Doodling. . . .

Do you ever doodle while talking on the phone, at church during the sermon, while you are listening to a lecture, watching television, etc.?  If you do, why not turn it into art.  Alisa Burke's book Sew Wild is a great start.  She gives many examples of doodling on canvas, fabric, etc.  On the sample below, I chose to doodle (using a permanent marker) all over a small stretched art canvas.  I had been doodling in just black and white but after talking to Jennifer (Jangles) Heynen who suggested adding color, I thought I would give it a try . . So I pulled out colored permanent markers, paint markers, watercolor crayons, and acryllic paints and "went to town" so to speak.  It is abolutely addicting.  I intend on doing more and using some Zentangles to fill in some spaces.  Will demo when complete.  This is my completed project ...

I decided to add a little bling and went through my scrapbooking supplies and found some specialty brads.  They work great on canvas.  Just cut a tiny spot, insert brad, and spread the back open.  I chose to fill in background with black

and painted the sides of the canvas with black.  I wanted to add a word so Bloom seemed appropriate.  I really enjoyed making this and will make many more.  I have made black and white doodle fabric and dyed with Rit dye.  As of right now, I found an old cabinet door, painted it white, and doodling it in a permanent black marker.  I will leave this one black and white.  Will blog about it when completed.

ALSO, I have quite a bit of OLD scrapbooking supplies and decided to go through them and recycle them in some way.  I got my husband to make me a picture frame out of some of his scrap wood.  I then painted and distressed it.  In my cache of supplies I found rub-ons and stickers and some really pretty paper.  I cut the paper and affixed it to a piece of foam board leftover from another project and proceeded to "decorate".  I added sticker quotes and glued on buttons (another of my favorites) for some added dimension.  Here is my finished project . . .

Be sure to check out Alisa Burke's book SEW WILD and her book CANVAS REMIX.  She is very creative and has a great blog . . .

alisaburke.blogspot.com

And Jennifer Jangles blogspot is always good . . .

jenniferjangles.blogspot.com

Start some doodling and always have FUN!!!