7 Free Resources To Learn How To Doodle

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Chances are, if you’re on this blog, you want to learn how to doodle and improve your creative planning skills.

I’ve got you covered – here is a list of FREE resources for you to learn how to doodle!

Doodling isn’t a secret creative talent only a few people possess. My own experience proved to me that it’s really just a matter of perseverance and practice. I talk more about it in my blog post on how to Master Your Bullet Journal Doodles.

The key to improving your doodling skills is to keep learning and practicing. In time, you’ll see yourself improving and reaching levels you didn’t think possible before.

I love to doodle, and I know you and other Planning Mashers are interested in improving your skills as well. So I decided to give a hand to all of us and collected a list of free resources we can all use to work on our doodling skills.

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What? A little shameless self-promotion doesn’t hurt anyone!

But seriously, I just want you to get the most out of my blog, so I had to mention doodling posts I’ve had so far.

You can find all my doodling-related posts here, and I’m working on adding more and more in this category as I see that it’s something that interests you guys greatly.

Here are just a few posts to get you started:

Beginner’s Guide To Bullet Journal Doodles

100+ Fun and Easy Bullet Journal Doodles

How To Draw Flowers In Your Bullet Journal

Instagram

If you don’t use any social media, don’t worry, the rest of the resources will be independent. However, chances are you do, so I had to mention some awesome step-by-step tutorials you can find on Instagram.

Below is a spread in my Bullet Journal inspired by flower tutorial by @bonjournal. It was so easy to follow!

You can also find some fantastic ones from these creators:

@plansthatblossom

@my.life.in.a.bullet

@bujoandcookies

@inkbyjeng

@lifeinabujo

@appy.doodles

@thedoodleguide

In case you don’t want to scroll down bujo accounts looking for doodle tutorials, check out @shibadoodle feature account that already gathered the tutorials from all over the platform.

If you follow my Instagram, you know that I do some tutorials as well. If you want me to do more of those, just let me know, and I’d be absolutely delighted to!

Masha Plans Free Doodling Course

If you didn’t know, I actually have a free course to help you get started with doodling.

After just a few lessons, you’ll know everything you need to start doodling, even if you’re a complete beginner.

All you need is to sign up in the form below.

Pinterest

I know, I know, I said there wouldn’t be any more social networks, but Pinterest is actually a search engine, so it doesn’t count.

Pinterest is one of the largest search engines on the web, and you can find their information on anything, including doodling. You can find loads of different doodle tutorials of any level and style.

If you pardon me for one more bit of shameless self-promotion, you can check out and give follow my Pinterest account, since I have a very large doodle-related board, and I try to gather some new doodles every day.

A great thing about Pinterest is that it’s a visual platform, so what you get is what you see. It’s quite convenient to scroll around Pinterest, looking at the images and picking the ones you are looking for. Don’t miss out on this!

IQ Doodle

IQ Doodle is a fantastic resource for step-by-step doodle tutorials. For each tutorial they have step-by-step images, texts, and videos, so you can learn in any way you prefer.

I go to their website pretty often to get ideas and, of course, to practice my doodling. Here are some of the doodles I made based on their posts.

They also offer paid doodling courses, but you can get 5 first lessons for free.

YouTube

It’s not a secret that there is nothing you can’t find on YouTube, and when it comes to doodle tutorials, video is definitely the best medium for these.

I’d be super happy if you guys gave a look to my channel, I have a playlist of “Doodle With Me” videos, where I draw lots of different thematic doodles.

I’m also launching a new series – “How To Doodle”, where I’m showing step-by-step tutorials and giving a bit more detail on how to draw each doodle.

Now, enough with shameless self-promo. There are many amazing YouTube channels I love for doodling tutorials, and I‘m sure you’d love them as well:

Doodles by Sarah

Doodle Draw Art

Pic Candle

Kira Kira Doodles

Doodle Art Time

Skillshare

Skillshare is my go-to place every time I need to learn something. This is where I learned how to take pictures with my phone, how to have an Instagram account, how to edit videos, and so much more.

Skillshare has classes in absolutely every niche! I took some fantastic classes in doodling, watercolor, zegtangles – the list goes on and on.

It’s really a one-stop shop for any of your creative needs.

Even though the platform has a paid membership, if you sign up with my link here, you can get 1 month for free! You can cancel at any time, and after you do, you will still have all the access to the free content available.

I’ve been on and off the platform for a few years already, and here are some classes I loved:

Doodle Art: Basics and Beyond

You Can Draw Cute Animals in 3 Simple Steps

Botanical Line Drawing

I hope you’ll check these out, and I’m sure you’ll find these resources useful and helpful in improving your doodling skills.

If you’re looking for more classes on different creative skills you can take for free, check out my post How To Bring Your Bullet Journal To The Next Level.

Always remember that with doodling, you have to punch your inner critic in the face and just allow yourself to enjoy the process. None of us was born Picasso (well, except Picasso himself, but that’s not the point); it’s all about practice.

So prepare your pen, pencil, and doodling pad (or maybe a doodle journal) and dive in the magical world you create for yourself.

Speaking of supplies, let me do a small rundown of my favorites.

Favorite Doodling Supplies

With the supplies, the important thing is – you don’t really need super fancy expensive ones. Your kid’s Crayola markers will do just fine. or maybe just your usual writing pen.

The important message here – is don’t let your supplies limit your creativity!

However, if you want to up your doodling game, here are some of my favorites.

Pilot Dr. Grip mechanical pencil. I had many pencils, but this one is hands down my favorite. The grip is so comfortable! A pencil is probably the tool I use the most when creating, and it’s so important to have one that is very comfortable and nice to use.

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens. These really grew on me and became my favorite fineliners to use for doodling. The archival ink is rich black, waterproof, and they seem to smudge much less than any other fineliners I tried before.

Zebra Mildliners. When it comes to coloring this is hands down my favorite supplies. I’m so in love with their muted colors! And since they released a brush pen set as well I barely ever use anything else. Ok no, there are also a few more things.

Tombow Dual Brush Pens. When it comes to lettering and using many colors – these brush pens are the best. They come in a very wide range of rich colors and can serve many purposes since they have a brush pen tip and a marker tip.

Tombow Twin Tone Markers. These are great for doodling and coloring since they also have a dual tip. And the colors are so bright and happy! They work great with summer doodles, rainbows, or basically anything where you want the colors to stand out.

You can also check my post The Best Pens For Doodling, to get some more recommendations.

What is your favorite place to find ideas and inspirations for your doodles? Share with us in the comments below!

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