*let it snow * let it snow * let it snow *

Thanks for participating in

December's Doodle Week!

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Holiday On The Doodle Beach

Tomorrow's Doodle Theme:

Sunday ~ snowflakes

Snow People

Doodle Themes for the rest of 

December's Doodle Week:

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

Laura, our official Doodle Linky Lady, is on holiday.
So today's Doodle Linkies are up over
@ It's A Blog Eat Blog World.  

Sorry for any inconvenience.

~Doodle Mo

Angel

Doodle Themes for the rest of 

December's Doodle Week:

Friday ~ snow people

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

Our official Doodle Week Linkies are up at
It's A Blog Eat Blog World.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Merry Christmas!
Doodle Mo

Gingerbread

Doodle Themes for the rest of 

December's Doodle Week:

Thursday ~ angels

Friday ~ snow people

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

My Mr. Linky script won't work on this blog, since it's in Laura's name - and she's on holiday.  
So our official Doodle Week Linkies are up at
It's A Blog Eat Blog World.
Sorry for the inconvenience!!!
Doodle Mo

candy cane!

Doodle Themes for the rest of

December's Doodle Week:

Wednesday ~ gingerbread

Thursday ~ angels

Friday ~ snow people

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

Doodle Tree

Doodle Themes for the rest of

December's Doodle Week:

Tuesday ~ candy canes

Wednesday ~ gingerbread

Thursday ~ angels

Friday ~ snow people

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

December Doodle Week Is Coming!

Our December Doodle Week starts on Monday the 22nd and goes thru Sunday the 28th!
Hope you can join us for some doodlerriffic fun!
Over in the sidebar are some links to help you Doodle if you've never done so before (everyone is welcome to join us for Doodling!), and here's a link to a post that I did on How To Doodle with Paint on your PC.

Here's our theme words for the week:

Monday ~ trees

Tuesday ~ candy canes

Wednesday ~ gingerbread

Thursday ~ angels

Friday ~ snow people

Saturday ~ holiday beach vacation!

Sunday ~ snowflakes

Monday is also "tree" day for Manic Monday, so you can combine a post, if you want!
Two memes in one - now is that a holiday treat or what?!?
 
Happy Holidays from your Doodle Crew,

Mo, Claire, and Laura

Christmas Is...

I know not everyone has the same beliefs (or any) about Christmas but think of the month of December as the holiday season then think of the things you would like to doodle. Can you come up with a list of top five favourites? Add them to comments on this post.

Mine are: Christmas trees, Christmas trees and more Christmas trees. But I can make room for snowflakes, lights, gingerbread people and houses and snow people. You can always consider candy canes and snow angels too, those should be simple to draw if you just want to have fun.

Doodle Week December - December 22 to December 28th

Doodle Week November Starts Today!

This Doodle Week we have some mixed themes.

Monday - Draw a poppy for Rememberance Day/ Memorial Day.

Tuesday - Winter. Time for the season of snow (in some parts of the world).

Wednesday - Snowflakes. Draw a whole blizzard if you get inspired.

Thursday - Holiday stress. However you feel it, whatever your holiday.

Friday - Turkey Day. Thanksgiving in the US. Give a turkey a doodle and he'll roast in the oven just like the rest of them. ;)

Saturday - Which of the 5 senses is your favourite and show us why in a doodle.

Sunday - What sense or ability do you wish you had. Doodle it!

Happy doodling.

Doodle Week November... Coming Soon

Any thoughts on themes for this month?

In Canada we had Rememberence Day on the 11th. I'd like to have a poppy doodle as part of Doodle Week.

What else?

Maybe some wintery, snow themes?

Trick or Treat?

Witch T ime

Vampire Time!

Ghost Time

Monster Time

Pumpkins/Jack O'Lantern

Pink Boobies

Welcome to the October Doodle Week.

Plus for even more Boob fun, click the image below!

Another Doodle Week Is Coming!

Halloween Doodle Week is almost here!

Here are some suggestions for this week,

but remember  - you can doodle whatever you want!

Saturday the 25th: pink boobies ( October breast cancer awareness)
Sunday the 26th: pumpkin/jack o'lantern
Monday the 27th: monster
Tuesday the 28th: ghost
Wednesday the 29th: vampire
Thursday the 20th: witch
Friday the 31st: trick or treat

Link Back to Doodle Week for October

Thanks to Kelly at Design Bug we have a new banner which you can use to link back to Doodle Week. I will put up the link back code for this once I get a few things done over the weekend. This is our Thanksgiving here in Canada.

Come Play with Us October 25th

Doodle Week for October starts on October 25th which is going to be a Pink Day. Show off your pink bits, draw your own or just draw a really good pair of knockers/ boobies. Have fun.

Thanks For Sinning!

 

Thanks for Doodle Sinning with us!

Hope you enjoyed the Seven Deadly Sins -

make sure you come back soon for

October's Doodle Themes!

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Pride

Envy

Wrath

Sloth

Greed

Gluttony

Lust

The Seventh Terrace Of Purgatory

In the final Terrace Of Purgatory, the lustful must walk through a wall of flames.  Dante walks through the wall of flames, and then he can leave Purgatory.  He is then able to ascend into Paradise, and travel through the nine celestial spheres of Heaven.
Lust is our Doodle Sin for Sunday, September 21st.

September's Seven Deadly Sins Doodle Week 

starts tomorrow!

Are you ready?!?

The Sixth Terrace

In the Sixth Terrace Of Purgatory, Virgil, Dante, and Statius pass through the gluttonous.
The gluttonous are purged by abstaining from any food or drink. Here, the soul's desire to eat a forbidden fruit causes its shade to starve. To sharpen the pains of hunger, the gluttons on this terrace are forced to pass by cascades of cool water without being able to drink.
Gluttony is our Doodle Sin for Monday, September 22nd.

The Fifth Terrace

In the Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory, The avaricious  are purged by lying face-down on the ground, unable to move. Excessive concern for earthly goods—whether in the form of greed or extravagance—is punished and purified. The sinner learns to turn his desire of possessions or power to a love of God. It is here that Dante and Virgil meet the soul of Statius, who has completed his purgation and joins them on their ascent to paradise.
Greed, or avarice, is our Doodle Sin for Tuesday, September 23rd.

The Fourth Terrace

In Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante and his guide Virgil see the slothful in the Fourth Terrace Of Purgatory.
The slothful are purged by continually running. Those who were slothful in life can only purge this sin by being zealous in their desire for penance.
Sloth is our Doodle Sin for Wednesday, September 24th.

The Third Terrace

In the Third Terrace Of Purgatory, the wrathful are purged by walking around in acrid smoke. Souls correct themselves by learning how wrath has blinded their vision, impeding their judgment.
Wrath is our Doodle Sin for Thursday, September 25th.

The Second Terrace

In the Second Terrace Of Purgatory, Dante and Virgil encounter the envious, who are purged by having their eyes sewn shut and wearing clothes that makes their soul indistinguishable from the ground.
Envy is our Doodle Sin for Friday, September 26th.

The Terraces Of Purgatory

In Dante's Divine Comedy,Vergil, the author of the Aeneid is Dante's guide through the Nine Circles Of Hell and through the Seven Terraces Of Purgatory.  The Seven Terraces relate to the Seven Deadly Sins.

From Wikipedia:

"The gate of Purgatory is guarded by an angel who uses the point of his sword to draw the letter "P" (signifying peccatum, sin) seven times on Dante's forehead, bidding him to "wash you those wounds within." The angel uses two keys, silver (remorse) and gold (reconciliation) to open the gate – both are necessary.
The angel at the gate then warns Dante not to look back, lest he should find himself outside the gate again, symbolizing Dante having to overcome and rise above the hell that he has just left and thusly leaving his sinning ways behind him.
From there, Virgil guides the pilgrim Dante through the seven terraces of Purgatory. These correspond to the seven deadly sins, each terrace purging a particular sin in an appropriate manner. Those in purgatory can leave their circle whenever they like, but essentially there is an honor system where no one leaves until they have corrected the nature within themselves that caused them to commit that sin. Souls can only move upwards and never backwards, since the intent of Purgatory is for souls to ascend towards God in Heaven, and can ascend only during daylight hours, since the light of God is the only true guidance."

In the First Terrace, Virgil and Dante encounter the proud, who carry heavy stones on their backs, unable to stand up straight.  Pride is our Doodle Sin for Saturday, September 27th.

Over the next few days, we'll be exploring the remaining Terraces Of Purgatory, and how the sinners there work to purge their sins.

Doodle Week Theme: Saturday = Pride

The seventh and final of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Pride.
This will be our Doodle Word for Saturday, September 27th.

From Wikipedia:
"In almost every list pride (or hubris or vanity) is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor." In Jacob Bidermann's medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of this sin. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the penitent were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs in order to induce feelings of humility. "

So, hope these Wikipedia definitions

this week have given you some ideas

for your Seven Deadly Sins Doodles!  

Get ready for some Doodle Sin!

Doodle Week Theme: Friday = Envy

The sixth of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Envy.
This will be our Doodle Word for Friday, September 26th.

From Wikipedia:
"Like greed, envy may be characterized by an insatiable desire; they differ, however, for two main reasons. First, greed is largely associated with material goods, whereas envy may apply more generally. Second, those who commit the sin of envy resent that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it. Dante defined this as "love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs." In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire, because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. Aquinas described envy as "sorrow for another's good"

Doodle Week Theme: Thursday = Wrath

The fifth of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Wrath.
This will be our Doodle Word for Thursday, September 25th

From Wikipedia:
"Wrath (or anger) may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. These feelings can manifest as vehement denial of the truth, both to others and in the form of self-denial, impatience with the procedure of law, and the desire to seek revenge outside of the workings of the justice system (such as engaging in vigilantism) and generally wishing to do evil or harm to others. The transgressions borne of vengeance are among the most serious, including murder, assault, and in extreme cases, genocide. Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite". In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally rather than externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of wrath directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts."

Doodle Week Theme: Wednesday = Sloth

The fourth of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Sloth
This will be our Doodle Word for Wednesday, September 24th

From Wikipedia:
"More than other sins, the definition of sloth has changed considerably since its original inclusion among the seven deadly sins. In fact it was first called the sin of sadness or despair. It had been in the early years of Christianity characterized by what modern writers would now describe as melancholy: apathy, depression, and joylessness — the last being viewed as being a refusal to enjoy the goodness of God and the world he created. Originally, its place was fulfilled by two other aspects, acedia and sadness. The former described a spiritual apathy that affected the faithful by discouraging them from their religious work. Sadness (tristitia in Latin) described a feeling of dissatisfaction or discontent, which caused unhappiness with one's current situation. When Thomas Aquinas selected acedia for his list, he described it as an "uneasiness of the mind", being a progenitor for lesser sins such as restlessness and instability. Dante refined this definition further, describing sloth as being the "failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul." He also described it as the middle sin, and as such was the only sin characterised by an absence or insufficiency of love. In his "Purgatorio", the slothful penitents were made to run continuously at top speed.
The modern view of the vice, as highlighted by its contrary virtue of zeal or diligence, is that it represents the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts. For example, a student who does not work beyond what is required (and thus fails to achieve his or her full potential) could be labeled slothful.
Current interpretations are therefore much less stringent and comprehensive than they were in medieval times, and portray sloth as being more simply a sin of laziness or indifference, of an unwillingness to act, an unwillingness to care (rather than a failure to love God and his works). For this reason sloth is now often seen as being considerably less serious than the other sins, more a sin of omission than of commission.
The sloth, a South American mammal, was named after this sin by Roman Catholic explorers."

Doodle Week Theme: Tuesday = Greed

The third of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Greed
This will be our Doodle Word for Tuesday, September 23rd

From Wikipedia:
"Greed (or avarice, covetousness) is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery . Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed."

Doodle Week Theme: Monday = Gluttony

The second of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Gluttony
This will be our Doodle Word for Monday, September 22nd

From Wikipedia:
"Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy.
Depending on the culture, it can be seen as either a vice or a sign of status. Where food is relatively scarce, being able to eat well might be something to take pride in (although this can also result in a moral backlash when confronted with the reality of those less fortunate). Where food is routinely plentiful, it may be considered a sign of self control to resist the temptation to over-indulge.
Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony, arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods. He went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, including

• Praepropere, eating too soon;
• Laute (washedly), eating finely;
• Nimis, eating too much;
• Ardenter, eating burningly;
• Studiose (keenly), eating daintily;
• Forente (boringly), eating wildly."

 Who knew there were so many ways to be a glutton?

Doodle Week Theme: Sunday = Lust

The first of September's Seven Deadly Sins is Lust.
This will be our Doodle Word for Sunday, September 21st.

Lust (or lechery) is usually thought of as involving obsessive or excessive thoughts or desires, often of a sexual nature. The original translation from Dante's Divine Comedy was extravagance, and it later transformed into lust.

Seven Deadly Sins Doodle Week September

For September's Doodle Week  (9/21 to 9/27)

the theme is The Seven Deadly Sins

Sunday 9/21 Lust
Monday 9/22 Gluttony
Tuesday 9/23 Greed
Wednesday 9/24 Sloth
Thursday 9/25 Wrath
Friday 9/26 Envy

Saturday 9/27 Pride

Starting Sunday, I'll be describing each of
The Seven Deadly Sins,
to help give you some ideas. 
Since these are more "esoteric" themes 
than we've had before, we wanted to give you some time 
to think on 'em and get creative with your doodles!
cheers,
mo

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Coming Soon: September's Doodle Week Theme

To be announced soon: 

September's Doodle Week Theme

Since Laura was in charge of August's Doodle Week, Mo is tackling September.

Which leaves Claire to spook ya in October for Halloween Doodle Week!