Technique of drawing zentangle and dudling. Drawings in the style of dudling in stages pencil and on the nails for beginners

How to learn to draw zentangle and dudling?

If you have not tried to draw in popular today's zentangle or dudling techniques, then it's timeI rehearse them.

Let's not create real pictures from drawings, but you will definitely have an occupation, to which you will address if necessary to throw out the accumulated negative, to think about something good and beautiful.

This article contains information about the techniques of drawing zentangle and dudling. You will not only learn when and for whom the idea of ​​filling a white sheet with simple but effective patterns first arose, and the different drawing techniques, but also you will be able to develop your hidden abilities.

What is zentangle and dunning?

Technics zentangl has long been used by people of creative professions to create amazing and mesmerizing drawings, filling in pages of notebooks, sketchbooks.

Use of sentangle patterns

Postcards in the zentangl technique

Doodle boxes

Doodle mat

Even art therapists use interesting patterns during their trainings. The patterns drawn on the cards with the gel pen can be seen on the Internet, and you can create wonderful drawings yourself.

Drawing advantages in the techniques of zentangle and dudling:

• drawing is considered as a way to meditate
• it is possible to abstract for some time from the pressing problems of
• you can see the familiar things with a fresh look
• possibility to reconfigure and be inspired by new projects
• is an excellent remedy for insomnia
• way to increase self-esteem
• drawing of uncomplicated patterns calms, removes stress
• way to develop hardness of hand, eye, improve handwriting
• increases attention and pDeveloped fine motor skills

The photo below shows spectacular black and white and colored patterns, drawn in the zentangle technique.

Air pattern

Variety of patterns

So, what are beautiful works of art in miniature?

Zentangle( zentangle) are those drawings that are created unconsciously while waiting, or just to relax, to calm down.

Tools for drawing patterns

Having studied some of the features of drawing patterns, you can not just drive a pen on a sheet, but transfer unique white abstract squares to white paper squares.

Repeated motifs are typical for drawings in the zentangle technique. The zentangl technique received its name in 2006 from the US in two words:

• "zen" is one of the Buddhist sects
• "tangle" - means confusion, interlacing

Dudling are the same scribbles that are so good at people of different ages: from small to large. Figure in the technique of dudling consists of simple shapes and curved lines.

In this technique, you can start drawing without any knowledge, skills. After all, the main thing that helps to create an interesting pattern is the ability to act intuitively.

Doodling patterns

The figure in the zentangle technique is different in that it requires considerable concentration of attention. Draw patterns on square cards , the size of which is 9x9 see

Cards for zentangle

Cards can be cut from thick paper, or you can buy ready-made in-store for artists

Zentangle can be drawn in a notebook by drawing a sheet into squares with sides 9X9 cm

Patterns can be learned to draw without marking the sheet

You can draw a regular sheet of paper into squares. Each square contains a separate composition. There is another option for making drawings: in a large square several small ones are being drawn.

Curved lines inside squares define the boundaries of future patterns and shapes, combining them into one composition.

In each pattern, it is necessary to highlight and show the shaded area. Shadows and highlights in the drawings underline the cavities, create the illusion of three-dimensional patterns, will help to give the unfamiliar world an attraction. Tonal contrasts will make the world recognizable.

Pattern examples:

Patterns from the most famous authors zentangle

Zentangle drawing for relaxation, inspiration and pleasure

Figures in the zentangle technique are what we display on paper, sitting at a meeting, during a lecture, during a prolonged telephone conversation. Scribbles and dashes help not to lose concentration, to overcome drowsiness.

With emotional exhaustion, fatigue marker, felt pen or usual pen will distract from the pressing problems: you will start to create, not thinking about anything.the thinking energy at such times is not wasted, and therefore the information received continues to be processed and assimilated.

Several squares with patterns turn into an interesting finished product and do not require any special skills in the field of drawing.

Today elements of sentangle or dudling can be seen on various elements of the decor. Strange and intricate figures are combined into bizarre surrealistic subjects.

What is the meaning of meditation while drawing in zentangl technique?

• To make the drawing beautiful, you need to be able to focus on the moment "here and now".And this is possible only if you completely immerse yourself in the drawing process.
• The mechanical movements of the hand on paper eventually become conscious.
• Spontaneity is gradually replaced by the thoughtfulness of the composition.

Drawing technique in the style of sentangle and dudling

There are certain rules for zentangle drawings:

• pattern is executed in black and white color scheme
• the pattern is limited to a square frame inside a card of the specified size( 9X9 cm).
• inside the frame are drawn arbitrarily lines that divide the square into sectors
• formed after the sector lines are filled with bizarre arbitrary patterns
• plot of each composition - abstract

Figures in the technique of duding are performed intuitively, withtheir implementation there are no rules. Zentangl, unlike dudling, is created in such a way that the pattern is complete and complete from either side and from any angle.

For drawing in zentangl technique you need the following materials:

• dense watercolor paper
• liner( capillary pen), marker or usual
• ballpoint pen
• simple pencil

Various and unique patterns are created according to one scheme:

• Cut out classic tiles in Zentangl9x9 cm).
• Drawing lines: put four points in pencil at the corners of the tile, a little back from the edge. On the pencil we try not to press, so that later we can easily get rid of the lines.

In each corner with a pencil we put one point

• Strings are connected by one solid line. Do not use a ruler for this, or try to draw a line exactly: some carelessness will give a special charm to the tile with the pattern drawn. So we set the boundaries for further work.
• The next step is to create "zones" inside the square for future patterns. They will not be scattered in a chaotic order, but will create a holistic picture.

Connect points

• When zentangl patterns start to be obtained, you can skip this step and start drawing without preliminary "markup".
• How do I mark a square for "zones"?Drawing a line without taking your hand off the paper. In the photo you can see how these lines look.

Next it will be necessary to draw a curve with a pencil, which will divide the section of the sheet inside the border, it also decides how many patterns and tangles you can draw inside the

• . Now you need to fill in the patterns with an empty space between the lines. Draw the segment behind the segment. Here's how it looks:

Begin to fill sections with different patterns of

• There is no specific sequence that must be observed: fill the segments with the pattern as your imagination tells you. Leave some areas unpainted, this will not affect the overall picture.

Continue to draw the pattern

• When you figure that the drawing does not need any corrections and additions, erase the drawn earlier pencil lines.
• Be sure to add shadows by determining the location of the light source. Without shading, the glance will not glide over the picture and attract attention.
• Deciding where the light will fall on the elements of the pattern, add a solid pencil and well-shaded painted borders.
• The sides of the filled segments are shaded, giving the image three-dimensionality.

Especially effective look shaded patterns "Pebbles", "Leaves", "Peas", "Balls".If you do not get shadows or are too dark, you can erase them with an eraser or lighten them.

The patterns for zentangles are given in this section. You can make changes to them or create your own. However, if you are just learning how to draw zentangle, then it's better to use classic pattern patterns.

Tile zentangle during drawing, turn around its axis, so it was more convenient to draw lines. Specify where the picture is at the bottom, you can by placing a signature on one of the sides.

Drawings in the style of dudling pencil in stages for beginners

• Drawings in the technique of dudling do not require compliance with any rules and even tiles need not be cut. You can simply print the contours of the animal, geometric figure, plants and fill with patterns with empty space.
• You can draw a square or an oval in the center of the sheet, and then call for help your imagination and draw everything that comes to mind. Somewhere draw a pigtail, somewhere add spikelets or allow to intertwine strangely ribbons emerging from the mouth of the shell.
• You simply add slant lines to your creation, merge arbitrary elements into a circle, draw out the outlines and get a unique picture.

Dudling patterns

Let the hand move chaotically or determine the direction and draw simple repetitive patterns coming from the inside.

How to draw in the technique of dudling, you learn by watching the video.

Video: Doodling pen

Zentagles step-by-step lessons: teach tandles

To fill the tiles with patterns, you need to perform preliminary drawings of tungsten patterns. You can train in drawing tungles and only then start creating sentangle drawings.

Below are simple tongles for beginners.

If you make circles in the figure a little more, then they can also be filled with an additional pattern

Several beautiful variations of the Cadent pattern for your inspiration

The inner square part of this pattern can be filled with any shapes and lines

One row of this pattern is a very beautiful border

Video: Drawing tandles

Video: 24 Patterns for Doodling, Sentangle patterns

Sentangle - manicure

Beautiful patterns have become popular not only among artists: dudling is used to create an unusual fashion manicure.

A whole work of art on the nails in the new technique will complement the image and help make it harmonious. In addition, even a girl who has long given up on her own design of nails will be able to apply an ornate drawing in the dudling technique. After all, many believe that they can not draw something.

What is needed for a simple, but spectacular figure on the nails?

• search the internet for a suitable template that you are able to repeat
• to parse the pattern into parts and stage-by-stage to train it on paper
• start drawing the pattern, gently transferring lines, circles, petals
• Do not worry if you have some lines turned out uneven: dudling is capablehide many mistakes!
• If you look closely at the design of nails in the style of dudling, then make sure that there is nothing complicated in these drawings.

The process of creating a manicure includes several stages:

• nail coating with a varnish of the base color
• drawing a varnish with a more liquid consistency
• instead of a paint varnish you can use acrylic paint
• fastening with a top coat that gives extra shine

What tools will you need?

• special thin brush
• in case of absence of a brush you can use a toothpick or handle

The photo shows the available materials that can replace special tools. You can see how many strokes are obtained when using them.

Manicure in the style of dudling

• Begin with a circle at the base of the nail plate, gradually moving farther: above the first circle draw the second, then the petals that diverge on the sides and fill the empty space with dots or strokes.
• Invent your own element and apply it to the corners of the nail plates. The main thing is to have patience and practice!

Zentangle and dudling drawings

Video: Sentangle for beginners