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With spare time on your hands, there has never been a better time to channel your inner
Picasso for some much-needed relaxation, wellbeing and balance.
Art has always been a great therapeutic platform for wellbeing and mental health, renowned for its naturally meditative qualities. However, if you’re not a natural artist, never fear – there are easy styles of art that everyone can do. That’s why here at Bawah Reserve we teach Zentangle art or Zendoodles – forms of art that are simple to master.
The makers of Zentangle explain it best :
“The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images
by drawing structured patterns. We call these patterns, tangles. You create tangles with
combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs.” Zentangle.com
Because Zentangle is not planned, structured or representative of real-life objects, you can
take your design in any direction. Often the finished product is a complete surprise to the
artist.
It’s fun, intuitive, relaxing and creative. All in all, it’s a great way to channel the mind and clear the head.
We found the eight-step method outlined by Zentangle to be the most effective and easiest way to get started. But have a Google as there are a number of other methods out there and there are no rules to this - so go with what works best for you.
Take a few deep breaths and feel gratitude and appreciation for the beautiful paper, tools and
opportunity before you.
Place a light pencil dot in each corner.
Create a square by connecting the dots with a straight or curvy line.
Create a string. Draw light lines inside the border to separate your border into sections. A
string can be any shape – curvy or straight, touching the border or not.
Switch to your pen to draw the tangle, a sequence of simple strokes that make a pattern. Draw
them freely inside the pencil strings and borders, without care about what they look like.
Using your pencil, add shading to add contrast and dimension to your paper.
Place your initials on the front of your art work. On the back, write your name, date and
feelings about the art making process and outcome.
Hold your art at arm’s length. Admire it from all positions and value your creation.
You can also colour your masterpiece if you want to take your art to the next level.
Many people prefer to skip straight to the 9th step to simply colour, we have prepared some Bawah patterns for you to do just that.
Enjoy and happy drawing and colouring!
Much like everyone else, we at the Anambas Foundation entered the year 2020 feeling...
Shared with kind permission from Greater Good magazine .
As we celebrate Thanksgiving,...
Singapore may be a small, diamond shaped island, spanning 50 kilometres from east to west...
You may think that Bawah Reserve is simply one island but the Reserve is made up of six...
Meditating to soothing sounds or music is a wellbeing trend that is gaining in...
Made from a variety of locally grown herbs, drinking a daily dose of Jamu, is one of the...
Even with limited travel you may still be lucky enough to get to a beach. If you are...
Bawah Reserve has a variety of activities to suit every type of holiday from adventure...
In the Covid’19 era the demand for private transport is increasing and it’s not hard to...
Masks are here to stay, especially if you plan to travel. As a sustainable resort we love...
As travel changes in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic we take a look at five...
Indonesia is a vast country. It has more than 18,000 islands and is home to 268 million...
At Bawah Reserve we are passionate about our permaculture gardens - we love growing...
Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic has made people around the globe realise...
The design of Bawah Reserve was a project of preservation, a lesson of local...
With warm tropical breezes, plenty of sunshine and endless turquoise waters, Bawah...
We are often asked about the best time of year to schedule a trip to Bawah Reserve.Which...
We’ve trawled the shops to bring you our favourite eco-friendly and stylish carry-on...
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Getting to Bawah Reserve couldn't be easier. If you are coming via Singapore we handle...
Bawah Reserve is unarguably one of the most photogenic places you’ll travel, with its...
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