So I decided to post this little doodle, completed while watching online Flash tutorials, in between taking notes on the stuff I needed to know. (Yes, I do take notes with a crow-quill sometimes! Call me antediluvian,* but it helps keep my calligraphic hand in fighting trim.)
I thought it looked a little like a particularly odd Halloween party.
I draw this sort of nonsense often-- it helps calm me down when my brain is boiling. You should see my college calculus notebooks. By the way, I firmly believe that doodling helps me concentrate. I caught no end of grief for it in school (even though I made good grades) but a couple of years ago I saw this study & felt vindicated. :-D
Hunt's flexible crow-quill pen & ink on legal pad, ~3"x4"
*This is actually a teaser for one of the pieces I'm working on!
great article - I used to catch grief from my mom when she saw my doodles in notebooks, though my grades never suffered - now I feel vindicated too!
ReplyDeleteMike and I once did a whole series of finished / colored drawings derived from lecture and seminar doodles. Like you, I believe they can enhance concentration (and retention). I sometimes tease students about doodling, but I never require them to stop.
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