DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 21

Welcome to Day 21 of the Doodle Day May challenge! If you are new to the group, you can catch up at the links 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

I have received a few questions about whether or not a t-shirt is available with the Doodle Day May badge. The answer is yes - if you want one. I can upload it to Café Press or Queensboro in a matter of minutes if there is interest. Post a comment or message me or post it in the Facebook group page - if you are interested and I'll get it moving.

Now for today's doodles. I have been going back and forth with concrete themes such as Hat and fluid motion themes such as Swirls and have outlined the themes for the remainder of the month. : )

Today's doodle prompt is SHOE.

Draw a shoe - it doesn't have to be attached to a character, just draw or design one shoe (or pair). Go with a boot, a heel, a slide, a flip-flop, a slipper, a tennis shoe, a gym shoe, a cowboy boot, or any other kind of shoe you can come up with. Don't spend a lot of time on it - just doodle whatever comes to mind and don't over think it. Remember you can always do a one continuous line drawing of a shoe-ish shape or create an outline of a shoe and fill it with Zentangles. Shoe might also mean telling a fly to skedaddle. The interpretation is up to you. : )

Here are some shoes for reference:

 

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 20

Welcome to Day 20 of the Doodle Day May challenge! I can hardly believe you all have been doodling along with my daughter and I and posting your creations on our Facebook Page for 20 days! This has been a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the last 11 days of the challenge. I've received a lot of inquiry about keeping the group open past May 31st and my response is YES, the page will stay open. I will not be posting prompts throughout June but I could get some guest bloggers to take a few days here and there and I encourage everyone who continues to doodle to post their doodles, their drawing questions, their ideas, etc... The group has become a wonderful community of artists, writers, teachers, parents, and friends.

If you are new to the challenge, this is a month long challenge to create a Doodle each day during the month of May. A doodle is a drawing that can take up to 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes or even an hour from start to finish but if you are spending more than an hour on a doodle, you are trying too hard. Don't overthink it. Grab a pencil, pen, marker, crayon, piece of chalk or whatever you can and create some squiggly lines on a post it, paper, envelope, paper plate, etc...

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

Today's doodle prompt is FISH.

Draw one fish. You do not have to add color to your fish or a scene around it. Just a fish. There are soo many different kinds of fish, draw one that exists or make up your own. Draw an outline for a fish and fill it with Zentangle patterns. Create a fish purse, a fish hat, a continuous line of a fish design, a fish pattern on a different shape, etc... One fish.

If doodling a fish creates too much thinking, create some fish scale patterns (see pics below).

Here are some pics for reference:

 

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 19

Welcome to Day 19 of the Doodle Day May challenge! If you don't already know, this challenge was created this year on April 30 by my 5 yr old daughter when she suggested that we invite our friends to create daily doodles with us every day of May. I wrote a quick blog post and created a Facebook Group and by the next day, we had forty artists, writers, teachers, parents, children of all ages, friends, and friends of friends signed up to doodle with us. As of today, we have 60+ members of the group (plus at least 30 children who don't log into FB but show me their doodles). Fantastic! It's doodle mania. I love that additional people continue to join in on the fun of a stress free doodle zone.

If you are someone who says, "I can't draw," don't worry. Skill is not a factor in this challenge. This is about letting your creativity shine. I post a prompt each day which you can use or not when you take 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes out of your day to grab something to draw with and go for it. I've seen posts on envelopes, paper plates, napkins, the inside of a gum wrapper. Doodle on anything, with any tool - pencil, pen, crayon, marker, chalk, maple syrup. Don't over think the doodles. The idea is to just let it flow out of you - let your arm slide across the paper. There are no grades and nobody is judging what you post. You have nothing to lose.

You can catch up on past posts 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

Today's doodle prompt is TRIANGLE.

Doodle something using a triangle, inside a triangle, outside a triangle, create a Zentangle of triangles or in a triangle, create whatever you see is triangular or something that isn't normally a triangle.

Please don't use any rulers or straight edges to create your triangle shape, a little wiggle in the line gives it character.

Normally, I post a bunch of photo reference to help give you ideas but for this one, I don't want to plant anything in your head. Picture a triangle and then go with it. It can be as simple or complex as you want.

Have fun!

DOODLE DAY MAY - Day 18

Welcome to Day 18 of the Doodle Day May challenge! I've seen some fun doodles, some great doodles, some super creative doodles, and I'm loving it all. If you want to catch up on previous doodle prompts, go to the links listed below to our Facebook Group page and consider joining us! It's never too late to join our stress free doodle zone.

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

Today's doodle prompt is SWIRLS.

Draw a swirly design. You can use spirals or just curvy lines. This is doodling at it's best - put your pencil to the paper and see where it takes you. Play some music and let your arm follow the tune.

Enjoy some truly relaxing doodling today.

Here are some reference pics for you.

 

Have fun!