 Full page of stream of consciousness doodles. you can see the beginnings of my birdhouse design on this page |  Got a little excited after receiving a rainbow pack of sharpies and fooled around with colours and designs |  More doodles, this time in more of a thumbnail arrangement. Sometimes images overlap or come out sub par, and other times they can be their own standalone pieces. both are on this page! |
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 An example of a stream of consciousness page that turned into a finished piece. I was doodling different flower patterns and decided to paint them on my birdhouse. |  an example of a stream of me experimenting with new supplies on different mediums. Ink, acrylic, and sticky notes are seen here |  Testing out different coloured pens on different coloured papers |
Once I have an idea, I start planning it out with thumbnails or drafts. My thumbnails are very small and quick sketches of what the piece will look like. In them, I experiment with composition, colour, shading, background and shape. It usually has very little detail. When planning out more realistic or detailed pieces, I usually do studies of the subject in question before moving on to drafts or thumbnails
 Thumbnails experimenting with different shading and composition |  The final piece from the previous thumbnails |  The thumbnail and study for my "ears-up female" piece. I also used this page to experiment with colours |
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 A couple quick blind-contour sketches and some testing of the charcoal pencils before completing the "Halloween Decoration" piece. I'm not always pleased with the results! |  I combined studying and thumbnails in these drafts; studying the hand positions but adding in the blueberries and colour |  Examples of a study/draft and thumbnails for a drawing |
 thumbnails and a rough draft with some pen/colour experimentation for the Keyboard piece |
My creative process often starts here. I open a page in a sketchbook draw whatever pops into my head without thinking too hard about it; the pictures are often small doodles or thumbnails so that I don't obsess too much over the details. I use whatever supplies I have around me, often experimenting with new pens. Sometimes not a single 'doodle' on the page ever makes it to becoming a full piece, but that's ok, as I am happy to just exercise my creativity.
THUMBNAILS AND STUDIES
CREATIVE PROCESS
How do I go about creating my art?