Bullet Journaling: Illustrated Planning
Sketching and Creating the Cover
A course by Manon Pons , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Sketching and Creating the Cover
Overview
“It's time to start with the cover! This is the first page of your monthly theme. Personally, I consider this as a tiny artwork. In this lesson, I'll show you how I create my cover page step by step, using watercolors and fine liners. ”
In this video lesson Manon Pons addresses the topic: Sketching and Creating the Cover, which is part of the Domestika online course: Bullet Journaling: Illustrated Planning. Learn how to plan and organize your schedule in a colorful way by creating an illustrated bullet journal step by step using playful painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching and Creating the Cover After the search for inspiration, my head is always full of ideas. In this lesson, I will show you how to create your cover page, how to sketch, and how to put it in your journal. Before I dive into my journal, I always start with sketching. If it's an easy theme, I immediately begin in my journal, but when I find something hard to draw or I don't know what to draw exactly, I start in my sketchbook. The cover page in your journal has no function. I like to add a cover page because I put all my creativity into it. It introduces me to the monthly theme witho...”
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Course summary for: Bullet Journaling: Illustrated Planning
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Business, DIY, Management & Productivity, Watercolor Painting

Manon Pons
A course by Manon Pons
Manon Pons is a professional graphic designer and illustrator based in The Netherlands. After spending her entire childhood with a coloring pencil in her hand, Manon went on to study a bachelor’s degree in illustration from Avans University before embarking on her artistic career—with a particular love of sketching, watercolor, and bullet journaling.
Manon has worked with clients including Fitz and Huxley, Arteza, and Edding. She shares her work with over 60K followers on Instagram and Youtube, and she sells her own products through her brand Dutch Dots.
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