by Suzanne McNeill (Author)
Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing meditation. Using only pencil, pen, and paper, you'll learn how to draw 25 original tangles, and discover inspiring ideas for incorporating these designs into your art. This expanded workbook edition includes an interactive bonus section where you can get started with warm-up exercises, practice tangling, and experiment with strings and shading.
With benefits including stress relief, inspiration, and improved self-esteem, Zentangle can be done anywhere and no special "artistic" talent is required. Tangles can be used to decorate wearables and home decor objects as well as cards, scrapbook pages and journals. Best of all, you can tangle even if you have never drawn anything before.
Back Jacket
New! Expanded edition includes 16 new workbook pages for practice and enjoyment.
Zentangle turns drawings into artistic design while reducing stress and improving focus. This relaxing process can be done anywhere and no 'artistic' talent is needed. Embellish journals, scrapbooks, art, paintings and cards. There is really no limit to creativity.
The Zentangle Basics book helps students and educators get started. It features step-by-step illustrations for 25 tangles. Also included are tips on how to relate Zentangle to learn spelling, math, social studies, geometry and art.
Traditional Zentangle includes a ritual to help get in touch with life. Tangles are used as learning skills for school children, as stress reduction for adults and they help develop dexterity. In addition, Zentangles can be fabulous works of art that resemble etchings.
"Anything is possible, one stroke at a time." (TM)
-- Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, zentangle.com
Author Biography
Suzanne McNeill is the author of 230 craft & hobby books and 15 Zentangle books, including Joy of Zentangle, The Beauty of Zentangle, and Zentangle Basics. Winner of the Craft and Hobby Association's Industry Achievement Award, Suzanne has been called ""the Trendsetter"" of the arts and crafts industry. Now she is at the forefront of another growing trend with Zentangle.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.08 x 10.41 x 8.45 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: January 01, 2014
