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    Doodling: How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps
    Doodling: How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps
    Doodling: How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps
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    Doodling: How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps

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    Before someone tries to learn how to doodle he or she needs to understand what doodling actually is. The word doodle comes from German, and referred to a person who was a fool, or who was simple in some way. The modern meaning of the word, referring to small drawings done idly while one thinks, came about in the 1930s and might be connected to the word dawdle for someone who's wasting time.
    All of the history aside though, a doodle is nothing more than an unfocused or unconscious drawing, typically made while one's attention is supposed to be focused elsewhere. This is why doodles often show up in the margins of notebooks or on sticky notes at work; people who are tethered in place and stuck listening to a phone call, lecture, etc. will pick up a pen and begin to make small, unfocused drawings. These are doodles.

    How to Doodle
    There's no right or wrong way to doodle, much as there's no right or wrong way to draw in the first place. Doodlers can use the margins of a notebook or a pad of sticky note reminders just as easily as they can use a pristine white sketchbook. A doodler can use a number 2 pencil, a ballpoint pen, or really any other drawing implement that he or she desires. As long as you have a medium, it's possible to doodle.
    When it comes time to start doodling it's important to let your mind wander and to focus on any creative idea it comes across. Perhaps you see a large letter A on your letterhead, and decide to draw vines encircling it like something out of an old book of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Maybe you decide to add roses to the vines, turning the A into a fully-fledged topiary. Perhaps you decide to put a castle on top of the pinnacle of the A. Maybe you draw the vines hanging down and swinging in an unseen breeze.

    Check out this book for 6 easy steps to master doodling now

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYap Kee Chong
    Release dateNov 17, 2014
    ISBN9781311943156
    Doodling: How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps

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    • 3/5
      A brief book, not what I expected but may be interesting reading for some.
    • 1/5
      Too many words, not enough doodles, examples, or instruction. Don't bother.
    • 5/5
      Very good book if your curious about the artside part of your brain.
    • 3/5
      Is it just me, or did the author skip a chunk of information there in Chapter 1? At the end of the chapter, she sums up the history, etc. etc...But then, in the beginning of chapter 2, she starts out saying how to use the doodles that we have drawn and collected. ?? Nowhere did she tell us to make these doodles, on separate pieces of paper, and have ready to use in a larger piece of work.

      The other problem I have with this book is the complete concept of “doodling” as an art form? It can be beautiful, it’s creative, and it’s been done for decades! Do we really need someone to write a book and tell us how to master “doodling”??

      The 60s were a magical time. Nobody had tons of money, and we spent a lot of time outside in groups of friends and the creativity was astounding. We never used a book or a pattern to show us how to tie-dye shirts, how to embellish our jeans, or do abstract drawings to make a couple of dollars for lunch money.

      We did great macrame hangers, made jewelry, candles, and all sorts of things, and never bought books and stressed over the “right way” or how to “master” something. We met lots of people who showed us how to do things, we showed others, and it was a wonderful thing.

      Now, I’m an old hippie, so I’ve been told, and the 60s left and forgot to take me with them. I buy art books, and the “right equipment” and I am so sad that people now feel the need to consult a book for creativity, new ideas and step by step directions. I think maybe some people back then were more free to experiment (better living through pharmaceuticals?!!) and I wish we were more like that now.

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    Doodling - The Blokehead

    Doodling

    How To Master Doodling In 6 Easy Steps

    The Blokehead

    Yap Kee Chong

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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    Chapter 1- How To Doodle

    Chapter 2- Making Marks

    Chapter 3- Abstract Geometric Doodling

    Chapter 4- Doodling Nature

    Chapter 5- Words and Symbols Doodling

    Chapter 6- Representational Art

    Chapter 7- Doodle Project

    Chapter 8- A Few More Facts and Tips On Doodling

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    CHAPTER 1- HOW TO DOODLE

    Doodling is something that almost everyone does at one time or another. Whether it's in class or in a business meeting, on the phone or on the train, doodling is a natural reaction. For those who don't doodle often though it might seem like something mysterious or strange which needs interpreting. Fortunately doodling is easy; you just need to take a step

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