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How to Draw A Journal – Easy Journal Drawing To Try

Easy tutorial for Journal Book Doodle

Capture Your Creativity: Learn How to Draw a Cute Journal with This Easy Doodle Tutorial!


Get ready to bring a touch of inspiration to your art with this simple journal doodle tutorial!

Perfect for a beginners drawing and a fun drawing activity for kids, this step-by-step doodle guide will show you how to draw an open journal, complete with all the little details.

Whether you’re creating a cozy planner spread or customizing your stationery, this journal doodle is the perfect addition.

Here are some creative ways to use your journal doodle:

  • Decorating planners, bullet journals, or notebooks
  • Adding personality to greeting cards, bookmarks, or gift tags
  • Customizing school supplies or stationery sets
  • A relaxing, screen-free drawing activity for kids
  • Perfect for daily doodle challenges or creative prompts

Grab your pens, spark your imagination, and let’s start doodling your new favorite journal!

How To Draw A Journal

Open Journal drawing supplies

Here are some supplies that will help you create amazing doodles:

  1. Papersketchbook or draw it in your bullet journal
  2. Our favorite drawing pen: Sakura Pigma Micron
  3. Art Pens for coloring:Tombow Dual Brush Pens
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How to Draw A Journal

How To Doodle A journal step-by-step

Follow along with our easy Journal doodle tutorial. Simply follow each step by drawing the part of the doodle in TEAL.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Decide where you want your Journal doodle on the page and start by drawing the right hand side page. We curved the top and bottom lines to create an open page look.

Step 1 - journal book doodle

Step 2

Next, draw the left hand side page.

Step 2 - open journal doodle

Step 3

Then draw the cover of the Journal book drawing by copying the shape of the pages but making it larger and placing this shape slightly lower than the pages.

Step 3- kids journal drawing

Step 4

Draw the pages on the left hand side next. This is just a couple of lines closely placed together under the page.

Step 4- kids journal doodle

Step 5

And do the same for the other page.

Step 5 - open journal drawing

Step 6

Then Start drawing the details on the page. We made ours up with shapes and lines. You can follow along with ours or get creative and make up your own. We started with a long rectangle on the upper left page.

Step 6- beginners journal drawing

Step 7

Then a larger rectangle on the bottom of the right page.

Step 7 - beginners journal doodle

Step 8

Next we added straight lines to represent the text of the journal and added a pencil next to the journal.

Step 8 - doodle for journaling

Step 9

The last step is to have fun and color your Journal drawing.

Step 9 - Simple Journal drawing

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About Diary of a Journal Planner

We are lovers of all things journaling that have serious pen and washi tape addictions. Lifelong doodlers who love to keep life organized. Want to keep a bullet journal? We share lots of bujo, calligraphy and doodle ideas to get you started.

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