Generating Ideas - Brainstorm ideas about your Zentangle Design. Look at the options in listed in the Final Design section to help narrow down your ideas.
Researching- Below is a list of websites and video links to help you learn about Zentangles and to find patterns
Visual Development - Choose a minimum of 5 different patterns. Practice them on scrap paper. Include pencil shading.
Final Design What is Zentangle? The Zentangles are very different from regular drawing.. They are a form of artistic meditation that even non-artistic people can do. The Zentangle process is just as important as the final product. They are similar but different to doodles. Doodles are done without paying attention or concentrating on what you are doing. It is often done as a distraction when you are involved in another activity like listening to a teacher or in a meeting. Zentangles require more focus on the actual design.
Basic Directions 1. Your may draw your patterns lightly in pencil then trace them with marker or just go for it using only your marker. 2. Use a minimum of 5 patterns -You must have areas that are white, light, medium, dark and black Use contrast when choosing patterns - Big and small shapes, thick and thin line, white and dark shapes, detailed and plain areas, etc. Balance out patterns so they are spread around the paper evely 3. The patterns should fill 90% of the paper so that there is little to no areas left blank 4. Once your doodle is complete, add shading with a pencil to make areas appear 3-Dimensional or raised above other areas. 5. Be very neat. If you draw things in pencil first, place a scrap of paper under your hand to prevent smudging.
Options 1. Negative Image - Lightly draw a recognizable image and tangle around it. Erase the pencil lines when complete. 2. Image-Shaped Tangle - Draw the outline of a fairly complex image lightly in pencil and tangle inside the image. Erase pencil lines when complete. 3. Shaped Edges - Use a circle or cut around the tangles so that paper isn't a rectangle. 4. Tan Paper with Highlights - Use tan paper rather than white. Highlight with white pencil. 5. Colored Pencil Accents - Use colored pencil to add color to your tangles. Touch up marker as needed if the colored pencil covers it up. 6. Magazine Collage - Add a small image from a magazine and tangle around it. 7. Layered - Cut out shapes to tangle and layer them using cardboard to shapes at different levels. 8. Zentangle Box - Follow the directions on the video. Create 3 small boxes or one large box.
Refinement - Ask 3 people what is working and what need improved. Make changes as necessary. Erase pencil marks, Clean up marker edges, etc.