Dumbing Down Doodles

Welcome back to my series Dumbing Down Doodles where I make doodle-ing impossible to mess up. Take a fineliner pen and draw random shapes. It's okay to overthink this step as long as you simply draw random shapes. There's no wrong way to do this. Mine are more rectangular, not circular. Think Tetris kind of. I'm coloring in the border just to finish this step off and this is what my page is looking like so far. Now grab your favorite autumn colors and get to coloring. I chose a variety of browns which is not my usual choice. Honestly, I wasn't loving this at all and was considering starting over, but I trusted the process. And guess what? I still don't love the colors, even at the end. And that's okay. There's probably a lesson there somewhere. I'm drawing the shadow effect on the right and bottom side of each section. For a detailed shadow tutorial, check out yesterday's Dumbing Down Doodles where I went into a lot of detail. And for the funky shapes, I decided to add some curved lines as a pattern. This is optional, but when I don't love my choice of colors, I find it often helps to add some pattern as a texture or distraction. I'm adding a very thin highlight on the top and right part of each section. Even in the funky shapes, keeping the highlight on the top and right. I'm tracing the shape of each section and adding some dots for fun. If you're working with lighter colors, feel free to go chunky with the highlight, but since my colors are pretty dark, I wanted the highlight to be thin. I'm tracing the shape of each section and adding some dots for fun. I'm adding a thin highlight on the top and right part of each section. Even in the funky shapes, keeping the highlight on the top and right. I'm tracing the shape of each section and adding some dots for fun. If you're working with lighter colors, feel free to go chunky with the highlight, but since my colors are pretty dark, I wanted the highlight to be thin. I'm tracing the shape of each section and adding some dots for fun. Here's the result. I had fun even though I don't love these colors. I think I'm due for some rainbow colors next. Come back tomorrow for more Dumbing Down Doodles.