Are You a Doodle Bop?

I’ve been doing a lot of drawing with the kids lately. Sometimes, I create complex drawings for them upon request. For example, my stepdaughter asked for a picture of a church the other day and was very specific about how she hoped it would turn out. I took that opportunity to show her coloring techniques, as well as how to use the entire piece of paper for a composition.

In other instances, though, our time is fleeting and I can create doodles with the kids. Why do I reserve my doodling for when I’m with the kids, though? If I enjoy it so much (it’s very freeing to just let the pencil, pen, marker or whatever just go with the flow sometimes, rather than working something stringent or complex), why don’t I doodle in my sketchbooks, notebooks, and art journals?

That’s going to be the focus of today’s art journal prompt (which will appear sometime today in my Mixed Media Arts topic). I’m actually going to follow my own advice, get out my art journal, and follow the prompt. I know I’ll enjoy the experience; I just have to stop fighting with myself about taking the time out to doodle.