Hi DT friends and welcome new folks - Wendy here. So happy to see you.
Our little experiment creating the world’s first audio-drawing-show seems to have been a hit! So let’s keep going. Welcome to the second episode of what we’re calling the "DrawTogether Podcast.” (Until we think up a catchier name.) Grab a pencil and a piece of paper, and press play above.
Our first episode was a calming, centering drawing exercise. This one is different: it’s about imagination. In this episode I teach you my favorite drawing game… a game with NO RULES. It’s called The Doodle Game.
Many artists I know play this game. And I was delighted to learn that psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott - the same guy behind the theory of transitional objects (like blankets and stuffies) and the “good enough” mother - used a version of the doodle game with young children to help them communicate ideas and feelings. But he called it "The Squiggle Game.”
But this isn’t therapy. The Doodle Game is a simple drawing game for kids of ALL ages you can do anywhere, anytime, on your own or with a friend, to loosen up your creative brain and jumpstart your imagination.
I’d love to see what you do, and I’m sure others would too. If you want, please share your drawing on Instagram and tag @drawtogether.studio so everyone can see each other’s doodle-drawings. Here’s mine, based on my doodle above.
Also, a little note: usually I’d be encouraging you/kids to go your own way, and not be too influenced by my silly looking dog with a monkey’s tail. But part of the magic of The Doodle Game is you can’t help but move in your own, unique direction. No rules. No expectations. You’ll see. :)
Okay, let me know what you think in the comments below - about this episode and any suggestions or requests you have about this new audio-drawing-class-show format. The request/feedback line is open.
And if you’d like to support this new audio-cast (and DrawTogether in general), you can become a paid subscriber. Thanks so much for being part of the DT fam.
I used to do this with my daughter 25 years ago! One of us would scribble and the other would find something within in and finish the drawing. We took turns scribbling. We would do lots at one time! All ages fun. (I thought I'd invented it! lol) <3 <3 <3
Love it! It’s a great game to play together. And I love how many people invented it. The sign of a really good idea :)
Hi,dear Wendy! I like the doodle game.Unfortunately I can only redraw other drawing and I can't
become a paid subscriber.My age is more than eighty'.Thank you for your information.Sincerely yours. Efim
Hi! Kids Of all ages means you too :) Don’t worry if you’re not able to be a paid subscriber - you’ll still get our weekly newsletter and podcast :) ❤️
I tell the kids at school, "Anyone can draw a bird. Do a scribble than add a beak, legs, wings. It's a bird!" We all need to doodle more.
thank you very much.
This was fun! Going to use it when bored or having trouble concentrating in meetings.
Lol boredom is fertile ground for art making - can’t wait to hear how it goes ❤️❤️