This is the fourth in a series of blog posts highlighting some of the drawings or doodlings (many of which are a series) that give you a peek into just how addicted to pen and pencil I am!

Where There’s a Whiteboard, There’s a Way

There is just something very satisfying about the way a dry erase marker glides over the smooth surface of a whiteboard. In addition to that, for as long as I can remember, large white spaces have always attracted me as places that need to be filled with drawings.

Early on I occasionally doodled on a whiteboard about as much as any person who likes to draw. Then I started to draw on any board with white space.

The fridge board at my house in college.

My office at CVVC.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

In the staff kitchen.

My office at CVVC.

The tables at Yogo Mogo.

My office at CVVC.

Jon James’ office.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

Somewhere at CMU.

Staff kitchen.

The services planning room (The War Room)at CVVC.

The tables at Yogo Mogo.

The sound booth at CVVC.

The services planning room (The War Room)at CVVC.

The staff kitchen.

The sound booth at CVVC. (I drew the octopus)

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

The services planning room (The War Room)at CVVC.

Staff kitchen.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

My office at CVVC.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

My office at CVVC.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

Staff kitchen.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

Somewhere at CMU

Staff kitchen.

My office at CVVC.

Staff kitchen

The receptionist desk

Staff kitchen.

My office at CVVC.

CMU

My office at CVVC.

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

Staff kitchen

My office at CVVC.

Jon James’ officce

The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

Once, after watching The Great Mouse Detective I drew Olivia on a whiteboard near my office which planted an idea in my head.

139_whiteboard — The Communications whiteboard at CVVC.

What if I started drawing cartoon characters from all the shows I remember as a kid? If I drew several of the main characters from every show I can remember, I would have an almost endless source. Then I thought about how many whiteboards are throughout the building at the church I work at. ‘It would be fun to sneak a cartoon on every one of my co-worker’s whiteboard? What if I hit every whiteboard I could find?’ And so, in 2014, I set out drawing one, maybe two, sometimes more cartoon characters everyday. I would start with one show and when I got into the more obscure characters, I would move on to another show. (The source of my cartoons was a playlist I built on YouTube several years prior to remember all the shows my brother and I used to watch as kids. Its a compilation of show intros/theme songs called Vintage Retro Memories)

CVVC Training Room whiteboard.

Communications whiteboard at CVVC

My office.

CVVC Training Room whiteboard.

Rick Kenagy’s office

Rick’s Office

CVVC Training Room whiteboard.

Usher closet at CVVC

Tim Brown’s office

Staff kitchen

Fellowship hall kitchen

Leslie’s office

Meeting room

Rachel’s office

Kim’s office

Kyla’s office

Outside the Outreach office

CVVC service planning room (The War Room)

Easel whiteboard

Derek’s office

Youth planning room

Children’s Ministry

Maintenance office

Children’s Ministry

Middle school building office

The green room

Marcie’s office

My office

Children’s Ministry

After I hit every whiteboard I could find I took a break…for about 3 years. Two drawings, to this date, have never been erased: Rocco Rabbit and Kuma the Cat. Then the bug bit me again in 2017 and I went after everyone’s whiteboards again.

My office

Jared’s office

Communications whiteboard

My office

Jared’s door whiteboard

Ceceilia’s office

CVVC Training Room

Fellowship Hall kitchen

Soundbooth

Easel

Usher closet

Scott’s office 1

Maintenance office

Tim Brown’s office

Dave’s office

Tenae’s office

Seth’s office

Reception

Easel

Meeting room

Outside the Outreach office

CVVC service planning room (The War Room)

Bryan’s office

Scott’s office 2

Jon Cox’s old office

Volunteer office

Rachel’s office

Youth planning room

Jeri’s office

Kim’s office

Staff kitchen

Gabe’s office

Youth planning room

The Green Room

Nursery front desk

Nursery room1

Nursery room2

Children’s Ministry

Children’s Ministry planning room

CVVC Gardens

Children’s Ministry planning room

CVVC Gardens

Children’s Ministry planning room

Children’s Ministry

Middle School building office

High school building storage

Dumpster

outreach/Maintenance

I ran out of whiteboards again, so I’m done for now. But as long as there is a whiteboard, there is way and I will never stop doodling on whiteboards.