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Have you noticed the flood of attractive patterned doodling popping up everywhere? It has been branded as tangles or zentangles. I guess in some places that is a better term than …well…doodle. Doodle here means…well…a boy’s thingy..you know.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I bet most of you have at one time or another doodled on a scrap piece of paper – most likely whilst on the phone. Have you ever looked at part of it and thought, ‘gee, this little bit here looks…good” ? Doodling can be taken to a new level and not by any great skill either. Anyone can doodle…or tangle.
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After posting a tangles inked doodle I did for #INKtober<\/a> and #illo52weeks<\/a>,\u00a0 a fellow artist asked me what was the best way to start with something like this. Fortunately I did take a progress photo. This is my advice for anyone wanting to create something like this. Start small. It is meant to be fun, easy and experimental.<\/p>\n

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  1. Begin with a simple shape or squiggles line. In this I drew one long squiggle with fish in mind as I drew. I overlapped shapes but didn’t lift the pen of the paper until I had the page covered in a squiggle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Additionally, you can begin by making as many variations of marks on paper as you can. Look at patterns and shapes of items around you and use them for inspiration.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Use your reference sheet and begin filling in the shapes within your squiggle with a different design in each.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. After all sections are filled (you can leave some blank if you want – no rules) then look for places where you may want to clean up the line or thicken some in parts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    They are really only simple shapes like lines, circles, squares, triangles etc in various thicknesses collected together – nothing elaborate. This is why ANYONE can do this!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    And that is all there is to it. There are plenty of books on the topic that can give you ideas but look around you and try simple shapes from your surroundings. You’ll find plenty when you start. And of course you can do this on any surface like I did on this art doll.<\/a> There are endless ideas for covering surfaces with this approach. Feel free to post you creations inspired by this post. We would love to see them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Have you noticed the flood of attractive patterned doodling popping up everywhere? It has been branded as tangles or zentangles. I guess in some places that is a better term than …well…doodle. Doodle here means…well…a boy’s thingy..you know. 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