The art of Zentangle

This morning I attended a Zentangle workshop at Deanne's Studio.  I was in there several weeks ago and Brenda (who works there) asked me if I wanted to attend a workshop on zentangle.  I had never heard of it before and asked "What is it?"   She said....well it's kind of like yoga for your brain - with drawing.

Huh??  I scrunched up my face with a combination eye roll and laughed.  She told me to go home and google it and then decide.  So I did.   I had to admit, it looked kind of interesting.  You can find info here

After I looked at it I thought it might be fun and could help me with designing some fun abstract rugs.

The instructor was the loveliest lady all the way from Georgia. We had a great morning and anyone can do this.  We all doodle but this is just taking it up a notch.   This is all you need

Some tiles of paper, a pencil, a smudger, a pen and a little piece of chocolate.  (OK, you don't NEED the chocolate, but it's nice)

First we learned some basic techniques - everyone used the same designs yet everyone looked completely different - this is mine

Then we all got to freestyle a bit on a larger piece of paper

You can zentangle within shapes like I did here above or you can do a free form image.    Just think of the fun it will be designing some abstract rugs with this type of sketching. 
It is very relaxing with the simple repetitive strokes.  If you like to doodle, I encourage you to visit the zentangle site and give it a try.   I purchased  a book today and there are others available on Amazon.