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Doodle art is underrated as an art form. It's a fun way of expressing yourself but is also a brilliant way of experimenting and learning to draw. Doodles give a unique insight into your cultural style, conveying parts of your personality not shown through other mediums of art.
We have picked our favorite doodle artists out there, and listed examples of their work. Combining child-suchlike doodles with expressive illustrations, the examples show how doodling can be used to create beautiful and arresting designs. Who knew there were so many doodle art styles?
Want to start Doodling but are a bit overwhelmed and confused about the styles of doodling and what the differences are? Well in this post we'll take a look at the different styles of doodling and discuss what makes each of them unique.
There five main styles or types of portrait based art are
Each style or type has its own specific characteristics and forms and all are inversely beautiful! Let's take a look at each one and see what they're each about and what makes them unique.
Zentangle.com describes Zentangle as" an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to produce beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. With the Zentangle system, anyone can create beautiful images from repetitive patterns, and indeed thought it's a specified series of steps, it results in a creative expression that transcends its own rules.
Zentangles are based on Focus- each stroke is created with intent( even if the final result is a mystery)
o Eraser- work your mistakes into your design
Foundations( or limits) from the use of' strings'
Abstract- no up or down,non-representative- ie it should not look like' something'
Ceremony- sort of like a Japanese Tea form for the mind!
Zentangles are created on small3.5" square paper tiles and are made up of a foundation of' strings' which are used to define areas that are also filled with' Tangles'( single repetitious patterns). Tangles often have specific names and ways of drawing each pattern, in fact, there are books filled with distraction patterns! The act of creating a Zentangle is called' tangling' and is a form of meditative art, where the artist focuses on creating every single line rather than a particular image. Zentangles are constructed in black and white, shouldn't look like' commodity', and are absolutely NOT a careless drawing activity, but rather created with purpose and intent. However, it's no longer a Zentangle, but rather Zentangle Inspired Art( Z, If your Zentangle looks like something.I.A.) or a Zendoodle.
Shaped like a circle, this style has rounded and repetitive patterns. Different geometric shapes are made inside the circular shape to produce mandalas.
Every pattern in a mandala is created with intention & focus. In the mandala, you can’t make random shapes & lines. It follows its own way of designs & shapes.
Some of its designs are petals, arcs, pointed petals, drop petals, triangles & many more. Using ball these patterns, you can make mandalas doodle.
Mandalas are generally created from the center part of the grid & also, go apart. It uses different colors which have meaning to it.
Stendoodling uses stencils to create an image outline, patterns within the design, and even the individual doodle patterns! To produce a Stendoodle
Use a stencil or mask to create a shape( eg a feather),
Also, use another stencil to create sections within that shape( eg sun shafts), and eventually,
Use Lower stencils( and a fine marker) to produce patterns within each section.
Zen doodling has its roots in Zentangling and shares many similar qualities- focus, design, repetitive tangle patterns BUT it can be in color, on any size paper, a specific shape( eg word, letter, beast), and may have a top and bottom. Suppose of a Zendoodle or Zentangle Inspired Art(Z.I.A.) as using the same or similar tangle patterns to create the image, but with Zendoodling you could draw a leaf outline and also fill it with tangle patterns, you could add tangles to a portrait or even on a 3D object. Zendoodling is very much like Zentangling- with the same repeating and meditative patterns but with no restrictions on shape, size, or color.
Also known as line drawing, the botanical doodles are single-line shapes or designs without any details. Botanical doodles use flowers, leaves, stems, & other plant stuff to create designs & patterns.
These doodles are mostly used for decorating postcards, tattoos, sketches, invitation cards & the background of pictures. Plus, it’s drawn using single color & usually made with a black pen.
