Artist's Sketchbook for Imaginary Trips
A course by Koi Samsa, Design and Plastic Artist
Illustrate your own universe in an artist's sketchbook by mixing styles, materials, and techniques
All aboard! Take an imaginary trip full of creativity and illustrate your ideas, your dreams, and your emotions in an artist's sketchbook. Join multidisciplinary artist Koi Samsa and create an expressive sketchbook by combining plastic, visual, and literary art forms.
In this course, create a travel notebook without leaving home and explore your inner artist. Mix styles, colors, techniques, and light up every page of your creative journey with artistic expression.
What will you learn in this online course?
20 lessons & 24 downloads
What's included in this course?
Start the course by getting to know Koi Samsa, who tells you about her career as a multi-facted artist, designer, and content creator. She also shares her biggest influences and sources of inspiration that drive her work in each one.
Next, learn how to design a structured approach that allows you to take this creative trip repeatedly and develop a method to help you organize your ideas. The more trips you take, the better.
Then, analyze the different materials and techniques you can combine to create your sketchbook, including lettering, sketching, watercolors, and collage. Brainstorm ideas, search for visual references, and create a mood board.
Now it's time to start documenting your trip using blotches, lines, texts, photographs, and other materials that spark your creativity. And since a trip is never complete until you come home and share it, Koi Samsa shows you how to take pictures of your artist's sketchbook and share it on social media.
- 99% positive reviews (335)
- 6,207 students
- 20 lessons (3h 38m)
- 24 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Illustrate an imaginary trip in your artist's sketchbook using a combination of techniques, styles, and materials.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, collage artists, writers, storytellers, and anyone interested in connecting with their inner artist.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is needed, just the desire to experiment and travel without leaving home.
The materials for this course include a notebook with thick pages, watercolors, brushes, recycled paper, colored pencils, books, tape, and glue.
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Koi Samsa
A course by Koi Samsa
Koi Samsa defines herself as a plastic artist and multidisciplinary designer with a non-linear career path. This experience has led her to discover new talent, manage content, organize projects, and boost her creative activity.
She began as a professor teaching project methodology and design at the Valencia School of Art and Technology. She later learned how to combine her work as a designer, strategist, and digital content consultant with personal projects, such as demos for Amazon events or book covers for Penguin Random House and Grupo Planeta. She currently devotes her time to creating and selling her own artwork.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Materials and Methodology
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Materials
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Conceptual Context and Poetic Inspirations
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Brainstorming and Mind Map
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Documentation
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U3
Production: Laying Foundations
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Composition
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Basic Narrative and Formal Resources
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Colors and Goethe's Triangle
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Color Wheel and Color Palettes 1
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Color Wheel and Color Palettes 2
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U4
Production: Let's Do It
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Packing a Suitcase: Experimenting with Watercolors and Inks 1
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Packing a Suitcase: Experimenting with Watercolors and Inks 2
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Looking for the Treasure
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Letterings 1
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Letterings 2
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Let's Travel Together 1
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Let's Travel Together 2
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U5
Share Your Journey with the World
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My Personal Social Media Decalogue
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The Photographic Shoot and Retouching
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Final project
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Artist's Sketchbook for Imaginary Trips
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to create personalized art journals by combining techniques like watercolor, collage, lettering, visual poetry, and storytelling strategies, while also refining your creative process and sharing your work on social media.
No, the course is designed for those with intermediate skills but is accessible if you’re passionate about visual creativity and artistic expression.
You’ll need journals, paper, watercolors, gouache, brushes, recycled materials, markers, scissors, glue, and access to digital tools like Canva or Pinterest for making mood boards.
The course offers experimental techniques, visual resources, and self-expression methods to help you develop a personal style, organize your ideas, and build a unique visual narrative in your creative projects.
You’ll learn creative calligraphic lettering, how to use tools like Pentel pens, control pressure, design custom letter compositions, and integrate lettering into journals and cross-platform projects.
Yes, the course explores watercolor, gouache, washes, collage, and experimental blends using a variety of materials to create unique textures and visual effects.
You’ll be able to create travel art journals, lyric videos, poetic collages, mood boards, digital panels, illustrations, and visual compositions ready to share online.
Les cours concernant les couleurs et la composition sont trés intéressants !
Hermoso curso!
Muy inspirador.
Interessante!!! Lo consiglio...
Ottimo corso, perchè mostra nel dettaglio passo passo tutto il percorso creativo nella ricerca di uno stile personale.