Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Zentangle books I like, part 1

As Zentangle(R) has become more popular and as the number of Certified Zentangle Teachers (CZTs) has increased, it's logical that people want to share their enthusiasm for Zentangle with others by writing books. And have they ever! When I last searched for "Zentangle" on Amazon.com, I found over 400 items listed!! 

Out of that long list of possibilities, I have a few that I own and like.

Please do not consider this post or the following one to be any sort of recommendation! These are just my personal favorites. I do not derive any sort of remuneration for writing this.

The ultimate guide to all things Zentangle is undoubtedly The Book of Zentangle by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, founders of Zentangle. This is their self-published book about the origins, theory, method, and practice of Zentangle.* Almost every other page of text has a Zentangle illustration drawn by Maria facing it. What a feast!! And the most delicious feast of all, I think, are the Notes at the back of the book where they describe the inspiration for almost all of the illustrations in the book--in detail.

I think there's also a lot to be learned from studying the illustrations to see how Maria weaves the tangles in and out (of course, she's been doing this for more than 10 years!) and how she combines and merges the tangles.


If you really enjoy Zentangle and someone asks you for a gift suggestion, this might just be it!* The Book of Zentangle is only available through Zentangle.com. Here's the link: The Book of Zentangle. 

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