Intentionally imperfect symmetry. Wobbly mandala in the making? #workinprogress #originalart #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #gogetcreating
Artwork in Progress
I create just about every day, and share my works-in-progress here, and on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can find finished paintings from 2011 through 2015 in my Daily Paintings feed.
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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
Snapshot from My Studio: April 23, 2016 at 11:30AM
More critters!
#saturdaymorningdoodle #morningdoodle #workinprogress #doodleart #abstractart #originalart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #blackandwhite #critters #pigmamicron #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 22 2016 at 10:29AM
Expanding randomness. #workinprogress #dailydoodle #originalart #blackandwhite #blackandwhite #creativesandbox #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 22 2016 at 10:27AM
Expanding ball o’critters. #workinprogress #originalart #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #morningdoodle #abstractart #creativesandbox #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #20minutesinthemorning #dailydoodle
Snapshot from My Studio: April 22 2016 at 08:10AM
Yesterday went off the rails, thanks to the Migraine From Hell. But I still did a few minutes of critter doodling right before laying down to sleep. (My head was much better by then, thankfully!) Any amount counts. 😊 (I call that the Law of Laureen, in honor of the person I first heard it from, artist Laureen Marchand, of http://bit.ly/1WKnk2B Check her site out–not only are her paintings exquisite, but her writing is, too.) Remember, even if you can’t get in your full time commitment, something is still something. Progress is progress. Any amount counts. #doodleart #originalart #workinprogress #critters #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating #anyamountcounts
Snapshot from My Studio: April 20 2016 at 10:30AM
And more patterns in this scribblequilt. #workinprogress #originalart #organicart #scribbleart #doodleart #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #gogetcreating #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie
Snapshot from My Studio: April 20 2016 at 10:29AM
The birth is a critter doodle. About 1 ¼” high. #juststart #morningdoodle #critters #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #originalart #workinprogress #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 19 2016 at 08:40AM
Playing with patterns this morning. #morningdoodle #morningart #workinprogress #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #bristolboard #visualjournal #originalart #organicart #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: April 18, 2016 at 08:18AM
And so it begins.
#workinprogress #experiment #abstractart #originalart #organicart #morningdoodle #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #gogetcreating #creativesandbox