Mar 1, 2017
A two page spread from my copy of "Art Doodle Love".
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A two page spread from my copy of "Art Doodle Love".
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HOW-TO: Assemble Your Doodle Toolbox according to Dawn DeVries Sokol, author of Doodle Zen
You don’t need to buy a ton of supplies to enjoy this book; tools are secondary to the creating. Your tool can be just a ballpoint pen or pencil. But, if new materials inspire you, here are my recommendations for adding some variety to your doodling toolbox:
Black Felt-Tip Pens
Sakura Pigma Micron pens are my preference for basic black doodling. There are many different sizes of tips; my favorites are .03, .05, and .08. For thinner lines, try .01 or .03. For thicker lines, try .05 or .08. The brush tips are great for filling in large areas or for doodling extremely thick lines.
Gel Pens
I like to use Sakura Soufflé and Glaze pens for adding in color and/or filling in areas of my doodles. The Glaze pens are translucent and jewel-like, while the pastel Soufflés dry on the paper as a raised, yummy opaque layer.
White Pens
White pens are perfect for doodling over darker background colors. However, not all white pens are made to write over painted surfaces. The Signo UM-153 is a Japanese pen with white ink that flows well over pages that have already been painted on. I buy mine on JetPens.com, but these once hard-to-find pens are now becoming more available at US scrapbooking and craft stores. White correction fluid pens or white Sakura Soufflé gel pens also work well, but they won’t offer the same solid, fluid line as the Signo.
Markers
Tombow Dual Brush Pens contain a different tip at each end and come in a wide variety of luscious colors. Crayola Washable Markers are an inexpensive alternative, are widely available in big-box stores, and have color quality comparable to the Tombows.
Pencils
An old No. 2 will suffice in a pinch, but there are also some other great alternatives that I often fall back on. Graphite drawing pencils come in a variety of shades and can be used to create a host of different effects. The mid-range HB is my go-to pencil. Stabilo All pencils create an intense black line on your pages, and can be smudged with a bit of water to develop mono effects.
Crayons
Regular crayons, such as Crayola, lend a textured look to your doodles. You can also use Crayola Oil Pastels with a lighter hand, but make sure to smear them into the page, otherwise they may rub off onto the facing page. Other alternatives include Caran d’Ache Neocolor II pastels (a bit more expensive, but long lasting) available at art-supply stores à la carte, which is a great way to try out your favorite colors. The NeoColors are firmer than oil pastels, but you can still smudge them into the page. Both are water-soluble.
Colored Pencils/Watercolor Pencils
I stick with Derwent Inktense pencils, which work equally well as colored or watercolor pencils. Leave them dry or smudge them with just a tiny bit of water and the color jumps off the page.
Adhesives
My go-to adhesive is Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive because it’s easy to take along with you. The glue is applied to the surface through a tape roller, so there’s no mess, and the adhesive holds well for dry layering. Any glue stick will work as well, but I prefer the Tombow MONO. Neither one will seep out from underneath collage bits like regular glue, so pages won’t stick together later. Instead of adhesives, you can also use paper clips, stickers, photo corners, brads, staples, pretty paper tapes (called Washi tapes), or even Scotch tape. All are great alternatives and add a different look to your pages.
Ephemera
Your journal should be a reflection of your everyday life, and collecting and pasting in bits and pieces from your travels is a great way to add dimension and make these pages your own. Hold on to candy wrappers, receipts, labels, fruit stickers— anything that moves you. For an even more personal touch, make photocopies of old family photos to use in collages, even if they are black and white, since color copies retain the quality and tint of the original.
Scissors
Even though we are primarily doodling, we’ll also be exploring a little collage, so you might want to acquire a good pair of scissors. I love scissors that are small, so they’re easy to transport, and the smaller tips allow you to make very fine cuts and get into hard-to-reach places. They also have a nonstick surface, so you can cut sticky items without worrying about adhesive residue. Try the Fiskars Nonstick Titanium Softgrip Detail Scissors or Fiskars Crafts Teresa Collins Non-Stick Fashion Scissors.
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Doodle Sketchbook: Art Journaling for Boys
This hands-on, mess-it-up journal offers creative tips and prompts to get boys drawing, sketching, doodling, and more. It shows how to use all kinds of materials from pens, stickers, crayons, markers, and oil pastels to gel pens, glitter, Wite-Out, collage, found art, Xeroxes, photographs, and more.
Dawn DeVries Sokol is the best-selling author of Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls and 1,000 Artist Journal Pages. She teaches art journaling classes and blogs at dblogala.com.
A great way to get your journal jive rolling!
Features :
Creativity isn’t 24/7.
It doesn’t occur 9 to 5. It doesn’t have a schedule.
Creativity rarely sticks around when I need it the most.
Creativity loves to play games with my head. It keeps me awake at night when I would love to be sleeping. It lies dormant for days on end when I’m trying desperately to work on a project.
Creativity likes to elude me. It hides and laughs at me from dark corners, it taunts me when I’m missing it so, it tells me I don’t deserve it in my life.
But Creativity is also the best friend I have. Creativity whispers great ideas in my ear and gives me a tingly feeling when it wants to tell me I’m going in the right direction. Creativity can make me feel on top of the world at times.
But then it will suddenly disappear and make me feel like a slug.
What do I do when Creativity vanishes from my life?
I leave my studio. I watch a movie. I read a book. I go for a walk. I meet someone for lunch. I chat with a friend over coffee. I look at magazines. I take a workshop.
When I’m ready to coax Creativity to come out of its cave, I doodle. I turn on some music and open my art journal to any page and just start doodling. I begin with my favorite shapes and build on those. Line after line, circle after circle, heart after heart, Creativity envelops me once again and whispers in my ear: ideas, dreams, thoughts, and sparks of light.
And I am whole again.
Dawn DeVries Sokol is the author of Art Doodle Love: A Journal of Self-Discovery and several other books on art journaling and doodling. She teaches online doodling and art journaling workshops at www.dawndsokol.com.