Floral Drawings to Illustrate your Bullet Journal

Meet Annie Weir, as she explains how bullet journaling went from a personal daily practice to a full-time business. She also shares some advice on the craft of illustrating bullet journals, and discusses who her influences are and how they contribute to her work.

Discover the key components of a bullet journal and how they’ve evolved, before taking a look at the role illustration can play within those. Then, Annie gives an overview of the materials for the course, including the considerations of choosing certain materials, and which alternatives can work. Begin to explore page layout and composition as Annie teaches you about the design of your pages. Next, dive into color. Learn about the theory of combinations and mixing, and creating swatches to serve as a color scheme.

Begin adding the floral and botanical elements that make up your illustrations. Annie guides you through shapes, details, and the positioning of your chosen subject matter on the page. See how to create a feeling of movement in your drawings to add realism, and start working with watercolors. Explore alternative positions of your floral drawings, and add background color and shading. Then, explore gouache, and various painting techniques. Discover how to take your illustration ‘off the page’, and add some lettering to your work. Annie shows you the art of sketching and painting a word as a focal illustration.

Hear tips on keeping the style of your journal consistent, and how to make the pages of your journal compliment each other. Annie shares advice on how to illustrate pages in a beautiful way, and enjoy the craft even on days when time is limited. End the course with her suggestions for editing photographs for social media.