One of the things that is advertised to me almost every time I'm on YouTube is Skillshare. I was skeptical at first, and then after hearing about all of the classes they offered, I figured I'd grab a free trial and try it out. Now, I'm hooked! I've watched some classes on bullet journaling, and have started a few on watercoloring and illustration. The first class I've really done completely, with projects and all, is this class on doodling.
Somewhere along the way of becoming an adult, I quit doodling. As I have rediscovered the artsy side of myself in the past 2 years, one of the areas that I lacked confidence has been line work. I took this class as a way to improve my line work and my ability to detail a simple drawing. Pooja's class was a wonderful exploration of these exact things and even encouraged us to do 10 pencil-less doodles at the end of the class. That, was a challenge but I enjoyed it! The idea of this is to have your own clip art library at the end of the class. And while I'm not going to keep all of these images for that purpose, having a bunch of them that I can scan and play with in procreate sounds absolutely amazing!
These pictures are far from perfect, but several of them are WAY better than what I would have expected from myself even 2 months ago! I mean, look at that monstera leaf!!! I was particularly proud of that one!
I also am doodling my way through this class a second time with my 7 year old daughter! She saw me taking the class, and she immediately wanted to try it! I might share her progress here in the future - but she is really learning a ton too. This really is a class for anyone and everyone! I'm just going to post a few of my favorite pages here, the full flipthrough will be in my Instastories highlight reel! If you've ever thought about Skillshare before I'd highly recommend giving it a try! I'm pretty sure the website offers you a 1 week free trial, but if you want a longer free trial, go find an art YouTuber and get their code.
Also, if you aren't following Pooja and her art on instagram - you should be! You can find her at @by_the_lakeside. Thanks again Pooja for your amazing class - I cannot wait to work through many of your watercolor classes as well!
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