One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun (One A Day)

One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun (One A Day)

• Quarry Books-One Zentangle A Day

<DIV><B>Take your doodles to a whole new level with this best-selling and preeminent guidebook to the meditative art of the Zentangle, featuring the incredibly beautiful and inspiring artwork of author Beckah Krahula. This step-by-step book is divided into six chapters, each with seven daily exercises.</B><BR /><I> </I><BR /> The Zentangle method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to <B>practice focus and meditation through drawing </B>by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a "tangle," and you combine various tangles into patterns to create "tiles," or small square drawings. <BR />  <BR /> Each of the six chapters explores a different aspect of Zentangle:</DIV><ul><li>Basics and Enhancements</li><li>Tangles and Value Patterns</li><li>Geometric and Organic Patterns</li><li>Understanding and Using Color</li><li>Defining and Using Style</li><li>Creating the Rest of Your Zentangle Journey</li></ul><DIV>Each exercise includes <B>new tangles to draw</B> in sketchbooks or on Tiepolo (an Italian-made paper), teaches <B>daily tile design</B>, offers <B>tips on related art principles,</B> and contains an <B>inspirational "ZIA" (Zentangle Inspired Art) </B>project on a tile that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques.<BR />  <BR /> Drawing Zentangles is <B>a relaxing and replenishing diversion </B>that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels. In addition to its soothing benefits, a Zentangle practice can also help with <B>self-image</B>, <B>phobias</B>, <B>addictions</B>, <B>pain management</B>, <B>conflict resolution</B>, and <B>coping with grief</B>.<BR /><BR /> Step away from the daily hustle and untangle with a Zentangle.</DIV>