Join me for a free online art class where we learn how to start a creative journal. Get inspired by your everyday, whether at home or traveling and learn many of the tips and tricks I use to keeping creativity in my daily life with my journal. I will share some basic tips, art tools and methods and then we will dive in and fill the first blank spread in out journal with a colorful watercolor illustration celebrating our creative journey!

Note: Videos for free art classes are created using recordings from the “live” Zoom session. All participants faces and names are omitted from the videos.

Life moves quickly - before you blink 1 year, 5 years, 10 years or more have flown by. Keeping a creative journal not only lets us savor the moments, but also gives us a record of our lives at the place and time, however esoteric or random they may be! 

In this section you will learn about why keeping a creative journal is such a wonderful practice, what tools you'll need, when is a good time to journal and more.

For many a  stumbling block to starting a creative journal may be that they feel they just can't draw, so it's not worth trying. I'm here to dispel that myth. I truly believe everyone has the creative ability to draw. When we lose the need for perfection (or realism, as cameras and photographs do this really well), we can learn to relax and create a meaningful journal entries we are proud of! 

In this section we will review 3 simple, approachable drawing techniques I recommend to get started - the doodle, the sketchy and the wonky. I will discuss how I define each method, and then we will practice together and create 2 drawings, an ice cream cone and a building in each of these three ways. 

One of the most daunting things about starting a creative journal is the first blank spread. How should you fill it up?

In this section we will draw and paint a spread filled with imagery, color and words to set intentions for the upcoming season. This exercise can be modified or redone at any time of year by just changing a few letters and colors as you'd like!

In this section, we will review the work we made in our creative journal and I'll inspire you with many other ways to continue your journal journey!

Below are several links to Pinterest boards where I have gathered loads of different creative journal prompts and ideas! Spend a few minutes looking through these images, find one that sparks your creativity, and start journaling!