How to Journal Like an Artist: A Beginner's Guide to Keeping a Sketch Journal - The Easy Way to Learn to Doodle and Draw - Paperback

by Jane Maday (Author)

Jumpstart your creativity with this inspiring guide to transforming your daily journal into an illustrated record of your life, your thoughts, your loves, your goals

Special features:

• Perfect for the Beginner: Even if you have never picked up a pencil or marker, author Jane Maday's encouraging and easy-to-follow instructions will have you drawing in no time.
• A Wonderful Gift: Includes over 300 full-color drawings printed on premium quality paper with a sewn binding that allows you to open it flat.
• Great Author: Artist and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday is known for the super-cute art she includes in the journal pages she posts every day.
• Bonus: Five pages of fully colored original Jane Maday images you can cut out and collage into your own journal

Artist/author Jane Maday is a popular Instagrammer with a large following devoted to checking out the positive and affirming pages she posts daily from her own journal, which are populated with delightful doodles of garden flowers, kittens, cups of tea, and so much more. In How to Journal Like an Artist, Jane shares her how-to-draw process so that you too can add imaginative visual embellishments to your words.

Got a voice in your head saying, "But I can't draw"? Jane takes care of that with supportive advice on getting in touch with your creative side and silencing your inner critic. Can't think of anything to draw? Jane shows you that everything in your life can be an inspiration for your own personal art, whether it be your favorite foods, things that make you happy, or what you did yesterday.

Jane guides you through the basics of drawing faces, bodies, hands, babies, flowers, trees, dogs, butterflies, birds, and more. She also provides you with lettering templates, sample borders and banners, and other ideas for putting the finishing touches on your illustrated pages.

Finally, she provides you with five pages of beautiful fully colored images that you can cut out and use to collage into your own journal, as well as extra pages for you to practice your drawing.

Author Biography

Jane Maday is an artist, illustrator, and author of several North Light Books, as well as Nature's Sweet Moments, The Art of Positivity, and Everyday Art Exercises for Get Creative 6. Jane began her career at age 14 as a scientific illustrator for the University of Florida. After receiving a bachelor's degree from the Ringling College of Art and Design, she was recruited by Hallmark Cards. Her work has adorned dozens of books, collector plates, ornaments, cards, T-shirts, garden flags, jigsaw puzzles, and more. Jane lives in Colorado.