Doodles by Subject

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Cat DoodleSmall cats built from circles, triangles and teardrops: faces and heads, whole cats, black and patterned cats, and kittens, each with its first strokes. A kitten going cross-eyed at a butterfly on its nose
Heart DoodlesThe heart symbol drawn 60 ways in pen: outlines, emblems with arrows and banners, filled and patterned hearts, and chains, borders and scatters. A heart with a small arched door and a round knob
Doodle BorderBorders to draw round a page, sorted by what repeats: lines, flowers and vines, shapes, borders in color, corner turns and full frames. A stripe border in rainbow order, one band per color
Rose DoodleRoses built from coils, triangles and teardrops: buds and spirals, open roses, stems with leaves and thorns, and roses set in a design. A lollipop rose: a round bloom on one long line, two leaves
Brain DoodleBrains built from a bean and a stem: outlines from the side and above, a dozen ways to draw the folds, brain characters and idea symbols. A brain inked in its grooves, the ridges left bare
Cactus DoodleCacti built from capsules, balls and flat pads: tall cacti, round and paddle cacti, potted cacti, and flowers, spines and desert scenes. Cactus skin as a grid of small spine stars
Star DoodleStars drawn 60 ways: stars in one go, shooting stars and sparkles, folded and nested stars, and rows, fills and made-up constellations. A shooting star with a ribbon tail that waves twice
Mushroom DoodlesInvented mushrooms built from domes, bells and cones: caps from one shape, clusters and rings, houses and characters, patterns and close-ups. A bell-cap mushroom on a slim wavy stalk
Tree DoodleSmall trees built from a trunk and one shape: leafy trees, pines and firs, bare, drooping and odd trees, and groves through the seasons. A forest edge: tall trunks behind, bushes in front
Doodle SnowflakesSnowflake designs, each given as the one arm to draw and repeat: plain arms, crystal and plate flakes, fancy arms, and flakes in a design. A flake with a small circle halfway along each arm

You know what you want to doodle (a cat, a star, a border round a page) and you want more than one way to do it. Each list here takes a single subject and gives 48 to 72 small versions of it, every one named by the shapes it is built from, with the first strokes written out.

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Cats come as faces, whole cats, black cats and kittens. Hearts come as outlines, emblems, fills and chains. Borders are sorted by the unit that repeats, with a kind for turning the corner. There are roses, cacti, brains, stars, mushrooms, trees and six-arm snowflakes too. Most need only a pen and a margin. Press the button for one doodle at a time, or scroll down for the whole list.

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