How to Keep an Illustrated Journal: A Creative Boot Camp Event

How to Keep an Illustrated Journal: A Creative Boot Camp Event

Learn all the basics about keeping an illustrated journal -even if you can't draw!

By Helen Cox Books

Date and time

Tuesday, August 13 · 12 - 1:30pm PDT

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Online

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Ever wanted to keep an illustrated journal or visual diary that you and your loved ones can treasure forever? At this boot camp event, seasoned journaler Helen Cox teaches attendees how to get started on this inspiring craft.


Topics covered include:


  • Why journal keeping is important.
  • Choosing the format of your diary.
  • Finding no-buy materials.
  • How to illustrate your life, even when you can't draw.
  • Overcoming the blank page and other creative demons.
  • Suggested layouts and ephemera
  • Illustrated Journal Q&A.
  • Further materials, resources and tutorials to explore.

After 90 minutes, you'll have all you need to get started in your illustrated journal!


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Helen Cox Books

Helen Cox is a Yorkshire-born novelist and poet with an MA in creative writing from the University of York St. John. Helen runs an annual poetry masterclass at Keats House in Hampstead and has produced two poetry pamphlets. She has had individual poems featured in Popshot Magazine, Riggwelter, Visual Verse, Pop the Culture Pill and the TL;DR Women's Anthology, among many others. She also hosts the Poetrgram Podcast. Her novels have been translated into several languages around the world and her journalism has been featured in The Guardian and The Spectator. More information can be found at helencoxbooks.com