Doodling Your Way

Class Two was with Cathy Bluteau,using mainly collaging techniques and marker pens to create a floral design. I had a few Sharpies but not the Copic markers that were recommended... So I followed the 'Just
Work with What You Have' mantra and used Koh i Nor intense dye paints and water soluble crayons as my substitutes.

I love the cover on one of my notebooks which is a copy of a 1902 textile and this scanned provided a source of flowers for my design. These were outlined and doodled and I think the overall effect is very chintzy.
I noticed afterwards that I had slipped into my bubble colour palette again! A way of working which was another novelty for me but very soothing on a wet Summer afternoon.

I started to think about incorporating other scraps such as architectural features and people and decided to have a go at an India themed piece next.

I think my favourite parts of this are the sari colours,the shishas and the Sikh peering out of the window on the right. I loved looking for the different elements to print out and it was a further challenge then working with the different shapes and incorporating them into a whole. I had to add the salutation Namaste - the light within me honours the light within you.

Various 'doodle' searches led to a discovery of Zentangling type activities and this led me off at a tangent. I made a doodle monochrome sampler  from some of the thousand designs that are available.

I especially like the designs with a 3-D 'pop' and the way that even quite complex patterns are built up.
I have already started doodled initials and a name for my daughter in law and husbands birthdays. I must remember to photograph them!