Teach Yourself Henna Tattoo: Making Mehndi Art with Easy-to-Follow Instructions, Patterns, and Projects (Design Originals) Beginner-Friendly Directions with Dozens of Designs & Templates [BOOK ONLY]

This book is large, gorgeous, and glossy, full of colorful and inspiring photos. It is, however, a little on the short side, at just over 100 total pages. The book begins with some simple instructions for mixing henna, with a good, though basic, introduction to some recipe and application variations and options. In the style of many hobby/craft books, it uses text and photos to teach, step-by-step, techniques for creating some basic designs, moving on to suggest three (one of each) "beginner," "intermediate," and "advanced" tattoo projects to get you started. Then it enters into the Gallery, full of very beautiful photos to inspire you. Next is the Design section, a little over 40 pages long, with ~1-2 large images on each page spanning design ideas for hands, feet, back, shoulder, plus some additional flourishes and elements. Afterwards, it gives you a few blank hand/feet/etc Templates to photocopy and use to sketch out and/or record some of your own designs. It ends with an often-overlooked, though brief (10 pages or so), section on using henna as artwork on objects, which was one of the things that attracted me to the book. Henna/mehndi artists new and old should be aware that there are many comprehensive and entirely free ebooks by TapDancing Lizard Publications available online, which contain lots of designs and lots of detailed and in-depth information; however, I personally still very much like having books like this one in my library. I was quite delighted with this purchase, and would certainly recommend the book to others, especially to beginners, though I think the designs and photos would keep the interest even of more advanced henna artists.

Ms Abdoyan covers everything from the history of henna and Mehndi, recipe for paste, basics of henna design and offers a great number of beautiful patterns to work from. As a beginner in the art form I will treasure and refer to this book often. The pages are made of a thick paper that won't easily stain if you're working from it and drop some paste on it. I will use this book often as I learn and hopefully excel in this beautiful art form. Also included in this book is the method for applying henna to objects, the preparation of the medium, application of design and after care to keep the stain vibrant.

So far I've only had this book a few days but I love it and information sure you can get the information free on the Internet but she has designs that you can trace until you get them down and different practice techniques that I have years and I've done three so far onl so far I've only had this book a few days but I love it and information sure you can get the information free on the Internet but she has designs that you can trace until you get them down and different practice techniques that I have years and I've done three so far on myself. She also gives good tips if you want to start doing that next your money such as doing some free from around here so you can build a portfolio. Another good tip she suggests using a brown or light brown watercolor pencil and drying it on before you appy. Not to mention she gives the website to buy already made her name and where you can buy things you need to make it yourself!

The directions in this book truly are easy to follow and I love the patterns in the back of the book. To me, none of them seem to be overly complicated once broken down into the individual parts taught in the beginning of the book. After reading this, I'm about ready to start mixing my own henna instead of purchasing pre-filled cones; maybe it will stain better, who knows?

I got this book along with 12 henna cones I ordered to help me with my first henna tattoos. It's perfect! It talks about where henna comes from, how to make your own, how to make your own cone, tons of guidelines and pretty designs to try, and how to put it on wood or leather objects-which I didn't know could be done. I started off with lots of small designs from the book and slowly tried the more intricate ones. There's also lots of helpful tips on the pages as well. I would highly recommend this book to any henna tattoo beginner or anyone who wants to learn about henna.

This book has more guidance about doing Henna and has templates but the designs are not that pretty.

Was not sure what I was expecting in this book. I'm very pleasantly surprised with the details. I'm an amateur dabler in henna tattoos. This is a wonderful book. The photos are plentiful. Design ideas are varied. Even added in hints and suggestions. Lovely. Will be keeping this book for a very long time. Will even purchase as a gift.

Really glad I picked this book! I'm a beginner, so the henna recipe, practice pages, and step-by-step pictures are super helpful and easy to follow. Patterns are very pretty and inspiring. Full color, close-up photos are a huge help as well. Love it!

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wenn man sich eine weile mit dem zeichnen von mandalas befasst, stolpert man irgendwann automatisch auch über mehndi/henna-tattoos - jetzt wollte ich es mal ausprobieren und habe mir dazu dieses buch bestellt. es ist sehr gut strukturiert, enthält viele tipps und tricks und man erfährt, soweit ich das als anfängerin beurteilen kann, alles was nötig ist um loslegen zu können, unter anderem gibt es in dem buch ein ausführliches rezept für henna-paste, wo auch drin steht was die einzelnen zutaten bewirken sollen. besonders haben mir die vielen beispiele und vorlagen zum nachzeichnen oder als anregung gefallen, es ist wirklich eine reichhaltige fundgrube.

This book is ideal for those of you looking for a beginners guide to applying Henna, beautifully illustrated with helpful tips throughout the book. The patterns at the back are great to kickstart your own collection. Highly recommend this book for all budding Henna artists and lovers of this beautiful body art

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Love this book :) I’m a beginner and this book helped me get started! Has as recipe for making your own henna paste at home, teaches you in different ways how to use henna ie: different cones, bottles, sizes, textures, how to stain skin or objects like wood.. has pages to scan and print to practice with and lots of coloured photos of real art to reference.