Wednesday, July 10, 2013

ZenTangles

Zentangles, my newest hobby obsession, are basically doodles on steroids.  I've been a doodler for years, but Zentangle takes the patterns I draw in the margin of the phone book while talking, and makes them into artwork.  The variety and possibilities are endless, as are the websites, Pins and books available.  I picked up this book, The Art of Zentangle by Margaret Bremmer, to get me started, but I have found plenty of inspiration online for free.

I have a long way to go to create some of the incredible drawings I've seen, but I'm having a lot of fun learning.  Here are some of my creations:
My first attempt - started with the bird outline

Started with outline of dress - lesson on more intricate patterns

Learned some lessons in perspective and shading from Art With Mr. E.
My favorite so far.  I love incorporating words into the Zentangle.
I hope this inspires you to try Zentangles.  It's the perfect summer passtime - fun, relaxing, easy to take with you to the pool, the baseball game, in the car . . .


7 comments:

  1. What??? This looks awesome!!

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  2. This looks like so much fun! I'm no artist, but a doodler? Yep! Yours are amazing.

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  3. These are great, Tami! Wow!

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  4. Totally awesome. I have looked around a bit and love Zentangles (after being introduced to it by Heather). But my few tries are not as stunning as yours by far.

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  5. Seriously, these are amazing. You are so talented. I love this!

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  6. Hmmm... Yours are beautiful not sure I could do it.

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  7. those are wonderful Tami. I do like the idea of the bird and the dress. I am planning to use a donkey outline, it's from a cookie cutter I bought in Las Vegas but haven't been inspired to make cookies from it, so a drawing instead....

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