
Book Review- One Zentangle A Day
“One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing, 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. This step-by-step book is divided into 6 chapters, each with 7 daily exercises. Each exercise includes new tangles to draw in sketchbooks or on tiepolo (an Italian-made paper), teaches daily tile design, and offers tips on related art principles, and contains an inspirational “ZIA” (Zentangle Inspired Art) project on a tile that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques.” |
I haven’t been using it every single day, instead I’ve been reading it and practicing the patterns in the my sketchbook (pictured above).
As I mentioned at the beginning of this review, I have nothing bad to say about this book. It’s perfect in my opinion. Beckah Krahula has written a wonderful book full of gorgeous patterns and helpful tutorials.
You can purchase and find out more about the book here.
If you want more zentanlge inspiration, maybe check out 500 Tangled Artworks: A Showcase of Inspired Illustrated Designs, which is also by Beckah Krahula . I reviewed that book too if you want to know what I though about it, click here.
*I was compensated for this post with a copy of the book, but opinions are my own!