Monday 19 April 2010

Doodle doo

I have just watched Heston serve his guests cock's testicles. Not a cock and ball story nor the real reason for the title of this post!
Tonight I am doodling. I am partaking of yet another art course. Can I get enough of them? Clearly not. This is a class in experimentation and we begin our dabbling with a spot of doodling. When I read our first assignment I feared that I might not enjoy it - I'm too inpatient when it comes to classes - I want to produce the masterpiece on day 1!

Of course I was proved wrong. Our lovely teacher Amelia gave us a few prompts and left us to it. I was particularly taken with the idea of dribbling inks and paints and then blowing them into streaks through a straw and seeing what happened and I can't deny that this wasn't rather wonderful fun. In fact, I was thrilled to come across a page in my sketchbook that has been growing rather slowly. It has been moulded with texture, painted and rubbed with crayon but then I just didn't know what to do with it... until now....


Then I found another page where I'd played with my new rubber stamps. That was similarly splatted. Is that blood drying over the words of a tortured lover's billez-doux? It reminds me a bit of Lady Cottingley's pressed fairy book. Tomorrow I think I'll add some pixie fingers - long and spindly.

While I waited for the paint to dry, I browsed some blogs where the Queen of Creativity herself was waiting to pass on further inspiration when i t came to those rubber stamps... In a serendipidous moment indeed she wrote how rubber stamps make a great basis for sketches, and so...

In dull moments, my doodling always was rather swirly so why should tonight be any exception?

A pleasant evening of fairy tales and doodle-dooing. I wonder what will visit me in my dreams tonight?

13 comments:

  1. To sleep, perchance to dream...
    of a cock?
    or a doodle-doo? (whatever that is)
    xo

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  2. Ha - perhaps another phrase that doesn't quite translate from the Queen's English to the US President's...

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  3. I like your doodling. So glad that you included the bit about blow painting--I am teaching an art class for kids and have been indecisive about doing straw painting. Now I realize I can't deprive the kids of this fun.

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  4. love your doodles girl! and your wit.
    hugs to you,
    kelly

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  5. Ah, I'm enjoying your doodles and you're quite right about your art courses, I don't think you'll ever have enough. Keep going dear friend! :D

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  6. These are such fun doodles. Keep it up...really enjoyed sharing.

    Smiles

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  7. Wow..you're good at drawing! Thanks for your sweet comment and ,yes, isn't Nice lovely? Have a great day!!

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  8. I love these results, Lisa. And what a great idea to start out with a stamp, and then doodle. It gets you started.

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  9. I love your doodling page! And the other page is really neat,reminds me of modern art.Very Cool.

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  10. Delightful doodles, do doodle some more.

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  11. Glad I could help, by the way your doodles are just lovely. I love all those swirls...

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  12. I love to doodle! I have to admit that is what I'm doing in my watercolor journal right now. So, good for you taking this class. It's so mindless...heehee I think thats what I like about it.

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