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Just some recent doodles, many with new homes now...

2 recent doodles

I've been doodling like crazy, but too busy to upload... These are a couple done recently. The one at the top was last night, and I like to think of it as a happy mobile fueled by sunshine.... The one at the bottom I call "pisces" as the fish just begane to emerge on its own....

3 Doodles with Europe on My Mind

I've essentially changed my life completely in the last 2 weeks, and in a few months will be leaving it all behind to go to Europe for an extended period. Haven't doodled much, but these are from the last few days when I have paused, letting it all sink in...

Doodle from "the day after"

I doodled this late last night, after a day of mental regrouping and responding to others' sadness over all the people who were let go at work the day before. I have this odd feeling of being both "with the departed" and "with the working wounded", as I am staying on for 2 more months. I wonder what that means in the big picture of things... but overall I feel good about where I am at, and where I am going.

Doodles from Deepak

These are 3 doodles from when i was listening to Deepak Chopra speak tonight, the first at the bottom, the last at the top, gee, do they get more "spiritual" as the show went on?

Yesterday's doodle

Once again, i found a dog emerging, noticed it about 3/4 of the way through this, so just filled in some gaps and let it be.

There's also a little face or two in there if you look close enough....

2 days of doodles

Top 2: today, in taxi, at hairdressers, and on the bus home.

About the hearts... this is my 1 concession to Valentine's Day, as I was getting my hair cut in a salon named after my hairdresser: Valentine. Really!

Bottom 2: transit, after work drinks, and during a ride home

Brain reboot doodles

Took some time yesterday to reboot my brain, and spent a few hours doodling....

I quite like the top one....

Cool rainbow doodle

I must have been in a good space when I doodled this...

Blue ferry doodles

Had an interesting moment on the ferry today... A guy came up to me towards the end of the voyage and admired what I was doodling. And after we chatted for a few minutes, I asked him if he would like to have it. And he said yes. As I gave it to him, I said I hoped he would enjoy it, and he said he would, and he was planning to put it in his office.

It was a lot like this one (I started this one right afterwards), though I'd worked on his for a good hour or so (versus this was about 10 min). The now-in-its-new-home-doodle had all sorts of faces - big, small, right way up, small, funny, the full gambit.

It was actually rather special to pass one on that way, he was quite delighted. Maybe more fun that selling one. Not that I know what that feels like, lol...

Purple people lying on their sides

So, first of all, whey does Blogger turn some of my images on their side? Weeeird.

This one is probably as cool on it's side as it is the right way up, so these purple guys shall still be posted.....

oodles of doodly faces

just a doodle....

More doodles from The Big Apple

Various doodles over the past few days...

The one with all the dots is today's.

One of them has "50" embedded in it, so, guess what, did that one on my birthday...

The bartender in the lounge here is introducing me to other patrons as, "this lady is an artist from Canada, here to celebrate her birthday". Ah, sweet Marta...

A pair of doodles from the big apple

A pair of doodles done in my hotel in NYC.

Swirly Thing

Rather like this rainbow swirly thing doodle.

About the frame... found these awesome 'black hand' frames, really quite groovy....

Purple People

Was having fun creating these purple people.... one of the first times faces were emerging in my doodles....

Pink Dots That Pop

The string of pink dots in this one seem to really pop for me. That, and those blue spikey things....

I'm waiting for someone to tell me what they see in this one....

Colourful Kidneys

I see kidneys in this one. There are actually a few faces in this, but you have to look for them...

Tiny Bubbles

I call this one Tiny Bubbles.

It's like Dean Martin is singing in my ear.... lol...

I refer to this as part of my 'rainbow' series. Not that I was drawing rainbows, but when I'm using lots of colours all lined up together it has a rainbow feel to it.

Happy Purple Wormies

I had a few painful days in December when I was out of my fav purple pen... Then, finally, they were back in stock and I was back in the purple doodle business!

This is actually a bit of a reflection of both how I am integrating faces into my doodles (generally less goofy) and simply my ability to be goofy! These guys are kinda cute, if I say so myself.

Rainbow Dog

I did not see the dog emerge in this doodle until it was about 3/4 done, and it really spoke to me. It is one of the few times I have paid attention to what was emerging and intentionally followed that path.

It needs a name that relfects it's power, I'm reflecting on it...

Here's looking at you...

Just a silly doodle that emerged one day. It now sits in my bathroom and makes me smile in the mornings ;-)

Black and Blue

A couple of doodles from a series I have done using a blue metallic gel pen on black paper. I figured "black and blue" was an appropriate name for the series...

Turning 50

So... I am turning 50 soon, so a couple of doodles as I have contemplated this milestone....

In the first one, look carefully and you will see the "50" that I started the page with. It's one of the few doodles that I have done with intention, and it includes some symbology around looking forward / looking back, connecting with the earth, being grounded, tapping into my creativity and such...

Ringing in the new year

I began this doodle the evening of December 31st.... and finished it the next day. So, thought it an interesting symbol of the transition between years for me.

Reaching for the Stars

Doodled on a rainy afternoon in a little cafe in Montreal. This doodle makes me happy and seems a suitable one to start the new year...

Fishy

One doodle from my pencil crayon phase. I see a fish in this one.

Brightness

This doodle is typical of my current trend, which is a lot of bright colours on the black paper.

I do not plan what I draw, I just use intuition to guide me.

The friendly dragon

This doodle, I have been told, appears as a horse to someone, and to another person a dragon...

It IS just a doodle, but I am inspired to hear what other people see in what I create...

What is "beepdoodles"?

It's my new idea for a spot to post my doodles, and share my experiences in becoming a doodler at this point in my life....

It is so interesting when people talk to me in planes about what I am drawing, I am a little in awe myself...

Postscript added Jan 19/09: "beepdoodles" is a play on a childhood nickname I had that makes me feel young at heart: "Beep". So beep doodles has become beepdoodles....