The lesson for this doodle was to draw a shape cluster, put a border around the doodle and fill in the background with a solid black.

As you can see I chose turtles. (Maybe they chose me, who knows?)

I either have to start working with a braoder pen or stop being so detailed in my subject matter. My 30 minute doodles are taking longer than 30 minutes!

The lesson for this doodle was called Noodling ideas: silhouetting.

We were supposed to do a shape cluster and then fill in the shapes for a solid black. I was using a fine point marker, so my solid is a bit scratchy. But, what the hey, I figure it’s a doodle. We’re not aiming for perfection here, just the opposite!

I missed yesterday’s doodle because my kid wanted me to take her to City Museum with her friend, so I worked all day on my coloring page to make sure it got out into the world before I left for Denver.

I’ll be in Denver for the next 4 or 5 days, so there will be a space between posts as I will not have access to a scanner and I am trying to travel light! I hope to come home with a bit more in my luggage. Namely the winning trophy for the children’s book winner from the COVR Banquet. Wish me luck and happy doodling!

Following up on the building blocks of yesterday, today’s doodle lesson was to draw an improbable or impossible object from bricks or stones. I chose bricks AND stones. Both cats decided they needed to help by crawling into my lap and grooming each other and my sketch book. Pushing them away or moving did nothing to discourage this behavior so the sketch is a bit lopsided. Of course, once the timer went off both beasts found something of the utmost importance they needed to attend to elsewhere.

The lesson for this scribble was called ‘Building Blocks.’ The idea was to create something from dots, stippling or stubble. I think it has a rather Dr. Suess’ quality to it. Especially the strange animal creatures.