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The Art of Doodling: Stream of Consciousness Drawing

The document discusses different types of doodling and drawing including stream of consciousness drawing, outsider art, automatic drawing, psychoanalytic drawing, pure design, narrative design, and journaling. Doodling is described as tapping into subconscious thought and showing the flow of ideas. It is compared to surrealist automatism and is used in psychoanalysis to reflect unconscious thoughts. Pure design focuses only on visual elements while narrative design tells a story. Journaling is also sometimes included in doodles. Samples and a student example are provided.

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The Art of Doodling: Stream of Consciousness Drawing

The document discusses different types of doodling and drawing including stream of consciousness drawing, outsider art, automatic drawing, psychoanalytic drawing, pure design, narrative design, and journaling. Doodling is described as tapping into subconscious thought and showing the flow of ideas. It is compared to surrealist automatism and is used in psychoanalysis to reflect unconscious thoughts. Pure design focuses only on visual elements while narrative design tells a story. Journaling is also sometimes included in doodles. Samples and a student example are provided.

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Stream of Consciousness Drawing

The Art of Doodling


Doodling is a means for an
artist to tap into the
subconscious part of the
thought process to help
generate ideas.

Doodling also shows the


steam of a persons thoughts
and daydreams as they
travel from one topic or
subject to another.

Doodling is usually obvious by its


seemingly random nature, and the
visual connectivity of what seem like
very unrelated elements.

Doodling also has several visual


characteristics in terms of line weight,
repetition, pattern and rhythm that are
very distinct from other forms of drawing.
Madge Gill
“Outsider Art”
Outsider art is art created by people with no formal artistic training, and often
from individuals who have mental or emotional issues such as Autism,
Depression.

Doodling is one form of creating that is almost universal to these individuals as a


means of self expression.
Automatic Drawing (Automatism)
Automatism is a surrealist
technique based on spontaneous
writing and drawing, practiced
without conscious artistic self-
censorship.

The automatic writing and drawing


initially practiced by surrealists can
be compared to similar
phenomena, the improvisation of
free jazz being one.

Surrealist automatism is different


from mediumistic automatism,
which purportedly uses messages
from ghosts, spirits or other
supernatural sources.

NOTE: We are not


practicing this.
Psychoanalytic Drawing
• Today psychoanalysis comprises
several interlocking theories
concerning the functioning of the mind.

• This also refers to a specific


treatment in which the "analyst”
and patient brings up material,
including free associations,
fantasies, and dreams, through
doodling.
• Then the patient and the analyst
attempt to use the drawings to
figure out the unconscious basis
for the patient's symptoms and
resolve the problems.
– In this process, the analyst uses
drawings and doodles as a tool
because they (in theory) reflect the
thoughts of the unconscious mind.
Pure Design
• Pure design refers to
drawings and doodles
that have are strictly
design oriented.
• Pure design does not
necessarily tell a
story, make sense or
even have any
recognizable subject
matter.
Pure design can range from simple…
… to complex.
Narrative Design
Narrative design is a
drawing that tells a
story through its
visual elements
and/or the way the
elements are tied
together.
Narrative
design, by its
very nature,
the fact that it
is telling a
“story”, tends
to be more
complex.
Journaling…
Doodles, being an expression
of the subconscious, often also
contain words or bits of thought
(hence the early idea of
automatic writing).

Your doodle may include (but


does not have to) text.

In narrative doodles, journaling


can often help communicate
ideas.
some misc. samples…
Doodling in action…
Student doodling…
your assignment ???

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