Tag: zentangle

Unique Journals Mom Will Love

Looking for a gift for mom that mom will enjoy for years to come? These beautiful journals encourage mom to be creative, have fun and inspire her to grow in her faith.

For the Game Playing Mom

Keeping Score – The Game Player’s Scoresheet and Journal

Does your mom love to play games? This journal and scorekeeping book, combines playing games with remembering the fun times together with friends and family. Each scoresheet has room for tallying the points while playing your favorite game. There is also room to record what game you’re playing, what day it is, where you are, who is playing with you and whatever else you would like to include. Once the pages begin to fill, you will be able to look back and see the memories created while playing games! Everyone will be competing for the chance to sign their name in the winner’s circle! In the back, there are rules to a few games and space to write in rules to some of your favorite games.

For the Praying Mom

Prayer Journal – A Weekly Guide to Growing Your Prayer Life

Is mom always praying for others or want to grow her prayer life? This journal provides 52 weeks of journaling pages guide you in ways to pray and inspire you to grow your faith through recording your requests and seeing how God answers. The beautifully designed pages are flexible enough to use them in the way that works best for you while giving you prompts and encouragment to bring new perspectives to the way you talk with God. A spacious structure gives you places for lists, journaling, and a weekly focus. You will also find inspiration to trust God with your needs and your worries by praising Him for who He is and being thankful for what He has done. Find deeper trust in our all powerful God as you build an intentional prayer life that will make a difference in the way you live every day.

For the Creative Mom

The Zentangle Sketchbook – Empty Grids and Designs to Practice Doodling

Is mom always on Pinterest? Does she like to make things or always doodling? Give her a way to exercise her creativity! The Zentangle Sketchbook is full of geometric grids and patterns that are empty and ready to be filled with your doodles or zentangle designs. There are abstract and realistic designs that have plenty of open space for you to make them your own creation. Doodling allows you to exercise your creativity and helps you to focus and relax. The Zentangle Sketchbook gets the drawing started for you by providing the framework, so you can get straight to the fun part! Whether this is your first time trying zentangle or you are an expert, you will find these designs inspire you to new patterns and techniques.

For the Bible Studying Mom

Sermon Note Journals

Does mom spend her time learning more about God? These beautiful Sermon Note Journals provide 52 weeks of pages to keep a years worth of notes from church in one place. When you write or draw as you listen, you are more likely to understand more and remember it longer. You can look through your notes to the important points you want to find out more about or work to apply to your life. These journals are a great size to carry along with your Bible to church and come in 5 design styles.

Wisdom is Better Than Jewels: Sermon Note Journal

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: Sermon Note Journal

Do Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly: Sermon Note Journal

Your Word Is A Lamp For My Feet: Sermon Note Journal

Whenever you turn to the right or to the left your ears will hear this command behind you: this is the way walk in it.: Sermon Note Journal 

To learn more about author and designer Jennifer Burrell and see all available books, click here!

The Best Zentangle Tools

One of the best things about the art of Zentangle is that it doesn’t take very many tools to start creating. All you really need is something to draw with and something to draw on. Here’s a list of my favorite Zentangle tools that can help bring your doodles to the next level.

Pens

My favorite pen for practicing is the Sharpie felt tip pen. It is affordable, so you can doodle all you want without feeling like you’re going to have to keep buying expensive pens. The line it makes is a light/medium weight and can still do some details. It also works pretty well for filling in shapes without too much time or energy.

If you’re looking to fine tune your designs, micron pens are great. They come in all sizes so you can add clean lines and edges to your designs. The numbers on the side of the pen clue you in on the thickness of the tip. Smaller numbers are very thin and increase in thickness with higher numbers. You will need more pens to get the job done, but they offer more variety, smoother lines and the ability to create fine detail.

Last, but certainly not least is the Paper mate Flair in Medium. This pen is GREAT for practice. It has a thicker line than the sharpie pen which covers ups shaky hand movements for a beginner. It also flows nicely allowing you to practice your pen strokes and develop smoother motion to your drawing. This is not the pen for fine detail work, but it is very affordable and comes in a variety of colors.

Clear Ruler

A clear ruler is a must have. Zentangle is usually drawn inside of contained shapes. A ruler or straight edge allows you draw to clean boxes and shapes to contain your art. It is also helpful in drawing patterns with a clean line style. With a clear ruler, you are able to see through to the doodles underneath to help you connect lines and see distances better. Another great addition is a circular ruler. This helps you measure angles or draw curves. I recommend a lightweight 6″ ruler like the one pictured below, because it is very lightweight and easy to bring along with your sketchbook.

Shape Templates

To add some more variety to your designs, you can try shape templates. They come in all variety of shapes, sizes, curves and angles. You can buy just one or buy them in sets. Mix it up by using partial shapes in your design or combining multiple shapes together. These templates are typically clear and have straight edges, so they can also be used in place of a clear ruler if needed.

Zentangle Tiles

Zentangle tiles are a thick cardstock paper that are pre-cut into 4×4 squares for you to create more finished design artwork.

The Zentangle Sketchbook

The Zentangle Sketchbook is pages of grids, shapes, and designs that are created for you to practice your zentanlge doodles and designs. Whether you are serious about perfecting your drawing skills or just looking for a way to increase your creativity and discover new ideas, this book is a great creativity starter. The designs on each page are open to allow you to create your own design without having to spend time creating pages of shapes and designs to fill. Having the framework already in place, lets you get straight to the fun.

Your Imagaination

This is the MOST important tool in your kit. Remember not to get too caught up in the templates, rulers, straight lines and measurements. These are great tools that can support your imagination, make sure to spend some time drawing free hand. This allows you to try things you would not have thought of otherwise. Have fun, take chances and make some messes. You’ll discover new ideas and grow your skill!