LET YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT LIFT YOU UP September 5, 2009

RISE UP MANDALA – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

Don’t worry. Be happy. ~ Bobby McFerrin

Doodling makes me happy, captures my imagination, allows my creative spirit free reign. Doodling doesn’t care about perfection; it exists for its own sake.

I love choosing the colors and seeing how they play with each other. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could play with each other the way that colors do?

The more I focus on having fun, the less I worry about other people and what they think of me! (Now there’s an admission, and also a truth about life).

Got the blues? Go find some paper and put  marks on it.

Have fun.

~suedoodles

QUEEN OF THE OCEAN July 26, 2009

Mighty Pacifica – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

The queen of the ocean knew she could create quite a stir…and she liked it!

LIGHT MY FIRE June 9, 2009

Light My Fire – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

I was inspired to create this doodle after experiencing a really intense coaching session with the wonderful Laura Bly.

It feels so good to cast off all the negative energy that has clogged up the pores of my naturally positive self and throw it all in the funeral pyre. May the ashes be transformed to rise again just like the phoenix . Hot damn.

My own interpretation of this doodle is –  first the fire, then the rain to cool and relieve; sweet peace follows along with incredible growth.

(Unfortunately I can’t embed a music player on my blog to go along with this post. Wouldn’t that  be perfect to play Jim Morrison’s iconic song for Creative Every Day’s June theme of sound?)

SURRENDER May 5, 2009

Surrender – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

Surrender to the Night -© Sue O’Kieffe 2009

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? ~Rumi

SPIRIT GUIDE April 29, 2009

Spirit Guide – © Sue O’Kieffe

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ~Benjamin Spock

I was merrily doodling away one evening when I realized a figure was emerging  among my spirals and curvy lines. She presented herself to me as a woman of color. It is a joy for me to bring her through and share her with you. She has a wise heart and says she is here to teach about trust.

THE INVERSE EFFECT April 8, 2009

Joy and Passion Dancing – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world~Wayne Dyer

I inverted all the colors of my previous post’s mandala. White is black and black is white, and opposites on the color wheel are now displayed.  Wouldn’t it be dandy  to be able to apply an invert adjustment layer to our thinking about people and uncomfortable situations ?

~sue doodles

WHAT WAS EYE THINKING? January 17, 2009

its been quite a long time since ive had a bout of the flu. betweeen those power naps ive been taking, i was able to finish embellishing this doodle, which went this way and that way in my mind without any particular way to go.

coloring is perfect rainy day sick in bed  activity. don’t you think the smell of crayola MUST be healing, in an aromatherapeutic kind of way?

stay healthy, everyone.

~suedoodles

DOODLE WEEK DAY #7 – LET IT SNOW December 27, 2008

LET IT SNOW – © Sue O’Kieffe 2008

OK so this isn’t exactly a doodle. But it sure was fun to make!

DOODLE WEEK DAY #4 – ANGEL DOODLE December 25, 2008

Peace on Earth Goodwill to Everyone

This morning I woke up to the sound of rain and high winds. So far so good we still have power. A little while later we had thunder and lightening, hail, and rain. Im lounging around enjoying a lazy-ish morning doing art, answering e-mail, talking to friends. Good stuff.

This image was created using a scan of an angel I made a few years back when I was a paper maker. The background is one of my digital mandalas. Doodles by Wacom. Such fun.

~suedoodles

S is for … August 18, 2008

sunflower

scribble

spiral

snake

striped

stretch

spots

see

sue

smile

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hand drawn, digitally colored — (i’m re-establishing a relationship with my wacom tablet) 

wouldn’t an alphabet be fun?

i was totally inspired by fellow doodler rachness….oooh which reminds me she honored me with this totally cool doodled blog award …

thank you, rachness