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Where is Your Voyage Taking you Today?

February 9, 2010

“The real voyage of discovery consists not of finding new lands, but of seeing the territory with new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

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A Birdhouse for Doodle Week

February 6, 2010

The one I posted to U3 for Doodle Week is much prettier than the second one I drew to post here. Still, not every idea which seems great at the time, will work out. You just have to try it and see how things turn out in the end.

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For Creative Every Day and Doodle Week

February 2, 2010

The theme at Creative Every Day for the month of February is Home. This week the theme for Doodle Week was flowers. I’m a bit late for that one.

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Intention Obeyed

January 26, 2010

“Inspiration is intention obeyed”. – Emily Carr

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Fix It Upper

January 20, 2010

Sometimes things just keep sliding into the negative and you want to curl up and cease to exist. Everything keeps falling down on your head and your umbrella broke last week. What can you do in those really awful times when everything you touch falls into ruins?

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Going Rural for Doodle Week

January 16, 2010

Doodle Week, January 16 – 17th. Try drawing a tiny world in a teacup this week.

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Coffee Shop Confessional

January 10, 2010

I’m so used to typing rather than writing by hand it’s confusing my brain. I’m second guessing all my spelling cause it feels so unusual to be writing out each letter in the word. In my mind I see them coming out in type, fully spelled and sorted. The long hand way makes them all [...]

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Conquering Fear is an Art

January 9, 2010

The conquering of fear is the highest art. This was quoted by a fictional character in a book (The Demon’s Daughter)  by Emma Holly. I think it’s a fabulous quote. I had a look for it on Google, to see if it was quoted by anyone else. I didn’t find it, at least not exactly [...]

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Sketching/ Drawing or Doodling for your Blog

January 8, 2010

Have you ever drawn something in your print journal? A picture of somewhere you had been? A sketch of something you wanted to remember? You can do the same online, you just need a few more tools. I draw for my blog, scan it, use image software to adjust the scan to an image file [...]

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101 + Links for Doodling and Drawing by Hand

January 7, 2010

Lots of links, not in any real order due to a small mishap with cut and paste somewhere along the way. Most of these are for beginners who draw on pen and paper, but not all. I think everyone will find something to stir their imagination and (I hope) pick up a pen to doodle. [...]

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Christmas Angel

December 23, 2009

Tis the season. Angels are pretty easy to draw. Try one!

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Illustrating for Christmas

December 22, 2009

Why don’t you draw something for Christmas? Post it to your blog and link back here. Dare to draw. It doesn’t have to be good by your standards, just do it!

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It’s a Snow Day

December 20, 2009

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus Where do you find your invincible summer when things are wintery all around you? What gives you strength and a feeling of purpose, the fight to keep going/ trying?

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Happy Birthday to Me

December 19, 2009

This is a birthday post. I once had a job where everyone got the day off with pay for their birthday. So today I am taking the day off, pay optional.

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How to Make a List of Your Interests

November 29, 2009

I don’t think you can make a real list of all the interesting things you like (whether you participate or observe them) in just a few minutes. There are so many elements to ourselves, so many things we have caught in passing and so much flashing through our minds at any given time. But, if [...]

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