Create Your Own Zentangle!

Dear Readers, 

Now that we have understood Zentangle. 

Let's Create one! =)

1.Start with the right supplies. 

• The Zentangle Method encourages using fine printmaking paper to use as a foundation for Zentangles. It should be plain white, unlined paper. Cut your paper into a 3.5" square piece.
• Handmade or textured paper is fine, as long as it doesn't have patterns.
• You can use colored paper if you want, but wouldn't be considered a true Zentangle according to the Zentangle Method.

2. Draw a border.

•  Use a pencil to draw a light square border around the edges of your paper. The pattern you make will be drawn inside the perimeters of the border. Do not use a ruler or any sort of straight edge to draw your border. Just sketch it lightly near the edges of the paper.

3.Draw a string.

•  Take your pencil and draw a "string" inside the border. According to the Zentangle Method, a string is a curved line or squiggle that will lend structure to your design. The pattern you create will emerge according to the contours of your string. It should a lightly-sketched, simple, abstract form that elegantly divides the border into sections.
• Some people find it hard to determine how to draw the string. Remember that the philosophy behind a Zentangle is that it should feel pleasurable, celebratory and natural. Draw whatever comes out when you touch your pencil to the paper - there's no wrong way to do it.

·         4.Start creating a tangle. 

• A "tangle" is a pattern drawn in pen along the contours of a string. One Zentangle may have just one tangle, or a combination of different tangles. Use your pen to begin drawing whatever pattern comes to you - again, there's no right or wrong move inside a Zentangle. As you work, keep the following in mind:
• Tangles should be composed of very simple shapes. A line, a dot, a circle, a squiggle, or an oval are all acceptable.
• Penciled shading can be added to the tangles to create more depth and visual interest. This is not mandatory, but you're free to do so if you'd like.

5.Don't erase mistakes. 

• You can't erase mistakes you make in pen. That's part of the reason tangles are created in pen, not pencil, aside from any shading you might want to add. There's no going back.

6.Keep going until you're finished. 

• You'll know when it's time to put down your pen. Keep your Zentangle in a safe place, or frame it and display it for long-term enjoyment.

Create Your Own Zentangle using the template as guide:

Zen-Mandala (Mandala with zentagle parttern design)

              Hope you have fun zentangling! :)

  

                                                                             

ART INDEX

Dear Readers,

Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, usually involving imaginative or technical skill. In their most general form these activities include the production of works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the aesthetic dissemination of art.

Art and Design is the study of the various forms of visual communication. It covers the expressive arts, design and the ability to understand the work of others. It gives learners an insight into how art and design influence their lives and it gives them the skills to interact with these disciplines.

Principles and Elements of Art

The principles of art include: balance, proportion, emphasis, variety, movement, rhythm, and harmony. They are used to organize the basic elements of art (line, shape, form, value, color, space, and texture), and they are sometimes also referred to as principles of organization or design principles.

And the types of Art?

Well, some different types of art are animation, architecture, assemblage, calligraphy, ceramics, computer, Christian or religious, conceptual, artistic design, drawing, folk, graffiti, graphic, illuminated manuscript, illustration, mosaic, painting, performance,photography, sculpture, stained glass, tapestry, and video.