Block Letters…..O.G.S.H

Oh, I am so excited to show you my next series of Letters.



I got a new phone a couple of months ago and realized how unorganized I had become with my art digital files.



But…where there is a will there is a way and I was able to find and back up the my favorite pics of the following letters.



Unfortunately I don’t always remember to get a scan of the outlined image before I proceed to color.



Cuz it’s the coloring that really relaxes me.



I like the way this “G” turned out.  The stripes in the background were spontaneous.



The “S” was somewhat spontaneous too.  I just added a layer of different colors after each flower module.



Another favorite that I was surprised I liked so much.



And onto the “H”.  Lots of different doodling going on here…..without a theme.



Kind of like a patchwork quilt.



Finished this one back in February…..lots of color was needed to balance out the winter white of my world.  But then again….I need lots of color to balance out my world…period

Block Alphabet…..D…E…R

I’ve been drawing these Block Letters behind the scenes lately.  And since I’m a curious sort, I thought it was time I displayed them here!



All these flowers were hand drawn….that was the boundary.



I liked the look of the D on the black fabric…..they complemented each other



The D is Done.



Then onto the E….



If you know sign language then hopefully you can recognize the letter the hand is making.



The boundary….was square background with paisley doodles.



Enough of the E.



Onto the R…..



Lots of Sharpies used here.



Fine line rainbows in this background.



Went into my fabric Stash and took a few pics.  I liked this one….Tie-Dye Dots



This one was too loud….Bright Stripes.



I also liked this one…..Wavy Stripes.

How about you?  Which letter appeals to you the most?

Doodle Directory Giveaway

I am so excited to share this with you.  I haven’t worked on my doodle directory in a few years. Recently I finished another 60 doodle images that make the 6th set in my doodle directory series. I've done a few simple drawings in this set which I haven't included in previous sets.



I’ll show you a little behind the scenes drawing as these doodles came together.



If you’ve been following my Instagram account then you’ve probably seen these before.



But it’s fun to revisit them here.



I find that as I’m working on my bigger projects like my Ballerina and Diver and since I can’t (or won’t) lug these drawings to work or on vacation. That doodling in my small moleskine, keeps me sane and happy.  My hand still gets line practice and my head stays in the game with colors and shapes.  And as far as my drawing goes…..doodling has definitely helped…..hands down



I am influenced by so many artists out there.  And half of them probably don’t even claim the label “Artist”.



I’ve seen a ton of wonderful doodle work on Instagram, by fellow doodlers, illustrators, painters, watercolorists, art journallers, and zentangle people. 



So much inspiration!!  Instagram has a whole community of artsy-doodley interactive and like minded folks.



Artists are a sensitive lot….but we have to get over that and show our work.  I’m not one for “closet artistry”.   It’s amazing the motivation and suggestions that people give from blog post feedback and instagram sharing. 



I’ve worked more in photoshop on this last set.  I wanted the colors more consistent.



Photo-editing is a must if you want to put these kind of things up for sale.



Now, back to the GIVEAWAY!  Just a couple of things to qualify.

• Please follow my Instagram account …. Eden921
• You must comment on the Giveaway Post over there
• Contest Closes Feb 28 midnight
• I’ll post the winner on March 1 (on Instagram)

That’s it.  Pretty easy.  And just because I can….I’d like to offer a discount in my etsy shop for the full set as well.

That’s 60 4x6 prints with 6 doodle squares on each print.  An amazing 360 separate doodles.
Just use code DOODLEFUN for a 30% discount.



Prints come as above.  As 4x6 pictures.
Enjoy your doodling and Good Luck!!

Yoga Girl….One

After Christmas…..I was itching to draw again….to draw figures.  I’ve been doing a lot of marker work lately.



I found this yogi on instagram (KrisenPro)…..and I got started.
My goal is:

• To NOT pull out my colored pencils (until the very end)
• To ONLY use watercolors and w/c pencils.  Yikes!

I knew I needed to do a background….since that’s the next level.  I thought a mandala would work nicely. But I had one problem, my compass could only draw a 9” circle max.  Ugh!!  After a youtube search, I rigged my own compass.



I just made a bunch of concentric circles of varying widths.



After I took the compass point padding away, I lost my center for the mandala.  So, I had to re-establish it with the green dot.



This has been very fun to do….I get to combine two of my favorite drawing styles…..photo-realistic Figures and Marker Doodling



I started out coloring in the design with sharpies….but the ink in the sharpies looked dull.  I had to pull out my liquid India Ink and switch to Faber-Castell black markers since they have india ink in them.



Here is a reference for the size of the picture (22 x 30).  I’m kind of surprised I’m going big again, had initially wanted to only do half this size.



Detail work.



More detail work.



I had to complete the background first….now I can continue on with the figure.  That background has a huge influence on the colors used for the girl.