Doodle Day: Animals with a Twist - July 1-6

Welcome to my blog! Hard to believe that we are already into July but I'm loving this month's Doodle Day theme. ANIMALS WITH A TWIST. What does that mean? I've posted our prompt list with a different animal each day and I've posted a second list with themes like Fantasy, Sci Fi, Contest, Family, Event, Historical, ... Doodlers are asked to either doodle just the animal or the animal inspired by a theme from the list or any other they come up with. I was traveling at the beginning of the month so I was doodling without my computer and therefore without reference but scroll down to check out my first 6 days of doodles for July...

BIG DOG

 

SMALL DOG

LONG HAIRED CAT

SHORT HAIRED CAT

 

FISH

SQUIRREL

 

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

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

May 1-11, 2014 Doodle Day Summary

May is not only the 1 year anniversary celebration of Doodle Day but this month's theme is NATURE! After spending months creating characters and settings it is nice to get back to the simplicity of looking at a leaf or a flower or a nest.

Here are my doodles for the first 11 days of May:

MAY 1ST DOODLE DAY ANNIVERSARY

HAPPY 1 YEAR BIRTHDAY DOODLE DAY

 

BIRCH

CALLA LILLY

 

CINCO DE MAYO

NEST

OAK

ROSE

 

BIRDS OF PARADISE 

JACK IN THE PULPIT

 

CAVE OR CAVERN

 

Come back next weekend to see this week's doodles!

If you want to join the Doodle Day drawing challenge, click HERE.

 

Have fun!