Transcript Zentangles - DSF Baker-Neal

ZENTANGLES
Doodles with a Purpose
A ZENTANGLE IS A SMALL PIECE OF
ART, MADE WITH A FINE-LINE PEN
WITH GRAPHITE SHADING.
ZENTANGLE
DOODLING.
A PAPER
IS CREATED BY SIMPLY
IS DIVIDED INTO
SEGMENTS, AND PATTERNS ARE
REPEATED IN THESE SEGMENTS.
ANYTHING GOES.
DOODLING HAS NO RULES.
SUPPLIES
The supplies needed to doodle or Zentangle are few:
 pen or pencil
 paper
HOW TO START A ZENTANGLE
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It is drawn in a specific manner, as follows.
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Take a square of paper and place 4 pencil dots in
each corner about half an inch in.
Join up the dots with a pencil border which can be
straight or irregular.
Inside the resulting frame, draw a penciled 'string',
i.e. a loopy line. This divides up the area into various
sized shapes and sections.
Take a fine-line pen and fill the shapes with
repeating 'tangles' or patterns.
 When you have filled the spaces to our liking,
erase the original pencil lines and then add some
shading or color to make areas of the pop and to
give the Zentangle form.
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STARTING YOUR ZENTANGLE
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On the Zentangle tile, one lightly
pencils a border and a “string“, a
freeform shape into which one then
draws intricate non-objective patterns
called “tangles“, with ink.
No rulers, straight edges, or other
mechanical devices are used in
Zentangle. It’s just you and your pen.
Example of a Border with a “String”
drawn within it with pencil on a Tile –
ready to tangle and become a
Zentangle®
A Zentangle is not intended to be a
representation of something else. Both
the tangles used, and the resulting
completed tile are intended to be
unplanned, abstract, non-objective
creations that grow organically as you
make each deliberate stroke.
ZENTANGLES
Build
Patterns
within
the
Shape
FINISHED SIMPLE ZENTANGLES
ZENTANGLE ONLINE RESOURCE
http://tanglepatterns.com/
YouTube Tutorial
ADVANCED ZENTANGLE
Complex Patterns
ZENTANGLE IN SKETCHBOOK
ADVANCED ZENTANGLE
Zentangles enhance Drawings
ADD ZENTANGLES TO CONTOUR
DRAWINGS OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS
ADVANCED ZENTANGLE
Add Color