Illustrated Diary: Fill Your Sketchbook with Experiences

Start the course by getting to know architect David Morales, who talks about what the creations in his notebooks mean to him, his daily drawing routine, and where he normally finds inspiration.

Discover what a life sketchbook really is, what materials you need to illustrate in it every day and look at what the cross-hatching technique consists of by getting straight into a little warm-up exercise.

Find out how to draw from observation and by getting inspiration from everyday objects. Learn to convert your drawings to ink by cross-hatching with graphic pens.

Then, go one step further by illustrating scenes with family or pets, using a grid and working with vertical lines and the background color of the composition.

Next, get started on drawing places in your notebook. David talks about perspective, the rule of thirds, and using cross-hatching to create different tones, textures, and depth in your drawings.

Finally, look at how to add the final touches to your illustration, make your personal mark on it, and share drawings with your community. Now you can use all you've learned and illustrate your everyday life in your artist's sketchbook!