How Do You Do That Doodle That You Doodled So Well?

Where would I be without doodles? When I look back at my sketchbooks throughout the years, there's a good percentage of pages just loaded with doodles and boy the variety! Swirlies, hearts, boxes, flowers, circles, spirals. And stick figures. LOTS of them. I doodle most when I'm on the phone (classic doodle opportunity) and also when I'm out to dinner and encounter that yummy white paper they place over the table cloth in my favorite Irish restaurant/pub up the street (com one already, that's like a dangling candy in front of a baby). Thankfully my husband and friends understand my insatiable need to scribble and let me have my doodle moments.

Having a dance background, stick figure ballerina's often sneak into my doodles. When I'm frustrated, my doodles get linear and box-like and sometimes look like EKG's. When I'm feeling happy and optimistic and care-free, I go all swirlie and girlie! Heart doodles make frequent appearances. Yay!

So I was curious. When do you doodle? On the train going to work? At lunch? WHAT do you doodle? Flowers? Hearts? Faces? Clouds? Are you an abstract doodler? An emotional doodler? An opportunistic doodler?

Here are a few of my inky, spontaneous, potentially meaningful visual ramblings. Doodle on, everyone!! Doodle on!