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One of my most treasured possessions is a doodle drawing, given to me by my sister, on my 45th birthday.

It has a lot of images partially hidden in a maze of curves and lines.

This is a picture of that doodle.

Doodle Drawing

You can see this is a clever way to put your artistic skills to good use.


How To Make A Doodle

  1. To start with, you need to make a list of things that are associated with the person you are making it for.

  2. When your list is finished, get a good piece of sketch paper and lightly sketch in each of the items, all over the page.

  3. Use curved lines, zigzags and some straight lines to section off each drawing.

  4. If you are happy with the way your sketches look, get your fine tip black felt pen and go over each drawing outline.

  5. Now, you have to use a contrasting design inside your sketch to the one you are using around it.

  6. You can use a thicker felt tip pen to color in larger bits.

  7. Then, in each section around each drawing, use whatever pattern you like. You can have brickwork, stars, stippling, cross hatching, anything that you are inspired to use.

  8. Don't forget to leave lots of white space!

I did a doodle drawing, as a reciprocal gift for my sister.

It was such fun thinking up different patterns and designs. I didn't want to copy hers exactly, but I did use some ideas!


An Excerpt From My List:

    Doodle Of People
  • My family is very important to me so my sister drew little figures to represent each family member. She scattered them in groups throughout the doodle drawing. This group represents my 3 sisters.

  • My age - 45.

  • 24 for my date of birth.

  • Plus, my lucky number and a horseshoe.

  • My favorite food - see the cherries near the cat?

  • I'm fascinated by pyramids and elephants.

  • Ace of diamonds and hearts - I enjoy playing cards.

  • Doodle Four Leaf Clover Drawing
  • 4 leaf clover - my sister and I used to spend hours combing the clover patches for a 4 leaf clover when we were kids.
    Imagine our delight when we found a couple. They are still pressed inside of Mum's encyclopaedia!
  • Shells

  • Munchee, my cat.

  • Libra scales - my star sign.

  • Birthday cake.

  • A bunny - my affectionate name for my husband.

  • Wedding ring.

  • A book.

  • A pot plant.

  • Flowers.

  • Music notes.

  • Doodle Butterfly Drawing
  • I have always loved butterflies. Look at how cleverly the butterfly is interwoven.

The list goes on, there are 36 items in total.

Everything is pertaining to the person it is meant for, their likes, hobbies, interests and so on.

The Meaning Of A Doodle

My sister could never have known how much this doodle would mean to me. Doodle Cat Drawing

It's entirely personal and I knew she had devoted her time to draw this, just for me.

My doodle drawing was presented in a nice white and gold frame and it's displayed proudly in my living room.

It took me a while to find all of the drawings inside the doodle, so it contains a "fun" element, as well.

I was given a list in a seperate, smaller frame so that I could identify every item.

Everyone of us has drawn doodles at some time or another.

Now you can play with doodling and end up with something you can use!


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Comments

Dear Kerry,

I just happened upon your site while perusing some ideas for drawing.

I always threw my doodles away until my husband convinced me to keep them.

I am a labor and delivery nurse and writer, but recently have been all about drawing. I can't seem to get it out of my system, nor do I want to.

The amazing thing to me is that people are now asking me what I charge for them.

This is something I never expected and didn't realize until I looked over your site, that drawing really can be self taught, and that is sort of an engineering enterprise.

I just wanted to say thank you for your site and information. I look forward to receiving your newsletter!

Thanks again,

Martha, Cape Cod, USA



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