I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever. ~ Beatrix Potter Are you a compulsive doodler? Or is it a rare and fleeting yen to express yourself through a quick doodle in the margin of the book … [Read more...] about A Desire to Doodle
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Daily Doodle: William Gilliland Doodle
If William Gilliland were wandering the streets of Essex, NY this summer (and I'd had the opportunity to ogle him long enough to doodle him... over ice cream perhaps?) this might be what I would've come up with. Minus the blowsy shirt and pre-mullet mullet. I present my … [Read more...] about Daily Doodle: William Gilliland Doodle
Doodling: Explore Your Creativity
Doodling should be fun and playful. There's no right way to doodle and no wrong way to doodle, but I think you'll discover far greater joys doodling if you can forget previous criticism about your whimsical pen-and-paper habit, and ignore joking about your artistic abilities. … [Read more...] about Doodling: Explore Your Creativity
Doodles are Great for Brainstorming
Don't panic. I'm not going to let loose with another diatribe on barnstorming and brainstorming. I promise. Nor will I balance my rumination on barnstorming and doodling Essex with an equally nebulous look at brainstorming and doodling Essex. Enough is enough. Basta! (As they … [Read more...] about Doodles are Great for Brainstorming
Daily Doodle: Bud Egglefield’s Aerial View of Essex, NY
Elizabethtown resident Bud Egglefield transformed the doodle challenge into another dimension altogether by creating an aerial view of Essex, New York. Imagine yourself high above Essex in a hot air balloon. Or straddling a Great Blue Heron? This is what you might see. Essex … [Read more...] about Daily Doodle: Bud Egglefield’s Aerial View of Essex, NY