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Zendoodle Day 11/11. I Like Doodles . I Like Squiggles

May 19, 2013 By: Aggie4 Comments

Miss Jane Miss Jane!!!  What will we draw today Miss Jane?

Do you remember Mr Squiggle?

I absolutely loved that program when I was a kid!  I could not wait for it to come on TV when I got home from school.

Doodles & Squiggles 

It’s funny how when we are young we are taught to be creative and to do things freely without restrictions and yet as we grow older and move through the school system we become institutionalised and are instructed to do things in a more structured format.  And then we begin to intellectualise and become less intuitive.

I like doodles, I like squiggles!

How many times have you sat at your desk or on the phone, with scrap bit of paper near by and you mindlessly doodle?

I still do it.  There are certain recurring patterns that I doodle but now that I begun My 30 Days of Zendoodling I find myself becoming more creative and diversifying in my doodles.  What does this all mean?

I’m not sure. What do you think it means?

Does it need to mean anything?

Or it just is?!

 

Mr Squiggle

When I sat down to do today’s Zentangle I took one look at the paper I knew immediately what it would be like.

I took Mr Squiggles approach and made something out of nothing.

The borders of the square on the page which I draw for every Zentangle weren’t completely joined.  I never do…. and then I did a Mr Squiggle!

 

Keeping it Zen

You can see from the stages that there wasn’t much to it at all.  And there doesn’t need to be.

After blacking out the part I chose,  I was about to add  more but my intuition said that it was fine the way it was.  It was complete in my eyes.

Both the art teachers I have had said the exact same thing , “you know when to stop” and “when it’s enough” .

I think art helps you tap into your intuition and develop it at a deeper level.   That’s what I have experienced so far in my own personal art journey.

 

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 The Stages

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What do you doodle? 

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Comments

  1. Li-Sa says

    May 21, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    Simplicity is really nice!

    Reply
    • Aggie says

      May 29, 2013 at 1:11 am

      thanks 🙂

      Reply
  2. Debi Riley says

    July 3, 2013 at 9:30 am

    delightful. I’m smiling. Its a great thing to be able to engage & entrance the ‘viewer’ Agnes- very good!! I love your designs and art images. I’ll be looking here more often.

    Reply
    • Aggie says

      July 3, 2013 at 10:57 am

      Thank you Debi 🙂 . You were my inspiration for the beginning of my art journey. Your Drawing for Non-drawers workshop and your teaching style got me so excited and inspired, so I am very grateful to you Debi 🙂

      Reply

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Hi I’m Aggie

I'm a writer, artist and blogger. In my previous life I was a psychologist. Exploring life and happiness through writing, sketching, food, travel, and people has taught me to seek joy in everything I do and be grateful for what I have. I have a playful curiosity. I like to rock climb for fun, write to tell stories, share my thoughts and insights, and sketch from daily life embracing everyday-ness .
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