Creative Doodling by Pam Garrison

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All levels | 2 hours 12 sec

Taught by Pam Garrison

Pam has never met a pen she didn’t want to try. While a basic pen is great for doodling, playing with other pens and markers can help expand your style and the look of your doodles. In the second part of Creative Doodling, Pam introduces you to a few of her favorite tools and also shows you some fun lettering styles. Learn how to start organically doodling, filling the page with patterns and colors as you go.

Learn how to:

Use different pens and markers in a doodle
Balance design with density level
Balance design with shape and color
Doodle motifs inside and around letters
Create a continuous line motif

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Part 2 Overview00:38

Materials00:28

Exploring Pens and Lettering
Using different markers09:06
Block lettering with inner doodles13:09
Block lettering with outer doodles15:07
Continuous line borders08:00

Materials

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Micron .05 pen

Micron fine .03 pen

Sketchbook

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens

Koi Brush Pens

Pentel Color Brush Pen

Zig Art and Graphic Twin

Zig Clean Color Real Brush

Zig Large Paint Pen

Pigma Brush Pen by Sakura

Pilot Parallel Pen

Varsity Disposable Fountain Pen

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Creative Doodling

Part 1:

Creative Doodling: Get Your Doodle On

Pam Garrison

In the first part of Pam’s doodling course, learn how to use basic mark making techniques to start building doodle designs. With pens and a sketchbook, Pam walks you through her go-to methods, providing prompts for when you’re stuck, and showing you how to use color and scale to explore a single motif.

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Part 2:

Creative Doodling: Exploring Pens and Lettering

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Creative Doodling: Working on Different Types of Paper

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The surface upon which you draw can have a huge impact on your doodles. Follow along as Pam doodles all over solid, printed and vintage papers. Learn about responsive doodling, using inspiration from what is already on the printed surface to create your design. As a bonus, Pam shows you an easy way to gather your papers into a homemade sketchbook and how to build a large-scale design to create doodled wrapping paper.

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Creative Doodling: Filling in with Line Work and Color

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By now, we hope you’re feeling comfortable with doodling and having lots of fun experimenting with new styles. In the final part of this course, you will take your skills to the next level, learning how to reference photos and patterns to inspire simplified doodles. Pam shows how to segment images to easily turn them into a doodle and create contour.

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