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Diatom Doodles
Reflection
Meaning: This is the foundation of my art. It’s the ingredient that helps smooth things out and can be used to cleanse. It’s ancient in my lore and comes in all sorts of shapes and patterns.
Already partly there...
I think my doodles already resemble diatoms pretty well, so it probably won’t be hard to make them look alike.
Creative Workbook
Description
Size: Letter
Started: 04/23/2026
Finished: In-Progress
Started: 04/23/2026
Finished: In-Progress
My standard confetti doodles inspired by diatomes.
Process Notes
Planning Notes
- Just gotta go for it.
Progress Notes
- 4/23/2026 - I started, and it looks cool, but now I’m thinking I want to make it seem like diatomaceous earth (thus the name of the piece). Problem is I already started…will I be able to change it fine?
- I’ll probably be able to change it fine.
- 4/25/26 - I accidentally got some tempura paint from my The Us project onto the doodle side. It’s the only slip up I made so I’m at least happy about that fact. So now it’s time to figure out how to cover it it. I have ideas though.
- 04/27/26 - Welp, that didn’t work. I mean…it’s fine. But I really don’t like it. My problem was in the second layer of gel pen that made it all sticky and then my pen kept clogging and couldn’t write over it. One layer works well but blended with the tempura underneath. I’m thinking I’ll take a water brush to the area to get rid of the gel-pen (which are normally soluble) and hopefully most of the tempura. Then I’ll lightly gesso the area and doodle over that. The white of the gesso is more ivory that the Canson Graduate Mixed Media Paper but I think it’ll work. Or it’ll make it WAY worse. Guess we’ll see.
Completion Notes
- CONTENT
Supplies
| Material | What I Used | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pen | Sakura Pigma Microns | The Microns work just as well as it does with Canson XL Mixed Media Paper. |
Inspiration & References
By Prof. Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University - corp2365, NOAA Corps Collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=246319
Images by Jack Drafahl from Pixabay
