Citrus Owl

Grey cardstock, colour pencil and fineline marker.

.....little boxes......

A-doodling we will go.....

There something rather therapeutic about a piece of black cardstock and some coloured pigment ink.

pigment pens & colour paper

Flower Doodle

Washable Colour Markers, black fineline markers and 30 minutes of doodle time.

This little flower doodle measures 5.5cm x 5.5cm, is very detailed and lots of fun!!

With Love

My gift to you for Valentines Day.......

And my way of saying thank you to all of my lovely blog followers and facebook likers

All you have to do is click on the image below and you will be taken to Mediafire.  You can then download the image and print it out on A4 paper for yourself!!!

**All I ask is that you only download the image for your own personal use - thank you **

Lacy Doodlings

This week I have been having a lot of fun with pigment ink and coloured card stock.  I have been doodling patterns with flowers, leaves and dots......a whole lot of dots and then adding some acrylic paint, just for the fun of it.  

some of the pattern, up close

 outlining the shape

 starting to add paint

all finished 

and here is what I am drawing with.

Eye Candy

just some eye candy for your viewing pleasure.......all colour pencil on paper.

Making a Mandala Part 1

One of my favourite designs is the mandala.  There are so many pattern possibilities with it.

Once I start working on one I can loose hours of time being so absorbed with it.

Part 1

**Part 2 Click here**
**Part 3 Click here**

Tools of the Trade
  After lots of trial and error these are the tools and materials I like to use.  They are good quality without being ridiculously expensive.  And they can mostly be bought from office supply and craft shops. 

Metal ruler - Always has a straight crisp edge.  My wood and plastic ones always end of with dints and nicks in the edges.

Staedtler Eraser -  I always have at least 3 of these handy.  They very rarely smudge when rubbing out pencil marks and they don't tear or rough up the surface of the paper.

Pacer pencil - with a 2B lead - Easy to erase and does not need sharpening.

Pigma Micron Pen -  Black 02 pen.  Archival, waterproof and fade proof.  I use these on all of my drawings.  They are accurate, rarely bleed into good quality paper and don't smudge.

Staedtler Compass - One of my fave tools.  I have had it for more years than I care to count.  Very accurate and easy to use.

Circle Templates - The orange one is Fiskars and came from a scrapbooking shop.  The Clear one is a Celco maths one and came from Officeworks. These are brilliant because freehand circles can be a bit tricky.

Quill Paper - 200gsm XL Multiboard Paper - Crisp white colour, good thickness, does not pill when eraser is used on it.  Holds colour pencil colour well.

The other three very important items I need when creating mandalas are........

Indie the cat  - she is great company and she can always manage to walk off with the pencil I need! 

Coffee - A good hot cup of coffee (sadly I haven't found a bottomless cup yet)

Patience - I don't really start out with a design in mind.  It just sort of evolves as I put pencil to paper.  A bit of patience and time is a great starting point for anything creative.

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Be sure to check back in a couple of days for the next instalment of Making a Mandala

And if you have any questions or comments so far, I would love to hear them. 

Flower Girls

I am trying something a little different at the moment and adding figures to my flowers.....as per usual, it is lots of fun and I don't seem to be able to stop at one.

Pretty in Pink (Skull)

I just couldn't help myself....I really enjoyed drawing the first sugar skull, so I had to do another one.......enjoy!

Sugar(bird) Skull

skulls? no, I don't draw skulls, why would I?

Oh, with patterns and flowers and swirls....well of course I can give it a try!!

Citrus Doodle Bird

Oh I do so like doodling birds...........