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how to doodle a moon.

five lines: a crescent, a nightcap and one eye that won't quite close. the shortest doodle lesson we have.

A doodle of a crescent moon in a nightcap, jaw wide open in a huge yawn, one heavy-lidded eye still peering down, in black pen.
the moon on the night shift. it draws itself here the way you'd draw it.

step by step

  1. Step 1: a fat crescent with a wide notch cut into its inside edge.

    a fat crescent. one line, round on the outside. on the inside edge, cut a wide notch partway down: that's its mouth, mid-yawn.

  2. Step 2: a floppy nightcap over the top tip.

    a nightcap. a floppy cap over the top tip, drooping off to the side.

  3. Step 3: a small round pompom at the end of the cap.

    a pompom. a little loop at the end of the cap.

  4. Step 4: a short heavy eyelid with a dot under it, and the moon is done.

    one sleepy eye. a short flat line for the lid, a dot just under it. still awake, barely. done.

what makes a moon cute

three more moons to try

A doodle of a fat harvest moon sunk up to its eyes in a scarf far too big for it, the stripy end streaming out behind, in black pen.
the moon who found its scarf. a full moon this time. draw the scarf right across the bottom half and let the end fly.
A doodle of a full moon with its eyes squeezed shut and a gritted zigzag grimace, a spiral of thought looping over its head, in black pen.
moon cringing at its own memory. a round face, a zigzag for gritted teeth, a spiral above. it just remembered something.
A doodle of a crescent moon on tiptoe mid-step, glancing back over its shoulder with a sly little mouth, in black pen.
the moon sneaking off. give the crescent two legs mid-step and turn the eye back. sneaky is mostly the eye.

a moon for the two of you

in wiggle together a moon is a little world you share with one person. you doodle back and forth: one draws, the other colors it in. every day you both draw for it, the moon glows and its streak grows. when a day slips by, it says whose turn it is.

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