Draw Your Day: An Inspiring Guide to Keeping a Sketch Journal

I loooove this book! It has such great information on starting a sketch journal. And the illustrations are fantastic. I read it cover to cover and really enjoyed it!

Well-written and easy to read. I started and finished the book in one reading session. Loved the illustrations throughout the book. This is not a tutorial kinda book, it is an inspirational and how-to guide on sketch journals. I already have her next book "draw your world" in my hands and ready to read, and I have her next book on pre-order. Excited to see what knowledge she shares next.

First of all, let me say that I love the content very much. I have been following Ms. Baker for sometime and I feel that our styles have - a lot in common. My goal was to stick to YouTube tutorials or online teachings however I felt that I had to have this book. I debated the Kindle or the paper addition. Since we live in an RV and are very limited on space I should’ve chosen the Kindle, but as a treat I purchased the book. It’s been a long time since I’ve held a book in my hands and I just thought it was me, page after page text being so small. I look at the pictures and I love the continent again. I finally decided that I would try Miss Baker’s other book Draw Your World, and I ordered it for kindle. It wasn’t me after all. I love snuggling down in bed with my iPad and browsing to my hearts content with text that I can actually see. I thought I would miss the feel of the paper but the ability to read so easily even without my glasses is just amazing. I wish I knew how to swap this paper copy of draw your day with the Kindle edition so that I can enjoy it too. The point is to really think about The text size before you order. Miss Baker if you read these would you be willing to let me pay this paper copy forward or even return it? it’s in perfect condition. And get the kindle version. Consider the text size before you order.

I purchased this book after learning the basics of watercolor painting. After reading through the entire book I started making my first sketch journal. I returned from vacation with several fun photos and memories to refer to. I'm new to sketching, so this part was harder for me. But I took it slowly, adding pencil sketches, then ink using Micron pens. Next, I added some journaling about my vacation and finished using watercolor and Tombo water-soluble markers for shading. It was a blast! I added a few more pages about my vacation and am currently working on pages about my spring garden. This is addictive! Samantha's book is inspirational and contains a ton of examples and advice. I loved this book so much that I recently purchased her book, Draw Your World.I likely won't be sketch journaling like a daily diary, but more to record snippets of my experiences and use photos I've taken as references to compose them into pages. I'm fairly slow at this point so trying to keep up with a daily complete page would turn it into work for me and I want to keep it light and fun.Samantha, your books are wonderful! I can tell this is a new hobby for me that won't fade over time.

I already have some knowledge about drawing, from classroom instruction, but this book has inspired me to draw more, especially moments of my day. I look forward to receiving the sketchbook, that is created by Samantha, soon. For additional inspiration, but this book is filled with a lot of inspiration that you can get started with whatever you currently have.

I stopped journaling because I was painting so much. I reached a wall with watercolor because I could not draw and I was tired of tracing stuff. I can't improve drawing until I just do it over and over. This book opened up the world of journaling through sketches. A big thank you to the author!

Very enjoyable and informative book. There is an ease in the way the author explains how to accomplish a task, and her illustrations are fantastic.

I just received this book and I have to say I was very disappointed in the condition it was in. Good thing I didn't buy it as a gift. It came all wonky. I'll keep it since it is for me but I'm really not happy!