Drawspace.com - Learn to draw. ZENTANGLES and STUFF. Enthusiastic Artist. Penny Raile. My tangle pattern: Japonica. BEEZ in the Belfry. Tangle, tangle, tangle. Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts created Zentangle several years ago after Rick noticed how calm, relaxed and focused Maria was while working on a lettering art piece.
It is best to hear them tell their own story and read about them on their web site at www.zentangle.com. Here though, I would like to tell you my own personal impression when meeting the couple at the 2nd CZT workshop held in October 2009 at a wonderful mansion retreat in Whitinsville, Maryland (outside of Boston). The setting was rustic and beautiful - a perfect location to take in the world of Zentangles. The couple had put together a great workshop. Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz.
Love more … Fear less hardly anything in life is ever just black or white… perhaps that is the challenge and attraction for me when doodling to not use any color… I glued a few encyclopedia pages together using UHU glue stick and painted them with black gesso… the photo above was taken about midway in creating my pages…
Zentangles. TanglePatterns.com BEGINNER’S GUIDE to Zentangle® eBook is now available!
Visit the STORE > E-BOOKS tab for more details. “The Zentangle Method is an easy to learn, fun and relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” Zentangles are miniature pieces of unplanned, abstract, black and white art created through a very specific Method from an ensemble of simple, structured patterns called tangles on a 3.5-inch (89 mm) square paper tile. Zentangles are not only exquisitely beautiful, they are fun and relaxing to create. Home Page.