{"id":3835,"date":"2016-02-24T11:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2016-03-07T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:52:10","slug":"sketchy-sketchbook-doodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/sketchy-sketchbook-doodles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchy sketchbook doodles &#8211; time to do the challenge again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a very long time since I made a daily habit of sketchbook doodles. I do miss it, but the reason I began the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ybM91UtG_SA\" target=\"_blank\">daily doodle challenge<\/a> back in 2008 was because I wasn&#8217;t creating art every day and the 30 minute quickie seemed like a good way to jump back into the art pool.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve since then moved into creating larger bits of art on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>The thing with the sketchbook doodles, though, is the ability to play and explore, something the projects with deadlines and clients won&#8217;t allow me to do. I joined an art study group on Facebook, but the study prompts take a lot longer than 30 minutes to finish adequately and to my satisfaction, which defeats the sketchy sketchbook doodles exercise.<\/p>\n<p>I still have to get back to a daily habit of fun time doodling, but here are some I did recently to get used to the feel of a pencil in my hand again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/sketchy-sketchbook-doodles\/2016-02-23-16-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"405,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sketchbook doodles 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01-243x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01.jpg\" alt=\"sketchbook doodles 1\" width=\"405\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01-61x75.jpg 61w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-16.01-400x494.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/sketchy-sketchbook-doodles\/2016-02-23-18-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sketchbook doodles 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40-300x259.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40.jpg\" alt=\"sketchbook doodles 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40-75x65.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-02-23-18.40-400x345.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0722.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/sketchy-sketchbook-doodles\/img_0722\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0722.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sketchbook doodles 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0722-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0722.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0722.jpg\" alt=\"sketchbook doodles 3\" width=\"501\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder if I should go back to the ink sketchbook doodles challenge or just keep working in pencil for now.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, I want to keep working on the bigger pieces. You can keep up with the progress of those works-in-progress by following or becoming a supporter on <strong>Patreon<\/strong>. Supporters get previews a week in advance of anywhere else, plus lots of other goodies to choose from based on your support level.<\/p>\n<h4>What is <strong>Patreon<\/strong>?<\/h4>\n<p>By now, unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, you&#8217;ve heard of Kickstarter or GoFundMe. <strong>Patreon<\/strong> is also a crowd funding platform, but instead of a single big promotion, Patreon allows people to become subscription supporters. For as little as a $1 a painting, you can help support me in the creation of fantasy art such as you see on this website. Supporters receive things like downloadable high-resolution desktop images, full image in-process progress reports, videos, coloring pages, art prints, and for a lucky few there are also original works of art and mentorships. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wendymartin\" target=\"_blank\">Choose your level of support now<\/a><\/strong>. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a very long time since I made a daily habit of sketchbook doodles. I do miss it, but the reason I began the daily doodle challenge back in 2008 was because I wasn&#8217;t creating art every day and the 30 minute quickie seemed like a good way to jump back into the art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[182,6,8,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sketchy sketchbook doodles - time to do the challenge again? -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/sketchy-sketchbook-doodles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sketchy sketchbook doodles - time to do the challenge again? -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s been a very long time since I made a daily habit of sketchbook doodles. 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