DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 28

 Welcome to Day 28 of the Doodle Day May challenge! This is a doodling challenge created to inspire creativity and reduce stress. If you are someone who wants to improve your drawing skills, then draw every day. You don't have to create beautiful, portfolio quality pieces everyday - just put something on the page. Keep your creativity flowing and your arm moving. Like any skill, drawing takes practice and the less stressful it is, the more you will want to do it so pick up a pencil and draw. If you want to see some prior posts, scroll down and check them out on the right side of this blog.

 

Today's doodle prompt is PAISLEY OR FILIGREE.

Remember, you never have to use the prompt - doodle whatever else you want but doodle something today.

 

Here are some Paisley designs for reference:

(Scroll down for some Filigree)

 

 

 

Here are some FILIGREE designs for reference:

 

 

 

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 27

Welcome to Day 27 of the Doodle Day May challenge! I am very proud of the group of fantastic doodlers who have been participating in this challenge. Keep up the great work! If you are new to the group or want to go back and catch a previous prompt, the links are all listed below. Remember: there is no requirement to use the prompts - you can always doodle whatever you want. The prompts are to give you a little inspiration so there is no anxiety when you see your blank page before you.

Original Blog Post with the announcement of Doodle Day May
FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE
Day 1 - Zentangles
Day 2 - Monsters
Day 3 - Think outside the circle
Day 4 - Make a face
Day 5 - Flower
Day 6 - Hat
Day 7 - Dog
Day 8 - Tree
Day 9 - Critters
Day 10 - One Continuous Line
Day 11 - Give Me a Hand
Day 12 - Mothers
Day 13 - Through the Window
Day 14 - Sun
Day 15 - Heart
Day 16 - Space
Day 17 - Fruit
Day 18 - Swirls
Day 19 - Triangle
Day 20 - Fish
Day 21 - Shoe
Day 22 - Font
Day 23 - Vegetable
Day 24 - Flame
Day 25 - Leaf


In honor of the fabulous members of this group, today's doodle prompt is STAR.

Whether you doodle a star from the sky or a television star, rockstar, Broadway star... is up to you. You can doodle a star scene, Zentangle star pattern, abstract design of stars, star font, ... This prompt is different from the Space prompt. Focus on the star - make an abstract of stars swirling around your page.

Here are some stars for reference:

 

Have fun!

 

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 26

Welcome to Day 26 of the Doodle Day May challenge. This group has been growing and growing and we are up to 63 adults and at least a dozen children doodling around the world! I'm seeing drawing skills improve, confidence increase, and creativity soar. Grab a pencil and start doodling!

Original Blog Post with the announcement of Doodle Day May
FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE
Day 1 - Zentangles
Day 2 - Monsters
Day 3 - Think outside the circle
Day 4 - Make a face
Day 5 - Flower
Day 6 - Hat
Day 7 - Dog
Day 8 - Tree
Day 9 - Critters
Day 10 - One Continuous Line
Day 11 - Give Me a Hand
Day 12 - Mothers
Day 13 - Through the Window
Day 14 - Sun
Day 15 - Heart
Day 16 - Space
Day 17 - Fruit
Day 18 - Swirls
Day 19 - Triangle
Day 20 - Fish
Day 21 - Shoe
Day 22 - Font
Day 23 - Vegetable
Day 24 - Flame
Day 25 - Square

Today's doodle prompt is LEAF.

Draw one leaf. There are soo many shapes and colors of leaves. Draw one from a tree or plant that you like or invent your own. Look at a leaf up close, really close and see the pattern (or lack of pattern) of the veins. Draw a leaf shape and fill it with Zentangles. Doodle a leaf font or a character ... Just don't let yourself overthink it - this is a doodle.

Here are some leaves for your reference:

 

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 25

Welcome to Day 25 of the Doodle Day May challenge! If you are new to this challenge, it is quite simple, spend a few minutes each day in May to doodle. You can create your doodle on a computer, in a sketchpad, on a napkin, post it, pancake, or wherever else you can. You don't need a lot of time - just take a few minutes. I post a prompt each day but you don't have to use it. Once you have created a doodle. post it to our Facebook Group page if you are ready to share. If you want to catch up on previous prompts, they are all listed below.

Original Blog Post with the announcement of Doodle Day May
FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE
Day 1 - Zentangles
Day 2 - Monsters
Day 3 - Think outside the circle
Day 4 - Make a face
Day 5 - Flower
Day 6 - Hat
Day 7 - Dog
Day 8 - Tree
Day 9 - Critters
Day 10 - One Continuous Line
Day 11 - Give Me a Hand
Day 12 - Mothers
Day 13 - Through the Window
Day 14 - Sun
Day 15 - Heart
Day 16 - Space
Day 17 - Fruit
Day 18 - Swirls
Day 19 - Triangle
Day 20 - Fish
Day 21 - Shoe
Day 22 - Font
Day 23 - Vegetable
Day 24 - Flame


Now, for today...
Today's doodle prompt is SQUARE.

What do you see in your mind when you think of a square? You can doodle something that is normally square shape like a table, picture frame, or pillow or something that isn't normally square shape like an animal, person, meatball...You can use a square as an element in your doodle or as the main focus. You can draw a square and fill it with Zentangles or make a square-ish font, or hat or anything else on the previous prompt list above. Enjoy letting your mind wander and turn a square into whatever you want. You can also create an abstract design of squares of different sizes on the page, just let your pencil go - a page of squares can be very relaxing.

 

Have fun!

 

Doodle Day May - Day 24

Welcome to Day 24 of the Doodle Day May challenge. The participants in this challenge have been doodling everyday for 23 days and the feedback has been fantastic! I am seeing a ton of doodles posted and I am reading that people are finding the process relaxing. Great! Keep doodling!

If you are new to the challenge, click HERE to learn about his challenge or check out the previous posts on the right of this blog (scroll down a bit).

Today's doodle prompt is FLAME.

You can draw a campfire or a fireplace fire or just some flames. I enjoy drawing abstract flames and have several pages of these in old sketchbooks.

Here are some examples of flames:

 

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 23

Welcome to Day 23 of the Doodle Day May challenge! If you are new to this challenge, you can catch up on the previous links found on the right side of this blog (scroll down a bit). This is a challenge to create a doodle (drawing that required very little thinking to create) every day during the month of May. Doodles can take up to 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or even an hour but if you are spending more than an hour, you are over thinking this challenge and working too hard to make your drawing perfect. Just put your pencil to the paper and see where it goes.

Today's doodle day prompt is VEGETABLE.

Draw one vegetable - cooked, raw, growing, ... Just one.

Some veggies are pictured below for your reference:

There are lots of veggies on each of these photos but you do NOT need to fill a page with different vegetables, just pick one or create your own. By now, I know many of you doodlers who are active in this challenge. You might create a doodle of a mouse stealing a vegetable from a garden or a crazy monster out of vegetables or a veggie hat - have fun with it. Doodle the first thing that pops into you head when you think of veggies in general or a specific kind of vegetable. Quick, broccoli! Now, doodle.