Sketchbook Quote With Art Supply Doodles

Inspiring quotes can be a great way to boost mental energy and just the little push you might be needing at any given moment, especially when it comes to negative thinking regarding your art or craft practice! I saw this quote last week and just couldn’t resist using it to practice my lettering skills, though truthfully I’d love to hang it on my wall as well. Practicing lettering and drawing together with giving one’s self a little pep talk is a great combination, so use this quote, or find some more yourself and start creating inspiring and artful quotes to add that extra something to your day. If you don’t have a sketchbook, you can easily make your own to fill with quotes by simply punching holes in watercolor paper, or even lightweight cardboard (I’ve been collecting cereal boxes for this purpose), and holding them together with small binder rings or even ribbon. So no excuses, creativity is calling you!

While is very often sketch with pen directly, I did do the work in pencil first as I didn’t want to have to paint over my mistakes, which I often am required to do to cover up mess-ups that don’t give me joy. Speaking of joy, there is something about sketching flowers and more flowers that is just so very relaxing, and really simple!
With the popularity of bullet journaling, a world with which I was not familiar until I started looking for drawing tutorials, there are many many many simple step by step tutorials out there that can be really helpful to get you started. Ah, yes and two things to note in this sketchbook spread: the color was applied with acrylic paint, but very little water as this is drawing paper not multimedia or watercolor paper, and that purple flower on the left is a result of me covering up a mistake……which leads to even more interesting spreads!