Several people have inquired about doodling how-to's.
I prefer to doodle on the "paint" function on my computer, but you can also doodle on paper and scan it in to your computer.
Or even doodle on paper and take a picture of it!

On the computer:
If you have a Mac, I'm no help (Miss Bee uses photoshop on her Mac, but that's all I know).

If you have a PC, go into "start" then "all programs" - you should have "paint" listed there.
On my desktop PC, it's listed separately, but on my laptop, it's under "accessories"
The icon for paint is a little cup with paint brushes in it.
Go in and start playing, that's how I learned.
When you have an image you like, click on file - save as - then name your doodle and save it into your "my pictures" as a .jpg --- this is important, especially if you use Blogspot/blogger.

Some tips in "paint" - I like to put in my background color first. To do that, click on the little blue can of spilling paint (this is your "fill with color" function), then on a color, then on the white background. Hint: there are more colors available in the drop-down tab marked "colors" across the top - more than what's across the bottom of your paint palette, that is.

Next, I usually add in the "background" scenery - like the grey Spooker hairs in today's Purrchance To Dream Flea Circus Doodle. Whatever you do next will cover stuff up, so it's like painting with acrylics on canvas! Then I put in the main subject in the foreground.
Think of your overall image in layers, and start from the background stuff first, and work up to the details.

Other icons:
I am not comfortable with the two dotted-outline icons for "select" but play with 'em to see if you are, they're just like editing a photo to insert something.
The eraser can be used to wipe away a boo-boo, but I prefer to use the "edit" -> undo function to get rid of a mistake: it removes your last "brushstroke". You can click on edit/undo three times consequtively. Trust me, I use edit/undo a LOT!
The little eye-dropper and the magnifier, again, I rarely use. If you hover your mouse over them, they tell you what they do.
Next is the pencil and the paint brush:
The pencil is good for some detail work, like adding in the veins on the fruit fly wings after I'd colored 'em in - but I don't draw with it much.
The paintbrush is what I use the most, other than color fill (with the spilly paint bucket from above). When you click on the paintbrush, you get 4 rows of paintbrush width options - I use the dots and the squares the most. Click on a color and the dot/square, and play with making "brush strokes" - yes, it takes some time to get used to! And remember, the edit/undo function will remove your last brush stroke, so I tend to do smaller strokes, so if I remove something I don't lose the whole object I'm working on.
Next is the spray paint can. I love using this function to add depth and texture to a picture - in up-coming doodles this week, you'll see how I've used it for tree foliage and for beach sand. It's also a great cover-up to mask big boo-boos.
See the capital A? That is a way you can add text to your doodle. But it is a PAIN IN THE ASS way to add text to a doodle. If you have any type of basic photo-editing software, it's WAY easier to save your doodle as a picture (remember: .jpg !) and then add in text in photo editing. Trust mo on this one, kids.
The \ line can be fun to do hard lines and right angles - play with it. Especially good for triangles.
I dont use the S looking one, because it's a pain.
Then there are the 4 geometric shapes. The circles and squares are fun, and the wonky L looking thing can be fun once you get used to it --- here's a hint: if you make a geometric shape using these, then want to do another, make sure you click on another "paint" feature in between, then click right back. For example, use the wonky L geometric shape to make a stop-sign, then click on the rectangle under neath the L. Then click right back to the L-thingy to do your next stop-sign.

So, these are s0me tips for "paint" - for every Doodle I do that I save, believe me, there are at least a half dozen that get erased! So don't think you will be Rembrant (or Picasso!) for every Doodle! I'd never used "paint" before last Doodle Week, so I'm still learning as I go.
If you have any more questions about "paint" I'll try to address them here in updates.
Have fun Doodling!
mo