Simple supplies: Pencil Ink Pen Highlighter Marker Ballpoint pen Artist supplies: Charcoal Chalk Coloured Pencils Paint Pastels
You’ll find that you can also become inspired after you begin to doodle. You don’t have to wait for the feeling that tells you to doodle – you can just start doodling and feel the inspiration seep into your pores.
You’ll find that you can also become inspired after you begin to doodle. You don’t have to wait for the feeling that tells you to doodle – you can just start doodling and feel the inspiration seep into your pores.
You don’t have to stick to one theme or concept. No one is judging you – and it’s likely that no one will even see your doodles, so feel free to draw whatever you want. Try to think about what it is that you want to convey with your doodles. Then, think of different materials and techniques that can help you with that idea. Experiment a bit and always remember: there’s no right or wrong when it comes to art.
Draw a vase and fill it with your own bouquet of flowers. Draw a garden that is filled with unique flowers. Draw a field of sunflowers with a sun shining down on them. Draw a rose bush surrounded by rose petals. Draw daisies. Cross off some of the petals and play “He loves me, he loves me not. " Write your own name or another word in simple flowers.
Practice drawing almost the same face with different expressions. This will help you get to know the face you’re doodling. Doodle a face of a person you know from memory, whether it’s your crush or favorite celebrity. Later, you can compare the doodle to the actual person and see how well you did. Doodle parts of a face. Draw an entire page of eyeballs, lips, or noses, and see how much you learn. Doodle a caricature. Draw a face with silly, exaggerated features.
Write your name in cursive. Try writing it with exaggerated loops. Try writing your name as small as you possibly can while making it still legible. Write different versions of your name that abbreviate your first, middle, or last name. For example: “Jean M. Carmen,” “J. M. Carmen,” or “Jean Marie C. " Write your first name along with the last name of your crush. This will help you see if you’re a match made in heaven. Write your name in big block letters. Decorate the block letters with vines, stars, planets, or hearts. Write your name in bubble letters. Have soap bubbles floating off the top of your name.
Doodle underwater creatures. Draw an ocean and place all of the underwater creatures you can think of, from jellyfish to sharks, in this fun seascape. Doodle jungle creatures. Create your own jungle filled with parakeets, monkeys, snakes, and any jungle creatures you can think of. Turn ordinary creatures into monsters. Doodle a collection of cute kitties, puppies, and bunnies, and then have fun giving them fangs, evil eyes, and devil’s horns. Doodle your favorite pet. Are you obsessed with your dog? Draw him in a variety of cute poses. Doodle your dream pet. Draw the pet you’d like to have the most, even if it’s completely impractical. You can even name him and write his name around him in bubble letters. Doodle a hybrid creature. Draw a dog with a lamb’s head, a leopard with a peacock’s tail, or a fish with an alligator snout.
The contents of your pencil case The expression on your teacher’s face The clouds or sun outside your window The trees outside your window Anything hanging on the wall in front of you Your other hand
Doodle a historical figure. If your teacher is talking about George Washington, draw him in a variety of poses. Doodle a person you’ve never met. If you hear two people discussing a person with a funny name, just imagine what he would look like and draw him. Doodle a concept. What do you think of when your teacher says, “embargo” or “bell curve”? You don’t have to doodle what the object actually is – just doodle what it makes you picture in your head. Doodle a song. Did someone walk into the classroom with that song that always gets stuck in your head blaring from his headphones? Draw whatever it is the song makes you think about.
Make it night. The city looks the most beautiful at night, so draw a full moon and shade the sky in a dark color. Draw little windows in all of the houses. Some will be lit and some won’t be. Add more details. Add trees, lamps, phone booths, trash cans, and even people walking their dogs on the streets outside the city. Draw a city you love. Think you know exactly what the New York cityscape looks like? Try drawing it and see how accurate you were later.
Once you’re a professional doodler, you can spread your love for doodling to others. Become an after-school doodle coach and share your love for doodling with others. You can even name your own world something like, “Megland,” or “Walt’s World,” and write this name on top of your doodles. You can create a collage of your doodles in your room by taping the pages to your wall and being proud of all the doodling you’ve done.
