While tangling in a local tea shop – I started playing with Doo-Dah and ended up with some unexpected results. My first few strokes went a little wonky, not quite a straight line and since I was using a the pretty fine Micron 01 pen, it called for a fairly delicate little horizontal line.

I have also been experimenting with adding a little weight to the corners of line intersections, so the resulting doo dah looked a little curvy, which was fun. I drew a second doo-dah next to it, and suddenly I saw a forest emerging from these basic strokes.  I lost myself for the whole length of my tea latte on that cold day and was happy to have my watercolor with me to add further interest.

If you have never tried doo-dah, here is the more traditional way it is approached. But it is certainly a tangle that has a lot of potential for play!