Doodles as Inspiration

I always doodle when talking on the phone. Most often I doodle over watercolor "color tests". On the right side of my drawing table I tape pieces of watercolor paper & use them to dab little blobs of color as I mix the colors for use in my assignment. When taking a phone call, I absentmindedly draw into those free-form watercolor shapes. I scissor out my favorites and tape them into a sketch book. When I'm blocked and can't either come up with an idea or a character, I open my books of collected doodles and, many times, am freed from my dastardly block.