Crafts: Doodle Art
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Simple Glass Bottles With Flowers
Sometimes a super simple waterproof ink pen sketch filled in with some watercolor paint can look fresh and fun. After all of the floral sketches I did in various sketchbooks this summer, the time came to introduce some color, and this is the result……not a work of art, but a sweet illustration that one can…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Simple Glass Vases With Sprigs Doodle
It is true, with the week long Jewish holiday of Succot coming up this Friday night, now is the time get to work on the Succah decorations! Truthfully, the little game going on in my head right now is whether to use existing decorations as much as possible (some of which haven’t seen the succah…
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How To Add A Dutch Door Cover Page To Your Sketchbook
In case anyone thought that filling a sketchbook was about page after page of blank canvases that are all the same, guess again, there are so many ways one can customize the pages of a sketchbook or journal by adding cutouts! Imagine that? I recently turned a page into a frame for the artwork underneath…
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How To Draw A Camelia And Keep On Drawing Them And Drawing Them……
Want to draw something really quite simple and totally relaxing? Give this camelia (if that is what it is?) flower sketch a try, and if you are like me, you will not be able to stop drawing this flower! I first saw this fun flower on a greeting card that I shared in the features…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Simple Geometric Doodles
Simple geometric doodles that might also be called, in some cases, origami doodles, are so sweet, and perfect to practice in your sketchbook. Once you’ve mastered a simple doodle, such as a geometric pineapple, you can use it in so many ways. I’m picturing geometric pineapple placecards, gift tags, notes to kids in lunch bags,…
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How To Draw A Floral Border
Drawing with black fine line pens on white paper is just so very satisfying, I can’t explain it really, but you’ll know what I mean if you give it a try! And add the relaxing task of drawing flowers and botanicals to the mix, and I could just keep on going for hours, which is…
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How To Draw A Floral Monogram
Hot summer days are a perfect time to take out the sketchbook and work on drawing skills or lettering skills or collage or anything that feels right! Floral monograms are a perfect exercise with amazing results even for those whose skills are undeveloped. So pick a letter, get out some reference for drawing simple flowers…
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Sketchbook Quote With Art Supply Doodles
Inspiring quotes can be a great way to boost mental energy and just the little push you might be needing at any given moment, especially when it comes to negative thinking regarding your art or craft practice! I saw this quote last week and just couldn’t resist using it to practice my lettering skills, though…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Simple Doodle Butterflies
My sketchbook practice is still going strong, and I have so many things to share, in fact I’m at least a month behind! So I now present to you, doodle butterflies, because butterflies, whether cartoon like or realistic, are really so simple to draw and look great! With something like a butterfly, wherein getting the…
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Mixed Media Florals And Botanicals For Your Sketchbook
Mixed media simply means using a variety of art supplies together in one art piece, namely pen and paint, pen and collage, ink and pencil, etc. Mixed media is a great way to add color to your sketchbook drawings, though depending on the thickness of your paper you will need to do this with some…
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A Peak In My Sketchbook: How To Draw Doodle Clouds
A sketchbook is a great place to explore all kinds of things, and when I came across some cloud doodles that I wanted to try out myself I realized that this drawing exercise would also help me with my paintings of clouds (which I need to get back to, sigh) which I’m still struggling with…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Jungle Botanical Doodles
This summer is all about sketching and doodling and filling my sketchbook with all kinds of botanicals and lettering and florals, mostly done with a fine point black marker! I’ll admit it has become my #1 creative activity at the moment, though I think it is great preparation for painting as when one draws something…