My page this week is meant to span Week 41 (October 10) and Week 42 (October 17).  I decided to make the prompt “A Doodle A Day – 9 Days A Week”.  That will make more sense as you look at how I blocked off the daily areas on my page…

It’s been a few weeks since one of my pages had a border, so I figured it was time to bring it back.  I wanted something narrow and penciled in one around the perimeter of the page.

I taped off the center seam so the black paint wouldn’t creep onto the next page.  I like Dylusions Paint because it dries to a smooth, matte finish that accepts pen work, spray inks, and just about anything else I throw at it.

Once the black paint dried I used a red marker and added some details; dash marks around two sides and dots around the others.

I could have divided the page into 7 sections, one for each day of the next week, but decided that 9 was easier since I didn’t have to think of a creative way to make those 7 sections.  (Yup, I’m lazy some of the time!)

Since I’m doodling, once each day of the week and then a couple of other times, I figured doodling the dividers made sense.  I’m using a Superfine Black PITT Pen.  You’ll see that I’ve added white dots to the dashed lines in the border.  I felt as though it was a little boring and too dark.  That was done with a Sharpie Water Based Paint Pen in the Extra Fine thickness.

Since I have 9 blocks to work with, and since I created the page on Sunday, I went ahead and doodled in the first one at that time.  I also changed the border again, this time altering the shape so it bulged in places.

I’d like to say that was a creative option, but it wasn’t.  The big blob at the top was a doodle that went awry.  Terribly awry, with the best option to cover it completely.  Of course then the dilemma became how to integrate a blob into the design without it looking like an eyesore.  I added an additional bulge along the left side and used a white pen to dot them both, which helps tie them together and tie them with the other white dotted parts of the border.  As I go along I think I’ll add more bulges to make it look less like an afterthought.  Or that I was covering a mistake.

The real question is if I’ll be able to squeeze in one doodle a day.  We shall see how it goes!