Zen of Drawing inspires you to pick up a pen, pencil or an iPad and start drawing what you see with a 'zen' approach. Author Peter Parr has spent his career in animation successfully teaching people to draw and encouraging students to nurture their skills through observational drawing. He advocates a fresh way of looking closely at your subject and enlisting an emotional response, in order to fully appreciate the nature of what you are about to draw. You will learn that whatever you are drawing, it is essential not only to copy its outline but also to ask yourself: is it soft, smooth or rough to the touch? How heavy is it? Is it fragile or solid? Then, having grasped the fundamental characteristics, or zen, of the object, make corresponding marks on the paper – crisp textures, a dense wash, a scratchy or floating line. The chapters cover: keeping a sketchbook; tools (pen, pencil, charcoal, watercolour and iPad); perspective; line and volume; tone and texture; structure and weight; movement and rhythm; energy, balance and composition.

Franck, the author of Zen of Seeing, the classic guide, returns with more teachings and instructions.

A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen.

This book is about emptiness and silence—the mind-expanding emptiness of Zen painting, and the reverberating silence of haiku poetry. Through imaginative participation in the visions of painters and poets, its readers are led to the realization that, in the author's words, "emptiness, silence, is not nothingness, but fullness. Your fullness." This cultural tradition has informed many distinguished lives and works of art. The work of painters like Niten, Liang K'ai, and Toba, and of painters like Basho, Buson, and Issa reflects the wholeness, spontaneity, and humanity of the Zen vision. Those who desire a glimpse into the world of intuitive contact with nature offered by Zen meditation will find these paintings, commentaries, and haiku poems especially rewarding. They enable the reader to experience the unique power of Zen art—it's capacity to fuse esthetic appreciation, personal intuition, and knowledge of life into one creative event.

Learn the philosophy and the art of Doodle Arts with this guide to creating your first impressive Doodle Art design. Inside, you'll discover the principles of Doodle Art art, the basics of creating a Doodle Art design, how to create your own pattern, where to draw motivation and inspiration from, quick tips and tricks, and so much more!

+ FREE BOOK Buy this book and get BOOK for FREE "ZEN Girls: Drawing Amazing ZEN Doodle Girls!" is an easy to understand step by step drawing manual. Here we will guide the reader via five different lessons, providing indications, advices, suggestions, and various techniques. All the practice provided by this book is quite simple and easy to understand; accompanying each set of instructions with pictures illustrating the intended final result. It is important to let the reader know that is not necessary by any means to be good at drawing for enjoy or exploiting this guidebook to its full potential. The innate skill for sketching does not make a difference here, it is not mandatory being good at something, to be able to learn it, if the approach of teaching it is successful, everybody can do it; it is the firm idea of us to make anyone a master this technique. We will be explaining to you with clear guiding instructions, making this journey a simple and easy to follow one. The art of ZEN will probably prove to be either an entertaining way of passing time or a good recipe for unwinding; whichever it ends up being, this book will ensure that the reader at least learn the how to do of this kind of art. "ZEN Girls: Drawing Amazing ZEN Doodle Girls!" wants to provide the reader with endless hours of fun before all; we assure that this will be a book that will turn out to be not only an useful manual for learning ZEN, but also will give a *new* way of relaxation. This is all on the hands of you, the reader, you will decide how to exploit this manual and its methods; we will be giving you the directions and the advices, but you will be the one putting the final touch. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: - Prancing young lady - The fairy - Missing miss amidst the mist - A nightly butterfly - Her hat suits her well Enjoy reading and practicing, and do not forget to receive your FREE BONUS BOOK All the instructions you will find at the end of the book.Good luck!