Zentangle: Meditation Through Pattern-Drawing by Maria Popova If greater creativity and more mental balance are among your new year’s resolutions, look no further than Zentangle — a type of meditation achieved through pattern-making, created by artist duo Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Each pattern is built one line at a time, organically combining simple patterns into complex zentangles in unplanned, unexpected ways that grow, change and unfold on the page as you enter an immersive state of flow. Totally Tangled offers a fantastic introduction to the relaxing and beautiful practice through step-by-step instructions and over 100 original tangles. We’re particularly taken with Zentagle because its basic principle — building on simple shapes and combining different patterns into complex creativity — is such a beautiful visual metaphor for our core philosophy of combinatorial creativity. Donating = Loving Bringing you (ad-free) Brain Pickings takes hundreds of hours each month. Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter. Share on Tumblr
Zentangle Zentangle I have a new obsession - Zentangles. Basically, it is like doodling, but with intention. It looks much harder than it is. I made myself a little book, just for my zentangles. It is 6 inches square, made from Strathmore Bristol smooth paper, bound with my bind-it-all. Zentangle® Hi All, I know this isn't watercolor, although I do combine it with watercolors sometimes, but I'm answering the question that was raised in this morning's "WASH" as to what zentangle® is. I've become a Certified Zentangle Teacher, or CZT, since I used to hang around here in WC and I just wanted to post this somewhere where those who asked the question as to what zentangle® is would see the answer. (My making anywhere near beginning of the "Daily Wash" thread is a rarity.) I imagine this would normally be posted in a "Mixed Media" forum. Yes, as someone said, and to put it simply, zentangle® is a meditative form of art using repetitive patterns. Tangles are basically done on 3.5" X 3.5" tiles with a micron pen, no artistic talent needed. And here is a zentangle® inspired piece of artwork, or as it's called in the tangling world, a ZIA, that I began by dropping watercolors onto Strathmore bristol paper. And a few done with a watercolor base on a zentangle® tile.
Tangle Brasil Long time away from here!Some personal problems to be solved..I hope I can return to my tangling soon, as well as update the Mosaic with a lot of new tangles that were released these past weeks. I´ll let you with my last drawings that I made to frame and hand in my place. The large one ( the wave) will be a three part piece, so it is still a work in progress (WIP). Muito tempo longe do blog! Problemas pessoais sendo resolvidos...]Espero poder retornar a minha atividade no zentangle logo, assim como poder atualizar o mosaico com muitos novos padrões que foram lançados nas ultimas semanas.
Zendala Templates | Tangle Harmony Here are previews of my mandala/Zendala templates; new ones are added at the top.Click one of the images below to download the full-size PDF templates. If you would like some more detailed designs for colouring, check out my colouring book, Geneviève's Mandalas. Template #52 Template #51 Template #50 Template #49 Template #48 Template #47 Template #46 Template #45 Template #44 Template #43 Template #42 Template #41 Template #40 Template #39 Template #38 Template #37 Template #36 Template #35 Template #34 Template #33 Template #32 Template #31 Template #30 Template #29 Template #28 Template #27 Template #26 Template #25 Template #24 Template #23 Template #22 Template #21 Template #20 Template #19 Template #18 Template #17 Template #16 Template #15 Template #14 Template #13 Template #12 Template #11 Template #10 Template #9 Template #8 Template #7 Template #6 Template #5 Template #4 Template #3
How to Think of What to Draw: 23 steps (with pictures) Edit Article Edited by Dvortygirl, Laptop123, Nicole Willson, Random and 41 others Have you been inspired to draw, including getting inspiration from famous artists, or are just doing it for fun? Drawing can often be fun, but sometimes it can be hard to think of ideas for what to draw. Well, don't worry about that -- there are many, many different ideas - just read this article to find out what they are. Ad Steps 1Doodle. 21Look back through old sketchbooks for ideas. Tips Don't be afraid to try something new or make something up as you go. Warnings While there's nothing wrong with drawing from a photograph to practice, keep in mind that you may not be able to publish the result if you don't hold the copyright or have permission.
Amazing Sketch Book Drawings by paul0v2 Thu, 09/22/2011 - 11:18 This amazing sketch book belongs to Russian artist and illustrator Irina Vinnik. These sketches are so amazingly done that they look more like the final piece, each page takes you to a different world of details that makes you dive into this drawings. For more from Irina Vinnik visit vinnik.net
Sumthin' Creative Step-by-steps & patterns Examples of this and alternative method here I draw string a lot so it's all over the blog. See also here and here. ("Well" is an official Zentangle pattern - this is just my spin on it) See an example of Morning Glories here See samples of bloom here 2/8's HEART S (no kick) See examples of this in use here You can find this pattern in a drawing here Find this one here and here (3rd one down) See this one in action here An example in my drawing sunset Tangle Tangle Tangle s Best Photos of zendoodle Flickr Hive Mind is a search engine as well as an experiment in the power of Folksonomies. All thumbnail images come directly from Flickr, none are stored on Flickr Hive Mind. These photos are bound by the copyright and license of their owners, the thumbnail links take to you to the photos (as well as their copyright and license details) within Flickr. Because some other search engines (Google, etc.) index parts of Flickr Hive Mind, you may have been led here from one of them. Flickr Hive Mind is a data mining tool for the Flickr photography database, allowing search by: tags(keywords); Flickr photography groups; Flickr users, their contacts, and favorites; free text; the Flickr Explore algorithm for interestingness.
Art of the Tangle ~ A Zentangle Studio ~ Blog | Art of the Tangle offers Zentangle (r) supplies, kits and classes. Find out about our latest doings and musings here on our blog. Conquering Cubine Here is a different way to approach Cubine, an official Zentangle ® tangle. This might be an easier way to learn and teach this tangle, “one cell at a time”. Frame it! Start the grid. Draw the crossing lines for the grid. Find a square in the middle, and put a dot right in the middle of the square Connect the dot to the middle of one of the edges of the square. Now connect that dot to an adjacent edge of the square, again, at the center of the edge. Now fill in that quarter of the square Now connect that center dot to the top corner of the square. Now give it lots of company! Shade in one of the “walls” of each cell, being consistent as to which side is shaded Now a little frame as a finishing touch! Zentangle on CBS Morning ? Recently Zentangle enthusiasts have organized a letter writing campaign to CBS Weekend Morning. Zentangle to CBS Zentangle Inspired Envelope to CBS If you would like to help spread the word, the address is CBS Sunday Morning, Box O 524 W 57th St John Franzen . .
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