If you want more zen doodles, here are some more fun one's you might enjoy: ua-cam.com/play/PLV6kGAGmDy5IjVwQU8rQ81iNJMcBJPzH7.html 🔥And when you're ready to REALLY take your tangles to a WHOLE new level, watch THIS: ua-cam.com/video/hpvejDMv5W0/v-deo.htmlsi=G75sVU8j-YblyFvq
I’m so happy you posted this video. I’m sick of the so called “zentangling” and people trying to copyright their “tangles”. Coming from three generations of artists, I can tell you some of these so called “tangles” have been around for decades. They come from crocheting patterns, nature, and art of all mediums. I believe that doodling and abstract type art is a much more pleasing art to do and to view. I mean don’t we all go into a “zen” mode when drawing and producing art. I know I do. That’s why I do it and have for over 40 years… long before zentangling became a way for some people to monetize on the idea of putting zen and patterns together. Ugh
Most tangles are taken from patterns that have been done before. The idea in the Zentangle community is to make a stepout for people to use that can’t work it out for themselves. These stepouts are given names so they can easily be found. You can’t copyright a pattern but maybe the stepout. However the community is very generous and there are several sites where people work tirelessly to collect these stepouts for you and others to use free of charge. I see nothing wrong with that.
Fully agree! When I was a teenager, my friend and I spent a lot of time doodling during boring lessons at school. Sometimes we doodled after school as well. I tell you, when I discovered zentangling I was surprised that some of the zentangles were very familliar; my friend and I came up with some of the zentangles. It's just doodling and discovering new patterns that sprout from your mind. I hate that they 'branded' Zentangling. I am suddenly not allowed to use the doodle that I came up with as a teen? Haha!
I so often see people beat themselves up thinking that their art is no good because they try to be perfect or compare themselves to other artists. I totally understand, because I did that. At 65 I finally let go of perfection and tell people art is all about having fun and playing and as you mentioned, art is subjective. Enjoy the process everyone. Have a great time loving what you do. 💜
You go girl! I only watch zentangle to get new ideas for doodling….love doodling…80 yrs old…decorative painter (JoSonja) for 40 years….now I am branching out to water color and doodling….woohoo…love your happy self!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️
I could not agree more! Doodling can definitely be art!!! If I doodle something and I think it's art, it shall be known from that moment forward as ART!!! LOL!
You created something nice. You are correct about doing what you like in art and not doing things you hate. I plan on not painting with oils or using oil pastels. You don’t have to like Zentangle. I think you’re missing out on some important Zentangle points and purposes. I probably have about 10 books on Zentangle which I haven’t gotten through most of them. I found Kelli Blouin, CZT, on UA-cam when I was looking at Inktober activities. I have grown so much in my understanding of Zentangle. She is doing florals (zentangle-inspired art) for May. Her main videos are usually “15 Minutes of Zen” and “Mandala Mondays”. Anyway, you ink your drawings to remind you not to erase. (Kelli does use an eraser for guide lines.). There are no mistakes in Zentangle. The term orbs is used instead of circles so you don’t feel you have to draw a perfect circle. The repetitive non-representation of Zentangle is meant to relax you. I have also learned some shading techniques. Kelli does her mandalas with pencil, ink, tortillon, a penny, an eraser, and a straight edge.
I totally agree that their are amazing teachers and books on Zentangling. I've made multiple videos highlighting my favorites on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/BSjb3tr0cA0/v-deo.html I think it's when we start getting in to having a separate vocabulary that the struggle for me begins because I don't love it when others start putting the shapes I'm drawing into their box. I just like to draw without judgment or thinking from others. On a lighter note, I hate colored pencils so I'm never using those 🤣Thanks for watching and for your insightful and well written comment. I appreciate you!
I love tangling, I don’t pay any attention to “ the rules”, I find it to be very relaxing and stress relieving! I just love to do all the great designs and have fun! I used to be so frustrated with it until I did what you did” just do it your way “ it works for me!
I used some big stencils with the lines connected. Then I Zentangled inside the different areas of the stencil. They turned out really pretty. It's really easy and looks good even if your not good at drawing. Besides it's your creative time, you can do what you want.
I’ve just discovered zentangle. I think that drawing, doodling and anything that gives you thoughtfulness and relives you of anxiety is good. Call it what you like and perhaps we should stop giving things labels.
This is the first video I have watched of yours, and I giggled all the way through it. I found zentangle about a year ago and loved it as a way to relax and help my anxiety. However, like you said, I hate the little tiny squares. I want to use whatever pen, paper, or even use a ruler if I want. Zentangle is about repetition, free hand, and allowing mistakes. All great, and sometimes that is okay, but most times, my ocd does not allow me to draw lines that are wonky and get bored with drawing a page of the same thing. So, as much as I am trying to allow myself to be okay with mistakes. I am also allowing myself to be okay with breaking the rules and drawing what I want and how I want, even if, in the end, it is not a zentangle or an art piece. It will just be a reflection of how I was feeling at that moment. Thank you for confirming my thoughts and that it is okay.
I am so happy to see this!! I’ve got all these books on the different “patterns” but I’m always having to check back bc I’m so stressed about not not knowing enough different patterns and then trying to do it all in a tiny space with deterioration in eyes sight, it can be a challenge. So my eye sight and memory thank you a great deal.♥️🙏🏼
Future art teacher here. I'm NOT a doodler but I'm trying to teach myself Zentangles for future student needs. Best advice ever here! Thank you for making me feel not alone in this love/hate issue.
I couldn't believe it when I saw your video because I had just purchased your dangles book. I love it. I zendoodle because I can't draw, I am full of arthritis and it can be a mess. I am 72 and I watch zentangle videos and every line is perfect, What! no chance from these hands. I loved this video, it's me to a T. If I do something I am not happy with I fill it with black marker, but into a doodle pattern. I have to say that I am proud of some of my pics. Thank you, Karen. I am now a big fan. X❤
OMG! How awesome is that! I am so glad that you enjoy Zentangling! Thank you so much for your support and I am so happy that you are proud of yourself! That is the most important thing!
I just found you. I love the look of zentangles but didn't know how to start. This was super helpful. I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to more, basic, simple, inspirations. Thanks.
I am so glad you found me! I have a Zentangle playlist! A great place for beginners to start! Hope it helps! So happy you are here! ua-cam.com/play/PLV6kGAGmDy5IjVwQU8rQ81iNJMcBJPzH7.html&si=s2g5vYjBSLKmbdmi
Karen, you are such a magician! You can truly make something out of nothing with the snap of your finger! This zentagle-ish design (yeah, I've heard about the not so zen zen police as well) is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing it.🥰
Hi Karen...I like Zentangle and have spent a lot of time making these designs. Zentangle is not the only art I make. I like some of your designs that I can steal: include small medium, large pen points....make art without guilt or hate.....
You are wrong Zentangle inc. have never told anyone that they have to tangle on their tiles. I have taken their Certified Zentangle Teacher course and in the course they advocate for tangling with whatever you have. Even on the beach with a stick. On each of their videos they show their beautifully made tiles and how they can be used but they always say in the intro to each project pack that if you don’t have them that you can use whatever you have.
I have to agree with deborahraaen3059. I have never heard anyone with Zentangle Ink say you have to use their tiles. I doodled for years, still do……is it Zentangle, no. Is Zentangle much more to me than just art, yes.
@@Akforgetmenot I'm really happy to hear that from you guys! I probably began around 2015. It could be that I was listening to someone who was taking it really seriously and perhaps selling the tiles, I don't know. Thank you.
Haha I love that you had a little go at the Zentangling market! Some of their designs I came up with as a teenager when doodling during boring lessons at school. Now I'm not supposed to use these designs anymore just because someone else came up with the same 'doodle' and called it a Zentangle? No way! I draw what I want!
Enjoyed your video and tips - which I've seen similar thoughts from artists of many mediums - and I wholly subscribe to. "You do you". Sometimes it's hard as fledgling artists to not "follow the rules" whether in tangling or watercolor painting, etc. I've always found it a bit odd that people are willing to spend so much money to learn to make specific doodles when I feel like patterns and mark making are sort of a open access idea. I think the one thing Zentangle has done is elevate the art of doodling and the appreciation of patterns in art. I know I look at it very differently now after years of doodling - sometimes following a Zentangle specific pattern and most times, making my own based on some pattern seen somewhere. It's all good. It's a good reminder to "give yourself permission" to make art that is fun for me; I'll take that to heart!
Love your work. I zentangle/neurograph in a similar way but haven’t varied the line width as much although I do it to separate sections. Your art reminds me of the Fifties.
Damn, this is just a helluva fun & wild break-outta-the-box video. You rock! Seriously. Made me grin and laugh, and feel a whole lot of great about my own rants and sessions of Stomp on Those Choking Me Rules art making. Yep, love & hate the you-know-what!? method.
Have you see Zentangle's projects which are done in big rolls of paper? They propose working on a larger scale. I follow them and they have never come across to me as a restrictive bunch. That said, I like your end product too😊
Project pack 23 is gorgeous and so much fun! The translucenZ tiles are also a wonderful addition, in my humble opinion, enabling us to work on both sides. Fun to see how that looks as one turns the tile over.
Great ideas, KarenI. 👍 I bought a Zen Tangling book some years back...when it was more popular. While I did learn and practice a few of their cool techniques...my ADD took over and I was simply not going stick with learning only their patterns and designs and then practice them over and over. One big reason is that I'd been doing my own very enjoyable and very interesting , for me, at least, designed doodles and patterns on my own for quite a few years. While I agree, regular old doodling can be a whole lot of nothing and just a fun way to waste some time, (or reduce some stress...nothing wrong w/that either,) the brand of "Zen Tangles" does not own the market on doing beautiful repetitive or meditative pattern designs. But their instruction books can be helpful if you want some ideas or prompts to take your doodling to the next level and make it more artful.
I started tangling after the death of my son (almost 10 years ago now) but my fist one was 12" x 12". To me it gave me more to do and i didn't have loads of tiny squares that i then had to store. I don't follow the other rules either, i use rulers, compass, paints, coloured pencils etc. I joined a few groups and posted my pictures but never let on how big they were unless asked 😂😂😂. Can't stand the Zentangle police, they really grind my gears, just do you and always remember, nobody owns a bloody pattern.
I purchased a Zentangle starter kit 11 years ago and made 3 tiles (like a paper coaster) and stopped because it didn’t appeal to me. Last week I came across the box and created one more tile. I’m going to give it another try after this video using your tips.
As a CZT, i just want to say that Zentangle does not own any shape or doodle. It's a meditated art form. The founders don't "own" anything other than their teaching method. No Zentangle police! Do your own thing! Zentangle taught me drawing techniques as well as their teaching method. But I love doodles of any kind!!!
Thank you for this video. I needed to hear this. My brain has trouble thinking of designs. You have inspired me with your lines and templates idea. I will see if the 6 tips help because I want to like doodling but zentangle puts pressure on me to follow rules. Art should NOT be about strict rules, it should be relaxing and freeing.
There are no rules in Zentangle. There are only guidelines that you can follow or not. It’s your art and you can do with it whatever you like. The guidelines of eg. corner dots, border, string and tangle stepouts are all there to help people that don’t know where to start get going with creating a piece of art. The small size of the tiles are so it can be finished in a short space of time and so it is overcomely. No one says you can’t draw bigger. In fact in their last Project pack on YT they tangled on a huge piece of paper. It is however not easy to turn a big piece so for beginners the smaller tiles can be best.
I'm new to you and zen Tangling..i agree with you about the definition of "tangles". My husband's doodles sold in museums in Seattle! Ok.. what kind of white paint do you use to POP JEWELS to make them look wet and shiny. I looked at your list of things you used in one of your jewel tutorials but i couldn't find the paint. Your white colored pencil was great too. That i found, just not the paint. I LOVE YOUR ENERGY and your personality and your whole VIBE!❤
You are so kind!!! Thank you for sharing! And yes, I think you may be mentioning the copic opaque white! I use it for EVERYTHING! Here is my affiliate link to that! amzn.to/3GRLdSQ
I love Zentangle. Drawing has activities interrelated: doodle, noodle, Zentangle, copying art, tracing art, drawing thru observation, drawing thru imagination. These activities, and others, improve drawing skills. Learn by doing.
Thank you for this video. I thought when I watched the topic here on UA-cam, they were so serious with disclaimers. You cleared that up. Thank you. I have had the thought that I could make my own line drawing that is a picture, and then instead of coloring it in, I could use the elements of this method. I would have my own version of art.😃💐💐💚💚💚
Zentangle, despite having an established method, isn’t rigid, though. Zentangle mantra is “No Mistakes” and is always open to doing it our own way. The Zentangle community loves to see variations, too. 💜
I think you are right! Unfortunately I’ve experienced some of the negative side of the community which sparked the idea for this video! All for the “no mistakes” mantra and welcoming all into the Zentangle world! 😁
I challenged one of my art professors (many many many) years ago in regards to a grade I received on a project. Art is SUBJECTIVE! Turned that B to an A. 😅🎉
I call them Zen Doodles. I do my own thing. I really love this form of artwork and don't feel compelled to be a rule follower, because that would turn me off completely! Most of the time, I do an outline of the subject and start filling it with whatever "tangle" trips my trigger. :D
Aaarrrghhh! I need those stencils! I've been looking for those exact same stencils and can't find them. I looked on your Amazon store but they weren't listed. Can you tell me where you got them?
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Got 'em! Thank you thank you thank you! BTW - I do exactly the same thing with my zentangles. Although I generally include neurographics as well. Neuro is really soothing to me.
I have only recently discovered zentangle and am attracted by it. I am with you about the strict licensed teacher stuff etc, but I also feel that what you are doing in this video isn't really what zentangle is about. By using the templates not only in setting up your base but also during making the actual doodles, you must be unable to get in to any sort of 'zen flow'. I haven't learned that much about the 'official zentangle' yet, but I do know a little bit about meditation. And repetitive, 'boring' stuff is actually essential about it. The idea is to get lost, almost hypnotized, in the doodling. Now I can completely understand that this may not be for you, but what you are making in this video, IMO, is a drawing, art, but not 'meditation' (zen). I agree that it is easy to feel restricted by the official zentangle stuff, and personally I already feel that I am not going to following all their rules (not going to buy expensive squares to start with!), and I will definitly have to find my own way of doing meditative doodles. Still, I like that you are adressing this love-hate thing!
@@maureenstott2107Hi. It’s not rules, rather a method to follow. Their tangles have names and illustrated steps to draw them. The rest is up to us, to draw, shade, highlight, blend and merge, etc. It’s so freeing, to me anyway, and I’m no artist. I have never once seen anyone in the Zentangle community criticize or put down anyone’s drawing or effort at trying a tangle. This video was recommended to me for some reason. 🤷🏻♀️
I definitely have a love/hate thing with the zentangleness of it all! To me, branded and monetized doodling is disturbing; the prescriptiveness is irritating; there's no reason to work primarily in a square format; and I don't want to keep track of a million separate tiles. The extreme focus on the certification 🙄... It's doodling! But I get that it's all been thought out. Every part exists for a purpose. Some of what irritates me is specifically part of the routine and meditativeness of it all and work wonderfully for literally millions of people. But not me!!! Thanks for these great ideas and suggesting that we can give ourselves permission to forge our own paths. 😊
We also have round, triangular and rectangular tiles. Tiles that are 5 x 5 inches and opus tiles that are the size of 9 square tiles put together. That’s 10.5 x 10.5 inches square. These are available to use if you wish to use the paper that they consider to be the best, but they always say to use what you have.
what I hate is the fact those who do teach it emphasise the CZT as if it is a Ph.D when it isn’t even equal to a BA! I also hate how they say it doesn’t have to be perfect all the time and that there are no mistakes. Then go on to create something that Leonardo would have baulked at. They need to just calm down with their big headedness. I do what I like and I don’t call it zentangle I just call it drawing…there is no copyright on that!
Although I am agreeing with a lot you are saying, I must admit I have grown to appreciate it a lot more since I became more involved. And I hope you're not offended but what you made here is not Zentangle. Not good or bad, just different.
Oh yes! I’m sorry if you misunderstood my intentions. I wasn’t claiming to make this a zentangle (I’m not certified after all) just that it’s a fun gateway to more fun zen doodles!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS I’m not sure you’re not allowed to explain a tangle when you’re not a CZT. I was just responding to your artwork. It can be named all kinds of things but for me it needs tangles to come close to, for example, zentangle inspired art (zia).
LOL I hate those dang Bijou tangles. And it's pretty darn hard to frame a circle. How many circle frames have you found. So many things I hated about those dang project packs. Just goes to show, you can build a business out of any silly idea you have! Take the good and leave the rest! I printed the zentangles I just couldn't do and used them in collages and decoupaged them. I printed them and cut them up and used them in clay sculptures. Yeah, I love destroying them!
Zentangle proper has too many rules! I can't be boxed in - but I can be inspired by ZENTANGLE designs... Doodling and anything u create is ART ( just saying ) KEEP CREATING 🎉🎉🎉
SOS!!! 1st.. you are so funny! I'm a "love/ hater as well. Some of the Tangle-Tooters come off sounding a tiny bit arrogant about "their" tangles. I guess people invent those quirky little shapes, and they get to name them... that's cool, but don't get yer panties in a bundle if we don't say that name properly. It wasn't intentional.. I promise. Ok.. moving in to more important stuff. When I fill in spaces with black, no matter what size micro pen i use, it leaves white streaks where the ink doesn't seem to adhere! I watch tons of y'all filling in small empty Tangle spaces with black ink from micro pens with no problem. I always get tiny, empty streaks!. I've watched 100000 videos, and NOBODY has that issue or addresses that issue it or DOES happen to them. So... does it happen to you, and if NOT, why is it happening to me? Anybody in this comment section can answer if they know what I'm talking about. I KNOW I can't be the only "tangler" this happens to. Please, someone, help me. I'm so mad i don't get those dark, smooth, inky black spaces that I watch y'all make over and over, and you have NO STREAKS! please help!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Funny you should ask. I just loaded up on EVERY ITEM IN YOUR SUPPLY LIST! I got the Canson 140 lb. 7 "X 10" paper in grey tone AND white. I got the Copic opaque white AND 6 Prisma white pencils ( expensive Lil suckers!🤑) And..I already had my Sakura pigma fine liners.. your list confused me a Lil bit where you wrote "asst. Copics. Cheap Fineliners I don't recommend and Copic Opaque etc.etc..... Because there was no punctuation, ...like I showed back
I am so glad you were able to figure it out! I am proud of you and excited to have you join! You may enjoy my Facebook group over Instagram! I have a fantastic community of all kinds of artists in there. Everyone is welcoming and so helpful! facebook.com/groups/awesomeartschool/
Call it UNzentangle lol or Karentangles. Thing is they can not copy right a doodle design just a method. It's only thirty 8 step method you can not teach without a license. I've been doing these designs since I was a kid, myself. I just call it tangling designing myself. The Roberts teach a very specific method. So many of the people can get very strict and elite that I get out of by it. Art should be your fun space, your open space. No rules, just go with your flow and have fun. Oh and I hear ya on small spaces. Lol I always draw bigger.
I love doodling ! My favourite,because you don't have to think and no rules. The doodling just flows out of me on the paper . Very relaxing and therapeutic 😊. In the end ,something amazing materialise on paper. I call it magic 😊
The Zentangle people remind me of the Neurographic people. The only reason they'll tell you what you're doing isn't art is because they've both managed to monetize doodling and they want you to pay for things. Many years ago I got a book on Zentangling and the first few lessons were very familiar because I had CROCHETED them several times. Nothing is new anymore and I laugh openly at the people who want to come at other artists because they aren't doing "real" Zentangles or "real" Neurographica. I art however I want to art. 💗
The thing that irritates me about Zentangles is their prescriptiveness. I think if you’re drawn (haha) to Zentangle because you want to quiet your mind, and because you need an established process to work from, that makes perfect sense to me, and fill your boots. But I’m the kind of person who hates following instructions, and would much rather “draw something pretty” (that tip resonated with me) on my own, rather than having the steps and processes dictated to me. So, while my doodles are full of Zentangle elements, I don’t believe that anyone can or should trademark combinations of lines or simple patterns. I honestly get very squidgy when people tell me that my art is Zentangle, because in my mind, it’s so much more than that. It comes from my own sense of composition and balance and expression of style. I’m not copying an originator of a pattern, I’m adapting an idea to use in my own way. And I’m resentful of the Zentangle police who seem to want to own something that is really just a simple pattern that has been used for eons in many forms of art across many cultures over time. I’ll probably be put in Zentangle jail for saying that, but so be it. So, while I can see the point of Zentangle from the Zen practice of quieting your mind while focusing on simple tasks, I really don’t like the cult-like adherence that it seems to require.
If you want more zen doodles, here are some more fun one's you might enjoy:
ua-cam.com/play/PLV6kGAGmDy5IjVwQU8rQ81iNJMcBJPzH7.html
🔥And when you're ready to REALLY take your tangles to a WHOLE new level, watch THIS: ua-cam.com/video/hpvejDMv5W0/v-deo.htmlsi=G75sVU8j-YblyFvq
Ooooh thank you!! ☺️🥰
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I’m so happy you posted this video. I’m sick of the so called “zentangling” and people trying to copyright their “tangles”. Coming from three generations of artists, I can tell you some of these so called “tangles” have been around for decades. They come from crocheting patterns, nature, and art of all mediums. I believe that doodling and abstract type art is a much more pleasing art to do and to view. I mean don’t we all go into a “zen” mode when drawing and producing art. I know I do. That’s why I do it and have for over 40 years… long before zentangling became a way for some people to monetize on the idea of putting zen and patterns together. Ugh
Thank you for sharing! I am totally seeing where you are coming from and I agree! Gotta do it for the Zen and fun of it!
Most tangles are taken from patterns that have been done before. The idea in the Zentangle community is to make a stepout for people to use that can’t work it out for themselves. These stepouts are given names so they can easily be found. You can’t copyright a pattern but maybe the stepout. However the community is very generous and there are several sites where people work tirelessly to collect these stepouts for you and others to use free of charge. I see nothing wrong with that.
Fully agree! When I was a teenager, my friend and I spent a lot of time doodling during boring lessons at school. Sometimes we doodled after school as well. I tell you, when I discovered zentangling I was surprised that some of the zentangles were very familliar; my friend and I came up with some of the zentangles. It's just doodling and discovering new patterns that sprout from your mind. I hate that they 'branded' Zentangling. I am suddenly not allowed to use the doodle that I came up with as a teen? Haha!
I like freehand vs templates.
I so often see people beat themselves up thinking that their art is no good because they try to be perfect or compare themselves to other artists. I totally understand, because I did that. At 65 I finally let go of perfection and tell people art is all about having fun and playing and as you mentioned, art is subjective. Enjoy the process everyone. Have a great time loving what you do. 💜
Absolutely, whole heartedly agree!!!!
Precisely the Zentangle philosophy.
You go girl! I only watch zentangle to get new ideas for doodling….love doodling…80 yrs old…decorative painter (JoSonja) for 40 years….now I am branching out to water color and doodling….woohoo…love your happy self!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️
Doodling is so fun! And that’s amazing! You are awesome!!!
I could not agree more! Doodling can definitely be art!!! If I doodle something and I think it's art, it shall be known from that moment forward as ART!!! LOL!
PRECISELY!!!
I am of the mind that if you make a mark, it is art. We do not all have to like it, but it is art in my book.
I agree!!!
You created something nice. You are correct about doing what you like in art and not doing things you hate. I plan on not painting with oils or using oil pastels. You don’t have to like Zentangle.
I think you’re missing out on some important Zentangle points and purposes. I probably have about 10 books on Zentangle which I haven’t gotten through most of them. I found Kelli Blouin, CZT, on UA-cam when I was looking at Inktober activities. I have grown so much in my understanding of Zentangle. She is doing florals (zentangle-inspired art) for May. Her main videos are usually “15 Minutes of Zen” and “Mandala Mondays”. Anyway, you ink your drawings to remind you not to erase. (Kelli does use an eraser for guide lines.). There are no mistakes in Zentangle. The term orbs is used instead of circles so you don’t feel you have to draw a perfect circle. The repetitive non-representation of Zentangle is meant to relax you. I have also learned some shading techniques. Kelli does her mandalas with pencil, ink, tortillon, a penny, an eraser, and a straight edge.
I totally agree that their are amazing teachers and books on Zentangling. I've made multiple videos highlighting my favorites on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/BSjb3tr0cA0/v-deo.html I think it's when we start getting in to having a separate vocabulary that the struggle for me begins because I don't love it when others start putting the shapes I'm drawing into their box. I just like to draw without judgment or thinking from others. On a lighter note, I hate colored pencils so I'm never using those 🤣Thanks for watching and for your insightful and well written comment. I appreciate you!
I love tangling, I don’t pay any attention to “ the rules”, I find it to be very relaxing and stress relieving! I just love to do all the great designs and have fun! I used to be so frustrated with it until I did what you did” just do it your way “ it works for me!
I’m so glad to hear that you found your groove with it!
I used some big stencils with the lines connected. Then I Zentangled inside the different areas of the stencil. They turned out really pretty. It's really easy and looks good even if your not good at drawing. Besides it's your creative time, you can do what you want.
You are so great! And yes! Stencils are wonderful for Zentangle art!
What a great idea!
I’ve just discovered zentangle. I think that drawing, doodling and anything that gives you thoughtfulness and relives you of anxiety is good. Call it what you like and perhaps we should stop giving things labels.
Totally!
This is the first video I have watched of yours, and I giggled all the way through it. I found zentangle about a year ago and loved it as a way to relax and help my anxiety. However, like you said, I hate the little tiny squares. I want to use whatever pen, paper, or even use a ruler if I want. Zentangle is about repetition, free hand, and allowing mistakes. All great, and sometimes that is okay, but most times, my ocd does not allow me to draw lines that are wonky and get bored with drawing a page of the same thing. So, as much as I am trying to allow myself to be okay with mistakes. I am also allowing myself to be okay with breaking the rules and drawing what I want and how I want, even if, in the end, it is not a zentangle or an art piece. It will just be a reflection of how I was feeling at that moment. Thank you for confirming my thoughts and that it is okay.
I love your awareness when you are! and I am so happy that you find so much joy in the practice!
I am so happy to see this!! I’ve got all these books on the different “patterns” but I’m always having to check back bc I’m so stressed about not not knowing enough different patterns and then trying to do it all in a tiny space with deterioration in eyes sight, it can be a challenge. So my eye sight and memory thank you a great deal.♥️🙏🏼
I am so happy to hear you found this helpful!!!!
Karen, I just love you! This was great. I love being one of your students. Thanks for all you do!
You're the best! So happy you are part of this community! 💖
Love how you created this base (something pretty) to then create on! I needed this today😁
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it friend!
Great ideas. I too have used the zen tangle approach as a spring board to other doodling projects/ art pieces.
That's so great! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Future art teacher here. I'm NOT a doodler but I'm trying to teach myself Zentangles for future student needs. Best advice ever here! Thank you for making me feel not alone in this love/hate issue.
Omg i am so glad you found this helpful!! You are so thoughtful to research different options for your students!
I participated in a Zentangle program last year and I totally agree with your assessment!
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I couldn't believe it when I saw your video because I had just purchased your dangles book. I love it. I zendoodle because I can't draw, I am full of arthritis and it can be a mess. I am 72 and I watch zentangle videos and every line is perfect, What! no chance from these hands. I loved this video, it's me to a T. If I do something I am not happy with I fill it with black marker, but into a doodle pattern. I have to say that I am proud of some of my pics. Thank you, Karen. I am now a big fan. X❤
OMG! How awesome is that! I am so glad that you enjoy Zentangling! Thank you so much for your support and I am so happy that you are proud of yourself! That is the most important thing!
I am so fired up! This video reignited my need to Zentangle!!,!, 🎉🎉🎉
WOOHOO! How awesome!!!
OMG….thanks for your unfiltered tips
Any time! ❤️
Love this Zen-untangled art!❤❤❤
Thank you!!!
Yes! I cannot work on those little squares or circles…fine motor ! Thank you💖
I am so glad you enjoyed it and felt seen! Thanks for watching!
I just found you. I love the look of zentangles but didn't know how to start. This was super helpful. I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to more, basic, simple, inspirations. Thanks.
I am so glad you found me! I have a Zentangle playlist! A great place for beginners to start! Hope it helps! So happy you are here! ua-cam.com/play/PLV6kGAGmDy5IjVwQU8rQ81iNJMcBJPzH7.html&si=s2g5vYjBSLKmbdmi
Karen, you are such a magician! You can truly make something out of nothing with the snap of your finger! This zentagle-ish design (yeah, I've heard about the not so zen zen police as well) is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing it.🥰
You are so welcome! Absolutely! And thank you for your kind words!
I loved your result…so inspiring! Thank you❤️❤️
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Right on. Zenadotanglish( I just made that up ) because its fun to say it and create it.
Thankyou Karen for another fun video.
HA! I love it!!! I am so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Hi Karen...I like Zentangle and have spent a lot of time making these designs. Zentangle is not the only art I make. I like some of your designs that I can steal: include small medium, large pen points....make art without guilt or hate.....
Totally! Just gotta do your own thing and its okay to get inspired by others!
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I too have a similar relationship with zentangles. You got my brain popping! Thank you. 😊
I am so glad you enjoyed it!!! ♥️
Love your enthusiasm and releasing any rules. Thanks for the inspiration❤️
You are so welcome! 💖
I just love your style! You make it real and fun! Thank you for providing this video!!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for setting the zentangle free! Love how you explained the process without being rigid.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
When I discovered zentangle and they were saying you gotta buy these cards blah blah blah I was like "Ummm when did drawing become a cult???" 😂
Really though! It should be fun!
You are wrong Zentangle inc. have never told anyone that they have to tangle on their tiles. I have taken their Certified Zentangle Teacher course and in the course they advocate for tangling with whatever you have. Even on the beach with a stick. On each of their videos they show their beautifully made tiles and how they can be used but they always say in the intro to each project pack that if you don’t have them that you can use whatever you have.
I have to agree with deborahraaen3059. I have never heard anyone with Zentangle Ink say you have to use their tiles. I doodled for years, still do……is it Zentangle, no. Is Zentangle much more to me than just art, yes.
@@Akforgetmenot I'm really happy to hear that from you guys! I probably began around 2015. It could be that I was listening to someone who was taking it really seriously and perhaps selling the tiles, I don't know. Thank you.
Haha I love that you had a little go at the Zentangling market! Some of their designs I came up with as a teenager when doodling during boring lessons at school. Now I'm not supposed to use these designs anymore just because someone else came up with the same 'doodle' and called it a Zentangle?
No way! I draw what I want!
Exactly!! Draw what you want to! ❤️
I love you to pieces.
Right back at ya! ♥️
That is what I have done. Love it. Do my own thing.
As you should friend!!!
Enjoyed your video and tips - which I've seen similar thoughts from artists of many mediums - and I wholly subscribe to. "You do you". Sometimes it's hard as fledgling artists to not "follow the rules" whether in tangling or watercolor painting, etc. I've always found it a bit odd that people are willing to spend so much money to learn to make specific doodles when I feel like patterns and mark making are sort of a open access idea. I think the one thing Zentangle has done is elevate the art of doodling and the appreciation of patterns in art. I know I look at it very differently now after years of doodling - sometimes following a Zentangle specific pattern and most times, making my own based on some pattern seen somewhere. It's all good. It's a good reminder to "give yourself permission" to make art that is fun for me; I'll take that to heart!
Yes girl!! You nailed it!!!
Love your work. I zentangle/neurograph in a similar way but haven’t varied the line width as much although I do it to separate sections. Your art reminds me of the Fifties.
Thank you!
So fun and I love your finished art!💕
Thank you so much girl! Have been enjoying your Zentangles on Instagram! Awesome!
You nailed it!! I feel so seen!! Thank you for sharing
I am so happy you feel seen!!! Absolutely!!! ♥️
This is so flipping cool!
Thanks!! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Damn, this is just a helluva fun & wild break-outta-the-box video. You rock! Seriously. Made me grin and laugh, and feel a whole lot of great about my own rants and sessions of Stomp on Those Choking Me Rules art making. Yep, love & hate the you-know-what!? method.
I am so glad you felt seen! Thanks for watching!
I love what you’ve created here!
Yay! Thank you!
Have you see Zentangle's projects which are done in big rolls of paper? They propose working on a larger scale. I follow them and they have never come across to me as a restrictive bunch. That said, I like your end product too😊
I’ll have to check out that topic in more detail!
Project pack 23 is gorgeous and so much fun!
The translucenZ tiles are also a wonderful addition, in my humble opinion, enabling us to work on both sides. Fun to see how that looks as one turns the tile over.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing!
You're amazing!!! thank you for sharing!❤❤
Thanks for watching!
Great ideas, KarenI. 👍
I bought a Zen Tangling book some years back...when it was more popular. While I did learn and practice a few of their cool techniques...my ADD took over and I was simply not going stick with learning only their patterns and designs and then practice them over and over. One big reason is that I'd been doing my own very enjoyable and very interesting , for me, at least, designed doodles and patterns on my own for quite a few years. While I agree, regular old doodling can be a whole lot of nothing and just a fun way to waste some time, (or reduce some stress...nothing wrong w/that either,) the brand of "Zen Tangles" does not own the market on doing beautiful repetitive or meditative pattern designs. But their instruction books can be helpful if you want some ideas or prompts to take your doodling to the next level and make it more artful.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I agree! Much good can come from the brand, yet I completely vibe with doing what works for you!
I started tangling after the death of my son (almost 10 years ago now) but my fist one was 12" x 12". To me it gave me more to do and i didn't have loads of tiny squares that i then had to store.
I don't follow the other rules either, i use rulers, compass, paints, coloured pencils etc. I joined a few groups and posted my pictures but never let on how big they were unless asked 😂😂😂. Can't stand the Zentangle police, they really grind my gears, just do you and always remember, nobody owns a bloody pattern.
Yes! Do what is right for you and that’s all that matters! How important art can be in times of grief! So glad to hear it helped you. Sending hugs!
I purchased a Zentangle starter kit 11 years ago and made 3 tiles (like a paper coaster) and stopped because it didn’t appeal to me. Last week I came across the box and created one more tile. I’m going to give it another try after this video using your tips.
I hope you end up enjoying it! Would love to see how it goes in the Facebook group!
As a CZT, i just want to say that Zentangle does not own any shape or doodle. It's a meditated art form. The founders don't "own" anything other than their teaching method. No Zentangle police! Do your own thing! Zentangle taught me drawing techniques as well as their teaching method. But I love doodles of any kind!!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Most Excellent!
Thank you!
I love how you elevated the Art!!😊
Thanks so much!
Thank you for this video. I needed to hear this. My brain has trouble thinking of designs. You have inspired me with your lines and templates idea. I will see if the 6 tips help because I want to like doodling but zentangle puts pressure on me to follow rules. Art should NOT be about strict rules, it should be relaxing and freeing.
100% agree my friend! Hope the tips help! ♥️
There are no rules in Zentangle. There are only guidelines that you can follow or not. It’s your art and you can do with it whatever you like. The guidelines of eg. corner dots, border, string and tangle stepouts are all there to help people that don’t know where to start get going with creating a piece of art. The small size of the tiles are so it can be finished in a short space of time and so it is overcomely. No one says you can’t draw bigger. In fact in their last Project pack on YT they tangled on a huge piece of paper. It is however not easy to turn a big piece so for beginners the smaller tiles can be best.
Your work here reminds me of my favorite Abstract german expression Artist Vassily Kandinski. He is awesome.😊
Oh thank you!!!
Oh my lord!!!
This makes so much sense!! 🤦🏼♀️
Thank you 👍🥰🌟
You are so welcome friend! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
What a great lesson for the zen tangle control freaks. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm new to you and zen Tangling..i agree with you about the definition of "tangles". My husband's doodles sold in museums in Seattle! Ok.. what kind of white paint do you use to POP JEWELS to make them look wet and shiny. I looked at your list of things you used in one of your jewel tutorials but i couldn't find the paint. Your white colored pencil was great too. That i found, just not the paint. I LOVE YOUR ENERGY and your personality and your whole VIBE!❤
You are so kind!!! Thank you for sharing! And yes, I think you may be mentioning the copic opaque white! I use it for EVERYTHING! Here is my affiliate link to that! amzn.to/3GRLdSQ
thats a VERY COOL abstract non-art piece you made
lol thank you 😂
I love Zentangle. Drawing has activities interrelated: doodle, noodle, Zentangle, copying art, tracing art, drawing thru observation, drawing thru imagination. These activities, and others, improve drawing skills. Learn by doing.
@@robertgenevro5136 exactly 🙌
I have missed you I M happy to watch and see ....I need to get rid of some anxiety This comes at a perfect time..thank you blessing
I am so glad this comes at a great time for you! Enjoy my friend!
Love your teaching style…miss t teaching, health got in the way. Hugs sweetie.
I’m so happy to hear my teaching style resonates with you! So happy you are here!
That is so awesome Karen!!❤❤❤❤
Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this ALOT!! THANKS!💥🥰
You are so welcome! 😁
Thank you for this video! Great tips❤
You are so welcome!
Thank! I enjoyed your video.
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. I thought when I watched the topic here on UA-cam, they were so serious with disclaimers. You cleared that up. Thank you. I have had the thought that I could make my own line drawing that is a picture, and then instead of coloring it in, I could use the elements of this method. I would have my own version of art.😃💐💐💚💚💚
Glad it was helpful! You should make every piece your own! :)
The “Zentangle police”! I love it! 😂
Unfortunately they exist! But we can ignore them and do our own thing :)
I love it! So fun.
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it!
Zentangle, despite having an established method, isn’t rigid, though. Zentangle mantra is “No Mistakes” and is always open to doing it our own way. The Zentangle community loves to see variations, too. 💜
I think you are right! Unfortunately I’ve experienced some of the negative side of the community which sparked the idea for this video! All for the “no mistakes” mantra and welcoming all into the Zentangle world! 😁
I challenged one of my art professors (many many many) years ago in regards to a grade I received on a project. Art is SUBJECTIVE! Turned that B to an A. 😅🎉
That is awesome!
I love working really small and tiny but I have never heard of this.
You gotta do what feels best for you!!
I call them Zen Doodles. I do my own thing. I really love this form of artwork and don't feel compelled to be a rule follower, because that would turn me off completely! Most of the time, I do an outline of the subject and start filling it with whatever "tangle" trips my trigger. :D
Love that you've found you're groove with them!
I had such a good time I subscribed to your UA-cam channel.
Thanks so much!! You may enjoy these other zen drawings too while you're here! ua-cam.com/video/BSjb3tr0cA0/v-deo.html
Thanks! Awesome video 😀
Glad you liked it!
Aaarrrghhh! I need those stencils! I've been looking for those exact same stencils and can't find them. I looked on your Amazon store but they weren't listed. Can you tell me where you got them?
Oh the circle and ellipse templates? They are here in the Drawing Aids section! awesomeartschool.com/p/artsupplies
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Got 'em! Thank you thank you thank you! BTW - I do exactly the same thing with my zentangles. Although I generally include neurographics as well. Neuro is really soothing to me.
I will have to look into that!!
Again another great video. What is the best paper to do it on please? Have started to really like Zentangling.
Great question! I really enjoy working with Bristol and toned paper for drawing projects!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Thank you .
You can tangle on anything! With anything! Use whatever you have available.
I have only recently discovered zentangle and am attracted by it. I am with you about the strict licensed teacher stuff etc, but I also feel that what you are doing in this video isn't really what zentangle is about. By using the templates not only in setting up your base but also during making the actual doodles, you must be unable to get in to any sort of 'zen flow'. I haven't learned that much about the 'official zentangle' yet, but I do know a little bit about meditation. And repetitive, 'boring' stuff is actually essential about it. The idea is to get lost, almost hypnotized, in the doodling. Now I can completely understand that this may not be for you, but what you are making in this video, IMO, is a drawing, art, but not 'meditation' (zen).
I agree that it is easy to feel restricted by the official zentangle stuff, and personally I already feel that I am not going to following all their rules (not going to buy expensive squares to start with!), and I will definitly have to find my own way of doing meditative doodles.
Still, I like that you are adressing this love-hate thing!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
That was fun😊👍
So glad you enjoyed it!
Where did you get your circle stencil from, please?
Amazon! Here is my affiliate link! amzn.to/3QwtxAt
what is the best paper for heavy acylics? Thank you
Heavy weight watercolor paper - think 140 lbs or more!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS thank you for helping me out. Than I assume 140 lbs is the best as well for mixed media as it needs to hold all the weight?
That's right!!!
I do so agree with this. I do love zentangle but some people take the rules waaayyy too seriously.
Yes, right?! It makes me a little uncomfortable!!
I am just curious… what rules does Zentangle teach?
@@maureenstott2107Hi. It’s not rules, rather a method to follow. Their tangles have names and illustrated steps to draw them. The rest is up to us, to draw, shade, highlight, blend and merge, etc. It’s so freeing, to me anyway, and I’m no artist. I have never once seen anyone in the Zentangle community criticize or put down anyone’s drawing or effort at trying a tangle. This video was recommended to me for some reason. 🤷🏻♀️
Liked and subbed im glad i found you
I am so glad you enjoyed it!!!
TOTES INSPIRED! 💖
YAY!
Love it. But then I always love Karen Campbell art. When did you sport the nose bling? Hug, deb d.
Thanks girlfriend! It was a New Years activity! I am loving it! Thanks for watching!
I have always wondered if the zentangle people got a hold of my "meeting notes," applied a few rules, and called it "Zentangles."
Perhaps haha!
I definitely have a love/hate thing with the zentangleness of it all! To me, branded and monetized doodling is disturbing; the prescriptiveness is irritating; there's no reason to work primarily in a square format; and I don't want to keep track of a million separate tiles. The extreme focus on the certification 🙄... It's doodling! But I get that it's all been thought out. Every part exists for a purpose. Some of what irritates me is specifically part of the routine and meditativeness of it all and work wonderfully for literally millions of people. But not me!!! Thanks for these great ideas and suggesting that we can give ourselves permission to forge our own paths. 😊
I hear you friend!!! I am so glad you found these tips helpful!
We also have round, triangular and rectangular tiles. Tiles that are 5 x 5 inches and opus tiles that are the size of 9 square tiles put together. That’s 10.5 x 10.5 inches square. These are available to use if you wish to use the paper that they consider to be the best, but they always say to use what you have.
what I hate is the fact those who do teach it emphasise the CZT as if it is a Ph.D when it isn’t even equal to a BA!
I also hate how they say it doesn’t have to be perfect all the time and that there are no mistakes. Then go on to create something that Leonardo would have baulked at. They need to just calm down with their big headedness.
I do what I like and I don’t call it zentangle I just call it drawing…there is no copyright on that!
I hear you!
Although I am agreeing with a lot you are saying, I must admit I have grown to appreciate it a lot more since I became more involved. And I hope you're not offended but what you made here is not Zentangle. Not good or bad, just different.
Oh yes! I’m sorry if you misunderstood my intentions. I wasn’t claiming to make this a zentangle (I’m not certified after all) just that it’s a fun gateway to more fun zen doodles!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS I’m not sure you’re not allowed to explain a tangle when you’re not a CZT. I was just responding to your artwork. It can be named all kinds of things but for me it needs tangles to come close to, for example, zentangle inspired art (zia).
I appreciate your thoughts!
LOL I hate those dang Bijou tangles. And it's pretty darn hard to frame a circle. How many circle frames have you found. So many things I hated about those dang project packs. Just goes to show, you can build a business out of any silly idea you have! Take the good and leave the rest! I printed the zentangles I just couldn't do and used them in collages and decoupaged them. I printed them and cut them up and used them in clay sculptures. Yeah, I love destroying them!
You made good use of them in the end!
Zentangle proper has too many rules! I can't be boxed in - but I can be inspired by ZENTANGLE designs...
Doodling and anything u create is ART ( just saying ) KEEP CREATING 🎉🎉🎉
Yessssssss 🙌
SOS!!! 1st.. you are so funny! I'm a "love/ hater as well. Some of the Tangle-Tooters come off sounding a tiny bit arrogant about "their" tangles. I guess people invent those quirky little shapes, and they get to name them... that's cool, but don't get yer panties in a bundle if we don't say that name properly. It wasn't intentional.. I promise. Ok.. moving in to more important stuff.
When I fill in spaces with black, no matter what size micro pen i use, it leaves white streaks where the ink doesn't seem to adhere! I watch tons of y'all filling in small empty Tangle spaces with black ink from micro pens with no problem. I always get tiny, empty streaks!. I've watched 100000 videos, and NOBODY has that issue or addresses that issue it or DOES happen to them. So... does it happen to you, and if NOT, why is it happening to me? Anybody in this comment section can answer if they know what I'm talking about. I KNOW I can't be the only "tangler" this happens to. Please, someone, help me. I'm so mad i don't get those dark, smooth, inky black spaces that I watch y'all make over and over, and you have NO STREAKS! please help!
Have you tried a different kind of paper? Hot press, cold press? May be something to experiment with!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Funny you should ask. I just loaded up on EVERY ITEM IN YOUR SUPPLY LIST! I got the Canson 140 lb. 7 "X 10" paper in grey tone AND white. I got the Copic opaque white AND 6 Prisma white pencils ( expensive Lil suckers!🤑) And..I already had my Sakura pigma fine liners.. your list confused me a Lil bit where you wrote "asst. Copics. Cheap Fineliners I don't recommend and Copic Opaque etc.etc..... Because there was no punctuation, ...like I showed back
I am so glad you were able to figure it out! I am proud of you and excited to have you join! You may enjoy my Facebook group over Instagram! I have a fantastic community of all kinds of artists in there. Everyone is welcoming and so helpful! facebook.com/groups/awesomeartschool/
Doodles I used to do.
Doodling is great!
Art is Art… No matter What… I Don’t Care what ‘the professionals’ say…….🙄
Exactly!!!
Call it UNzentangle lol or Karentangles. Thing is they can not copy right a doodle design just a method. It's only thirty 8 step method you can not teach without a license.
I've been doing these designs since I was a kid, myself.
I just call it tangling designing myself. The Roberts teach a very specific method. So many of the people can get very strict and elite that I get out of by it.
Art should be your fun space, your open space. No rules, just go with your flow and have fun.
Oh and I hear ya on small spaces. Lol I always draw bigger.
Yes!! We are on the same page!
Oh this is great! If you hate it don't do it!😂
Haha!
I love doodling ! My favourite,because you don't have to think and no rules. The doodling just flows out of me on the paper . Very relaxing and therapeutic 😊. In the end ,something amazing materialise on paper. I call it magic 😊
I 100% agree! So freeing!
If you just call it "tangling" and don't use the term "Z.e.n. tangling" their search engines have a lot more difficulty finding your posts.
I know. But just knowing the thats even a thing kills me 🙈 and I genuinely appreciate the reminder!! You’re right!!
I wonder if the zentangle police look like zentangles.
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The Zentangle people remind me of the Neurographic people. The only reason they'll tell you what you're doing isn't art is because they've both managed to monetize doodling and they want you to pay for things. Many years ago I got a book on Zentangling and the first few lessons were very familiar because I had CROCHETED them several times. Nothing is new anymore and I laugh openly at the people who want to come at other artists because they aren't doing "real" Zentangles or "real" Neurographica. I art however I want to art. 💗
You should totally be able to art however you want!!!
@@KarenCampbellDRAWS Yes, we all should! :)
Replay. Zentangle is lines and circles...doodles
It not just that tho…it’s a whole “thing”!! I wish it were just that simple! 😭
Ah Karen your doodle line noodles, zentangle design looks pretty art Deco to me.😊😊😊
Oh right?! Maybe those Speakeasy Showgirls are sneaking their way into my drawings now too - I'm great with that! Hope your'e well Mary!!
The thing that irritates me about Zentangles is their prescriptiveness. I think if you’re drawn (haha) to Zentangle because you want to quiet your mind, and because you need an established process to work from, that makes perfect sense to me, and fill your boots. But I’m the kind of person who hates following instructions, and would much rather “draw something pretty” (that tip resonated with me) on my own, rather than having the steps and processes dictated to me.
So, while my doodles are full of Zentangle elements, I don’t believe that anyone can or should trademark combinations of lines or simple patterns. I honestly get very squidgy when people tell me that my art is Zentangle, because in my mind, it’s so much more than that. It comes from my own sense of composition and balance and expression of style. I’m not copying an originator of a pattern, I’m adapting an idea to use in my own way. And I’m resentful of the Zentangle police who seem to want to own something that is really just a simple pattern that has been used for eons in many forms of art across many cultures over time. I’ll probably be put in Zentangle jail for saying that, but so be it.
So, while I can see the point of Zentangle from the Zen practice of quieting your mind while focusing on simple tasks, I really don’t like the cult-like adherence that it seems to require.
100% feel the same and said way more eloquently than I ever could have!
True Zentangle is freehand and NEVER uses templets or rulers
Cool! This isn’t zentangle, it’s just fun!