Zentangle is a drawing technique that emerged only recently, but already conquered people of different ages. By devoting to painting in the style of zentangle for 15 to 20 minutes a day, a person becomes balanced, more successfully copes with stresses and current problems.
What is sentangle?
Zentangle - the art of an abstract drawing based on repeating elements of patterns (tangles), originated in the 2000s in the United States. Zentangle is formed from two words zen - zen and tangle - confusion, plexus. Zentangle - meditative drawing, which has gained worldwide popularity is used in art therapy, as a way to relieve emotional tension (irritation, aggression ). Classes in the style of this technique develop creative thinking and creativity.
What is the difference between zentangle and dudling?
Sentangle and dudling seem to be the same technicians, but this is not true, although both styles can be used simultaneously in the drawings, although they have the same psychotherapeutic effect - they enter into a meditative state. What distinguishes these methods of drawing:
- Zentangles are repetitive patterns placed in a square or circular space. Dudling - chaotic scribbles, lines of curls. Dudles love to draw students in the fields in notebooks.
- Drawing zentangles requires maximum concentration and awareness of the process "here and now." Dudling - spontaneous mechanical drawing, while the brain is busy with something else, for example, a person can at this time talk on the phone.
Sentangle technique
Style of drawing zentangle does not require outstanding artistic abilities and anyone can learn this technique, and skill already comes skill. The technique has a number of features:
- The drawing is made on dense square sheets of paper (260g / m2) measuring 9x9 cm, they are called tiles (you can buy ready-made or cut a sheet of A4-size watercolor paper into 6 squares), if the drawing is in a circle, the diameter of the paper circle should be 11.5 cm;
- the finished drawing has no top and bottom, a beginning or an end, it can be viewed from any angle.
Technique of drawing classical zentangle:
- In each of the four corners of the paper, one point is applied with a pencil.
- Connect these points to each other (the boundary of the picture).
- Pencil apply lines (strings), dividing the space into sectors.
- Liner or gel pen fill sections (for each section use a different kind of tangle).
- Pencil with shadows and shade.
Official Tangles-Sentangle
Zentangle is a drawing technique, an officially registered system patented by M. Thomas and R. Roberts in 2006. After completing their course, a person becomes a certified instructor of the Zentangl method. To date, there are 160 official (author) tungles in this technique, you can see them on the following websites:
- tanglepatterns.com;
- paterncollections.com.
Than draw sentangle?
Zentangle is a technique that has its own characteristics in execution and a set of drawing tools. You can start drawing with a pencil and an ordinary ballpoint pen or gel pen, there would be a desire. When it starts to work out, there is a desire to realize their zentangle drawings on professional paper and quality liners. What you need to draw zentangles:
- black and white liners with a line thickness from 0.5 to 005 (popular brands Pigma Micron, Pigma Sensei);
- simple pencil 2H - solid, for the designation of lines;
- simple pencil 2B - soft for shading;
- pencil sharpener;
- gel handles (Sakura, Gelly Roll) with different metallic shades.
Additional materials for color saturation:
- wax crayons;
- pastel;
- watercolor paints.
How to draw zentangle?
Drawings in the style of sentangle can be learned to draw by mastering individual tangles. Draw begin in notebooks in a box, then you can go to the image on the tiles. Each pattern consists of several components, it is important to disassemble them step by step. After the tungles are mastered, you can take already finished drawings and consistently follow the author to repeat the steps. In the future, it is recommended to create your own drawings using existing sentangle patterns, only this way of drawing promotes the full disclosure of potential when new motifs of patterns are born.
Mandala in the style of sentangle
Zentangl-mandala consists of different graphic figures (spirals, crosses, circles, rhombuses, squares), which as a whole are curvilinear geometric patterns with strict order and sequence in repeating elements. Materials for creating zentangl-mandala:
- paper for graphics (A4);
- compass;
- protractor;
- simple pencil 2B;
- black gel pen or thin marker.
Stages of creation:
- Draw a circle with a simple pencil using a compass or a tool (saucer, CD).
- Inside the circle draw a few smaller circles (up to 9).
- Using a protractor, divide the mandala into sections (for example, to draw 8 sections the lines are drawn at an angle of 45 °).
- Gel pen or liner fill sections with different geometric patterns
- To make the volume of the picture, pencil hatch and shade. The Mandala is ready.
Postcards in the style of sentangle
What can be more pleasant than a gift made by oneself, for the native people it's for sure - a piece of attention that gives joy. Style zentangle can be used for homemade cards on any subject. For the postcard you will need the following materials:
- hard pencil marking H;
- soft pencil B;
- paper for watercolor and graphics 9x9 cm;
- white marker;
- color markers with a thin rod (liners);
- a pen;
- sheet of thin plastic.
Stages of drawing postcards:
- Pencil the lines on a sheet of paper for graphics.
- Use the pen to draw repeating tangle elements, each section is a new pattern;
- The shadows are applied in pencil B and shade.
- For coloring the resulting pattern, a white marker is used. The color is applied to the plastic surface with any color marker, and the white marker is colored with this color. When painting it will look like a smooth transition from a saturated to converging color to none.
- A ready drawing to paste on a sheet of watercolor paper folded in half.
Sentangle coloring pages
Meditative coloring is a pleasant and relaxing pastime that can be spent with family or alone. The process harmoniously stabilizes psycho-emotional processes. Useful and pleasing eyes coloring zentangle and dudling:
- "The wind blows flowers" illustrator O. Goloveshkin. An outlandish animal world in the style of sentangles and doodles. Coloring develops design skills for working with color.
- "Sovetskie" coloring raising the mood from the publishing house Eksmo. The coloring is dedicated to lovers of wise birds.
- "Kototerapiya" coloring-zendudl "Y. Mironov. The author suggests following cats - they are so different, playful and restless.
- "Magic drawings for meditation. Element of water "V. Dorofeeva. Establishing a connection with the water element will take away stress , and the problems already seem not so serious and it is possible, in the process of coloring, solutions from the subconscious will come.
- "Wings of a Dream" Meditative coloring for adults K. Rose. Figures zentangle and inspirational quotations and aphorisms of great people.
List of books on the subject of zentangle and dudling
The literature below contains theoretical and practical components, and will be useful to those who want to learn how to draw and design patterns. Books on zentangles and dudling:
- "Zen-dudling. Art of the subconscious drawing "edited by J. Tony, J. Amy. The best designs from eminent world authors inspire and inspire creativity.
- "The Big Book of Zentangles" by B. Winkler and friends. In the book in detail and clearly understand the techniques of drawing zentangles. The manual is designed for both beginners and for those who have long been "in the subject".
- Zentangl B. Krahul. The author tells the story of the development of zentangle direction, about the tools necessary for drawing. Theoretical and practical blocks alternate.
- "Ok, Doodlerong> Doodles, skits, sentangles" L. Kirsach-Osipova. The book shows the techniques of spontaneous drawing of doodles and zentangles, creative creative techniques.
- "Zendudl" Susan Schadt. Popular and noteworthy technique of drawing zentangle and dudling allows you to create masterpieces of art.