Time to Tangle with Colors: Coloring Ideas and Techniques Inspired by Zentangle (R) (Design Originals) 48 Tangles to Learn, Step-by-Step Instructions, and Ideas for Backgrounds, Greeting Cards, & More

This small book is packed with so much! It gives you the basics of what Zentangle is, and then just takes off from there! Marie Browning is a big fan of Tombow markers (I also believe she is a rep for them) but it really doesn't matter as she just suggests that you buy the best markers or pens that you can comfortably afford. Anyway, She gives some very clear and helpful instruction for coloring your tangles, basics on color theory, schemes, how to do special color backgrounds, mask & spray technique just to name a few of the really interesting techniques she shows you. She also talks about colored pencils, sparkle gel pens, shading and colored pens. Also presented are projects and ideas and tons of Marie's beautiful work. There are only 50 pages but every page is absolutely packed with info, inspiring pictures and some very clear instruction on how you can do the tangles she presents. There are many good books out there on Zentangle and they are all good in their own way, but this one for me is an absolute must. I love it and highly recommend it for beginners to experienced tanglers who would like some new inspiration.

None of us have ever taken a zentangle class, but all of us like to doodle. I originally bought this book to put away for the day my kids were whining, it was rainy and cold and thought that it would provide an inspiration and an activity that would make them forget the miserable day. When that day arrived, I got it out and the three of us sat at the dining room table and started creating. The book as a beginner's intro to color and the use of color that my daughter read and then began explaining to us. It was just what we needed for a fun and enjoyable afternoon and it began a creative train of thought that both my kids have continued to expand. They constantly vie for who can create yet another beautiful Tangle with Colors.

This inspires to greater thought and better crafting ideas for projects. The book inspires a lot of new ideas and inspiration, and useful to understand perception in drawing. The down side is the price for such a thin book. I've used it a few times and taken inspiration from the craft of zentangle. If this wasn't so expensive I'd give it 5 stars.

I am new to the art of tangling. Having taken one workshop, I was bitten by the tangle bug. I immediately ordered 2 books and although they described the technique of tangle, I felt that they were creatively lacking. Then I ordered this book. WOW. What a difference. This book is packed with ideas and techniques that inspire. The book started out with color theory, which I thought would be over my head, but was explained very well. I don't consider myself an artist, but almost everything on every page of this book felt do-able. For the beginner like myself, this book includes 48 tangle patterns and borders. What I like about this book is that each step of a pattern is clearly illustrated. As you draw a pattern each new step is illustrated in red, so that you only concentrate on the next line. You don't have to decipher the instructions, as it is very clear what the next step is. This was a really big deal to me. One of the books I had purchased earlier was entirely black and white, and I felt the patterns were harder to figure out. So even if you might think this color thing is too advanced for a beginner, the author does a really good job of explaining patterns to a beginner. The one critique I would make is that the patterns and borders don't start until halfway through the book on page 26. A beginner like myself might get overwhelmed with the all the colored snazzy stuff you see before ever getting to how to make a pattern. I was not overwhelmed. I was inspired. However, my friend ohhed and ahhed and then curled up in a ball and whimpered. So if you are brand spanking new to tangles I recommend you do this: Browse the whole thing. Make sure you have something to wipe the drool off your lower lip. You will drool. Read the Zentangle basics on page 4-5, then jump to page 26 and play with some patterns and borders, using just a pencil. Don't try to recreate black and white pencil versions of anything the author is doing. Just play with the patterns only. This is basically what the beginner books do. When you feel comfortable with the patterns, go back to the beginning of the book and start over. Some of the more "advanced" things this book talked about are Colored Pens, Color Basics, Splash, Mask and Spray, Stamped Images, Colored Pencils, Colored Pens, Sparkle Gel Pens, and White Gel Pens. I don't think they are really advanced, they are just in color, so they LOOK really advanced. Don't let the wow factor scare you. I tried to mimic some of the illustrations in the book. This helped me really understand what the author was saying. Overall I rate this book EXCELLENT, get it and you will too!

I love this type of art for the brainwork it gives me and the end result of the Zentangle. It really inspires me to do more and find new ways and things to Zentangle; i.e., shoes, picture mats, lamp shades, and on and on. It's fun and the way to look at drawing using it is to take one step at a time and you will get there. In this book, you learn how to use color instead of just black and white, so you can not only have a different look to your Tangles, but give them color as well.

This is a great book. I bought it because I want to improve my drawing / doodling skills which were zero to start with. It's very helpful to read the first half which talks about color relations, materials, and techniques. The steps for each tangle are pretty easy to follow. I started by drawing each tangle at least once on a practice sheet, then I was ready to draw them a little bit curved or warped, depending on the picture I make, instead of in a rigid square. I feel like this book is great for beginners but would also give skilled drawers some new techniques. It's a lot of fun to add tangles to a mixed media piece too!

My wife really liked this Zentangle book a lot, but she wished she had purchased the Big paperback book, instead of buying it as an e-book for her Kindle Fire HD. It's better to have a real book to look at when you buy an Art Book and are going to use it to teach you how to draw something. Since this purchase, she also bought another Zentangle big paperback book with more Color Tangles by many different artists! She has many of the Tombow Watercolor Markers featured in this book and they are great for Card Making and Zentangle or Watercoloring.

I teach Art as a volunteer in a Juvenile Detention facility. I have several similar books, but this one gives a greater variety of exercises and applications and the boys love looking at it for ideas. It seems to work with all of the kids. That is especially important when there is a wide range of age, skill and attention span in every group. After understanding the objectives and practicing in pencil and black ink for several sessions, adding color seems to excite their creativity. They've produced some wonderful art.

This book is only 51 pages from cover to cover, but is laid out clearly and concisely, with stunning pictures and ideas. Some of the techniques suggested I already use for watercolour painting/art (eg embossing) and I can't wait to have a go at splash backgrounds, a technique I was aware of but have never tried before. Using sparkle with gel pens particularly appeals. Colour basics are explained at the front section, but what I particularly like about this book is that it gets on with showing you how to get on with it and DO without pages of text droning on for ages about theory. I have now ordered some brush markers and a blender and am itching for them to arrive so I can have a go at the projects. I'm really glad I ordered this book.

Die Ware ist gut verpackt und ordnungsgemäß pünklich eingetroffen.Der Artikel entspricht der Beschreibung im Angebot und somit auch den Erwartungen. Hier wird gezeigt, was alles möglich ist mit Zentangle!

Il est parfait, dommage pour moi qu'il soit en anglais mais je me débrouille. Très bien documenté et de presque tous les exemples sont colorés ce qui me convient car me donne des idées.

This book is amazing...I took an hour and a half course to learn to draw zentagles and ordered this book to do it in color. It lived up to my expectations and learned much more in colored ZENTANGLES...Worth every penny.

Me parece caro para su contenido. Zen Doodling se ajusta más a lo que buscaba, dejar que sea el lápiz trace sin mucha premeditación.