Carol Wiebe

A comment I received on yesterday’s post, from Ellen, was a wonderful one because it gave me pause and made me think. Her questions were: 1–How does an iPad add to your work? Then she partially answered it: Lots of experimentation, quickly modified or erased, no mess, when you’ve got something you like… move on! 2–Can’t you get the same results on any laptop or computer? 3–Does iPad offer a superior platform, or is it just a matter of portability? For her, the fact that the c

I took a plain piece of paper, a ballpoint pen, and divided the page into different sized squares. Then I just started doodling. Usually I use lines. This time, I used scribbles, to achieve shading. Doodling with Scribbles Instead of Lines I can now take sections out here and there, and play further. #shading #CWWOL20110718 #doodling #doodles #ballpointpen #scribbles #scribbling #lines

A favorite activity is to grab a magazine or catalogue, and use the products, ads, or anything else inside, to generate designs. A magazine or catalogue can help generate a stack of great designs. All you need are a few pads of thin, white paper and a black pen. I also do this at meetings, doctor offices, or even visits with friends: I start to draw based on what I see around me. It is relaxing, conversation inducing, and keeps your inner artist well fed. These drawings are t

I’m going to start out with a less than remarkable doodle. Sometimes doodles really have zing! and you blink, shake your head and say, “Wow! How did this come out of that ho-hum meeting? ” Other times, I simply save them out of habit, or curiosity as to how I can fiddle with them and make something else. The first pic is my original doodle. Then I fix it up, make it straight, refine a little in Photoshop Elements. I repeat the doodle for a full sheet of pattern. I can use the

It doesn’t matter how boring the meeting, how long the wait at the airport or doctor’s office, as long as I have a couple of good black pens and a small pad of paper, I am HAPPY! I love to doodle, and I have binders full of doodle designs to attest for that fact. At one of the workshops I attended, the instructor, trained as a fine artist, was appalled to hear the word doodling: drawing or sketching would be the correct terms. However, there is an effective psychological fact