Table of Contents
1 Getting Started 3
Doodling and Art 4
Helpful Tools and Materials 6
Basic Method 8
Keeping a Sketchbook 10
2 Design 13
First Strokes 14
Doodle Anatomy 16
Creating Unity 18
Emphases 20
Balance 22
3 Creativity 25
Getting Ideas 26
Finding Ideas in Nature 28
Turning Ideas Into Dooms 30
Combining Two Patterns 32
4 Grids 35
Creating a Dotted Grid 36
Creating Distortion with a Grid 38
Creating a Doodle with a Grid 40
5 Knots and Braids 45
Overlap and Shading 46
Celtic Knot 48
Long Celtic Knot 52
Braid 54
6 Spirals 57
FERN 58
Sassy 60
Twirl 61
Tuba 62
Curled 64
Frond Forest 66
Quartet 68
7 Weaves 71
Simple Weave 72
Stepped Weave 74
Weave of Strands 76
Box Weave 78
Doodle with a Weave 80
8 Bauds and Stripes 85
Even-Width Band 86
Beaded Band 88
Band Doodle 90
Alternating Stripes 94
Stripes Doodle 96
9 Waves 101
Japanese Wave 102
Capped Wave 104
Uneven Wave 106
Wave Doodle 108
10 Tone and Color 113
Value and Contrast 114
Basic Color Theory 116
Working with Complementary Colors 118
Shading with Color 120
Creating a Gradation 122
11 Assembling Patterns into Shapes 127
Fitting Shapes 128
Stars 132
Paisley 136
Forest 140
Mandala 144
Boxes 148
Loops 152
Frame 156
Flowers 160
Bird 164
Celtic Everlasting Knot 168
Illuminated Letter 172
Tiling 176
Doodle with Saved White Space 180
Doodle Surrounding a Word 184
Doodle with Markers 188
Doodle with Colored Pencils 192
Doodle with Spot Color 196
12 Doodle Swatches 201
Curvaceous 202
Honeycomb 203
Petaldot 204
Beanpole 205
Lattice 206
Pyramid 207
Starspice 208
Laced Up 209
13 Inspiration Gallery 211
Fantasia 212
Chaos 213
Flotsam 214
Caterpillar Garden 215
Index 216