HELLO DOLLY! November 4, 2009

Cosmic Dolly © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

I’ve just had one of those mornings where technology has not been on my side. So let me try this again.

I’m back for my third November of AEDM, the community building, no pressure  creativity encouraging annual November event begun by  Leah Piken Kolidas. I’m looking forward to focusing on trying new things, just having fun, and practicing imperfection during the next 30 26 days .

I actually created Cosmic Dolly last month, and she was lots of fun  to bring to life, with her colorful, mandala-inspired clothing and springy blonde ringlets. I think she’s fun and powerful, what with her snake and bluebird allies and spiral shield decorated with Christmas tree lights.

I ran into a snag when it came to drawing her face and found Milliande’s video on the subject really helpful. I’m having some trouble getting the video to  post on my blog, so I hope you will go to the link and take a look at her great suggestions.

Im going to practice faces this month, and play with my doodles in different ways and who knows what else I might try? I want to play some more with my photography, and maybe try my hand at writing haiku.

This is gunna be a fun month. Yee-haw!

~SueDoodles

COLORFUL CONVERSATION November 1, 2009

Convo © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

I bought a new sketchbook on Friday made by BeePaper. I like this premium recycled paper. Sharpie marks lie down well. Prismacolor doesn’t go on quite as smooth as with  the Canson sketch book I had before, but that’s ok.  The book is a little bit smaller, which makes it easier to hold onto, cuz I mostly doodle in bed.

When I color my doodles, what I really like is imagining the conversations the colors are having with each other. Ultramarine shouts out Hey Violet Blue, you look pretty mysterious. Wanna hang out for a while? Aquamarine gives Neon Pink a high five and cheers Smashing. Lavendar whispers to Turquoise Here’s looking at you, kid.

Can you hear them too?

Illustration Friday – Patterns September 25, 2009

Inspired by Sweet Peas

This is only my second time entering Illustration Friday, but when I saw the theme was Patterns, I couldn’t resist.

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

COMMUNITY GATHERING August 26, 2009

Community Gathering © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

We are all in the same basket.

Illustration Friday: Intricate March 6, 2009

H IS FOR

I had hoped to have more of my alphabet posted during the month of February when Words was the theme over at Creative Every Day. I found, instead, a need to honor my body and spend some time away from the computer.  Creativity does seem to run in a cycle, and I needed to take heed.  Last night I put the finishing touches on three more letters for the doodled alphabet I am slowly working on.

So, what is H for?

I say it is for heart, head and hand. H also is for hair (the curly kind) and hare (the bunny kind). H is happy and friendly, says  hello and hi, enjoys the sun (helios) and the steady drone of bees in the hive.

I have always wanted to enter a post for Illustration Friday, and I think this H will fit in nicely with this week’s theme of Intricate.

What else do you think  H stands for?

~suedoodles

doodling the alphabet one letter at a time

HERE I AM February 16, 2009

HERE I AM – © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

It’s good to be back to my doodling world after taking an allergy induced break.

This image speaks to me about opening our Hearts to Love and being willing to come out of our own protective shells. This past weekend I was excited to learn that astrologically we  just may be  entering the Age of Aquarius. You can read more about the astrological configuration occurring now on my mandala blog.

Proclaiming Here I Am is about being centered in our Hearts and allowing those love vibrations to enter out in the world and be received back.

May all that you do be done in Love.

~suedoodles

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR January 31, 2009

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR - © Sue O’Kieffe 2009

There is a shift in the cosmos. Can you feel it? Is it just that Mercury has  blessedly gone direct again, inviting movement? I don’t know, but I do get this message:  Let’s start acting on those ideas, girl!

I have a recurring dream:  I am in a dark yet comforting basement of a big old house. I spend enormous amounts of time getting out of the basement, climbing stair case after staircase, often winding, to get out of the darkness and into the light. When I reach the attic I feel enormous freedom.

Right now I am in the middle of cleaning out stuff  in my own house that I don’t want any more, making room for the new. Decluttering is a powerful exercise in manifesting.  I love it!

This is the second in a series of daily doodles, done in an evening, just for fun.

~suedoodles

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

STAYING POSITIVE December 18, 2008

YES! – © Sue O’Kieffe 2008

Here is the antidote for those times when it seems like all you hear are resounding no’s. Put a few YESes in your life.

I am grateful for a man in Oz who reminds me on a regular basis to stay positive. My original intention was to post this image in time for his birthday last Monday, but darn it all, my computer decided it was time for a new hard drive and power supply.  I have been without computer access since Sunday and I’m still waiting for my local computer gurus to finish finetuning whatever was ailing my poor baby. Thankfully, the harddrive was replaced before it totally crashed.

Note to self: get those files backed up that you’ve been meaning to do for a while.

Anyway, hello Scot and happy belated. Thanks for your wonderful sense of humour and upbeat attitude. You are Positively Fourth Street!

~suedoodles