangle classes with Niki!
Jan 2022
Learn to Draw Zentangle® Zenbuttons
This was a great class. Loved learning about the fragments to put in our zendala - after spending so much time on regular tangle patterns in previous classes, it was awesome to expand my Zentangle skills this way. The button effect is so cool too. Thanks Niki for another lovely class
Nov 2021
Learn Zentangle® Art: The Botanical Garden
Lovely class! We did two beautiful botanical tiles, both really relaxing to do and had beautiful outcomes. Always love learning all the new tangles to add to my bank as well as creating gorgeous Zentangle art. I love drawing Zentangle as a way to try and go against my perfectionism and just go with the flow and not worry about mistakes.
Nov 2021
Great class. I loved the kit with all the blue goodies. It was fun exploring the different blues during the class. I learnt new tangles as always but also used my previous Zentangle experience to build on and of course deepen my Zentangle obsession. Keen to use the blue and white ideas on some more tiles in my own time as it has a really nice look
Nov 2021
Mindful Zenheaven Drawing at Home: Ebony
This was a lovely class. I loved how the kit came with different colour pens and paper and we used all of it in the class. It was a nice relaxing afternoon and Sue is a lovely teacher with clear and easy to follow instructions.
Nov 2021
Create Zentangle® Stacked Rocks
This was an awesome class. I love that every single one of Niki’s classes I come out with beautiful art that I’m proud of. The stacked rocks was a particularly interesting and enjoyable type of Zentangle art. I liked that I could draw on my previous Zentangle skills in this class but the way Niki walks you through everything each time is a great refresher and means you don’t need to have any prior skills. I loved the way also in this class we were stepped through the process from creating our zigzag lines to the rocks to adding tangles to the shading at the end which really made the rocks come to life. Such a lovely and relaxing evening!
Nov 2021
Christmas theme was such a fun and interesting take on Zentangle! There’s so much more I am excited to do with the ideas Niki gave us - lots to keep me busy. I love learning new tangles and techniques each class. Cant wait for more
Oct 2021
Learn Zentangle Art: A Floral Tribute
Excellent class with Nikki as always. I enjoyed learning the different floral tangles that I could then apply to some tiles after the class, but also was fun creating the two tiles we did together in the class. I always love zentangling with Nikki and look forward to more!
Oct 2021
This was such a lovely class with Icy. I loved the workbooks and Ivy’s examples - so many awesome activities provided that I will continue after. The black notebook is a lovely feel for bullet journaling too
Oct 2021
Very nice teacher and the guided drawing of the dog was really helpful but the pictures on the website for the class were nothing like what we were guided through. Regardless I am happy with my final product!
Oct 2021
Learn Brush Pen and Pointed Pen Modern Calligraphy
I really loved this class with Icy! She breaks down the steps really clearly and is such a lovely teacher. I also love how she combined pointed and brush pen so we could try both. Would recommend to anyone who’s interested in calligraphy but not sure where to start
Oct 2021
Learn How to Create a Mindful Mandala
I loved this class! Elsa is such a lovely teacher and she explains things really well. Even though I’ve done a lot of drawing before I learnt heaps and gained the skills I need to make more mandalas. Cant wait to keep creating
Oct 2021
I loved this class! I was hesitant at the start with using white ink on blank paper but by the end I felt much more confident and I am in love with the look of the black Zentangles! Nikki is a wonderful teacher and always makes these sessions so informative but also very relaxing
Sep 2021
Simple Floral Illustrations for Bullet Journaling
I enjoyed the techniques learnt and the tips on adding to bullet journal as well as nice examples to be inspired by. Icy has a lovely style and is a gentle teacher. I did find the class to be quite slow-paced especially at the start, and at times too easy for me personally. I think it could’ve been faster paced and more content covered being the nature of “simple florals”. Overall a nice class.
Sep 2021
Draw Zentangle® Art: Lunchtime Tanglers
Such a lovely lunch hour spent learning some new Zentangle patterns and relaxing while drawing. I love Nikki’s teaching style and I’m hooked on zentangling!
Sep 2021
Paint Beautiful Watercolour Birds at Home
This was such a great class. Carlie is a wonderful teacher, she made everything very easy to follow and I had such a great time painting birds!
Sep 2021
Paint Calming Watercolour Florals
So much was covered in the class which was awesome, though I really had to let go of my perfectionism to just enjoy painting the florals.
Sep 2021
Learn Zentangle® Art: Underwater World
I loved this class. So relaxing and Nikki is a great teacher. Perfect for all, regardless of drawing ability!
Aug 2021
This class was so relaxing, I felt like I really got in the zone and could just enjoy painting and meditating without any pressure of trying to do it perfectly. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon and Vanessa is a great teacher!
