Essex Doodles Weekly: Historic and Contemporary Essex

Doodlebomb photo: Essex Horse Nail Factory (Credit: virtualdavis)

Have you checked out EssexNY.us yet? This is the new online home for the Essex Events Calendar and The Doodler’s Guide to Essex, NY.

The Essex Events Calendar is the quickest way to discover what’s happening in and around Essex, New York. Remember the next time your scheduling a public event you can add an event to the calendar to help spread the word!

Daily Essex Doodles

We have been trying to post original Essex doodles every day on EssexNY.us as a way to inspire you to explore Essex in new and creative ways. It’s a fun challenge and we’re hoping you’ll help us!

[This is] a chance for you to dive into the creative process, to share your perspective on what makes Essex unique. (How do you doodle, Essex?)

We’re working on a series of handbooks (print and digital) using Essex doodles to illustrate local themes like architecture, history, wildlife, etc. The first, The Doodler’s Guide to Essex, NY Architecure is currently being edited and revised, so we’re shifting our focus to local history, heritage and anything else that inspires you to doodle about your community. We hope you’ll submit Essex doodles for us to showcase!

Essex Doodle Weekly

Each Friday on this blog we will feature doodles from the week-ending in case you’ve missed them. This includes a combination of doodles created by members of the community and by George Davis.

You can view the images (see below), and/or click on them to see larger, clearer versions. You can scroll down to the links below the images to view the originals and view their accompanying posts.

Michelle Maron's Essex Abstract — Michelle Maron’s Essex Abstract (Aug. 3, 2013)

Essex Peaks — Essex growth peaks… (Credit: virtualdavis)

Essex development stalls after 1850 (Credit: virtualdavis)

Charlie Shamel’s Essex Ferry Doodle (July 23, 2013)

Doodling = Freedom (Credit: virtualdavis)

Jackie Bryaden's Essex House Doodle — Jackie Bryaden’s Essex House Doodle (Aug. 3, 2013)

Each of the doodles featured above have an accompanying story. If you would like to read more you can click on the links below to learn more about these specific Essex doodles (list order in sync with doodle order):

Share Your Essex Doodles

So far, we’ve collected most of the community doodles after our stage show at the Depot Theatre in July and during Essex Day. If you have a great time/place for us to set up a doodling booth, please let us know.

Do you dare to share your Essex doodles? We can post them anonymously if you’re self-conscious! Send your doodles to editor [at] essexonlakechamplain [dot] com. Or you can mail us your doodle(s) at:

Essex on Lake Champlain
PO Box 292
Essex, NY 12936

Daily Doodle: Essex Hat with Champy (essexny.us)
Daily Doodle: Corner of Station and Main Street in Essex, NY (essexny.us)
Doodlebomb Essex (essexny.us)
Essex Doodles Weekly: From Steamboats to Bombs (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)
Essex Doodles Weekly: From Booms to Boats (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)

About Editorial Staff

Posts published under the Editorial Staff byline are drawn from press releases and other notices, and/or they may be first-time submissions from someone/some organization without a byline of their own; if latter, then the author will be acknowledged in the post. To submit your news for publication on the Essex blog please use the Submit a Story form or contact the editors via email (blue button above), Facebook or Twitter.