Showing posts with label doodling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doodling. Show all posts

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Abstract Doodle - Good Vibes Only


size: 6"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the wavy overlapping lines. Doodled in some, painted others with watercolors,  added the words.
words: Good vibes only

Friday, May 22, 2026

Triangles - Good Bad Inbetween


size: 5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the overlapping triangles, added the words then painted with various brands of watercolors.
words: Good Bad Inbetween

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Linear Doodle - No Words


size: 4.75"w x 7"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out the rectangle shape and then drew wavy lines using the bullet tip of a ZIG Writer. Colored some with Prisma colored pencils and doodled in others.
colors: 904, 905, 908, 910, 916, 917, 918, 919,922, 930, 970, 989, 993, 1005, 1006, 1014, 1011, 1020, 1030, 1079, 2100, 2200,
words: No Words (there are so many words that can come after these 2 words... fill in your own blanks)

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Abstract Doodled Circle - Start To Be Great


size: 5" sq
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my circle and doodled with more circles. Colored with Prisma colored pencils (905,906,912,917,918,922). Added text around the circle in funky monoline.
words: You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Zig Ziglar

Friday, April 24, 2026

Feel Free To Explore


size: 7.5"w x 4.5"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a ZIG Writer for the letters, doodling and ZIG Clean Color markers for the P.
words: Feel free to EXPLORE

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Celtic Knotwork 3 - Iris


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
I'm continuing on with the Celtic style lettering from  Pauline Baynes (Edmonton Calligraphy Society). This one uses the 3rd exemplar which I still don't really like but keep going back to it....
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a ZIG Writer & Prisma colored pencils for the Flower and doodling.  Gold Uniball Signo pen and a Juice Up pen for the text.  Iris

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Doodling - Squeezed In Nowhere To Go


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the leafy design with a ZIG Writer and painted with various w/c paints adding white gel pen highlights on the circles.
Text with the ZIG Writer
words: Squeezed In - Nowhere To Go

Monday, April 6, 2026

Doodling - Must Never Be Obvious


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the with a ZIG Writer and painted with various Mica paints and gold gel pen.
Text with a Juice Up pen
words: Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point. Agathe Christie. "Five Little Pigs"

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Hearts - Love Me Tender


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the words with a Zig Writer in a funky lettering style then added the hatching using a red Juice Up pen. Added the hearts with a gold Uniball Signo pen and added graphite shading. Text with a black Juice Up pen.

words: Love Me Tender Love me true never let me go. Elvis Presley Lyrics

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Interlocking Squares - Y


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the interlocking squares design then adding my initial. Painted with w/c and Prisma colored pencils and some Mica metallic gold paint.
words: Y

Friday, April 3, 2026

Rocks - Finding Patterns - Essence Of Wisdom


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the rock design, painted with w/c and adding the thick black outline.
Text written with a ZIG Writer.
words: Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom. Dennis Prayer

Monday, March 23, 2026

Doodle - Sing To Your Heart's Content


size 4.5"w x 6"h

A piece I did at my Guild's play day this past weekend.

On Canson Mixed Media paper created the border design then added the text using a black ZIG Writer and ZIG Clean Color markers.

words: SING to your heart's content

On Canson Mixed Media paper created the border design then added the text using a black ZIG Writer and ZIG Clean Color markers.

words: SING to your heart's content

Friday, March 20, 2026

Abstract Doodle - Write Me Down In History


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the wavy line using a Premium Deco Color gold marker. Doodled with a ZIG Writer Then added the text with a Juice Up pen.
words: You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust I'll rise. Mary Angelou

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Quilled R - Create To Your Hearts Content

size: 4.5"h x 9"w

On Black Canson paper drew out my letters with a couple of white gel pens till I found one that was working... Doodled in each letter with a different style leaving the "R" for quilling which I haven't done in a whole bunch of years.... I really like the results. Added the rest of the text with a pointed nib and white acrylic Ceramcoat By Delta paint.

words: Create to your hearts content

Friday, March 6, 2026

Oodles Of Doodles


size: 4.5"h x 6"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper started with the doodles type of abstract floral images... (imagination needed) using a ZIG Writer, then added the caterpillar, blue background and gold semi border.
Funky words also using Prisma colored pencils and a white gel pen.
words: Oodles of doodles

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Doodling - Ecstatic On Black


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
OK so I wrote the word "Ecstatic" with the bullet end of a ZIG Writer...And then just started outlining things - one layer at a time... and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the design. Colored sections with Prisma  pencils.
words: Ecstatic

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Doodling On Black - Everyone's Border


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Another one of those days I was in a mood for circles and this border emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the border.
The text is something funky I saw onLine, but in it's outline form was hard to read so colored in alternative letters with the white gel pen.
words: Music is just another language, but it's very special because it dresses everyone's border. Jacob Collier

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Semi Circle Doodling - Finding Patterns


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
It was one of those days I just started doodling and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 pen created the semi circles, adding doodling in the wider ones and coloring the thinner ones using Prisma colored pencils. Then  found a quote to go with my design... I chuckled one I found this one...
words: Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom. Denis Prager

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Doodled Leafy Vine - String Along And Play


size: 8"w x 7"h
I loved Helen Williams artwork... and then... years ago...she stopped posting. Have no idea why. I resurrected this leafy design from my stash while looking for something else... I can't remember whether it was my design or something I copied from Helen... but decided to finish it.
On St Armand w/c paper painted the artwork and added some doodling. Painted the stems with gold paint. Added the text in a funky style and then filled in the sections with line work using a Juice Up pen.
words: string along and play with me.

Friday, January 23, 2026

The Beauty Of Lace on Black


 size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a white gel pen and a Juice Up pen created the lace design
Text written with a pointed nib and Bleed Proof white.
words: The Beauty of lace.