Content

• To step
• Method 1 of 2: The basic skills
• Method 2 of 2: Scribble multiple objects
• Tips
• Warnings
• Necessities

Doodling is not only a great way to pass the time in a dull class, but can also help you improve your creative skills and seek out the passions in your life. As long as you stay relaxed and let your hands do the thinking, you will be on your way to original, funny or even insanely beautiful doodles. If you want to know how to make such doodles, follow the steps below.

To step

Method 1 of 2: The basic skills

1. Get the right tools. If you want to become a master of doodling, you have to be prepared to doodle wherever you are. Inspiration - or boredom - can strike at any time and not just during a civics class, so make sure you always have the right materials on hand. So you always have a notepad with you, along with a pen or pencil. You can start with a few basic tools and later, if you are more experienced, move to more creative tools. Here are some great tools to doodle with:
   • Simple means:
     • Pencil
     • Ink pen
     • Highlighter
     • Marker
     • Biro
   • For the artist:
     • Charcoal
     • Chalk
     • Crayons
     • Paint
     • Pastels
2. Get inspired. As soon as you feel the urge to doodle grab your pen and paper and just start. Whether you're thinking about something to do, an event, person, place, song, or even your own name, put your pen / pencil on the paper and start making scribbles. You will see what it will be. Don't ignore this tendency (unless it really isn't appropriate to start doodling) or the feeling may pass without you having done anything with it.
   • You will find that you can also get inspired after you start making doodles. You don't have to wait for the right time - just start and you will see the inspiration emerge.
3. Free association. You don't have to limit yourself to sketching flowers, puppies, or your own last name. You can also draw a whole garden of flowers, after which you think of someone you know well and you place her pet in the garden, then you let other thoughts prevail ... just start with 1 image and keep drawing, whatever just pops into your head.
   • You don't have to stick to 1 theme or concept. No one is going to see you through this - and it is not inconceivable that no one will ever see your doodles, so feel free to draw whatever you want.

Method 2 of 2: Scribble multiple objects

1. Doodle flowers. Flowers are popular subjects because the possibilities are endless and fun and easy to draw. Here are a few ways to use this topic:
   • Draw a vase and fill it with your own bouquet of flowers.
   • Draw a garden full of unique flowers.
   • Draw a sheet of sunflowers in the sun.
   • Draw a rose hedge surrounded by rose petals.
   • Draw daisies. Cross through some of the leaves and say "He loves me, he loves me not."
   • Write your own name or any other word with simple flowers.
2. Doodle faces. Faces are trickier to draw than most flowers, but it feels like a real reward when you are able to draw a face. You can draw the face of your teacher or your classmates, or just have fun drawing just any face. Here are a few ways to doodle faces:
   • Practice drawing the same face with different facial expressions. This will help you get to know the face you want to draw.
   • Doodle a face or a person you know by heart, be it a sweetheart or a celebrity. Later you can compare the doodles with reality and judge your work.
   • Doodle parts of a face. Draw an A4 full of eyes, mouths, noses and ears and see how many; you have already learned.
   • Doodle a caricature. Draw a face with highly exaggerated features.
3. Doodle your name. Your name is another popular doodle for many people. There are several ways to doodle your name, whether you write it down in the same way over and over or in different ways. Here are a few ways to doodle your name:
   • Write your name in italics. Also attach some exaggerated loops to it.
   • Try to write your name as small as possible, while it is still legible.
   • Write different versions of your name with abbreviations for your first name, middle name, insertions or your last name. For example: "Jean M. Carmen," "J. M. Carmen" or "Jean Marie C."
   • Write your lover's first name and last name. This helps to find out if you are meant for each other.
   • Write your name in large letters. Decorate the block letters with tendrils, stars, planets or hearts.
   • Write your name in bubble letters. Let soap bubbles slide off the top of your name.
4. Doodle animals. Animals are great for doodling too, and the possibilities for filling your notebook with cute or scary creatures are endless. You can draw your dog, make up your own creature or turn a small cat into a large monster. Here are some other ways to doodle animals:
   • Doodles underwater creatures. Draw an ocean and place in it all the underwater creatures you can imagine, from jellyfish to sharks.
   • Doodle jungle animals. Create your own jungle filled with monkeys, parrots, snakes and whatever else you can come up with.
   • Turn ordinary animals into monsters. Doodle a collection of cute kittens, puppies, and bunnies, then give them teeth, evil eyes, and devil horns.
   • Doodle your favorite pet. Love your dog? Then draw it in various poses.
   • Doodle a fantasy pet. Draw the pet that you would like to have, but does not exist. You can even name the animal and write it around the drawings in letters that match your creation.
   • Doodle a hybrid creature. Draw a dog with a lamb's head, a leopard with a peacock's tail, or a fish with an alligator beak.
5. Doodle what you see. Look around and doodle what you see, it doesn't matter what it is. You can get many original ideas by looking at your surroundings. Here are a few examples:
   • The contents of your pencil case
   • The expression on your teacher's face
   • The clouds or the sun
   • The trees you can see from the window
   • Anything that hangs on the wall in front of you
   • Your own fingers
6. Doodle what you hear. a nice way to associate freely is to listen to what your teacher is saying, or to the people around you, and doodle those things that are being talked about. Here are a few ways to doodle what you hear:
   • Doodle a historical figure. If your teacher is telling a story about George Washington, draw him in a number of different poses.
   • Doodle a person you've never met. When you hear two people talk about another person with a funny name, imagine what that person will look like and draw him / her.
   • Doodle a concept. What do you think of when your teacher says, "embargo" or "bell curve"? You don't have to draw what it is exactly - just draw what kind of image you get in your head.
   • Doodle a music track. Is there a music song in your head because someone in class was listening to it? Draw whatever comes to mind by the number.
7. Doodle city contours. City outlines are fun to doodle and perfect for the bottom or top of your notebook. Draw it and don't forget to add all kinds of details to it, which will make it unique. Here are a few examples:
   • Draw a night scene. The city looks best at night, so draw a full moon and a dark sky in shades of gray.
   • Draw small windows in all houses and apartment buildings. Some are lit, some are not.
   • Add more details to it. Draw trees, lamps, phone booths, trash cans, and even people walking their dogs.
   • Draw a city you love. Do you think you know exactly what the New York skyline looks like? Try to draw it and compare it with a photo.
8. Create your own doodling world. If you become a more experienced doodler, you can create your own world, with your own people, animals, buildings and trees. Gradually, the creatures, your thoughts and the people who play a role in them, take shape and have their own style that others can recognize.
   • If you are a professional droodeller, you can start sharing experiences with others. Become a doodling coach, start a website and share your passion for doodling with the rest of the world.
   • You can of course also give your own world a name, such as "Petersland" or "Stefanie's world," and write this name above your doodles.
   • You can also create a collage of your doodles in your room by sticking the scraps to the wall so that you can proudly look at all the doodles you've created.
9. Ready.

Tips

• Don't worry about mistakes - just keep on doodling! Use your "mistakes" as a guide and inspiration for your doodles, by drawing over the "mistake" or making the "mistake" something else.
• Doodles can be as simple as patterns or as complex as a room full of stuff.
• Don't worry if it looks "childish". Those are the most expressive doodles, funny and cute.
• In the end you will get your own style. If you are satisfied with it, keep doing it, or try to develop a different style.
• Don't worry about what other people think. Focus on the drawing and rely on your instincts.
• Use your mistakes as a guide to the better, or as a decorative note to your "artwork"
• If you don't have inspiration - and can draw very well - just draw what you see around you. Stare at a point and try to copy it on paper.
• Keep it simple or very complex. Make it huge or very small.
• If you find yourself doodling a particular topic a lot more often, try changing it and taking your creativity up a notch.
• Be creative and draw real life objects, but then give them a smiling face or a cartoonish look. Give them arms and legs, a nose and a mouth, maybe even hair!

Warnings

• If you're doodling in class, don't get caught!
• Don't think about it. You get stuck by thinking. Just draw! If you get stuck, draw the first thing that comes to mind.
• Don't be too modest. If the drawing is successful, then you can be very satisfied with yourself - save your doubts for later!
• Don't show too much about your drawings because you love them yourself. That will only make other people think you crave attention and recognition.
• Don't doodle in a place where you are in the center of attention. You don't want people to stare at you strangely.

Necessities

• Pencil or pen
• Paper or notepad
• Place to draw
• Quiet space or place