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Blind Doodling is Fun!

I love this exercise in doodling. It is so fun and uplifting to close your eyes and draw without lifting your pencil and then to open your eyes and to see what appears.

Drawing with your eyes close is exciting and it takes all of the self judgement out of the process.

After I opened my eyes, I used my inktense pencils and a little bit of water on a brush to color them in.

Try it and see what happens. It is so fun!
Today, I want to show you today how I make my "blind" doodles.

They are so fun and easy to make. In just a few minutes, you can create something that makes you smile while you are making it and everytime you look at it. :)

1. Place your pencil on your paper and close your eyes.

2. Imagine something in your mind (I usually choose pugs or corgis :))

3. With your eyes closed start moving your pencil to create what you see in your mind but do not lift your pencil from the paper or open your eyes.

4. Relax, have fun and open your eyes.

Voila! Your little blind drawing is done!

5. Now grab your favorite colored pencils and color it in. I use Inktense watercolor pencils and then add a little water with my brush to make it into a little painting.
Here is a blog post I did on creating Blind doodles.

http://pugnotes.blogspot.com/2009/02/blind-doodle-is-born.html

The Blind Doodle Gallery

Wonderful Blind Doodles submitted by inspired readers:

http://pugnotes.blogspot.com/2009/03/blind-doodle-gallery.html

I am so thrilled that so many people tried the blind drawing exercise and were generous enough to share them with me! My heart is just soaring!

Look at our wonderful Blind Drawing Gallery!

Doodling is a wonderful way to quickly tap into our playful, happy selves that we all are. Closing our eyes makes it that much more exciting and takes the pressure off to be perfect.

No self judging ... just self appreciating! :)

If you missed last week's post, here it is, http://pugnotes.blogspot.com/2009/03/blind-doodle-gallery.html ,
and I welcome everyone to keep doodling and sending into our gallery. I will keep posting them!

It also turns out that Time and Newsweek both posted stories on Doodling this past week! It seems that it is an activity that is not only fun, but can make us smarter too! :)

Please click on the links and photos to read about each person's experience. It is so inspiring!

Thank you for joining in on the fun and sharing it with me! Life is Art...Art is Life!

Dog Art Today

Melissa Doodles

I am so honored to have my blind doodles featured on Dog Art Today.

http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/2009/03/melissa-doodle.html

A blog worth reading!

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  • Tere Apr 10, 2009 @ 8:06 am | delete
    This is a great tutorial!!! I love all your doodles. I'll have to try this. Maybe Pugsley can help me!
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