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To draw this art form (by the way first it was cre...

2011-06-27T06:38:56.766-05:00

To draw this art form (by the way first it was created by Nadia Russ in 1989 - www.nadiaruss.com), you need no kit. Get any piece of paper and ink pen. All is simple if you have an imagination. Draw flowing line which creates sections. Then fill these sections with the different repetitive patterns.
If you have no imagination, just use any simple repetitive patterns such as circles, triangles, rectangle, squares. This is it! Little by little you will improve your drawing. Enjoy drawing!

If they would just drop the price maybe 10 bucks--...

2010-06-29T17:49:42.637-05:00

If they would just drop the price maybe 10 bucks--they probably would sell thousands more. I can't justify 50 bucks for pens and paper for doodling.

I ran across Zentangles a month or so ago while St...

2010-03-08T08:42:22.308-06:00

I ran across Zentangles a month or so ago while Stumbling around. My first thought was "someone gave doodling a cool name and figured out how to make money at it". My second thought was, "Why can't I be that enterprising?".
Yeah, cool idea, crazy expensive. But there are people out there buying anything that looks slick. Or Zen-like.

My doodles at work meetings where I just need to l...

2010-01-25T22:08:37.958-06:00

My doodles at work meetings where I just need to listen have gotten infinitely better since I got my Zentangle kit. I'll take any work pen I like, a mechanical pencil for shading, and doodle on the back of the meeting agenda. Sometimes the doodles are so good, I regret that I didn't use the archival materials in the kit! My listening skills are enhanced when I am tangling, so it works at meetings. But when I want to create art, I pull out the kit tiles and pen and allow myself to be totally immersed. I take the kit on trips and when I'm feeling frazzled, I take time to zentangle and feel better afterward. I asked for my kit as an anniversary gift, with an extra pack of tiles so I won't hoard them. Love it!

I bought the kit and found the DVD and instruction...

2009-12-26T23:46:23.459-06:00

I bought the kit and found the DVD and instruction booklet very helpful. The creators tell you that this is just intended as a starting point and encourage you to use your own patterns. Some people feel comfortable enough to do so while others feel better sticking with the published patterns. You do what makes YOU feel good. This is supposed to be about relaxing and trusting your own intuition when it comes to art. Yes, you can buy a cheap pen and use copy paper to doodle but many people need the structure that the DVD and booklet offer to feel comfortable enough to begin to try to make art. I love that this gives everyone the chance to try in a safe format.

Wow, $50 for supplies to doodle, that's amazin...

2009-11-24T19:13:26.637-06:00

Wow, $50 for supplies to doodle, that's amazing. Looking at all the art on their website, it's amazingly the same, don't get any feel for any individual thought. Best thing: get any old pen and any old piece of paper, start making marks and see what happens. It's fun, and it's free!

I thought the kit was expensive also until I went ...

2009-11-04T16:10:55.047-06:00

I thought the kit was expensive also until I went to the site and realized that It's really only 24.99 +tax the other 25.00 goes to the instructor to help with her costs. I too tried to figure out everything on the web and came away disillusioned. I'm glad to know the trick is in the DVD and the paper! Hopefully we will get a class when our "person" comes back from her new grandchilds birth back east.

The samples shared in this review as well as the o...

2009-10-30T10:09:38.914-05:00

The samples shared in this review as well as the other review are cool to look at, but it would drive me nuts to make zentagles.

I have this kit. It intimidates me! I feel like mi...

2009-10-28T20:53:37.143-05:00

I have this kit. It intimidates me! I feel like mine will never be good enough. I've used it once, though I take it on every trip I go on, hoping to be inspired enough to create a tiny little masterpiece of doodles.

these are pretty cool. love the name too. would lo...

2009-10-28T17:22:55.055-05:00

these are pretty cool. love the name too. would love try em out.
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Skittl1321: The product itself is the entire kit, ...

2009-10-28T11:34:52.644-05:00

Skittl1321: The product itself is the entire kit, which consists of 2 pens, 2 pencils, 34 tiles, an instructional DVD and booklet, the die, and the legend. When each one is completed, they are meant to be a reflective tool for you to contemplate. Alternatively, they are gorgeous, so they are also meant to be art!

The DVD does show you how to draw each little tangle, and the instructional booklet provides some illustration as well. You can fin more information about the kit, its purpose, and its uses at: www.zentangle.com

I hope that helps clear up some of your confusion!

I love Zentangles. Friends have become certified i...

2009-10-28T11:32:36.308-05:00

I love Zentangles. Friends have become certified instructors in their stores and have a lot of great ideas. It's very addictive. I've got a few samples on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28253171@N05/

Everything's very professionally put together...you just need your imagination!

Robin

I guess I don't understand what the product is...

2009-10-28T11:29:18.834-05:00

I guess I don't understand what the product is. Is it the tile? The pens? (Which I'm familar with as their own product) Is there some tool you use to do the doodling? Or is it the instructional DVD that teaches you how to draw?

The results are very pretty (though I'm not sure what you do with them- are they meant to stand alone as art?) but I'm not sure I understand what is being reviewed.