These versatile graphics can be used to decorate any surface. Micron pens make drawing the tangles simple and permanent. Zentangle is about filling spaces using pattern with a simple line, and becomes more attractive and complex as areas are filled. The process is appealing to graphics artists as well as those just learning to draw.

In this one-of-a-kind mindfulness workbook for teens, New York Times-bestselling artist and author of Start Where You Are, Meera Lee Patel, presents an entire year of calming, stress-relieving zentangle-style drawings for young, first-time zen drawers to help relax and enjoy a truly mindful moment of creativity. Few activities are as spiritually satisfying as the art of the meditative “tangle” drawing. With this book, teens can find a quiet moment to craft an intaglio of intricate, mandala-like drawings that will calm and bring on a peaceful state that clears the mind and facilitates creativity and relaxation. Offering a different hand-illustrated prompt for each day of the year, Daily Zen Doodles inspires kids to lose themselves in the contemplative act of sketching beautifully repeating patterns and abstract designs. Whether it’s the outline of a nautilus shell, the petals of a lotus blossom, or the spokes of the Buddhist wheel, the mindfulness-inspiring ideas in this book foster focus and help unlock that budding inner artist. Accompanied by apt quotes from spiritual leaders and famed philosophers to provide you with an added spark of inspiration, each drawing prompt is an invitation to an improved mindset and elevated state of inner peace.

Bring on the doodles! Zen doodle, that is! In Zen Doodle: Tons of Tangles, you'll find gorgeous images of the best doodle art from around the world. This collection of drawings and painted canvases from dozens of contributors features thousands of tangle patterns and doodle designs to inspire you to doodle anything and everything. Create a mythical, doodled beast or abstract work of art. Draw an inspirational tangled card for a friend or add doodled intrigue to your art journal with patterned shapes. Zen Doodle provides you with the first steps toward creating unique tangled art, including traditional tiles, letterforms, Zendalas, landscapes, four-tile ensembles, paper quilts and more! Inside you'll find: • More than 100 pieces of Zen doodled art from 42 artists. • Step-by-step instruction to help you begin your own Zen doodles. • Four chapters of doodle inspiration: Abstracts, Shapes & Objects, Animals & Beasts, and Friendship & Love. Isn't it time you take your tangles to the next level?

Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.

Experience the soothing power of adult coloring with these intricate animal tangles created by New York Times bestselling illustrator and master of the abstract Zen style Angela Porter! Zentangle, a fun and relaxing art form that emerged in the last decade, is often referred to as a meditative practice. Its free-form style, abstract images, and repetitive patterns unite to form elaborate illustrations. This method has been said to increase mindfulness and aid in relaxation, while simultaneously expressing creativity—an ideal remedy for stress. Recently, the form has inevitably made its way into the adult coloring book world and has been helping colorists unwind ever since. Based loosely on the Zentangle method, Angela Porter’s Zen Doodle Designs embraces this style in both the creation of the designs and the coloring of the finished illustrations—only the latter is up to you! Bestselling author and master Zen illustrator Angela Porter takes you on a relaxing journey with this beautiful collection. Featured are forty-nine soothing designs for you to color, each incorporating intricate florals, beautiful swirling and circular patterns, and other aesthetically pleasing, geometric shapes. The pages are perforated and printed on one side, making it simple for you to remove and display your finished works. So sit down, relax, and break out your colored pencil box along with Angela Porter’s Zen Doodle Designs—it’s the perfect way to have some fun and decompress!

With Tangled Up, now young adults and tweens can discover this innovative art form in a colorful, inspiring, and guided exploration through the world of tangling. After reviewing a few basic tools and materials, along with basic techniques and embellishments helpful for getting started, tweens will embark on a creative journey through a variety of prompts, patterns, and projects guided by talented artist and teacher Penny Raile. Featured subject matter includes tangling on and working unique patterns into flowers, fish, butterflies, peacocks and other animals. Aspiring artists will learn to create expressive, personalized art pieces relevant to their daily life, including illuminated letters, tangly tattoo art, and even tangled origami.

Disney Tangled The Series The Dreamer in Me is an awesome journal with quizzes and spaces to add your own doodles, thoughts and dreams.

Kids of all drawing abilities can have fun and unwind with tangles--simple, repetitive patterns that combine to form beautiful and elaborate drawings called zendoodles. With Tangles as your guide, it's easy to dive into this doodly art style. So sharpen your pencils and get lost in the twirls, curls, and swirls of tangles.

This book offers a wonderful introduction to those new to Zentangle and covers the tools required and the basic techniques to get started. Simple patterns including baseline, fillers, ribbons and borders offer a foundation to explore more complex, three dimensional design and ways to further enhance the readers creations using shading and color. The book is full of inspirational artwork to give the reader a taste of the endless possibilities.

Searching for a comprehensive collection of tangle patterns in one source? Looking for patterns that fall into the genres of traditional, organic, grid, steampunk, gem settings or fantasy tangling? Want to learn how to design - or deconstruct - your own patterns? This will become your go-to book and it is the right size to carry on the go! 2020 has been quite the year and the idea of Life in Tangles grew from the 2020 complications and restrictions. Life in Tangles gives you 500+ original tangle patterns from 92 tangle artists from 18 different countries. A vast compilation of talent and technique in the palm of your hand! No matter your drawing skill from beginner to advanced, this book holds all the patterns you need. Basic tangle instructions are included to get you started. Life in Tangles is a reference guide, not a workbook. Paper and pen are all the additional supplies you will need. Book 8 in the Tangle Starts, Artangleology Series.