When I first stumbled upon Zentangles I read just about everything I could find on it. I looked at hundreds of other drawings by all sorts of zentanglers - the certified, the experts, and the zen inspired artists. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on
tanglepatterns scouring through all the different tangles. I tried doing the
random strings. I tried drawing
objects and filling the inside. I tried doing
squares of tangles. None were producing anything I liked too much. I had a few "ehhh not bad" moments. But none where I was like "Yes!! This is it. I want to show people this. I want to hang this in a frame and put it above my desk!" That was when I decided to throw all the advice I had read out the window and draw like I normally do.
See I'm not one of those people that is scared of drawing. I draw all the time, especially flowers, trees, foliage, etc. What I found was that most of the advice out there is for people with very little drawing knowledge. People who see a blank sheet of paper and feel a little overwhelmed. Most of the time when I look at a new tangle, I don't even bother with the directions. I can usually figure out how to draw it on my own, in a way that is a lot more intuitive for myself. With this drawing I posted, I started in the upper left corner with a few criss crossed lines and then just drew as I liked from there. No shapes to constrain me. Just my mind and a piece of paper.
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