Kids of all ages - get ready to laugh, smile and tangle! Sandy Steen Bartholomew's Zentangle for Kidz! is both a fun romp through pattern play and an inspiring art lesson. Kid characters Alex and Lilah entertain the audience while presenting tangle techniques. They talk to the reader in dialog bubbles, sothe book has the inviting style of a comic book. Every page is stuffed with whimsical shapes that grow into awesome designs, but the process is artfully disguised as "messing around with tangles". This book will be especially helpful for anyone who says "I can't draw". Sandy's friendly approach is so inviting, simple and freeform that it will engage event he most timid artist.
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Sandy Steen Bartholomew is a Certified Zentangle Teacher, an illustrator, and a mixed-media artist. She also designs rubber stamps and paints furniture.
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An Instant Classic
Sep 2 2011
By Latin Pod
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Format:Paperback
If you like Ed Emberley's drawing books, you are going to love Sandy Steen Bartholomew's drawing book. The Zentangle method uses repetitive patterns to create intricate drawings that are bewildering. In the first ever Zentangle book for children, Ms. Bartholomew introduces kids to this art form through detailed instructions, whimsical characters, and numerous applications. Although she uses a "baby steps" approach, the results can be amazing! After I won the book through a contest sponsored by Ms. Bartholomew, I used it to help me introduce the art form to my 1st through 5th grade students. They loved it! The following are a couple of their comments:
"I didn't know I could draw this good!"
"Can we draw again next week?"
I was thrilled! Since I'm not the assigned art teacher at my campus, I only meant to use Zentangles for an opening activity on the first day of school. However, now I plan to incorporate them into holiday projects and/or as a sponge activity. As an educator, I believe Zentangles can help improve children's motor skills, observational skills, concentration skills, patterning skills, creativity, and more.
Thank you for such a marvelous book, Ms. Bartholomew!
"I didn't know I could draw this good!"
"Can we draw again next week?"
I was thrilled! Since I'm not the assigned art teacher at my campus, I only meant to use Zentangles for an opening activity on the first day of school. However, now I plan to incorporate them into holiday projects and/or as a sponge activity. As an educator, I believe Zentangles can help improve children's motor skills, observational skills, concentration skills, patterning skills, creativity, and more.
Thank you for such a marvelous book, Ms. Bartholomew!
38 of 45 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Wow! A bit pricey for such a short, short book.
Dec 12 2011
By emmarie
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I can't believe I'm the first to mention this. I guess I should have checked the page count before I bought this book. But even that isn't true. It has 8 physical pages. I guess they're counting the OUTSIDE and INSIDE FRONT and BACK covers to make a total of 20 pages. The inside front cover is actually numbered "Page 2" and the inside back "Page 19". And the back page is an advertisement for the Authors other books. If you have to pad your page numbers this way, you already know that your book is too short. Why not be honest? I bought two of these for Christmas gifts for my 7 and 8 year old nieces thinking it would make a bigger impression. But it just looks like an afterthought or a cheap extra throw in gift. And the price definitely is too high for the size and content or to be given as just an extra gift. Honestly, if you buy workbooks for your kids at the dollar store, this is like half the size of those. What's in the book is good, but there just isn't enough to justify the price. I'm just really disappointed that this isn't worthy of being the major focal point of their gifts - now it's the art supplies, pads, markers and micron pens.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
For younger kids
Nov 7 2011
By Jack H.
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this to work with Middle School age kids. It was way to juvinile. It would be better for kids to use on their own or 4th - 6th grade. That is probably what it is intended for. I returned it and ordered the next two in the series. They are much more appropriate for my needs. Good books. I have been using this in projects for a long time, now it has a name and excellent examples. The students think its fun.
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