Saturday morning coffee and doodling

After a big week at work, morning driveway cleaning and garden weeding, I have just melted into my seat with not much on the creative agenda. I did however buy some coloured manga pens this week as I have been enjoying doodling with the various thickness of black pens over the past few months.

I think I am going to enjoy using the pens, they provide a strong linear form of doodle and then washed with broad strokes of color. I have also been able to use some watercolor pencil to blend and shade. This is my first attempt, no doubt over time I will discover some neat techniques.

In the meantime I also save fantastic doodles and drawings on my Pinterest, here is a collection of some which inspire me. One artist in particular, Yellena James has taken the art of doodle to an amazing level (top image by Yellena) .

Yellena’s website describes her work as:

A colorful arrangements of organic shapes and tangled lines are at once floral and alien, organic and sci-fi. Each intimate world she creates seems to posses its own ethos and its own special ability to radiate emotion.