Sketchbook Joy: How to embrace your creativity and fill your sketchbooks with colour

Creativity exists in everyone!

Find joy in this inspiring, beautiful and uplifting art instruction book from sketchbook lover, tutor and artist Katie Moody.

Art can be accessible, so much fun and positive for your mental health, mindfulness, and memory. Kickstart your creative journey with this exciting guide to developing your art skills every day through your sketchbook.

Even if you are sparkling brand new to art, Sketchbook Joy’s aspirational prompts will encourage you to unlock your creativity and fill your very own gorgeous sketchbook to cherish.

Learn how to paint through the accessible medium of fun gouache and explore the expressive joy of mixed media by drawing in pastels & pencils.

Be excited by unique examples and ideas from artist Katie Moody’s stunning illustrations, and explore:

• Essential sketchbook supplies and how to use them • Basic painting and drawing techniques • Colour theory • Sketching things around you • Projects that include botanicals, birds, rural landscapes, urban scenes, and painting from your window (or phone) • Ideas and way of filling your sketchbook • Tips for building a creative practice and making time for it – and you

Discover your inner creative, enjoy the process, and sketchbook your way to joyful wellbeing.

© 2025 Leaping Hare Press (E-bog): 9781836000686

Release date

E-bog: 18. marts 2025