Postby Harriet » Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:56 pm
Oh, thank you for the kind words about dd, Sunny. Yes, I want to go back through that site, too.
There may not be much credit to take for a Zentangle piece. It's supposed to be a sort of accident - you're not encouraged to try to make it turn out the way you plan it, but just let it happen. I know that sounds odd, but there are a series of steps to get you to the point of creating areas for drawing, and then you just choose repetitive patterns to draw inside them. There is no eraser, there is no up or down, and it's supposed to be so easy that's it's a way to relax, or to come at creativity differently so that it helps you clear your mind.
I got the impression dd's pattern choices were better than mine. She would get into the "zone" and see which patterns were going to look good in which shape, or beside which other patterns. I would have better follow-through and stick with one I didn't like too much, until I made it better. She would gladly toss one aside and say, no, I can do better with another start. (Which may defeat the purpose!)
Anyway, it was a great quiet activity to learn together, and come up with something in the end that was a nice set of small gifts.
We liked any and all of the books (there are many), but settled on joy of zentangle, Drawing Your Way to Increased Creativity, Focus and Well-Being because it is a compilation of 3 different authors' work into one book, so it was a value.