Instructions for drawing more than 100 tangles
This beginner's guide includes instructions for everything from drawing your very first Zentangle to applying your new skills to decorative art & gifts:
You don't have to be an artist or have artistic talent to experience and create Zentangle art!
While many of the patterns or tangles might look complicated at first glance, this book deconstructs them down to their simplest form of lines, dots, and shapes, so even a beginner can quickly learn to make beautiful Zentangle art.
For the beginner, start with the basics: The tools you'll need, understanding the philosophy of Zentangle, and making your very first Zentangle piece. Remember, the Zentangle method is meant to be relaxing, not complicated!
A piece of Zentangle art can be as simple as black lines on white paper, or it can be as complex as a fully coloured ZIA. Find great advice on shading, string shape, and borders to add to your Zentangle designs. There is also great advice for finding inspiration for your tangles in nature!
Learn the simple steps to create 101 different tangles. No matter how complicated the finished product might appear, every single tangle can be broken down into a series of repetitive markings. The galleries of Zentangle art that follow encourage your creativity: Experiment with variations of each tangle to reflect your personality!
The Zentangle method, created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Experience peace and relaxation while creating a meaningful piece of art.
The history of Zentangle, the benefits, the uses, and the basic tools you'll need are all covered in this book, to get you tangling in no time!
Find instructions for drawing 101 different tangles from Certified Zentangle Teachers, including Suzanne McNeill, Sandy Steen Bartholomew, and Marie Browning. These simple, step-by-step designs are the perfect introduction to the art of Zentangle, relaxing you while increasing your creativity, focus, and well-being.
Use the tangles and techniques you'll learn in this book to create your own Zentangle-Inspired Art: Learn how shading can add colour, contrast, and depth, and explore how to shade flat surfaces like layers, overlaps, and cubes, as well as how to make tangles look rounded with pearling or gradation.
Plus find design tips like changing shapes and adding borders, and how to draw inspiration from the world around you to make beautiful tangles!
Once you've mastered your favourite tangles, you'll want to branch out by creating unique art that reflects you! Take inspiration from the Traditional Zentangle gallery, which showcase pieces in black and white, as well as the ZIA gallery, which highlights the unique shapes and colours ZIAs bring to traditional Zentangle art.
You'll also find useful advice on adding colour to your designs!
Getting Started
Learn 101 Tangles
Create Beautiful Art
Inspiring Galleries
Instructions for drawing more than 100 tangles
This beginner's guide includes instructions for everything from drawing your very first Zentangle to applying your new skills to decorative art & gifts:
You don't have to be an artist or have artistic talent to experience and create Zentangle art!
While many of the patterns or tangles might look complicated at first glance, this book deconstructs them down to their simplest form of lines, dots, and shapes, so even a beginner can quickly learn to make beautiful Zentangle art.
For the beginner, start with the basics: The tools you'll need, understanding the philosophy of Zentangle, and making your very first Zentangle piece. Remember, the Zentangle method is meant to be relaxing, not complicated!
A piece of Zentangle art can be as simple as black lines on white paper, or it can be as complex as a fully coloured ZIA. Find great advice on shading, string shape, and borders to add to your Zentangle designs. There is also great advice for finding inspiration for your tangles in nature!
Learn the simple steps to create 101 different tangles. No matter how complicated the finished product might appear, every single tangle can be broken down into a series of repetitive markings. The galleries of Zentangle art that follow encourage your creativity: Experiment with variations of each tangle to reflect your personality!
The Zentangle method, created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Experience peace and relaxation while creating a meaningful piece of art.
The history of Zentangle, the benefits, the uses, and the basic tools you'll need are all covered in this book, to get you tangling in no time!
Find instructions for drawing 101 different tangles from Certified Zentangle Teachers, including Suzanne McNeill, Sandy Steen Bartholomew, and Marie Browning. These simple, step-by-step designs are the perfect introduction to the art of Zentangle, relaxing you while increasing your creativity, focus, and well-being.
Use the tangles and techniques you'll learn in this book to create your own Zentangle-Inspired Art: Learn how shading can add colour, contrast, and depth, and explore how to shade flat surfaces like layers, overlaps, and cubes, as well as how to make tangles look rounded with pearling or gradation.
Plus find design tips like changing shapes and adding borders, and how to draw inspiration from the world around you to make beautiful tangles!
Once you've mastered your favourite tangles, you'll want to branch out by creating unique art that reflects you! Take inspiration from the Traditional Zentangle gallery, which showcase pieces in black and white, as well as the ZIA gallery, which highlights the unique shapes and colours ZIAs bring to traditional Zentangle art.
You'll also find useful advice on adding colour to your designs!
Getting Started
Learn 101 Tangles
Create Beautiful Art
Inspiring Galleries
Marie Browning is the author of 31 crafting books, with more than 2 million copies in print. Her articles have appeared in national craft, home décor, and trade magazines. The winner of several Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) design awards, she was named a “Top Influential Industry Designer” by Craftrends magazine. A creative consultant to craft industry manufacturers, she is currently signature designer at American Tombow. Suzanne McNeill is the author of more than 200 craft & hobby books, including Joy of Zentangle, The Beauty of Zentangle, the 11-volume Zentangle series, and Zen Mandalas. Suzanne founded the leading publisher of Zentangle books, Design Originals (an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing). She was voted "Designer of the Year" and received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Craft & Hobby Association. Suzanne has been called "the trendsetter" of the arts and crafts industry. Sandy Steen Bartholomew is a Certified Zentangle Teacher, an illustrator, and a mixed-media artist. She also designs rubber stamps and paints furniture.
This book may change your life. Zentangle is the newest craze to
hit the crafting world. This easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun
illustration technique is a great way to create beautiful images by
drawing structured patterns. It's easy to learn and, after doing a
few Zentangle pieces, you'll begin to notice the world around you
in a different way-it will seem brighter, more colorful, more in
focus. You'll also master illustration techniques that you never
thought possible. Traditional Zentangle designs are done in black
ink on a white square tile of paper. A simple pattern can be broken
down into several small sections and each section contains a
different doodle or illustration. There is no right or wrong when
creating a Zentangle design, just relax and let yourself go! There
are also several ways to use Zentangle, as outlined in Joy of
Zentangle. You could use it to decorate your home, create beautiful
backgrounds for scrapbooks and cards, or simply decorate a margin
of a business memo as you sit in your morning meeting. Joy of
Zentangle makes jumping into this addicting illustration technique
easy and fun. With step-by-step full color photographs and detailed
written instructions, this is a great guide for those who are new
to or curious to learn more about this addicting hobby. Reviewed by
Melissa Conner
Joy of Zentangle an EXCELLENT choice for the beginning Tangler to
start on their Zentangle Journey with well crafted how-to steps,
excellent pictures, inspirational stories and beautiful examples.
All you need is pen, paper, and this book book to get you started
on your Zentangle journey. Certified Zentangle Teachers: Suzanne
McNeill, Sandy Steen Bartholomew and Maria Browning have authored
most of the first 6 Zentangle books. Now the best of the best from
these books and a few new tangles have been added to this Overview
edition. Find 101+ tangles in one place. The differences between
the small books 16-20 pagse and this book and this 160 page book is
the high presentation quality. The photography is very nice and
most of the pages are dedicated to a single tangle with how-to
steps and inspiration concepts or thought to give futher
understanding to the Joy that Zentangle has brought to many lives.
Additional info is included to offer the new budding artist
exploring Zentangle an understanding what focus means to
cultivating creativity, stress reduction and relaxation. Ideas for
working with 3-D object, Zendala / Mandalas, and much more are
included. -- Sharla R. Hicks CZT, Soft Expressions
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