Time to Tangle with Color Author: Marie Browning CZT | Language: English | ISBN:
1574216732 | Format: PDF
Time to Tangle with Color Description
About the Author
Marie Browning is a certified Zentangle® teacher as well as a passionate crafter.
- Age Range: 8 and up
- Paperback: 52 pages
- Publisher: Design Originals (January 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1574216732
- ISBN-13: 978-1574216738
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.6 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I am new to the art of tangling. Having taken one workshop, I was bitten by the tangle bug. I immediately ordered 2 books and although they described the technique of tangle, I felt that they were creatively lacking. Then I ordered this book. WOW. What a difference. This book is packed with ideas and techniques that inspire. The book started out with color theory, which I thought would be over my head, but was explained very well. I don't consider myself an artist, but almost everything on every page of this book felt do-able.
For the beginner like myself, this book includes 48 tangle patterns and borders. What I like about this book is that each step of a pattern is clearly illustrated. As you draw a pattern each new step is illustrated in red, so that you only concentrate on the next line. You don't have to decipher the instructions, as it is very clear what the next step is. This was a really big deal to me. One of the books I had purchased earlier was entirely black and white, and I felt the patterns were harder to figure out. So even if you might think this color thing is too advanced for a beginner, the author does a really good job of explaining patterns to a beginner.
The one critique I would make is that the patterns and borders don't start until halfway through the book on page 26. A beginner like myself might get overwhelmed with the all the colored snazzy stuff you see before ever getting to how to make a pattern. I was not overwhelmed. I was inspired. However, my friend ohhed and ahhed and then curled up in a ball and whimpered. So if you are brand spanking new to tangles I recommend you do this:
Browse the whole thing. Make sure you have something to wipe the drool off your lower lip. You will drool.
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