Made in the Shade: a Zentangle Workbook


Book Description

This book will open up a wonderful, dynamic, and 3-dimensional world of shading possibilities.Learn to shade your Zentangle art with confidence and creativity. This workbook is for the intermediate to advanced tangler who wants to learn more about shading. It includes step-by-step instruction with exercises on shading techniques, dozens of ideas for shading 20 official tangles, plus 4 step-by-step shading projects to teach the reader to analyze a tile and use shading to create a focal point, improve contrast, add dimension, and enhance the overall design. Plus, there are instructions for drawing 12 new tangles. Finally, there are 36 tiles, 6 artist trading cards, 3 Zendalas, and 4 pieces of Zentangle-Inspired Art from artists around the world for inspiration and practice.




Totally Tangled


Book Description

These versatile graphics can be used to decorate any surface. Micron pens make drawing the tangles simple and permanent. Zentangle is about filling spaces using pattern with a simple line, and becomes more attractive and complex as areas are filled. The process is appealing to graphics artists as well as those just learning to draw.




Zentangle Primer Vol 1


Book Description

The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas give detailed instructions and insights into how to draw specific tangles and how to benefit from a Zentangle practice. -- back cover.




The Great Zentangle Book


Book Description

Create, relax, and inspire one stroke at a time with The Great Zentangle Book! Zentangle(r) is a meditative art in which lines and shapes are created and combined to make one intricate piece of artwork. Complied by certified Zentangle trainer, Beate Winkler, these 100 step-by-step Zentangle patterns will help you relax while creating approachable and beautiful works of art. Discover beautiful tangles from artists from around the world, including Zentangle founders Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Be up to date on current Zentangle trends with new, delicate bijou tiles and find inspiration for your own Zentangle artwork while learning fascinating information and techniques. It's time you gave your mind a creative break with The Great Zentangle Book!




Pattern Play


Book Description

Pattern Play: a Zentangle Creativity Booster is for anyone who wants to have fun, de-stress, and increase their creative confidence. The Zentangle method is a mindful activity that can be done most anywhere and requires little time, space, or equipment. Like other mindful activities, the practice of Zentangle may also help you feel less stressed, increase your confidence, improve your concentration, manage pain better, sleep more soundly, and meditate more deeply. No matter your skill level, this book will help you flex your creativity muscles. It includes step-by-step instructions to guide beginners in understanding the Zentangle method and creating their first Zentangle art. Pattern Play also shows seasoned tanglers (people who 'do Zentangle') how to use their existing repertoire of tangles (patterns) as a springboard to ignite their own creative spark. Along with instructions, it contains: - 21 meditative patterns - over 125 tangleations (variations) - over 50 beautiful pieces of art - over 75 idea starters - tips for better tangling and plenty of space to practice and refine your skills so you can become the artist you were meant to be.




One Zentangle A Day


Book Description

One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing, by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a "tangle," and you combine various tangles into patterns to create "tiles" or small square drawings. This step-by-step book is divided into 6 chapters, each with 7 daily exercises. Each exercise includes new tangles to draw in sketchbooks, teaches daily tile design, and offers tips on related art principles, and contains an inspirational "ZIA" (Zentangle Inspired Art) project on a tile that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques.




A Zentangle Collection of Reticula and Fragments


Book Description

A collection of ideas and inspirations using the Reticula and Fragments concept of creating Zentangle art.




Time to Tangle with Colors


Book Description

More than simply coloring regions of a tangle design, this book offers lessons which enable even the novice artist to use a brush pen to color 48 delightful Zentangle animals, plants and flowers.




Zentangle Art Therapy


Book Description

This book offers a wonderful introduction to those new to Zentangle and covers the tools required and the basic techniques to get started. Simple patterns including baseline, fillers, ribbons and borders offer a foundation to explore more complex, three dimensional design and ways to further enhance the readers creations using shading and color. The book is full of inspirational artwork to give the reader a taste of the endless possibilities.




Zentangle 12, Workbook Edition


Book Description

Explore the latest and coolest black & white tangle tangle techniques with 10 innovative methods, 30 original tangles, and a bonus 16-page workbook. Zentangle 12 offers exciting Ideas for punched shapes, torn paper, stencils, inkblots, clayboard, straw blowing, Notan, and more.