Tangle Inspired Botanicals

In Tangle-inspired Botanicals, author and artist Sharla Hicks guides you in exploring and developing your own style of botanical, landscapes, lush foliage, and mixed-media color enhancers. It's not hard to see why drawing tangles continues to grow years after tangles first hit the scene. These types of drawings are easy to pick up, and can be drawn on just about anything. With a focus on simple mark making as well as drawing with the intention to relax and be creative, tangle drawing is a powerful tool for people looking to tap into their inner artist. Tangle-Inspired Botanicals guides you in exploring and developing your own personal style of tangle-inspired botanicals, land and seascapes, leafy foliage, and mixed-media color enhancers. Artist Sharla Hicks uses nature photographs and monoprints embossed with flowers, leaves, and grasses for her inspiration. Tangle-Inspired Botanicals includes more than 200 illustrations, including many finished artworks, along with written instruction.

In Tangle-inspired Botanicals, author and artist Sharla Hicks guides you in exploring and developing your own style of botanical, landscapes, lush foliage, and mixed-media color enhancers.

The Book of Botanical Tangles is full of fun organic tangles and botanical line drawings that you can learn in minutes! If you've wanted to draw your own botanical tiles this is the perfect resource to get ideas for tangles. Instructions for simple botanical line drawings are also included in the book. So you can add some variety and mix and match two different style of art. Zentangle and Line Drawing. This book contains lots of fun projects and prompts for you to play with. We also look at some similar artwork from classical artists to learn a bit more about black and white art.Your finished art could be on a tangle, an art journal page or you can use it to decorate your bullet journals and planners! Learning how to draw in an easy and approachable way, you'll be creating masterpieces in a matter of minutes!Here's an overview of exactly what is included in the book.In this book you'll learn some botanical/organic tangles as well as some simple botanical line drawings that you can incorporate in your tiles. I like playing with various art forms and am constantly looking for ways to marry art styles. I have added watercolors, mixed media backgrounds and more to my tangled tiles. In this book we will just focus on black and white botanical inspired tiles and projects.You will see artwork from many different CZTs (Certified Zentangle Teachers). This will inspire you and allow you to see how varied this art form can be and how one tangle can be used in many different ways.We will start with a short introduction to the Zentangle(R) method. I will go over all the basics of what tiles and tangles are.Then we will move on to tools and your workspace and what you will need to get started.The fun starts here! We will dive into organic tangles and you'll learn to tangle. Most of these tangles are official - that means they were created by Zentangle(R) HQ (Maria, Rick, Martha and Molly). After this section I will also share some other tangles I love that you can look up yourself and some botanical line drawings to add extra interest to your art.Then we will move onto some artists and their botanical tiles. You'll be inspired by the breadth of the work being done and will learn new ways of incorporating different tangles in your work.I love projects and worksheets of all kinds! So I will end with some projects and worksheets for you to play with. This book is meant to be an introduction to the world of Botanical Zentangle(R) but I will leave you with lots of resources and online class links that you can take with immensely talented CZTs.Welcome to the world of tangling!This book is perfect for beginners and wanglers with some experience.

Create, relax, and inspire one stroke at a time with The Great Zentangle Book! Zentangle(r) is a meditative art in which lines and shapes are created and combined to make one intricate piece of artwork. Complied by certified Zentangle trainer, Beate Winkler, these 100 step-by-step Zentangle patterns will help you relax while creating approachable and beautiful works of art. Discover beautiful tangles from artists from around the world, including Zentangle founders Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. Be up to date on current Zentangle trends with new, delicate bijou tiles and find inspiration for your own Zentangle artwork while learning fascinating information and techniques. It's time you gave your mind a creative break with The Great Zentangle Book!

Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.

Get the party started with chalkboard art coloring. Fill these 32 hand-drawn celebratory designs with color to create your own rustic-chic masterpiece.

Featuring 600+ sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful botanicals, floral forms, plant structures, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants is a must-have visual reference book for student artists, botanical illustrators, urban sketchers, and anyone seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. Designed as a contemporary, step-by-stepguidebook for artists who are learning to draw botanical forms, Draw Like An Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants features an inclusive array of florals, ferns, succulents, and more, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Melissa Washburn is a skilled illustrator whose clear and elegant drawing style will make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come.

It's time to see what the stencil can do! The simple stencil can be the most versatile tool in your creative studio. Stencils create background effects, foreground details and a complex beauty that's surprisingly easy to achieve. In Stencil Girl, Mary Beth Shaw will lead you step-by-step through 18 projects that will have you thinking about stencils in a whole new light as you discover how to use them with paint, wood burning, encaustic, hand stitching, metalwork and much more. Prepare to be inspired by what's inside! Helpful tips for the best way to use stencils in a wide range of applications. Complete step-by-step instruction for a variety of projects including art for the wall, home decor, gifts and "just for fun." Inspiring gallery pieces from 20 contributing artists, plus many bonus projects with links to online instruction. Start to explore the potential of the stencil today. See how Stencil Girl will open up a new world of art-making possibilities to satisfy your creative cravings.