Wednesday
Jan122011
Design-a-Doodle #2
Wed, January 12, 2011 at 08:00AM Time for another episode of Design-A-Doodle.
In Part #1, I made a pattern from a photo of tables at a cafe. If you want to play along, grab a camera and go on a treasure hunt. Take a photo of something with interesting lines. A bowl of grapes, a ceramic owl, an iron gate. You'll need a pencil, paper and your photo. You can work in front of your computer, or print it in B&W. We want to come up with something simple, something that can be drawn with a pen or marker, in B&W, that looks nice repeated.
A shot of one of the wooden timbers that holds up our pergola.
In photoshop, I cropped, sharpened, and enhanced with indigoes...
I've already started using these designs in my chaotic doodles! Instant gratification.
More....
- In Episode 158 of The Creative Mom Podcast, Amy Cowen delves into the world of zentangles [a trademarked name] and tangles, the idea of using the patterns from one of the many tangle blogs or altering them to our own unique designs. A consistently good podcast.
- Smashed, a watercolored doodle
- Boxed Doodles
- Photo mosaics: Doodling + Imagery, Art Journaling, Paisleys
- 7 Reasons to do Art in the Margins
- Abstract Art: Imagery + Doodling
Reader Comments (4)
I am really LOVING this series!! Lots of inspiration from the woodgrain alone!! You're good :D
Thank you so much. I love to photo in close, just didn't know what to do w/them. Now make oodles of doodles, I can't wait.
you draw so so well.. wow!
This is a great idea for finding new shapes and practising pen work. Thanks for the tip/idea!
Kat X