Slowly getting more detailed. Practicing intentional imperfection in symmetry. (I must admit I’m more drawn to asymmetry, but sometimes it’s good to stretch beyond our natural inclinations.) #mandala #imperfectionism #originalart #workinprogress #anyamountcounts #15minutesaday #20minutesinthemorning #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating #doodleart #abstractart #pigmamicron #blackandwhite
Snapshot from My Studio: April 28, 2016 at 07:41AM
Something new. I felt a need to get back to greater randomness. And to try out my Pigma Graphic 1 pen. I start with a line, then follow it around, making turns at random intervals.
Something about this utterly delights me. ?
#doodleart #workinprogress #abstractart #pigmagraphic #random #originalart #blackandwhite #creativesandbox #gogetcreating #doodlewithdinwiddie #20minutesinthemorning or #15minutesaday – whatever it is, #anyamountcounts
Snapshot from My Studio: April 27, 2016 at 10:29AM
What’s on the page right now. A 13-pointed mandala of intentional imperfection.
#workinprogress #originalart #doodleart #abstractart #mandala #mandalaart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #creativesandbox #gogetcreating #doodlewithdinwiddie
Snapshot from My Studio: April 27, 2016 at 10:00AM
What’s on the page right now. My husband said it looked done to him last night, but I knew more critters wanted to join the party. ?
#workinprogress #originalart #abstractart #doodleart #critterfest #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #creativesandbox #gogetcreating #20minutesinthemorning #doodlewithdinwiddie
Snapshot from My Studio: April 27, 2016 at 09:55AM
More critters! Some of them look pretty hungry.
#Critterfest #doodleart #originalart #workinprogress #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #abstractart #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating #makeart #20minutesinthemorning
Snapshot from My Studio: April 26, 2016 at 03:06PM
What’s on the page right now.
#critterfest #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #originalart #critters #creativesandbox #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 26, 2016 at 03:04PM
And the imperfect mandala grows!
#doodleart #workinprogress #originalart #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #abstractart #gogetcreating #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie
Snapshot from My Studio: April 26, 2016 at 03:02PM
Some new critters are joining the party.
#critterfest #workinprogress #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #abstractart #blackandwhite #gogetcreating #pigmamicron #originalart
Snapshot from My Studio: April 25, 2016 at 11:29AM
Intentionally imperfect symmetry. Wobbly mandala in the making? #workinprogress #originalart #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 25, 2016 at 10:55AM
Playing with patterns. #workinprogress #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #blackandwhite #abstractart #experimentation #pigmamicron #originalart #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 25, 2016 at 07:24AM
The ball o’critters grows!
#workinprogress #doodleart #morningdoodle #20minutesinthemorning #abstractart #intuitiveart #spontaneousart #creativesandbox #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #originalart #gogetcreating #critters
Snapshot from My Studio: April 24, 2016 at 09:57AM
I think the most fun part is when I make a random shape with no preconceived idea of what kind of critter it will be, and then I find the critter inside the shape. Often there is more than one possible critter in there—one part could be either a tail or a head, or possibly a limb, or a lower jaw.
There’s often a moment of panic that this shape can’t possibly work. But when I let myself think like a 4-year-old, there’s always something I can find.
It might be facing away from me. It might bear no relation to any real creature I’ve ever seen.
Once I let go of the panic this is where it gets the most fun. After all, who says my doodle critters need to look like real animals? How boring Dr. Seuss would have been if his creatures looked like every other animal drawing you’d ever seen.
Permission, baby. All creative joy springs from permission.
Go make your own wacky creation—visual, written, audio, out of macaroni or leaves or beat-up blue jeans. Give yourself permission to play.
Then share it with the hashtag #doodlewithdinwiddie and ping me. 🙂 #workinprogress #doodleart #originalart #blackandwhite #critters #creativesandbox #pigmamicron #abstractart #spontaneousart #intuitiveart #20minutesinthemorning #gogetcreating