Presents techniques, ideas, and exercises for original doodles made with materials such as paint, markers, and gel pens. Eighteen contributors share inventive prompts to jumpstart and expand your inspiration for drawing abstract designs and doodles.

"Love the idea of journaling but don't know where to start? Terrified of the blank pages in your pristine journal? Never fear, expert Helen Colebrook is here to help you create a functional and beautiful journal! In this ultimate guide, you'll find heaps of tips and tricks to help you on your journey, along with a myriad of inspirational layout suggestions and prompts that will make journaling a fun and rewarding daily habit."--Page [4] of cover.

Shares instructions for a series of meditative drawing exercises based on intricate and repetitive patterns, which calm the mind and enhance creativity.

Speaking in dialog bubbles, characters Alex and Lilah provide step-by-step instuctions on how to draw simple shapes and use repetitive patterns to create unusual designs.

Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, is cast in her class play.

A poodle demonstrates his ability to doodle oodles and oodles of noodles.

Doodle Cat is bored, until he finds something to capture his imagination.

"Drew never meant for this to happen. She didn't mean for her doodle Mike to steal the centuries-old hat. She also didn't mean for another doodle, Levi, to steal the centuries-old baby (when he was supposed to be returning the coveted hat!). And she definitely didn't mean to send the Art Institute of Chicago into a downward spiral of art-on-art combat. She just wanted to fix a simple mistake! Now everything's gone wrong, and it's mayhem at the museum....