Fun Fonts & Doodles
How I designed a class around teaching people that they can draw anything and everything using basic shapes.
You don't have to be an artist to be able to draw!
Let me say that again. You DON’T have to be an artist to be able to draw!
These are some of my favorite doodling supplies…
I've always doodled. I love to draw. I love designing new fonts. I love to take simple shapes and turn them into fun doodles and drawings. So when my good friend (and time management and simplicity coach) Amanda Warfield asked me to teach a creative doodling “brain break” during The Chasing Simple Summit, I had some serious thinking to do.
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So how do I take something that comes natural to me and teach others how to do it? How do I break the mindset of "I can't draw" or "I don't have pretty handwriting" that SO MANY PEOPLE have? How do I fill up 40-ish minutes with doodling? I mean, I can fill up ENDLESS amounts of my time doodling and drawing, but this would be me giving examples and teaching others and walking them through the basics of how to let go and just be creative. But... HOW?
Well, first I sat down and did a brain dump... but not a traditional brain dump where you just write/write/write/write until you fill up ALL.THE.PAPER and get out all your ideas. I wrote some targeted words down (fonts, doodling, handwriting, relaxation, drawing, self-care, creativity, etc.) and started brain dumping words and phrases that tied back to those terms. Then I narrowed down my class title, subtitle, purpose, and a list of supplies (to be honest - the supplies are ALWAYS my favorite part) and I also threw in a CTA to get people interested in signing up for my class. I also had to figure out what EXACTLY I was going to teach... 40 minutes isn't a lot of time. I settled on 3-4 fun handwritten fonts that can be used as headers or design elements, several different kinds of doodles (and how to doodle anything), and how to enhance your doodles and fonts with color! Then I wanted to talk about all the places doodles and fun fonts are appropriate (Hint: EVERYWHERE!). Think: creative visual note taking, self-care journaling, fun headers in your day planner, doodling through a 5 minute brain-break... there is NEVER a bad time for making things look cute! (that last statement is probably a slight exaggeration, but not by much)
But all that is fine and good if I'm standing in front of a room full of eager people who are ready to learn and draw with pen & paper in hand. This class is going to be VIRTUAL. And not just virtual - LIVE on Zoom. AHHHHH! So not only do I have to design the class and figure out what exactly I'm doing, what I’m drawing, and what I’m going to say… but I've got to figure out HOW to do it! Do I (1) sign in on 2 devices and have one trained at me and one set up overhead to capture my hands? Do I (2) film the whole thing "top down" and then share my screen during the class and talk over it? Do I (3) look for a 3rd party website or app to do it for me? So I had actually decided to do option 2 (film everything then share my pre-recorded video while I talk over it) but the only problem was - what do I do if people ask questions that I have to answer real-time by drawing? Then after a serious google-sesh I stumbled on this video… and the clouds parted!
Now I just have to figure out how to hang my webcam overhead. Want to see how it works? You’re going to have to sign up for the class to find out! (see what I did there?)
Throughout the conceptualizing, sketching, practicing, doodling, planning, doodling, practice-filming, script writing, doodling, and endless worrying nobody would actually LIKE my class - I’m pretty sure I’m going to end up with something I'm really proud of.
So that got me to thinking - is this something others would like? If so, is there enough of an interest in a class like this that should make this available to others as a downloadable course? EVERY DAY I hear from people who say “I can’t draw”... and EVERY DAY I tell them “yes you can… if you know how!”
So do me a favor and let me know in the comments if a class like this sounds interesting to you. Would you want to take a class on how to do simple drawings? A class where you learn how easily you can draw anything and everything using basic shapes? A class that talks about all the ways you can use fun fonts? A class that focuses on creativity as a form of self-care? Because it sounds pretty awesome to me...
And don’t forget… until the summit starts on October 11th, attendees can snag the Content Marketing Toolkit for only $147! Once the summit begins, it goes up to $197. And inside, there is a TON of stuff (over $5,000 in bonuses), including 6 bonus calls… and my Fun Fonts & Doodles class!