February Daily Doodle time

Be Brave

THE STRUGGLE
I am excited to share a little piece of some new work I am doing. I have not liked how I have been coloring my line art prior to this because it was flat and boring. I am a self-taught techy, especially where Photoshop is concerned. (Youtube tutorials are very helpful.) By trial and error I have learned to color my art digitally after I create my line art. I found that after the line art was done, the digital portion of my work was sucking the fun and joy out of my hobby. I have even lost a little of the love of creating and that hurt as I create to be happy.

STYLE
After watching other artists having definite styles of their own and be successful this year, I realized I was at an impasse and needed to improve. I have since sought out others to evaluate my work. I started looking at new mediums. What started out as a hobby in May 2015 has become a passion. One I am not willing to readily give up on. In order to become successful one must improve. This is ever true in Art, which is why I love it. It gives my mind wings, and my heart and spirit room to grow. I don't just love this. I NEED this. As I believe all humanity does. Are you not happier when you create something of your very own?

WATERCOLOR?
I started water coloring when I was about 13. I just dabbled. Added color to a few little projects here and there. When I went to college I took watercolor classes. I also took oil, pastels, portrait, and drawing classes. Of course my favorite was watercolor. It's simple, forgiving. It starts light, and can be as dark as you make it. Years later, I had forgotten this love. Until I started paying attention to other artist and their styles. Specifically, clip artists.

INSPIRATION
A new friend of mine Sarah of Sarah Pecorino Illustrations and Designs creates work that looks like watercolor. Hers is done digitally. Which is entirely impressive to me. Upon getting to know her better, I was enthralled by the quality of her work and experience. (Let's just say, I want to be her when I grow up.) I was inspired by her amazing art, so I bravely asked her if it was okay to take the idea of watercolor and add it to my artwork. I would be doing it by hand though. She was very encouraging and helpful. So, here I am.

I am pleased to reveal the first color clip art that is part of a two set series. Here to debut my new style of color and design is King Franky the Fox. Reminding you and me to BE BRAVE! 



My art is on Redbubble now. If you love him as much as I do, you may just want to have a t-shirt, sticker, mug, pillow or bag with his darling face printed on it.

Follow this link to purchase him. ----------------->  Be Brave Little Fox

He will be included in a clip art set coming in the next few days in my Teachers Pay Teacher store as well as my Etsy Shop. 

SHARE
If you love him, share him with friends. He is a great reminder to us all to take the leap of faith it takes to create something to bring you joy. Don't be afraid to be out there. Don't be afraid to improve. Don't ever stop growing.

With love,

Love Bots - Robot Love Doodle Set

Valentines smalentines. I am not a huge fan. However, I do love it at school because my students excitement is contagious. I wanted to create a set to celebrate the holiday that didn't just focus on the normal nonsense images. After recently binge watching Star Wars (the entire series), the little love bots idea was born. I have had 2 days of snow days here in the southwest, so it gave me the time to create before the idea found someone else to land on.

Color and line art! 

These little darlings came alive for me on the page. I adore them. I will be creating valentines you can print out as well. Will just take me a few days. For now, you can own the clip art for yourself. Your students will love these. Color them, print them in color, add them to your classroom fun. The would also look great on cards or scrapbook pages.

Here is a little freebie to show the quality of my work. Right click and save to your computer.

Enjoy and be happy!

~The Daisyaday Doodler

My Creative Process

This is an example of my process.

 I start with a sketch and copy it to my high quality Strathmore multimedia paper. Then, I add a little love to each picture with lines, shading and dots. Next, I scan the page and take it digital. 

The digital part is as much work as the drawing. I separate each image by cropping and making it transparent in Photoshop. Then,

I save each image in a .jpeg and .png format. Later, when I am done with each image I go back and digitally color them.

This is a cute little pet set that I will be using in my classroom as we read, I Wanna Iguanna. I am particularly proud of my iguana doodle. He's intense. 💗 

This set will go live by the end of the day, once they are colored and I can create a cover. Watch for it. It has lots of uses.

UPDATE - Here it is!!

iWanna Pet set - Teachers Pay Teachers

Fun Kids

A friend of mine placed a custom order with me a few months back. As a teacher artist, the first of the year is pretty busy. I worked at it slowly, but have created her children in clip art.

She sent me a few photos and gave me a list and an image or 5 to create each child's favorite thing(s). I have clumped them together into a boy set and girl set for your purchasing pleasure. I am sure that her children's favorites might just be some of your favorites also.

They are awfully cute! Little girls things and little boy bugs and adventures. I am sure you could find something creative to do with them.

You can find them in my usual stores. Etsy - DaisyADayDoodles or Teachers Pay Teachers - DaisyADayDoodles.

If you have a custom order you would like to have me draw check out my contact page and email me your ideas. I will do my best to fulfill your doodles wishes. We can talk about my fee's when you email. I am pretty reasonably priced. You can check out my sites to see my usual prices.

Instagram and Facebook Give-a-ways!

Hi friends.
I am feeling the love tonight. I have worked hard for the last month and a half to post 19 cute clip art sets. I reached a milestone of 100 likes on Face Book and 100 followers on Instagram. So, I want to give back. Follow the instructions on the flyer for a chance to win a free clip art set of your choice.

The winner number will be chosen at random by my sister. She is the reason I got this off the ground. It was her prodding to share my art that helped me open an Etsy shop. It just took off from there.

Thank you all for your love and support. Here's hoping for the sky to continue to be the limit! I am definitely enjoying the journey!

FACEBOOK RULES for the give-a-way.

Instagram Rules for give-a-way.