Bit of Scribbling

From the weekend…

Please Pardon the Dust

Doodle under development.

I have a couple of portrait commissions underway at the moment. Every now and then I need to cleanse or shake loose the drawing hand, and shift the drawing mind and eye.

I’ve returned to this page in my Moleskine a few times this week looking for that relaxation.

Circles are my jam. It doesn’t bother me when lines go wonky in circles. That oval was intentional! Ha, so there.

Stippling…now there is a practice to calm and slow the mind. Stippling is a study in patience. If you get too carried away, you drag the pen causing directionality and heavy coverage. If you get too anxious to move to another section you get a line of dots.

What will happen to this page next?!? It’s anyone’s guess.

Sitting in the kitchen…

…cooking breakfast and drawing a pantry full of ingredients. Some of the ingredients actually go together, and some really don’t.

WWM – I’m a God

Ok, when I say it, I’m joking. The head Cheeto in charge **ahem** might actually entertain thoughts that he is! Boggles the mind. Man is he in for a rude awakening at election time.

Anyway…fun bit of doodling. That lower left guy is pretty self-actualized. Who knew doodles were so self aware?!?

WWM-Last Spread

Just finished off a Moleskine with this one.

Doodling as Meditation

This is what a sunflower looks like when I draw one from my imagination while sipping a cup of coffee in the kitchen while my breakfast cooks.

Nothing like a sunflower, but so satisfying drawing seeds and petals in soft, unhurried repetition.

Stilled my monkey mind.