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A Different Sort of Zen

As I looked through the workshop schedule for Sketchbook Revival 2022, I think I rolled my eyes a bit when … More

doodles, Melinda Barlow, Sketchbook Revival 2022, Zentangle

Have a Happy Day

Today is Draw-a-Bird Day, a special holiday I celebrate each year.  Yes, this is real holiday, and you can read … More

birds, doodles, Draw-a-Bird Day, Greeting cards, Having fun with art, Jill Kuhn, Lucia Leyfield

“This Above All, To Thine Own Self Be True”

You probably recognize these words: This above all, to thine own self be true.” You might also know that they were written … More

doodles, Hamlet, Neurographic Art, Renaissance Man, Shakespeare, Slow Drawing, Zentangles

Waterbrush Doodles

Going to the retinologist is not an especially fun time for my husband. It involves getting a shot in the … More

colors, doodles, Quick sketches, Waterbrush, Watercolor

L-7

Maybe you’re too young to get the reference here, but back in the day — those long ago times when … More

Beat Generation, doodles, Grids, Hippies, Squares

Grid Patterns and More

Here’s a quick look at the many different Zen-Doodles I’ve created over the last couple of weeks. A fellow artist … More

Art as meditation, doodles, Doodling patterns, Zen

Feeling the Rhythm

Earlier this month I shared a “Fletcher Doodle” — a crazy mish-mash of lines and circles going this way and … More

doodles, Rhythm in art

Pen Control

Today’s pen-and-ink exercises are all about control — of which I have little! We’ve looked at contour lines, parallel lines, … More

Cross Hatching, doodles, Pen control, Shoo Rayner Drawing

Shamanic Dream

I’m not quite sure what to call this alcohol ink piece. A drawing? A painting? A doodle? I suppose I … More

Aboriginal art, doodles, gel pen

Bit By the Doodle Bug

I’m a curious sort, and as I sat down to write this post I couldn’t help but wonder, is there … More

Art and Meditation, Color, Design, doodles

Happy Mother’s Day from Madox

I always have fun painting with our grandchildren, especially Madox. You’ve met him before in the pages of this blog. … More

doodles, Mother's Day, Painting with children, Splatter painting, Watercolor

Beauty in the Bizarre

I don’t know what there is about this silly little watercolor doodle painting, but I am so in love with … More

doodles, Gel pens, shapes

Different Strokes

I’m not much of a TV viewer, so while I’m aware that there was once a program called Different Strokes, I’m … More

doodles, Everyday art, Sly and the Family Stone, Warm-up exercises

‘Tis the Season

…it’s no work of art, but for me, this holiday card was a little victory.

Christmas cards, Design elements, doodles

In Love with Doodling

Doodling. Isn’t that a wonderful word? It just sounds fun and playful, don’t you think? And, it is fun and playful. We … More

doodles, Zentangles, Zone Doodles

Just Doodlin’

I’ve always enjoyed doodling. I think most of us have fun just picking up a pencil or pen and doodling … More

doodles, Drawing Trees, Trees

Something Different

I did do a watercolor for today, but I wasn’t happy with it. The colors looked horrible together, and I … More

doodles, graphite, illusion in art, Trees

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