Doodle Projects: Launch Your Art

By Cindylee Ginter and Wendy L. Bialek

This book is about stretching the boundaries of your imagination! Wouldnt you like to get your drawings out of your notebook and onto chairs, clocks, jewelry, wrapping paper, furniture, and other interesting art and decor projects? The ideas presented in this book will take your 2D doodles into a 3D world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514430651

Cindylee Ginter

Cindy Ginter, a.k.a. PotteryGod, resides in Whitehouse, Ohio. She was born in Northern California but spent most of her life in the Midwest. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Toledo. Cindy has been doodling since art class in high school. She became a part-time potter in 1992 and has long featured her doodles on her mugs, bowls, platters, and sculptures. Her pottery is described as whimsical, colorful, and fun. Cindy has been most inspired by the artwork of Dr. Seuss. Her doodles also can be found on her ties and other items that she creates on Zazzle.com. One of Cindy’s unique clay beads was featured in Simply Beads magazine incorporated with Wendy’s jewelry design. Cindy opened her shops, called PotteryGod, on Etsy.com and Zazzle.com in 2006. Find her work on www.potterygod.etsy.com, on Zazzle.com under Potterygod, and on her blog http://potterygod.blogspot.com. Wendy Bialek, a Chicago-area native, is an artist, jewelry designer, staging consultant, inventor, and mom. Wendy lives with her husband, Lee, and teenage son, Zachary. Zachary is on the autism spectrum and inspires her every day! Wendy enjoys working with many art mediums and has been selling her jewelry since May 2004. Wendy’s jewelry has been described as “organic and perfectly color coordinated.” Wendy’s work has been featured in Simply Beads Magazine and also has written a how-to article in BeadStyle magazine. You can find Wendy’s shop on Etsy.com called LOL2, which stands for Love Out Loud 2. Wendy sells her doodles, jewelry, and woodwork in her shop. She finds inspiration everywhere, especially from other artists, her son, and her sister, Cindy, the co-author of this book. Wendy became hooked on doodling and has been delving into Zen-tangle-like doodling for relaxation and fun. “It is so deliberate yet free, and anything goes!” according to Wendy. This is why she loves it so much! Visit her site, and see what Wendy has been up to! For more information, see Wendy’s website: www.lol2.etsy.com.

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Copyright © 2016 by Cindylee Ginter; Wendy L. Bialek. 730315

ISBN:   Softcover             978-1-5144-3066-8

             Hardcover            978-1-5144-3067-5

             EBook                  978-1-5144-3065-1

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Rev. date: 04/05/2016

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Contents

Project 1: Online Projects

Project 2: Doodle Tubes

Project 3: Glass Stone Jewelry

Project 4: Wood Burning

Project 5: Doodling on Stuff

Project 6: Art Tiles- how to make your designs POP

Project 7: Chair Coverings

Project 8: Shadow Boxes

Project 9: Greeting Cards

Project 10: Tattoodles

Wendy’s Doodle Gallery

Cindy’s Doodle Gallery

Introduction

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Launch Your Art

If you are reading this book, you may have filled up notebooks full of doodles and thought, What am I going to do with all these cool designs? Somehow, your gorgeous images have to escape the notebook and become something more! You had some ideas like: give away framed pictures and make some homemade greeting cards for your family and friends. Maybe your designs are famous on Pinterest? Maybe you sold some art cards on Etsy?

This book is about stretching the boundaries of your imagination! Why not get your drawings out of your notebook and onto T-shirts, ties, watches, jewelry, purses, pillows, furniture and other interesting art and decor projects? The ideas presented in this book will launch your 2D doodles into a 3D world.

Doodle Styles

We love all doodles! We love the vivid contrast of the black & white abstract images and we love the multi-colored doodles as well. Some people love to doodle animals, people and other everyday objects.