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Doodling : Symmetry

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This month – February – is all about LOVE and hearts and Valentine’s Day. Speaking of love, have you noticed that hearts are symmetrical? This led to me thinking about drawing and symmetry. Symmetry is “the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis” – Oxford Dictionary.

Drawing with two hands simultaneously seemed like THE literal representation of drawing and symmetry:

 

 

My aim is to draw both sides so that they mirror each other. Have you tried drawing with both hands at the same time? It’s a good challenge as it takes some coordination and you’ll realize quite quickly that your non-dominate hand may not have as much control as you want it to. Our faces and bodies are, for the most part symmetrical, so they make good subjects to draw using this technique. Try drawing a portrait of yourself or someone you know. Give it a go!

Another way to practice drawing using symmetry is to draw the other half of something that has two sides that seem to reflect each other. You can try this using this doodle download.

Click on the image below and print to doodle the other half of a dog, cat, frog, and an owl.

What other things can you think of that are symmetrical?

 

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Be sure to share your drawings online and tag us #kidcandoodle so that we won’t miss it. 🙂

Happy doodling!

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Doggie Doodle Diary

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If you’re a Kid Can Doodle Doodle Club member, you would have received our exclusive Doggie Doodle Diary. If you hadn’t signed up, here’s an excerpt of the download for you.

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Meet Otis, our artist behind the Doggie Doodle Diary. Otis likes to doodle using a method called “continuous contour line drawing.” It means that you don’t lift your pen or pencil until your drawing is done. Sometimes it looks a bit scribbly, because you may go back and forth or around your drawing in order to get all the details in. We dare you to try it!


Otis likes to keep a diary and he draws in it everyday. In this excerpt, you can see what Otis drew on Monday. He invites you to draw too. Do you keep a doodle diary?

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Printing Tips

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1. The doodle download is A4 size. If you’re printing in the US, please make sure you select “fit within page dimensions” when printing on letter paper.

2. If your printer allows, select “print on both sides” of your piece of paper.

3. If you can’t print on both sides, you can place the pages together so that the printed sides face out. Glueing them together is optional. OR if you wish to save paper, simply print the second spread only, with the diary entry and drawing page.

Click here to download the doodle excerpt. Please note that by downloading Doggie Doodle Diary you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

Don’t forget to check out Things I Draw (Saw) Today doodle download, created during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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February Art Club

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February Art Club

It’s February! This month we’re joining in the February Art Club. It’s started by illustrators Grace Taylor and Lisa Koesterke, who have set a list of prompts for each day of the month.

Here’s the first few drawings we’ve posted so far. The prompt for February 1 was “cryptid,” which we learned is an animal that might be imaginary (or not). Examples include land animals (terrestrial) like Bigfoot, Yeti, Honey Island swamp monster, and the Mongolian death worm, to name a few; aquatic creatures such as the Loch Ness monster, Kraken, or giant anaconda; and less common winged creatures like the Jersey Devil, Mothman or Thunderbird.

February 2nd’s doodle prompt was herbs, so we drew a handful: basil, chives, parsley, dill, mint, and rosemary.

Here’s a friend from SPACE on day 3:

A drawing of a falcon and his friend on day 4…

This self portrait for day 5 is inspired by one of our favorite artists.

Hope you can join us on instagram and draw along with the February Art Club too! Post your doodles with the hashtag #februaryartclub and tag us #kidcandoodle so we can see your drawings! Happy Doodling!

loch ness monster

 

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Doodle Bugs : doodle download

Doodle Bugs

What are Doodle Bugs? Doodle Bugs is a doodle activity originally created for our second mini mag, themed “In Your Garden” (hopefully coming soon with any luck!) With Spring in the air, and the warming weather, it seemed like the perfect time to doodle bugs.

Have you ever noticed that some bugs have silly names like “robber fly” or “royal walnut moth?” We decided it would be fun to draw some funny-sounding insects – hence the name Doodle Bugs. Click on the image below or here to download Doodle Bugs. Happy doodling!

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Please NOTE: By downloading Doodle Bugs, you agree to these terms.

If you get stuck, there are answers below. SPOILERS BELOW!
Flamingo-tongue snail  Christmas tree worm  Tomato Horn worm
Wolf spider  Ladybird  Rabbit Bot Fly

 

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Greetings from doodle download

Greetings from kidcandoodle! Hope you’re having a wonderful time, wherever you’re spending your summer vacation.

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A lovely holiday tradition is sending postcards to loved ones from your trip. We’ve got a couple here for you to doodle and post. Print them out on heavier paper or glue a sheet of card stock onto the back of the printout and trim.

Click here or on the image above to download your postcards. Please remember that by downloading, you agree to our terms.

Happy Doodling!

For more doodle fun, check out our Doodle Bugs download here.

Drawing above by Harry, age 5. Just in case you want to post a card to us at kidcandoodle, please mail to Lana at 1A Kent House Road, London SE26 5LN, United Kingdom
Cheers!

 

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