

Or simply search the Internet to find instructions and inspiration for designs-then make up your own once you practice a few patterns. There are numerous books on the formal method of Zentangle that will help you get started these books provide numerous designs and show you how to create various patterns, step-by-step. And like “doodling” it is based on a human behavior in which one refrains from planning and allows lines and shapes to unintentionally emerge. It includes ritual and mirrors the symbols, designs and patterns of numerous cultures from ancient through present times. Zentangle itself may be relatively new, but the basic principles involved are as old as the history of art.
