A while back I posted a little ditty about my Tail Capper zendoodles. And a doodler named Nancy Babb left a response telling me about how she incorporated tail cappers into her doodle frames. So of course I had to pop over to her blog http://polly-wollydoodle.blogspot.com to see what she was talking about. And that’s where I found all sorts of fun doodling stuff Nancy was playing with.
Her doodle works include lettering, sketching, repeat pattern line work, digital art, and biblical reference line-art as well. She also makes and sells her own fonts. And that is actually one of the things she did when inspired by those little tail capper zendoodles.
Framed Tails
First Nancy practiced making doodley frames using tail cappers as a design element in them. Then she added various doodley things inside her frames. Sometimes this was text like her “Trust God, He Will Take Care of You” artful piece.
Then she drew up a a few frames with her own tail cappers on them and scanned in the page. She printed out several of these scanned images and added a single letter from the alphabet into each frame. Which eventually turned into a font she now sells in her online shop. It’s a rather cute set of letters with open spaces perfect for weaving your own lines through them too.
Then she started adding characters and objects inside her frames and found that she even likes doing her doodles with a pen now (rather than a pencil). These creations of hers are absolutely adorable!
Lot’s of Creativity at Work Play
If you visit her blog using the links above, be sure to take some extra time to mosey around it a bit. She has some great ideas for incorporating repeat pattern art into her works. Nancy points out that you are never to old to color and she proves it over and over again as she delights her blog viewers with many colorful pages from her Verse-a-Day art challenges. This is a creative project based on her faith and she invites everyone to join.
Also on her blog, Nancy offers tips and tutorials for various drawing ideas such as she does on her Faces I Just Never Know blog posting – where she demonstrates the steps she takes to draw faces.
As much as I love her journal pages and lettering I am always pulled nearer to her flower creations than any other. I suppose it’s that gardeny thing I have blooming through my veins. I included some of her doodley flowers on the graphic at the top of this posting. Also displayed on the banner the “Not Just Any Bee” is a new theme she has running on her blog and that picture is also hers along with the doodled circle. There are many more examples of her creative line works on her blog.
Thank You!
A special thanks goes to Nancy for sharing her creative doodles with the world and helping to inspire so many others. And….. for enabling me with a new Pinterest addiction! LOL 😀
As NEB has been known to say at the end of her blog postings….. Leave me a message and let me know you were here.
Thanks for popping in! ~ Cindy
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This is a teriffic site! I am an emerging writer and I’m researching for a magazine article on Doodling. I’m 59 years old and have been an habitual doodler and colorer for 30 years. I had no idea there were so many like minded people. I found Polly-Wolly, Nancy’s site and followed it here. An absolute JOY. Thank you for hosting this Oasis for creative folks.
Found your Rainbow Elephant website by searching for tangles on YouTube. Love your work and the work of others you share. I am a newbie to line weaving, doodles, zentangles, zendalas…etc. and I am loving every minute trying my best at learning how to relax and unstress.
Looking forward to your next tidbit!
Diane
Thank you so much for hosting this artist!
Her work is Great and I got a HUGE Blessing
when I followed the links that were provided…
(no way that you could have done that on purpose!)
Blessings!
Andrea
🙂 Thumbs up and big grins! Nancy has that affect on many people. I’m glad you received your blessing.
Hi Cindy!
Heck! I stopped in the other day and wrote a huge long THANK YOU! and it never showed up! I DID I promise, I’m really not that rude!
Again, CINDY, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for your awesome post! I was so flattered when you asked me about doing it, but I honestly felt so unworthy. THANK YOU for seeing something that I don’t! And THANK YOU for your “end caps”! They really have made a world of difference in my confidence level…weird I know, but it caused me to start drawing different little frames on a big sheet of paper… filling those are so much less intimidating than that huge sheet of white! Small spaces are so much better than large!
While I am here I want to thank everyone that has stopped by my little blog (my online art/doodle practice journal). It is the place where the world can see me TRY stuff. I rarely actually show a finished anything…the story of my life… I want to see if I can do something, yes, done, move on to the next thing. It is never about the end project, but the process for me.
Sorry, I keep chasing rabbits! THANK ALL OF YOU FOR STOPPING IN! I hope you enjoyed what you saw and will come back!
Thank YOU again Cindy! Loved the article and especially your banner!
Nancy
(not just NEB)
Thanks for this Cindy! Loved her stuff and am following her, too now! Love, LOVE your blog!
I enjoyed your feature on Nancy! I love Nancy’s work…delightful!