I felt a bit stuck in my Zentangle(R) practice until I found two books by Cris Letourneau, CZT: Pattern Play: A Zentangle Creativity Booster and Made in the Shade: A Zentangle Workbook.
Please do not consider this post or the previous one to be any sort of recommendation! These are just my personal favorites. I do not derive any sort of remuneration for writing this.
Pattern Play is essentially about tangleations, which Cris describes as "structurally based on the original tangle . . but it looks different." (p. 35) For example, using curved instead of straight lines for Hollibaugh or using a very oversized Crescent Moon instead of a string. For every tangle she introduces, Cris provides at least SIX tangleations. I found that these variations spurred me to try some on my own.
If shading confounds you or if it seems tedious and maybe unnecessary, that's where Made in the Shade comes in. I had no idea that there were so many techniques and possibilities. For example, starting with a simple circle (orb), Cris shows five ways to give it life, transforming it into a sea urchin, a bubble, and a pearl among others. I also learned that using the point of a sharp pencil to make multiple lines (carefully) could produce such smooth shading.
Yes, there are hundreds more books about Zentangle out there, so find one that you like and that works for you!
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