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12/17/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge - Elaborate Scribble Birds

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Doodle & Flow Challenge - Elaborate Scribble Birds

​This practice is a fancier version of the Doodle & Flow warmup game that I love (called Scribblebirds).  You can choose to create your scribble birds to mimic real life birds or to be totally fantastical.  Add color and flair to make it fun – you could even think of this as a Bird Boxes game (see the video in this playlist) and add more flair to each row of birds.
 
Remember: it is about process, not product.  This practice exists to help you rest your mind and play!

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12/3/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge - Dance Party

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Doodle & Flow Challenge - Dance Party

This practice was inspired by a challenge set forth by someone on Instagram who said, “make your people move!”  So, I did.  And now you should too.
 
This is a multiple choice practice. You can draw different people doing different dances (like I did) or a dance team or a ballroom full of dancers.  It is up to you.  
 
You can add sparkle and swoosh lines to give the people a sense of movement.  Dance with your markers (or stylus, which doesn’t sound nearly as fun).

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11/12/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge - Curly-Q Parade

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Doodle & Flow Challenge - Curly-Q Parade

​This weekend’s challenge is a practice that I have been playing with for literally decades.  The practice is a mindful meditation that builds from a center spiral. I try to fill the space efficiently without worrying too much about the composition.  It always looks cool when you’ve filled a page with round, spiraling, colorful doodles.
 
Allow yourself to get lost in this doodle.  Add shadows and color if you like, but I often leave mine black and white.  These are among the most fascinating doodles to share.  Please tag @angiebmoline and #doodleandflow if you share these on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
 
Happy (mindful) doodling.

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10/29/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge - Bodies with Flair

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Doodle & Flow Challenge - Bodies with Flair

This practice invites you to create diverse, glorious people who have personality and flair. It was inspired by clients giving me feedback that it is important to see themselves represented in my doodles when I draw for groups.

​Remember: Doodle & Flow is about insight, not art. Color and flair are fun and allow your mind to rest and play while you're thinking / feeling / working through big ideas. Don't get too caught up in the beauty of it - think of this as your creative playtime.

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10/1/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge: Mandala + Doodle = Mandaloodle

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Doodle & Flow Challenge: Mandala + Doodle = Mandaloodle

​This practice is inspired by the mandala coloring books that were popular several years ago (note: they are still popular at my house!).  Oftentimes when I am coloring a mandala, I think to myself: “I would never have the patience to draw one of these mandalas.”  Then the other day as I was coloring another voice popped up in my head: “have you ever tried?”

And just like that the mandaloodle practice was born!
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9/17/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge - Face Matrix

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Doodle & Flow Challenge: Face Matrix

This Doodle & Flow practice is inspired by a comic book challenge that I read about years ago.  It is the Mr. Potatohead of doodle challenges.  Play with the faces and the flair so you represent the diversity of people on the planet… granted, the faces I drew are really silly.  You can play with silly mouths and eyes or draw something a bit more realistic.  The value is in the playful improvisation that you can do once you have nine basic doodles.

​Remember: Doodle & Flow is 100% process, 0% product. It is about insight, not art.
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9/3/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge: Crossing the Void

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Crossing the Void

This Doodle & Flow practice is designed to get your DoodlePeople moving!  It also encourages you to think about physical motion, emotion, and body language.  As you doodle, think about how you'd feel crossing a chasm that is three times taller than you are!

Empathize with your little people.  Draw emotions on their faces. 

Most importantly: have fun with this practice!

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7/23/2021

Doodle & Flow Challenge: Wavy Lines

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This weekend's challenge is inspired by one of my doodling heroes - Kai Skye (a.k.a. Brian Andreas) - who says that sometimes when he needs inspiration for writing and doodling he does this.

Day 1: Wavy Lines
Using a pencil, gray marker, or fine pen, draw a series of parallel lines on a page with your non-dominant hand (we want them to be wavy). You want to see these but they shouldn't overwhelm the page.  Think of this as a meditation, not a drawing exercise.

Day 2:  Flair
Slowly fill in these lines with words that come to you. Use a bigger, darker marker for the letters. Write slowly and deliberately. It is okay if they don't make sense. Think of this as a meditation, not a writing exercise.

Day 3: Doodles
Color in any letters that make a closed shape - like the middles of A, B, D, P. You can use the same colors or alternate colors.  Add doodles around your writing. Draw anything that comes to mind for you.

Share a photo of your doodle on social media and in the Doodle & Flow online community! 
Hashtags: #doodleandflowpractice #flowersandvines #molinecreative
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It's about insight, not art.

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Doodle & Flow is a process that is designed to put you in a "flow" mindset and help you tap your intuition, your creativity by allowing your mind to wander, gently.  The flow space allows your spontaneous brilliance to emerge, so please do not get caught up in the drawing and art-making of Doodle & Flow. This is about process, not product.  Allow yourself play and see what arises!

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7/12/2021

Doodle & Flow 7-day Challenge: Tree of Life

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This challenge is designed to be completed in tiny little chunks (5-10 minutes) over seven days, but as with everything in Doodle & Flow, complete it at your pace on your timeline.  Feel free to string it out over seven weeks or binge it in seventy minutes.  It is your practice. Do as you wish.

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Day 1: Your & Doodle Your Life
Brainstorm major events from your life (in words). You can write a list, paragraphs, or just keywords - don't worry about spelling or grammar.  Now, draw quick, rough sketches / doodles to represent each of the events from your life (you'll use these later)

Day 2: Doodle Your Tree
Draw the trunk, roots, and branches of a wild and rambling tree. Leave lots of room on the page (between branches / roots) to add more details. Use permanent black ink.

Day 3: Decorate Your Tree
Add the items from your life to the branches and roots of the tree in permanent black ink. Consider where these items fit:
  • Are they peak experiences near the top of the tree?
  • Things that shaped who you are so they live in the foundation / roots?

Day 4: Color Your Tree
Color the tree and the items you added. Consider the distribution of color across the page. Sometimes when coloring the objects, I step back and fill in all of the yellow bits at once so I have yellow distributed across the page not all clumped together. Other times, I just color from one side to the other and see what falls out.  Don't overthink it - just follow your intuition.

Day 5: Add Flair
Go back into your doodle and add flair to the items from your life. Flair means color, sparkle lines, shadows, patterns.  Also add things outside the tree that you aspire to experience, achieve, attain. Just doodle the essence of these items... maybe a heart for love or the sketch of a map for a place you'd like to visit.

Day 6: Observe Your Tree & Yourself
Take time to sit with your tree of life. Hang it on the wall. Look at it with a relaxed mind for 5 minutes or so. Hold your blankbook and a marker in your hand while you look. Reflect on the highs and lows. Make notes of what you observe in your tree of life.  Ask yourself questions that you will answer tomorrow.


Day 7: Reflect on the Process
  • What have you learned about yourself during this challenge? During this life?
  • What stands out in your tree?
  • Where did you choose to put bright colors? Somber colors?
  • Where do you see the most detail?
  • Does this tell you what you value in your life - or what you pay attention to?
Share a photo of your doodle on social media and in the Doodle & Flow online community! 
Hashtags: #doodleandflowpractice #flowersandvines #molinecreative
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It is about insight, not art.

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Doodle & Flow is a process that is designed to put you in a "flow" mindset and help you tap your intuition, your creativity by allowing your mind to wander, gently.  The flow space allows your spontaneous brilliance to emerge, so please do not get caught up in the drawing and art-making of Doodle & Flow. This is about process, not product.  Allow yourself play and see what arises!

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