Zentangle

According to the person that created it.  ‘Zentangle is an easy to learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns’.

A lady came to our W.I. to show us how to do this as it was an item in that years Craft Show and no one knew what it was.  We all thought at first it was fancy doodling, but the word ‘doodling’ made this lady bristle.

We were all given a set of instructions, a small bookmark sized piece of card and a 0.3 Fine Line pen.  We also had pencils and erasers just in case, but the idea really is to create in pen, crikey.

First pencil a simple design, like a zig-zig.

Then fill in the spaces using one of the Zentangle patterns on the handout.

I hope you can see that the left design is the start and the right design is the result.  The idea is to build up intricate patterns by starting very basic and adding elements.

It is very therapeutic and a little bit addictive, and in my opinion, a bit more creative than colouring, but that’s just me.

Erica’s Birthday Card

Lukas’s Birthday Card

Joanne’s Birthday card, she loves butterflies.

They take 2 – 4 hours to create and can be framed as a keepsake.

I like this possess as it takes very little start-up cost and can be very creative.  Pinterest has some great examples.  I like the black and white, but people use colours too.

Have a try, there are lots of patterns on the internet.