Students first attempt for Colourful Zentangles
“The Zentangle Method is an
easy to learn, fun and relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing
structured patterns.”
The Zentangle art form and method was created by Rick
Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle® is a
registered trademark of Zentangle, Inc. You can learn much more at zentangle.com and
from taking a class with a Certified
Zentangle Teacher (CZT).
“A Zentangle has no up or down
and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can
draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle.“
Zentangle
or Doodle?
Often people new to Zentangle will
say, “I’ve doodled all my life, I never knew it had a name.” With all due
respect, Zentangle is not doodling though the outcome may look the same. What
is the difference between doodling and Zentangle?
Zentangle is a form of artistic
meditation through a very specific Method of deliberate intention that produces
non-objective drawings composed of patterns (tangles) that can be viewed
from all four sides. Zentangle is about process, not outcome.
Zentangles do not contain
recognizable objects and there is no “right side up”. The Zentangle method is
very focused and mindful, whereas doodling is generally something you do with
your hands while your thoughts are occupied with something else. It’s easy to
confuse the outcome of Zentangle with doodling, but they are quite different
processes.
Likewise, the tangle patterns
composing a Zentangle do not represent a natural or actual object, figure, or
scene.
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