DIY doodle art

Hi friends! Happy Monday! Today I wanted to share a quick little tutorial on how to start learning to doodle. Doodling seems deceptively easy to many people seeing someone make a beautiful doodle by scribbling and drawing freely without any previous thought on what was going to be made. Drawing like this can really spark creativity and give a feeling of freedom, but what do you do if you just dont know where to start?

Staring at that blank page can be really intimidating, so heres my three tips on learning to doodle to get you started:

Have a Reference Library of Doodles

This is my biggest tip, and thats having some kind of resource you can look to thats filled with doodles, patterns, shapes, etc. that you can look to for inspiration and ideas when your brain goes blank. As time goes on, and as you practice more and more, youll have more doodles and patterns memorized that you can simply use whenever you want, but in the beginning it can be really tricky, and you can end up feeling not creative enough in your doodle attempts.

So have an arsenal of doodles ready to be used whenever you need them! This can happen in two ways, though I suggest doing a mix of both (which is what I personally do).

1- a reference sheet in your sketchbook/art journal/etc. Building your own reference sheet of your favorite doodles is an excellent way to keep them at hand whenever you need them! Simply draw some boxes on a piece of paper and fill them in with your favorite doodles, Zentangle patterns, etc. Then you can refer back to them when you need to, and you can constantly add more doodles to your personal library as you discover new ones.

Start Drawing Your Doodles Separately, then Fill in the Spaces

Now that youre ready to get doodling, the best way to start is to simply begin drawing your main doodles first. Any doodle that can stand on its own, and not part of a pattern can be drawn anywhere on your paper. Put them all in, then use patterns to fill in the gaps. Youll have a completed doodle in no time!

If you need a little more guidance, you can take a note from Zentangle, and drawn some organic shapes or lines to fill in first. Fill them in with patterns or stand-alone doodles, then fill in any gaps with smaller patterns or shading. For more information on the Zentangle approach

No matter what way you decide to doodle, youll always be placing your main elements first, then filling in the gaps, then shading.

Practice!

Of course my last tip is going to be to practice your doodling. The more you draw and doodle, the easier it will come to you. So dont worry about having to look at a book or your sketch notes in the beginning, soon youll have patterns and doodles memorized, and itll come to you much more easily. Then youll be able to make your own doodles without having to look at anything else.

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And finally, as an extra tip, if youre still not sure how to get your mind around doodling (it really is more of a mental block issue than an artistic skill issue) then I suggest taking the CreativeBug course, Creative Doodling.

Pam guides doodling noobies through the basic elements of doodling in a 4-part video course that explores the basic mark-making techniques of setting up your doodles, exploring pens and artful lettering to enhance your doodles and take them into the next level, working on different types of paper, and filling in your work with color!

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