This is the tin some markers came in. It was sturdy enough to keep and perfect because it has a window so I can see what’s in it.  But the tin was printed with the info about the markers and I didn’t think that looked very pretty. So I got out some other paint markers with a brush tip and started to doodle.  Some...

So the other day I started something new, to coax creativity out of me.  I made dotty art, wrote about that on the blog last week or so.  And I loved it.  So much that I bought a larger canvas and some new markers with a dot and a brush tip.  I started. Lay out the canvas on a tray and made dots. Lots and lots of them. ...

I love Uni Posca pens to doodle and play with, but boy oh boy, they are expensive now.  So when I saw a set of dupes at our local discount store, I got them.  And I have to say I’m sort of impressed. Some of them are leaky as you can see in the dotty plaything I share below.  But it’s such a joy. I love making dotty...

This challenge is such a joyful one, I love to grab my journal every day and doodle in it to my heart's content. I share these every day on my Mastodon. 

I wrote my earlier blog post, and then I grabbed my journal and made a quick doodle of my cat :) Life is good when you can let go!

I've been a poet and writer since I learned how to write, but I knew for probably the same amount of time that I wanted to learn how to draw. I took art classes and failed at several of them. The same thing happened after I finished those classes: I vowed to never try to make art again. And each and every time, even if...