Thursday, April 9, 2015

H - Hobby

My first attempt at Doodling :)

We all have hobbies, don't we? For some, it may be some sort of collections like coins or stamps, reading, painting, swimming and so on. A hobby can be defined as "an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure."

Reading, writing and blogging that had started off as hobbies for me quickly turned into a passion. Yes, I can't imagine a single day without reading or writing. As a kid, I used to love to draw. But like all things that happen as we grow up, it was soon forgotten, casually dismissed as being too childish by my grown up self.

And recently, all thanks to social media, I discovered something called as doodling. Now, the thing about drawing doodles is that anyone can do it. You need not have to be an expert, nor does the doodle have to be perfect. With that comfort in mind, I sat down one morning and with the help of YouTube, created the above doodle. How's it? :D

Learning something new is so much fun. And once I started doing it, I realized that I miss the thrill of learning and doing something new, unlike childhood days when we would jump in head first and think later when it came to any activity, for that matter. 

So, tell me, when was the last time you tried learning something new? Do you have any sort of unusual hobbies? Let me know!

P.S. I'm working on the remaining parts of Gouri (yesterday's post) in my head. Shall publish it soon, hopefully.


Linking this post to the A to Z Challenge





44 comments:

  1. they all are so cute :D adorable doodles :)

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    1. Thanks Raj :) They were too cute to resist!

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  2. Sweet Doodles!! I too love trying out new things. I tried coffee painting. Loved the experience as the smell of,coffee keeps you hooked! It lingers in the painting to. I gifted them to friends :) I want to try zentangling. Maybe after this blogging challenge.

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    1. Thanks Vidya :) I have heard of coffee painting and it sounds wonderful. I have seen a few videos on zentangling and it looks very interesting. Should try it out sometime.

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  3. Loved your cute doodles, wonderful :-)

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  4. Learning something new is always fun!

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  5. Ah, your doodles are superb and my unusual hobby would be to sit and observe people. In fact at one time I wished that I had the power of invisibility to watch strangers go about their everyday life without noticing me :)

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    1. I love observing people too :) We need an invisibility cloak right? Thanks Prasanna!

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  6. It is soo cute.. loved your post Aathira :)

    Cheers

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  7. Hi Aathira! It's my first time to visit your page for the A-Z Challenge blog hop. It's cool to see the doodles. I have lots of favorites, the big one on the upper right and the one which looks like a dino to the left of the ninja.

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    1. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, Maria! :)

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  8. Love the doodles! New follower here. I'm stopping by from the "A to Z" challenge, and I look forward to visiting again!

    Sylvia
    www.writinginwonderland.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you, Sylvia! I'm hopping over to your blog right away :)

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  9. really cute doodles!! I make these designs out of kundan stones...all kinds of them!

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    1. Thank you, Titli :) Kundan stone work must look really beautiful!

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  10. These doodles are too cute, Aathira. Learning something new is always fun. Currently I am exploring food photography. It is so much fun.
    *Shantala @ ShanayaTales*

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  11. Oh you are good at them Aathira. Keep going ;)

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  12. So cute! I too discovered tangling on the net during the last atoz challenge. Have a great time.

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  13. I loved your doodles they're adorable. And thanks to Inderpreet I discovered your blog!

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  14. So cute. I love doodling too. :) origami is my new interest as my kid asks to make stuff out if paper for him. It is great to try and learn new things. :)

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    1. Thank you, Vinitha :) I have never trued origami. Shall google it :)

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  15. That is good. Now from doodling try to graduate to Cartooning ! Drawing cartoons can be made really crisp if you can write nice captions too, which you can do very well. R K Laxman's cartoons were famous only because of their appropriate captions

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    1. Thanks so much for your encouraging words. The Common Man by R K Laxman is definitely a masterpiece. I shall try my hand at cartooning too :)

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  16. Doodles looks like real fun!
    And I loved yours!

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  17. Doodling sure is a stress buster. I have my first doodle framed and hung in my bedroom :)

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    1. I think I do remember seeing a picture of yours :)

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  18. Your doodles look lovely. I tried learning Spanish a year ago through Duolingo. It was absolute fun. Have stopped due to time constraint. Need to continue learning :)

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    1. Thank you, Sundari! Spanish and Italian are languages that sounds like fun. I hope you get time to continue it :)

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  19. Your doodles look lovely. I tried learning Spanish a year ago through Duolingo. It was absolute fun. Have stopped due to time constraint. Need to continue learning :)

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  20. They are really cute, doodling maybe easy but you gotta have a steady hand :) I started on paper quilling recently and am loving it so far.

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    1. Thanks K! Paper quilling is something which I have no patience for :D

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  21. your doodles are lively.. i can see myself in this post of yours.. :)
    do update gouri.. :)

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  22. Your doodles are soo cute... Keep doodling! :)

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  23. I tried crocheting a pair of booties for a friend. I love the idea of being able to create beautiful things from thread and yarn..

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