Take your doodles to a whole new level with this best-selling and preeminent guidebook to the meditative art of the Zentangle, featuring the incredibly beautiful and inspiring artwork of author Beckah Krahula. This step-by-step book is divided into six chapters, each with seven daily exercises. The Zentangle method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a and "tangle, and " and you combine various tangles into patterns to create and "tiles, and " or small square drawings.Each of the six chapters explores a different aspect of Zentangle: Each exercise includes new tangles to draw in sketchbooks or on Tiepolo (an Italian-made paper), teaches daily tile design , offers tips on related art principles, and contains an inspirational and "ZIA and " (Zentangle Inspired Art) project that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques. Drawing Zentangles is a relaxing and replenishing diversion that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels. In addition to its soothing benefits, a Zentangle practice can also help with self-image , phobias , addictions , pain management , conflict resolution , and coping with grief .Step away from the daily hustle and untangle with a Zentangle.