Author: lauramchugh

I just finished my doodle post today, then went to Salon to check out the latest news. There’s a story today about how Lynda Barry has written a book about taking doodles and making them into comics and stories. Yay!

Between Monday night and now, three more doodles. These are large too – 11×15 inch paper size.

Colored pencil and watercolor with the black fine tipped sharpie.

This one takes off from the colorful design on the stamps from letter I received from Singapore.

Inspired by a flight to LA, over the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara. Treacherous waters and verdant hills.

Random doodling to relax before bedtime. I used the sharpie to draw boxes, then experimented with watercolors layered over one another, punctuated by some bright, pure colors.

Doing doodles provides hours of endless pleasure. I do them in meetings, while watching television, waiting for planes or trains, and sometimes intentionally as an evening art activity.

I’m currently taking doodles I’ve done at work and collaging them on to a large (36″ x 48″) canvas. I have asked people on my team to submit their doodles to add to this piece. None so far.

Here is a doodle I did last night. I start with a black fine-tipped sharpie on a page in my art journal. My newest art journal is larger, so there is room for larger doodles. Then, I go back over it with colored pencils, or in this case, watercolor. I’m using these doodles as an opportunity to explore color mixing and transparency.

This doodle was inspired by some of the glass I saw on Friday night at the Dale Chihuly exhibit at De Young.

You can see more doodles here.

I’m now officially available to do art commissions.