Doggie Doodle Diary

doggie doodle diary

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.

Kid can doodle doggie doodle diary excerpt

Doggie Doodle Diary preview

 

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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Olive + Sally’s Cardboard Critters

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Olive and Sally, collaborative cardboard artists

 

Meet Olive and Sally — a crab and a seagull — best friends who like to make art together. They are creators of Cardboard Critters, a series seen on our instagram. It started during the lockdown as part of our 100 Days of Animals Drawing Animals (#the100dayproject) that we continued due to such a positive response. Here are a few of our favorites:

 

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Olive and Sally’s Cardboard Critters

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snake

We thought you might want to join the fun and can make the cardboard animals too. We’ve created templates to help you — we are sharing a few here and a few bonus ones in our doodle club (make sure to sign up above if you’re keen to make more.) You can make the following shown here: a snake, owl, frog or doggie. See below for the download link.

Instructions

Click here to download the Cardboard Critters. You can print them and then enlarge them on a copier if you want — sometimes it’s easier to cut a larger shape than a smaller one. You can use them in two ways:

  1. glue them straight onto a cardboard piece, decorate and cut, or
  2. use them as a guide to draw onto the cardboard before you cut.

We painted the cardboard with acrylic paints, but tempura paint, markers or crayons would also work.

Materials

You’ll need:

  • cardboard  or heavyweight card stock (see note below)
  • good scissors
  • glue
  • paint, markers, crayons or paper to decorate your animals

Steps

  1. Print out the template. Use at 100% of size or enlarge on a copier.
  2. Glue the template onto your card or cardboard, or use it as a guide to draw onto your cardboard.
  3. If using paint, paint the main color of the animal before you cut.
  4. Cut out the shapes.
  5. Add details or colors, such as eyes, noses, or a smile.

Challenge level

We have four templates: snake, owl, frog, and doggie. Start with the snake to get a feel for your materials. The snake is the easiest, and can be made by all ages, even preschoolers (with cutting assistance). It can also be created using construction (cartridge weight) paper. The other animals will work better with heavier card or cardboard, and younger children may need some help with cutting and putting them together.

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owl

A few tips

Cardboard

This is a great way to recycle any boxes you have around the home. Choose wisely though; not all cardboard is the same thickness. If the cardboard is too thin, it will be easier to cut, but it will be flimsier when you put the pieces together, and won’t be as sturdy when you stand it up. If the cardboard is too thick, it will be harder to cut.

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frog

Cutting

Cutting cardboard can be challenging and it takes practice cutting a material that’s thicker than paper. Please let parents/adults help with the cutting. You’ll need (big) sharp scissors, not the (small) children’s scissors you find in school. You may have more control by using an X-Acto Blade or matte knife and a cutting matt. However, you’d need to use a metal ruler for the straight sides, and it’s easier to cut curves with scissors than a blade. I suggest cutting loosely around the subject to release it from the larger piece of cardboard, and then cutting into the subject for details. Also, don’t always cut in a continuous line — I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but you will get better results if you cut from opposite directions into the curves or corners, as shown below.

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Standing the pieces

Standing the pieces may take trial and error. Two things to keep in mind:

  1. Make sure the piece is balanced (if not, you may need to adjust something).
  2. When you cut the slots, they will need to be about the same height as the stand or tab piece.

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To cut the slots, make one cut, and then a second cut next to the first and tear off the thin strand of cardboard. Don’t make the slot cut too wide because the stand piece(s) will stay in place better if it fits securely into the slot(s).

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doggie

Click here to download the Cardboard Critters. Please remember that by downloading, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

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Things I Draw (Saw) Today doodle download

Things I Draw (Saw) Today : At Home doodle download

 

This doodle download is a mini journal of Things I Draw (Saw) Today : At Home, created specially for everyone doodling at home during the “Stay at Home Stay Safe” global pandemic. I hope you like it. Here’s a preview below:

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The download link follows the printing and assembling instructions. The printable PDF is set up in pagination, which means that when it’s printed correctly (on both sides), folded together, and assembled, it will flow in the correct page order.

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Printing Tips

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1. If your printer allows, print on both sides of your page.

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2. Then collate the pages and fold into a booklet, and staple if desired.

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.

You’ll see that the page numbers are on the bottom on the pages so you can check the order that they should be in.

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

Click here to download the doodle booklet. Please note that by downloading Things I Draw (Saw) Today : At Home, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

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Picasso Portraits doodle download

Picasso Portraits doodle download

 

kcd doodling : Picasso Portraits

 

Have you seen Picasso’s work, especially his Cubist portraits? This doodle download, kcd doodling : Picasso Portraits, was inspired by many of Picasso’s portraits from Picasso 1932 : The Year of Wonders, the artist’s retrospective at the Tate Modern, London (through Sept 9, 2018). The year refers to the date in which the artist had his first major retrospective at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris at the age of 50, with an impressive 225 paintings, seven sculptures, and six illustrated books.

Using some of the themes taken from Cubism, such as dis-proportions and dis-placed features, we challenge artists to doodle portraits. Doodlers will learn about the influential style made famous by Picasso and George Braque while creating (likely) silly pictures.

Click here to download the zine Picasso Portraits. Or click on the image below for a color-in doodle download.

Please note that by downloading kcd doodling : Picasso Portraits, you agree to these terms.

This doodle download was previously created for our doodle club on Patreon, but made available for a limited time due to the Covid-19 worldwide quarantine. We’d love to see your Picasso Portraits too. Tag us #kidcandoodle when you share online. See our other doodle downloads in Fun&Games.

Happy doodling!

 

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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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Doodle Battle download

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Doodle Battle

Introducing Doodle Battle, a game based on the popular Battleship we all grew up with as kids. This one was created by our resident artist Dylan, aka Little Dude, and inspired by one of his favorite books, Tom Gates.

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This is Dylan’s sketch above. I’ve adapted it and created a download for you to play! Ask a friend to join you.

To Play

(for 2 players)

  1. Doodle at least 5 characters in your grid game card, but no more than 10. Both players should have the same amount of characters on their cards.
  2. Make sure to keep your game board positions hidden from your opponent.
  3. Allow the younger player (Player 1) to go first, by calling out a letter and a number corresponding to a position on the game card. Player 1 marks that box on his/her own card with an X, to record that that box has been called.
  4. Player 2 answers with “hit” or “miss”. If there was a successful “hit”, Player 2 should scribble out that box/character with a RED color.
  5. The winner is the first person to “hit” all of his opponent’s characters.

Click here to download a grid game card to play. Enjoy!

What’s your favorite childhood game?

 

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Field Notes doodle download

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Field Notes doodle download

 

Our Field Notes doodle download was inspired by Claudi Kessels’ charming nature doodle bombs.* What began as an instagram challenge has become an iconic part of Claudi’s illustration work. We were even lucky to chat with Claudi Kessels in our 3 1/2 Questions.

*What’s a doodle bomb, you ask? Doodle bombing is when you draw over photos, magazines or newspapers. We have a Gallery Show Call for Entries called “Doodle Bomb,” and we hope to see yours!

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Claudi’s doodles looked so fun, we thought that we needed to give it a go! We took some photos from our backyard, and created a doodle download for you to play along.

Click on the Field Notes image below to download. Print, then fold the page in half twice, to create a mini booklet of Field Notes doodles.

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If you need more inspiration, please check out Claudi Kessels’ work here.

Please note that by downloading our Field Notes, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

Artwork by Claudi Kessels is © Claudi Kessels and used by permission.

 

Happy Doodling!

 

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Frida Kahlo doodle download

Frida Kahlo is one of the world’s most popular and recognizable artists. Frida drew and painted many self portraits throughout her life. This coloring download is an excerpt from an upcoming mini doodle zine kidcandoodle doodling: Frida Portraits, both inspired by Frida’s life and work from Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, an exhibition exploring

“a fresh perspective on Kahlo’s compelling life story through her most intimate personal belongings”

at Victoria and Albert Museum, London (through Nov 18 2018).

Click here to download your coloring page shown above. Please note, that by downloading, you agree to these terms.

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Thanks for supporting our doodle club. Happy doodling!

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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How to Draw : Start with a scribble

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Start with a scribble.

How do we learn how to draw? We start with a scribble. By doodling lines and squiggles, we begin to transform the blank page into a drawing.

At kid can doodle, we believe EVERYONE can draw. But each person’s confidence with drawing varies, so we’ve been thinking about how to encourage and support those doodlers who desire more guidance. We knew we didn’t want an outcome-oriented “How to Draw ___” with specific steps for copying each subject. Instead, we wanted to create a doodle approach that could be applied to drawing anything, would build confidence and observational skills, and is a bit silly and imaginative at the same time. It’s a tall order — which might be the reason it took four years to put this together — we hope you like it.

Welcome to kid can doodle class. This is your first doodle lesson. Click on this link to download a worksheet for this lesson, or grab a piece of paper and follow along below. Please NOTE: When downloading from our site, you agree to these terms. Happy doodling!

Start with a scribble.

 

Doodle Warm-up

Always begin drawing with a quick warm-up exercise. This one is super simple. Start scribbling. Try make your squiggles look like . . .

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a snake

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hand(s)
scribble_tree
a tree

scribble_hair

hair
scribble_cloud
cloud(s)
a tornado or cyclone
scribble_dogs
dog(s)
scribble_beard
a beard

 

This is conscious scribbling. Spend only a second or two on each scribble but think about how you can make them resemble some thing and how you can vary each one. Warming up before you draw helps you loosen up.

Doodle Exercise : Blind Contour

Blind contour drawing is a technique in which you draw the outline of a subject without looking at your page or pencil. Focus only on the object that you are drawing.

For this exercise, doodle your non-drawing hand. So if you’re left-handed, draw your right hand, and vice versa. Remember to look at the object you are drawing, and not your actual drawing. This will take practice as you will want to look at your paper. No peeking! Resist the temptation!

Rotate your hand into another position and draw it again. Repeat.

try thisDoodle TIP : Pretend you are tracing your doodle subject with your pencil; follow the outline of your hand model with your eyes while allowing your drawing hand to follow with the pencil on the paper.

Here’s my show of hands. It’s ok if they overlap, too.

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If you trust in this method, you will improve your observational skills, which will help you become better at drawing. The purpose of this exercise is not to make a life-like drawing, but to teach yourself to see and focus. It will help you improve your hand-and-eye coordination skills.

Share your doodles with us! Don’t forget to tag them with #kidcandoodle or #startwithascribble

If you liked this lesson, please sign up for our new doodle club on ko-fi. Let us know what you think in the comments below. For more doodle fun, download Doodle Bugs.
 

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