Art and Doodles….

doodlesA piece of imagination?  A representational of inner thoughts?  Pen and paper needed? An electronic doodle? Is their a time limit on a doodle? Doodle are often done while someone is on the phone…. on a margin of a paper or notebook…a second brain stream? A subconscious?   Are there famous doodles? Google Doodles are fun….

“The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. It derives from the German dudeln, to play (originally, to play the bagpipe or dudel).”… “According to a study published in the scientific journal doodling can aid a person’s memory by expanding just enough energy to keep one from daydreaming, which demands a lot of the brain’s processing power, as well as from not paying attention. Thus, it acts as a mediator between the spectrum of thinking too much or thinking too little and helps focus on the current situation.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodle

Below are some electronic doodles I did. The first one is a Photoshop doodle…doodling in .psd doesn’t seem to be fair there are all these preset brushes that you can use and go to town with and “create.” The second is an iPad doodle. In traditional drawing I would have called this a jester drawing – this “doodle” is from dancers I was watching this eve. The third was a doodle with a purpose it was to part of a larger drawing so is it still a doodle? It was quick, it was fun to do, and it is obviously not a very serious drawing. – so is it a doodle?

doodle art
a Photoshop doodle...

sadie the dog doodle Want to doodle on-line and have some fun? Check out these doodle sites! All free – all fun.. http://doodle.ly/ or  http://www.sketchswap.com/  or http://www.doodlersanonymous.com  or http://doodlebug.desktopcreatures.com/  and last but certainly not least...http://www.joyfuldia-doodle-art.com/, they have a links page with soooooo many more for you to explore! Doodle away and see you tomorrow at the Whole Foods Farmers Market, or on Wednesday right here.