On Day 2 of the 3 day course about “Patterns in Art” we took a look at, and did a bit of practising with the Zentangle system of drawing. This is a type of drawing that employs the use of Structured Patterns consisting of an endless assortment of shapes. You can use hearts, diamonds, spirals, crosses, zigzag lines, circles, dots, triangles, or any shape that you yourself dream up, and repeat them to form a pattern.
Typically Zentangle is done with a pencil or Black Pen on a small, approximately 3” square paper or card, but it can also go on endlessly, or even be bounded by the outline of an animal. Anything you like - that is the beauty of it. In my Horse Design Drawings, I have used Zentangle-like patterns in a space bounded by part of a circle, or Mandala, to become part of a larger composition.
This is a very mesmerizing and relaxing type of drawing to do. For many it is a Zen Experience, a time of transportation into a feeling of meditative calmness.
Below I have included a photo of some black and white Zentangle tiles approximately 3inches square, and beside them, the zentangle inspired tile or square that I did in the class. Already I was combining zentangle principles of repeating triangles, squares and lines with the circular motif from mandelas. And in color!
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