Lori Vliegen on Doodling Animals

by | Jun 17, 2015 | Crafting, Random fun | 2 comments

These are so cute you guys! When I emailed Lori Vliegen at elvie studio to see if she had any advice for those of us taking the ICAD challenge, she had just the thing. Using blobs of watercolor and a pen, you can create these adorable little animals. So easy, yet so amazing.

And if you are like me and are wanting to work on your lettering skills, she’s got a class for that! (Here’s the video teaser…the class is tempting me….) But if you are only here for the cute animals….scroll down.

 

The original cute-animals post is here: Inspiration Monday You can start there, then spend hours on her site gathering ideas. (You’re welcome.)

chickadee tutorial 1

i recently came across this fabulous little birdie how-to over at non dairy diary, and i was so inspired that i declared that very moment “play time”!
start by painting some watercolor splotches on your paper……

chickadee tutorial2

and then outline them with a permanent marker.

 

 

chickadee tutorial3

add eyes, a beak, and all those other birdie things……

chickadee tutorial4

and you have a nice little flock of chickadees!

 

chickadee tutorial5

but why stop there?
somewhere in those watercolor blobs there might also be some piggies…..

chickadee tutorial6

and mousies…..

chickadee tutorial7

and bunnies……oh, my!

 

chickadee tutorial8

 

 

 

2 Comments

  1. lori vliegen
    lori vliegen on June 19, 2015 at 4:26 PM

    thanks SO much for the nice feature Shonna! i hope you have lots of fun creating cute little doodle animals! xox

    • Shonna
      Shonna on June 19, 2015 at 11:02 PM

      Thank YOU, Lori! These are so much fun. They make me feel like a rock-star doodler.