Doodling As Art
Doodling is generally seen as something everyone can do and therefore not really "art". The internet and scrapbooking have caused doodling to come into its own as a legitimate art form.
Featured Doodle
Doodle by j-himn
How to Draw a Doodle
- Doodle Tutorial
- Carol Edmonston shares valuable insights on the health and financial benefits of stress reduction by using doodling as a healing tool.
- Doodle Designs Workshop
- An online doodle class that turns your doodles into fiber art.
- Digital Doodles : The Practically Creative Quarter
- How to take a hand drawn doodle and digitally turn it into a beautifully complex pattern.
My Favorite Doodle Art Book
Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Your Creativity
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 11/07/2009)
Although this book doesn't have doodle in the title, it's all about taking doodling to the next level. Or, if you already draw but are running out of ideas, this book will stretch your creative muscles. Remember when you were a kid and you got a book that showed you how to do something that got you so excited about it you could hardly stand it? This book is like that.
My Doodle Tool Box
The Five Essentials - the rest is gravy
Wacom Graphire Bluetooth 6 x 8-Inch Tablet
Getting a graphic tablet completely changed my life. I went from not doing art and feeling guilty about it to doing art every day. I use it to draw in Photoshop and Corel Painter, but it also makes a better, more intuitive mouse. Digital art has taken over for me. I can't recommend trying this enough, although it takes a little bit of getting used to for some people. A couple of four hour sessions and I had it.
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 11/07/2009)
Sanford Berol Prismacolor Colored Pencil 48 Color Set
As much as I love the look of the sharp lines of pen and ink, I love color even more. I have many sets of colored pencils (including watercolor) but I still come back to this one as my favorite. They are softer and easy to blend. If you want sharper lines try the Prismacolor Verithin pencils.
Amazon Price: $32.99 (as of 11/07/2009)
Moleskine Small Sketch Notebook
I'll admit, I'm just catching up to the Moleskine frenzy, but from what I see other people doing, these blank notebooks must have muses living right in them!
Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 11/07/2009)
COPIC ARTISTIC SKETCH MARKERS BASIC SET OF 12 - SCRAPBOOKING, PAPERCRAFTING & CRAFTS
I've added these even though I haven't tried them myself yet. Apparently they are THE marker of the moment. They are alcohol based and permanent, although I'm not sure about lightfastness. You can get special bleedproof paper to use with them.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/07/2009)
Online Doodling Sites
Draw Doodles Online and Rate Others
- Rate My Doodle
- An online doodling art site where you can draw and rate other doodles.
- Doodle Bug
- An online doodling art site where you can draw and rate other doodles.
- Sketch Swap
- Draw cartoons, art, brainstorms, anything. Very basic. You draw one and when you submit it you get someone else's sketch.
Doodles In Motion
Doodlers Anonymous
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Doodles as a viral marketing phenom
- Zentangle (TM)
- The main site for Zentangles.
- Polymer Clay Ideas >> 6 ideas for Zentangles
- Ideas for using the Zentangle method of doodling.
- My Studio 13: My Zentangle What??
- Short blog entry about one person's experience with Zentangle.
- Zentangle Versus Mandalas
- "So here's the gist of it: I think it's kind of like a mandala: you make a squiggle and then fill in the open areas with a motif. I'm not sure what the technique is because they want you to buy a kit for $50.00 to learn how to doodle."
Doodle Art Books
Doodle Art Groups and Communities
- Joyfuldia A Doodle Art Community
- An online community for people who enjoy doodling
- Flickr: Yahoo Doodles
- This page is for drawings from the Yahoo Messenger's "Doodle" IMvironment.
- Flickr: Doodle Art
- An active doodle art group within Flickr.
- Decormania - a fanlisting for doodling
- A fanlisting for the relaxing and creative exercise of doodling.
- Index Card Art
- "...with the ICA GoogleGroups, you create art on any color 3x5 in index card. Doodle it in a meeting..." Not a doodle art group per se, but a fun idea nonetheless.
- DoodlersHaven Yahoo Group
- "This group is for anyone that loves doing Zentangles or just likes to doodle/noodle and wants to take it a step further and get into doing the zentangles." Swaps, too.
- Do you doodle? group on virb.com
- "Unconscious scribbling, doodling, sketching and drawing."
- Doodling - CoachCreativeSpace
- A doodling group with hosted swaps and discussion.
Doodle Study Method
Learning something new? Don't just take written notes - try doodling it! It will get the information into the deeper, non-verbal part of your brain.
Stickynote Theatre
Amusing doodles on "sticky notes"
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMarla Olmstead - Child Doodle Artist
I recently watched a fascinating documentary entitled My Kid Could Paint That which is about Marla Olmstead, a girl born in 2000 who started selling doodle paintings for thousands of dollars when she was three years old. There is controversy as to whether she really paints them all or if her parents, particularly her father, help her. In either case, I feel the art is stunningly vibrant.
Doodling and Creativity
- Enchanted Mind - The Art of Doodling
- How to use doodling to tap into your subconscious mind.
- Doodling for creativity
- Fantasy art lesson 11: doodling to inspire creativity.
- Business on the Back of a Napkin - BusinessWeek
- Who says doodling is a waste of time? Here are four ways to solve serious business problems with a simple drawing.
- Scrapbooking.com -- Article - A Doodle A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
- Some great ideas for using your doodles for craft projects.
- National Doodle Day 2008: What Do Doodles Mean?
- Different types of doodles and how to analyze them.
a beautiful revolution
Warning: Some things here are of an adult nature.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byAstarte's Mega-Zine
Go Make Art!
A high quality, downloadable, e-zine in the style of Somerset Studio or Cloth Paper Scissors with articles by and about popular artists such as Claudine Hellmuth, Lee Silbers, Leslie Riley and others. Not only are there articles about everything from collage to polymer clay to felting to creativity and beyond, there is free clipart in every issue!Take it from someone who has subscribed to Somerset Studio from it's beginning, Astarte's Mega-Zine is in the same league. It's gorgeous and very much worth taking a look at!
Doodlage Blog
"Home of Creative Boredom"
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Doodle Artist Sites
- Doodle of the Day
- Weekly doodles spanning 2002-2003.
- Bill Price's Doodle Art Gallery, 1967-1968
- Gallery 1 - Selected Doodles from 1967-1968(sorry - only thumbnails available)
- Hey, you wanna try something new? Try doodling ...
- A doodle artist talks about his process.
- Get Your Doodle On! « Art By Chrysti
- Many examples and great doodle links.
Need an excuse to doodle?
Start a doodle-a-day blog!
Doodle Related Lenses
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Melted Doodles
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Are doodles a form of art? I think so! If you've visited my other lenses then you may have come across some of my doodles already. I wanted to gather some doodles here in this lens and show the textiles and bags I made from those original scribbles...
My Favorite Doodling Artist(s)
- Colorful Dayz
- Art Play by Kelly King
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Do You Doodle?
Harley wrote
doodling is a pation dont ya think ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
well it is 2 me
i think this wesite is full o fadvice!!! : )
Posted September 29, 2009
fanfreluche wrote...
Beautiful! I just love the "my kid can paint that":) I say that very often when I see some prices on modern art painting.
Posted June 28, 2009
worldbuilder wrote...
Your featured doodle reminds me of those wonderful posters that one could buy and color with the included markers back in the day. Fascinatingly intricate and calming, now I don't know if I want to keep reading or grab my Prismas! Great lens, lots to come back to!
Posted June 10, 2009
Voodoo Doll a Day
A "doodle a day" blog
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