Studio Friday: Playtime! (Doodling)

I spent last evening with my brother in Chicago. I showed him my sketchbook with some old drawings in it that he had done for me about five years ago (yeah, I know, I don't use my sketchbook enough). He was amused and promptly snatched my sketchbook away and entertained himself with it off and on for the next few hours. Here's one of the pages he doodled. I couldn't help doodling over the tree - it was a great form to start with.















So, I was pretty excited when I saw that this week's Studio Friday challenge was "doodling"... but then I read Michelle's entry & realized that I hadn't absorbed all of the instructions... the doodling was supposed to be done with the usual tools, BUT using your mouth instead of your hands. Oh dear!

I tried pencil first, but the paper in my sketchbook has a little too much tooth. I switched to ball point pen, but couldn't apply enough pressure with my mouth. But marker worked just fine (you know, aside from not being able to control the tool). Somehow, I just don't see this little guy making it into the rubber stamp collection.