Doodles Coloring Pages
Welcome to my doodles coloring pages section.
Someone once filled a whole book with doodles left behind by American presidents, scribbled on meeting notes and scraps of paper. It turns out even the busiest people in the world start drawing boxes and swirls when a meeting runs long.
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Abstract doodle coloring pages
Geometric doodle coloring pages
Monster doodle coloring pages
Monsters might be the easiest thing in the world to doodle, because nobody can tell you yours looks wrong. An extra eye, a crooked horn or a few more teeth just makes it a different monster.
Unicorn doodle coloring pages
Nature doodles
Some doodles stick to one subject and repeat it until the whole sheet is full. Cats, hound dogs, ferns, jellyfish and storm clouds all work this way, and so do the four seasons.
About doodles
The word doodle used to mean a silly person, and it didn't mean a scribble until about the 1930s. Now it means a drawing you make while your mind is busy with something else, which might be the only kind of art with no mistakes in it.
I use the term doodle for a few different things including pages with lots of little random but related images (I think people call these sticker bombs these days), random swirls and very geometric comic book type abstract pages.
Five great reasons to doodle
- There are no rules. A doodle doesn't have to look like anything, so you can't get it wrong.
- It feels good. In one study, scientists watched people's brains while they doodled and saw the reward area light up, the same part that responds when something nice happens.
- It keeps a bored brain in the room. A little scribbling gives your mind just enough to do that it doesn't drift off into daydreams during a long talk.
- It helps you think. Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks are packed with little sketches squeezed in beside his notes, and sometimes a picture explains an idea faster than words.
- Everyone ends up with their own style. Give ten people a pen and ten minutes and you'll get ten completely different pages of swirls.