Illustrated Life Journal: A Daily Mindful Practice
A course by Kate Sutton , Illustrator
Document your daily life and express your feelings on paper with drawing prompts and ideas to boost your creativity
What if you could improve your drawing skills, while taking some time to reflect on your day and unwind? Kate Sutton is a freelance illustrator who finds peace and inspiration through the daily practice of illustrated journaling. She believes it is a great way to document your life and appreciate the little things that each day brings.
Discover fun ways to fill your sketchbook through illustrated journaling. Kate shares her favorite prompts and ideas to begin the mindful practice of documenting your daily life and finding new ways to express your creative ideas.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 18 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (1.8K)
- 58,732 students
- 13 lessons (2h 0m)
- 18 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Spanish (Latam), French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
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What is this course's project?
Explore various drawing prompts and techniques to start an illustrated life journal.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone who would like to develop a regular drawing habit and explore a creative mindful practice using their own life as inspiration.
Requirements and materials
No previous drawing experience is required to take this course, just a desire to express your thoughts and feelings through illustration.
As for materials, you will need a sketchbook, brush pens, fineliners, a pencil, and an eraser.
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Kate Sutton
A course by Kate Sutton
Kate Sutton is a freelance illustrator based in the UK countryside with over fifteen years of experience. She has been drawing from a young age and naturally gravitated towards studying graphic design, where she further developed her passion for illustration.
Kate has worked in a wide range of illustration projects including enamel pins and jigsaws, toys, books, fabric designs, editorial, and much more. Her clients include Lonely Planet Magazine, Roxy, Lululemon, Urban Outfitters, and Lesportsac.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
The Illustrated Life Journalling
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What Is an Illustrated Life Journal?
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Materials
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Inspiration
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Drawing and Visual Language
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U3
Creating Your Illustrated Journal
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Daily Gratitude
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What I Ate Today
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What I Did or Saw Today
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Seen on My Run/Walk
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Things That Inspire Me
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U4
Presenting Your Illustrations
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Digitalize and Post Processing Using Photoshop
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How to Use Social Media and Keep Up Your Journalling Habit
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FP
Final project
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Illustrated Life Journal: A Daily Mindful Practice
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for beginners and covers foundational drawing and journaling techniques, making it accessible to anyone new to illustrated journaling.
To get started, you'll need a sketchbook, pencils, fine liners, brush pens, erasers, and optionally, markers or colored pencils. Digital tools like Procreate and Photoshop are also covered for digitizing artwork.
You’ll learn daily journaling techniques, drawing from observation and imagination, color selection, digitizing and editing pages in Photoshop, building a portfolio, and sharing work on social media.
The course includes gratitude journaling prompts and techniques—such as simple line drawings and selective color—to help you document positive moments and enhance mindfulness.
While not mandatory, digital tools like Photoshop and Procreate are recommended for editing and sharing your illustrated journal pages. The course provides tutorials for both traditional and digital workflows.
The course explains how to select sketchbooks based on paper quality, portability, and compatibility with various drawing tools to prevent issues like pen bleed.
Yes, the course covers photographing, scanning, editing, and posting artwork on platforms like Instagram, including tips on hashtags and community engagement.
Valioso para desarrollar habilidades creativas.
Kate nos conduz por uma deliciosa jornada de exploração criativa, trazendo exercícios e referências muito enriquecedores para o aprendizado.
A wonderful course for beginners to get started. Her beautiful works are so inspiring!
It's a fabulous and fun to learn course from Kate. She shows all the technique and skills like very easy to learn, but in fact, there are many layers of creativities, and potential paths to expand the thinking and art form. Thanks a lot.
Gostei muito deste curso. A abordagem da formadora é inspiradora e muito acessível. Gostei especialmente da forma como explica a sua técnica de fazer journaling, combinando ilustração, o registo do dia a dia e pequenas frases de uma forma muito natural. É um curso que incentiva à criatividade e à criação de um hábito de desenhar e escrever sem pressão. Recomendo a quem procura uma forma mais pessoal e criativa de registar o quotidiano.