Animals With a Twist Month - July 21-27

Welcome to my 3rd post of ANIMALS WITH A TWIST doodles! This week was a quite a varied group but just as much fun as all the others.  Scroll down to check out my doodles from the week!

HORSE

 GRYPHON

CHIMERA

OWLS

 

MORE OWLS - These were a lot of fun.

 

Erin's OWLS

WILD CATS - I chose TIGER CUBS

BEAR

 

 

HAMSTER

I doodled this last week after receiving good news about an illustration I submitted to a major press.

We have had many new doodlers join the online Doodle Day daily drawing challenge community and I am thrilled. The more people who feel the power of doodling - the better. Welcome to all of our new participants.

 

 

If you like to doodle and want to start participating in Doodle Day, join our Facebook Group page to become part of the doodling community!

 

If you still aren't sure if Doodle Day is for you - check out this video!

 

 

In addition to my own drawings this week - my daughter (co-founder of Doodle Day) attended

Mini Masters Painting Camp and here are 4 of her pieces from the week:

 

Inspired by Mondrian

Erin didn't like the "stiffness" of the straight lines so she filled her own

with an "upside down rainbow."

 

Inspired by Frida Kahlo

 

Inspired by Monet

 

Inspired by Klimt

 

Come back to my blog next weekend to check out the last week of ANIMALS WITH A TWIST.

Next month, we will be doodling Insects and Bugs and following an A to Z format - which will increase the variety of the posts.

 

If you want to see more of my doodles and illustrations, check out my ONLINE PORTFOLIO.

You can also find me on TWITTER @AlisonHertz, GOOGLE+, PINTEREST, and FACEBOOK.

 

If Doodle Day looks like something you would enjoy participating in, CLICK HERE to go to the Facebook group where I post the prompts and more than 300 doodlers share their doodles.

 

 Post a comment or suggest a Doodle theme (just keep it family friendly). : )

Have fun!

Doodle Day: Animals with a Twist - July 7-13

 Welcome to my summary of the second week of Animals with a Twist month at Doodle Day!

Deer

Rabbit

 

Raccoon

 

Possum

 

Squirrel

 

Another Squirrel

 

Snake

Panda

 

Come back to my blog next weekend to check out another week of ANIMALS WITH A TWIST.

 

If you want to see more of my doodles and illustrations, check out my ONLINE PORTFOLIO.

You can also find me on TWITTER @AlisonHertz, GOOGLE+, PINTEREST, and FACEBOOK.

 

If Doodle Day looks like something you would enjoy participating in, CLICK HERE to go to the Facebook group where I post the prompts and more than 300 doodlers share their doodles.

 

Post a comment or suggest a Doodle theme (just keep it family friendly). : )

 

Have fun!

Doodle Day June 1-15 Sumary

The theme this month is MULTICULTURAL.  Art directors have asked that illustrators include characters from an assortment of cultures in our portfolios and editors are looking for characters and stories that embrace diversity. Each day this month, our doodle prompt is a country. We can doodle a flag, a character dressed in clothing commonly worn there, something from this country in history, food eaten there, something from this country in the future, plants, animals, landscape from a region of this country, a building or monument in this country, a character doing something that is a popular activity in this country, etc... I posted on the Doodle Day group page asking that doodlers please, "be culturally aware. Do not jump to a stereotypical image. Do not use personal bias to doodle something inappropriate. Do not insult others who may be from that country. Understand that we have 300 + doodlers in the Doodle Day community from all around the world. Sensitivity is important."

We are in the middle of June and summer is already flying by. My children are out of school which translates to lots of time at the pool, teaching them to ride bikes, working in the garden, and doing bunches of other fun summer activities with them. What it also means is less time for me to doodle, draw, illustrate, create, and write, but that's okay. That said, even though I've had less time to work on doodles, portfolio pieces and other submission quality work, I have been busy on a fairly new artistic adventure that I'll post about another day.

Without further spillage of all that is on my mind, here are my MULTICULTURAL doodles so far this month:

CHINA

 

SOUTH AFRICA

HONDURAS

 

LITHUANIA

 

AUSTRALIA

TAHITI

 

ANCIENT EGYPT

ITALY

 

IRELAND

 

JAMAICA

 



ISRAEL

 

Come back soon for to see more of my Daily Doodles...

 

Leave a comment if you have ideas for more family friendly doodle themes or prompts!

May 12-31, 2014 Doodle Day Summary

With school ending and summer starting, May has been a super busy month! The theme in Doodle Day has been NATURE and the doodles have been fantastic! Our online doodle community is up to 302 members from around the world. It is soo fun to wake up and check the posts to see what has been shared from the other side of the world overnight.

Here are my doodles from May 12 to May 31st:

DOGWOOD

PRECIPICE

ROCK

 

FOREST

 

DESERT

 

DAISY

 

I heard birds chirping outside my window and imagined what they could look like.

 

CAMELLIA

 

EUCALYPTUS (made me think of Koala)

 

 

APPLE (reminded me of when Mitzy would jump to get apples)

WEEPING WILLOW

 

PEACH

 

 

 ROSEMARY

 

LEMON

 

 

PICKLE

MUSHROOM

TROPICAL

ARCTIC

I also painting a couple of canvases in the last few days but I'll create a separate post to show those. 

 

 

Our theme for June is WORLD CULTURES so join or stay tuned for doodles representing something from 30 different countries. If you are not a member of Doodle Day but you are interested in joining, click HERE to join the Facebook Group. Whether you are an artist using doodles as a warm up or think you can't draw a straight line with a ruler (but would like to try), this group is for you.