Zentangle Inspired Art: A Beginners Guide to Zentangle Art and Zentangle Inspired Art and Craft

126 Pages·2014·7.96 MB·English

by  Mahe, CZT, Husain

Contents

The History of Zentangle
Reviews and FREE eBooks
Our Journey Begins
The Toolkit
Tiles
Pens
Pencils
Sharpener
Pattern Log Book
Sketchbook
A Surface to Tangle
A Zentangle® Art Kit
The Basics of Zentangles
Tiles and Strings
Basic Tangles
Tangle Enhancements
Adding Color to Zentangle Art
Using Gel Pens
Using Color Pencils
Using Markers
Using Paint
A Zentangle Workbook
Zendalas
Silhouettes
Dolls and Dresses
Quotes
Nature
Frames
Zentangle Inspired Art (ZIA) Projects
ATCs
Tangled Words
Zentangle Bookmark
Frame that Tangle
A Tangled Quilt
Dolls
Artist Trading Blocks
Paper Shoes
Cards
Alphabets
Bags
A Zentangle Book
A Zentangle® a Day
Zentangle Gallery
ZENTANGLE INSPIRED ART

By Mahe Zehra Husain
Copyright © Mahe Zehra Husain, 2014
all rights reserved.
ZENTANGLE INSP IRED ART
- A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO
ZENTANGLE ART AND ZENTANGLE INSP IRED ART AND
Copyright by Mahe Zehra Husain. First Edition. All
CRAFT PROJECTS
rights reserved. The projects, patterns, designs, instructions and all art in this
book are for the inspiration and the personal use of the reader. It is not to be
republished or reproduced/ resold under any circumstances. It is permissible for
the purchaser to create the projects outlined in this book to sell but no other part
of this book may be reproduced electronically or by mechanical means, without
permission from the author. The publisher/author does not accept responsibility
or guarantee results of the projects. Many tools and supplies used to create the
projects are not meant for children. The author/publisher does not accept
responsibility for any injury occurred while making the projects in this book.
Copyright 2014 - Mahe Zehra Husain
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INTRODUCTION
The History of Zentangle
Zentangle® is a new style of drawing in deliberate steps with a pre-learned
toolkit of patterns. This art form has been developed by Rick Roberts and Maria
Thomas. The story of how it started is an amazing example of how something
beautiful is born when two ‘fields’ or ‘careers’ overlap or when people with
different ideas share and build something new.
On their website Rick and Maria share their story. Maria was explaining to Rick
how when she drew background images on a manuscript she was working on,
she felt ‘free’ and ‘focused’. He explained that these were the basic feelings one
tried to achieve while meditating and so they started to develop the Zentangle
method to aid people to achieve a sense of serenity and focus while drawing
simple patterns.
What I love most about this art form is that all the patterns are based on simple
lines, circles and shapes. Anyone can do it. The beauty of Zentangle lies in the
way these patterns evolve from their simple building blocks. Different patterns
are put together to create small ‘tiles’ or square drawings.
This new approach to art is structured and breaks down seemingly impossible to
replicate pieces of art into doable steps. Coming from a mathematical and
engineering background with a passion for the arts, I absolutely love this idea!
Big ‘problems’ are solved by breaking them down into smaller actionable steps.
Large products are developed by breaking down the plan into step-by-step
bullets. Now you can create beautiful pieces of art by learning a few simple
patterns! How awesome!
The Zentangle approach encourages you to focus on each stroke and make it
deliberate. Ideally you are not to use an eraser and any mistake made is a new
opportunity to change the direction of the piece. This is the creative freedom of
the Zentangle method. The freedom and rules go hand in hand making this an
amazing art form for left and right brained people. The joy is in the journey of
creating and that is what you are encouraged to enjoy and focus on. The outcome
will automatically be beautiful and you do not have to worry about it.
The entire process should be carried out without any predetermined notions. Just
let the art take you where it does and you’ll end up in a beautiful place.