Unless of course your professor is still talking. Add a few squiggly lines to show movement, and you’re finished. Now just dot with your pen our pencil all around your shapes. Add some little “x’s” about the same size as your circles spaced out just as randomly. First begin with little circles, like little bubbles spaced out randomly. It’s super simple and after only a few seconds your paper can look like a fairy just flew past. I developed a doodle which I call “pixie dust” in high school. Try making them lined, plaid, tiger striped, or even argyle! Pixie Dust If you get bored with the normal shapes, try filling them in with fun patterns. Not that I needed 4, but it’s still an accomplishment Hearts and StarsĬhances are you learned how to draw hearts and stars in grade school, so they are super easy to incorporate into the margins of your notebooks. I’ve developed 3-4 different ways to write a cursive “j” just from doodling. So what should you doodle? Here’s a list of some things you can start drawing today: Your Nameĭoodling your name is second nature to most students. So a higher GPA this year? Well, it’s potentially a few doodles away. According to this Time article, doodlers were able to remember 29% more information from a speech then non-doodlers in a study on the topic. Believe it or not, doodling actually has been known to help people retain information from long lectures better than those without the doodle urge. In preparation (or continuation)of a brand new school year, I thought it would be fun to discus doodling.

Random doodling