Carved Alphabet

If you are not afraid to use a dark pencil or a pen to draw on plastic erasers, you can carve your own stamps. Here is an alphabet I carved. Just remember to draw the letters backwards or transfer them on with graphite paper. I like the freshness of drawing straight onto the carving material. But if you are timid there are other transfer methods.

Once you put your drawings onto stamps,  you can share them with everyone.  Stamp them on stickers, fabric, playing cards, art cards, mirrors, leather, or ornaments.

When Drawing Grows Up

Keep up your doodling. It can lead to bigger and better things. Doodling can lead up to having more skills for art journaling, graphic arts, project designs, fabric printing, and so on.

Here are some A.C.E.O.'s I just made. Try your doodles over some fancy backgrounds and see what you think. Experimenting with mixed media is a lot of fun. You can doodle on erasers with a permanent marker and then carve it into a stamp as I did in the photos. Have fun coming up with new ideas.

These are all watercolor on Bristol paper.

Hand carved stamps that started out as doodles.  Take your doodles to all new levels or just enjoy doodling for it's own enjoyment.