Make creativity a daily activity with adventurous doodling! Doodling motifs and techniques for journaling, scrapbooking, papercrafts, and more - Thousands of designs for borders, alphabets, leaves, flowers, hearts, arrows, banners, frames, and more - Dozens of subjects with collections for nature, seasons, holidays, alphabets, abstract, animals, and more - Helpful advice for doodling with pencils, pens, gel pens, paint pens, markers, and more - Doodling is relaxing , and a fun form of expression that is easy to learn—even if you think you can't draw If you think you can't draw, this book will convince you that you can! Doodling is a relaxing and fun form of expression that is easy to learn. Whether you are decorating your journal, scrapbooking a sentiment, or personalizing a birthday card, you'll find just the right motifs and techniques here to fire up your imagination. Add movement, style, and attitude to your drawings with original designs for borders, frames, banners, alphabets, leaves, flowers, hearts, arrows, and personal goals. Use a template to build your confidence in your freehand skills, or enhance your doodles by adding dimensional accents and flights of fancy. Oodles of Doodles, 2nd Edition also offers inspiring advice for doodling with pencils, pens, gel pens, paint pens, markers, and more. You'll find doodles inside for all these fun subjects: NATURE Lush Greenery, Lined Leaves, and Charming Trees - Floral Spring, Wildflowers, and Bunches of Flowers - Flocks of Birds, Animals & Bugs, and Butterflies & Bees - Exotic Animals, Dinosaurs, and Snakes & Lizards - Sea Life, Cool Cats, and Friendly Dogs PEOPLE, PLACES, & THINGS Faces, Hair, Hats, and Figures - Baby Things, Wedding Bells, and Graduation - Home Sweet Home, Farm Fun, and School Days - Business Icons, Astronomy, and Recreation & Sports - Coffee & Tea, Fruits & Veggies, and Sweet Desserts - Clothing & Accessories, Arts & Crafts, Music, and Travel ABSTRACT Curly Curves, Hearts, and Stars - Pointed, Bubble, and Multidirectional Arrows - Mixed Doodles, Contact Symbols, and Money Symbols SEASONS & HOLIDAYS Tempestuous Weather, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter - Easter, Independence Day, Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's Day - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve - Birthdays and Parties LETTERS & NUMBERS Floral or Crafty Alphabets and Bubble Letters & Numbers - Spiny or Curly Letters & Numbers, Fast or Bold Alphabets, Outlined or Dot Design Alphabets - Artsy, Forget-Me-Not, and Cutesy Alphabets - Stacked, Dreamy, and Block Letters & Numbers BORDERS & FRAMES Romantic, Freehand, Thin, Elaborate, and Coiled Frames - Accented, Dotted, Multicolored, Wildlife, Gel Pen, Leafy, Bright, and Cheerful Borders - Scrolling Banners, Happy Thought Bubbles, and 3D Thought Bubbles Doodling is not only fun... it's healthy, too! Creative doodling helps us to focus, relax, and think outside the box. Inspire your doodling creativity every day with Oodles of Doodles ! Whether you are decorating your journal, scrapbooking a sentiment, or personalizing a birthday card, you’ll find just the right motifs and techniques here, with original designs for borders, frames, banners, alphabets, arrows, hearts, flowers, and personal goals. Delightful Doodling Doodling is not only fun... it's healthy, too! Creative doodling helps us to focus, relax, and think outside the box. Make creativity a daily activity with adventurous doodling! If you think you can't draw, this book will convince you that you can. Whether you are decorating a journal, scrapbooking a sentiment, or personalizing a birthday card, you’ll find just the right motifs and techniques here, with original designs for borders, frames, banners, alphabets, arrows, hearts, flowers, and more. THOUSANDS OF DAZZLING DOODLE DESIGNS! Nature - People, Places & Things - Abstract - Seasons & Holidays - Letters & Numbers - Borders & Frames - Word Art - Fun Projects "This book will inspire oodles of doodles to personalize notebooks, journals, reports, folders, backpacks, hats, shoes, and more... hundreds of creative ideas to help develop a personal doodling style and establish a reputation as a gel pen doodle artist!" —DO MAGAZINE Suzanne McNeill is the author of more than 200 craft & hobby books, including Joy of Zentangle , The Beauty of Zentangle , the 11-volume Zentangle series, and Zen Mandalas . Suzanne founded the leading publisher of Zentangle books, Design Originals (an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing). She was voted "Designer of the Year" and received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Craft & Hobby Association. Suzanne has been called "the trendsetter" of the arts and crafts industry.