The Beginner's Guide to Zentangle: A Month-Long Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun!

The Beginner's Guide to Zentangle is a month-long course in the meditative art of Zentangle drawing. Adapted from the best-selling One Zentangle a Day, this step-by-step guide teaches aspiring artists how to create unique designs using the Zentangle method, which was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing. The book is organized into six chapters, each containing seven daily exercises. Zentangle involves combining repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes—called "tangles"—into patterns to create "tiles," or small square drawings. The six chapters cover: Basics and Enhancements; Tangles and Value Patterns; Geometric and Organic Patterns; Understanding and Using Color; Defining and Using Style; and Creating the Rest of Your Zentangle Journey. Each exercise introduces new tangles to practice in sketchbooks or on Tiepolo paper, teaches daily tile design, offers tips on related art principles, and includes an inspirational "ZIA" (Zentangle Inspired Art) project. The book features artwork by author Beckah Krahula. Zentangle drawing is suitable for people of all ages and skill levels and offers relaxing and replenishing benefits.