Thursday, February 21, 2013

Finishing Up Some Decorative Doodles

On Sunday I posted about the Decorative Doodling class I took with Joanne Sharpe and I showed you the doodles I had started.  You'll never guess what I've been working on this week. LOL

Here are the first two I have finished. I really love the upper right part of the top page.  I think the left side of that one got a bit too busy and 'heavy' compared to the right side.

Looking at the bottom image, I've decided that if I plan to add colour I need to keep the petals on the flowers simpler.  It looking fine as a black and white doodle, but when I started painting them it just got crazy.  Maybe it's also my colour choice. I do like the little coloured 'pebbles' (bottom rt corner and left side), and I like the contrast of the black and white stripes and checks with all the colour on the page.

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  1. Your pages are beautiful! Truly beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so much Norina! It certainly is a lot of fun to make them.

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  2. how lucky to do a live class with Joanne...I love the top work and the right part indeed, light and bright...you have a gift Linda!!

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    1. I know...Joanne live and in person...Awesome! Thank you.

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  3. Wow! You really brought them to life with color, Linda! :)

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    1. Thanks Kim. The colour does really add something.

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  4. These are great Linda! Funny how we all see something different....I don't see anything wrong with these. I like your busy flowers and the asymmetrical composition. I hope to meet Joanne in April in St. Petersburg. I will for sure take her doodling class if I can get in.

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    1. Thanks Ginny. I hope you do get the chance to take a 'live' class with Joanne. You'll love it!

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  5. These make me want to go doodle and play with markers and twinks! GORGEOUS!

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    1. Thanks Sharon! And so you should. I recently heard a wonderful 'Ted Talk' about doodling and it's really good for us! Here's the link: http://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown.html

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  6. These are lovely and oh what fun! I am so, so jealous that you got to work with Joanne in person!!!

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    1. Thanks Sandi. Hopefully you'll get the opportunity some time too. She's such a great teacher!

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  7. Who knew doodling could be a class? I think I would LOVE that class.

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    1. I know! And it's such a great class. I learned so much and it will definitely make my doodling more fun and more beautiful!

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  8. Very pretty! Love the top right side of the first page. Makes me wanna draw right now. ♥

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  9. Linda, these are gorgeous! Just love them!

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