Daily Doodle: August 29th

Hey Doodlers!

I'm really excited about today's doodle -- yesterday I found my old ink and paintbrush set I had used when I use to paint frequently. I tried it out for today's doodle and look at that! It's very similar to marker.

The thing about ink though is you can control how dark the lines are, which is harder to do with marker. As you can see, I made the dirt lines lighter as well as the stripe on the pot. The darkest part here is where the flower's center is.

Another thing I love about ink is you can control how thick or thin you want the lines to be! That's great when it comes to making the end of a leaf really pointy, or if you want thinner lines for details on the flower and thicker ones as the pot's outline.

If you ever get a chance, I recommend trying out painting with ink! You can usually find a small container like the one in the picture for pretty cheap at craft stores. If you've ever compared the two, let me know which one you prefer for cartooning! It seems each cartoonist has his or her own preference.

DOODLEKAT NEWS:

Today there isn't going to be a video published, but check out the list below for ones you might have missed this week! From now on you can expect to find daily doodles on my channel every Monday and Thursday! However, this doesn't mean that those will be the only ones posted - I may surprise you with a few extras in between occasionally!

Keep Doodling!

Doodlekat1
How to Draw a Cartoon Pineapple
How to Draw a Cartoon Tree
How to Draw a Cartoon Sushi Roll
How to Draw a Cartoon Sushi Roll v2
How to Draw a Cartoon Puffer Fish
How to Draw a Cartoon Squid
How to Draw a Cartoon Hermit Crab

Daily Doodle: August 28th

Hey Guys!

Since it's still summer I thought it'd be appropriate to draw my favorite summer drink for today's doodle! Recently I've been using my fine tip washable markers, and it's been fun picking just a few colors and seeing what you can make using them. Also with the pink, instead of coloring in the entire straw, I drew stripes instead!

In other doodlekat news, How to Draw a Hermit Crab has just been published today! If you haven't checked it out already, you can find it here: http://youtu.be/7PrvPSpnCcs

Also be sure to check back tomorrow for another daily doodle -- this entire week is going to be packed full of videos and blog posts!

Keep Doodling!

Doodlekat1

Daily Doodle: August 27th

Hey Doodlers!

Hope you had an awesome summer! It's amazing that school's already starting up again. On the positive side, that means a lot more notebooks, folders and binders to decorate with drawings!

For today's doodle, I though I'd add some color to this sketch of a globe by cross-hatching. As you can see in the green, there are two different colors there. The light green I used to color in the continents, and then for the cross-hatching detail I took a darker green and drew horizontal and vertical lines across. I didn't want the water to overpower the continents, so instead of cross-hatching, I just added vertical lines in a darker blue. What do you think? I'm liking this new way to color in!

QUICK DOODLE CHANNEL UPDATE:

If you've been following along with my videos, you've probably noticed that there's been a lot more out recently! I'm hoping to keep this up for a while and then I'll probably pick a day to put out a weekly video. However when this happens, you can expect a lot more activity on my blog. I'm planning on posting daily doodles, features of fan-drawn doodles, and maybe even a secret challenge or two!

As always, if you have any requests, send 'um in! Also be sure to check out the 2 new pages added to the blog-- info about fan-drawn doodles and a link to my channel!

Keep Doodling!:)

Doodlekat1