Studio Guides
Tools and guides to support your creative practice in The Studio.
These resources are designed to help you explore ideas, develop series, and build a calm rhythm in your sketchbook.
You may download or print them for use in your Studio Journal or sketchbook.
A simple guide to help you navigate the Studio and support your creative practice.
Includes an overview of the Studio Practice Cycle, along with trackers, milestones, and tools to help you explore, reflect, and develop your work over time.
Includes:
• overview of the Studio Practice Cycle
• study trackers and series ideas pages
• milestone badges to celebrate your progress
Studio Practice Companion
Studio Practice Tools
Printable badges to celebrate milestones in your practice. (Included in The Studio Companion.)
You might add them to your sketchbook or share them when posting your work.
Examples include:
• First Study
• 10 Studies
• 30 Studies
• First Series
• Studio Practitioner
Studio Badges
(Included in The Studio Companion.)
These examples show how one idea can shift and develop through small, repeated studies.
Series Examples
What I repeated: paperclip shapes + straight and contour lines
What I varied: placement of shapes, pattern direction, and placement
In this series, I explored mindful drawing by tracing paperclips and allowing their placement to happen naturally.
Each arrangement created a different starting point, which led to new pattern variations.
Even when I used similar patterns, the drawings felt different depending on how the shapes overlapped and connected.
Mindful Drawing Series
Sample Series
What I repeated: organic rock shapes + rainbow pattern
What I varied: placement of shapes, pattern direction, and placement
In this series, I explored repeating simple patterns within organic rock shapes.
I experimented with how the drawings changed when I adjusted the spacing of the lines—some areas became more dense, while others stayed open.
I also tried different materials, including white gel pen on black paper, to see how that affected the overall feel.
Mindful Drawing Series
Sample Series
What I repeated: oval shapes
What I varied: color, size, paint consistency
In this series, I explored repeating oval shapes while gently shifting size and color.
The focus was on noticing how the watercolor moved and how different colors interacted as the shapes overlapped.
Watercolor for Calm Series
Sample Series
What I repeated: square shapes
What I varied: color palette, value, water amount
In this series, I repeated a simple square shape while exploring different color palettes.
Some studies developed more contrast by including darker values and areas of water-only shapes.
It became interesting to notice how small changes in value and color shifted the overall feeling of the page.
Watercolor for Calm Series
Sample Series
What I repeated: stone-like shapes, flow pattern, similar watercolor pigments, range of value
What I varied: layering - placement of drawing over paint, placement of stones and lines
In this series, I explored combining watercolor and mindful drawing.
I used similar shapes and added flowing line patterns around and between them.
In some areas, I layered drawing over the watercolor to see how the two materials interacted.
Sketchbook Explorations Series
Sample Series
What I repeated: stone-like shapes, similar water technique
What I varied: color combinations, scale, arrangement
This series developed from the same stone-like shapes explored in earlier studies.
I continued working with the form while varying color combinations and scale.
It’s an example of how a simple idea can gradually grow into a larger body of work over time.
Color Stones Series
Sample Series
A series often begins with one idea that stood out during your exploration.
If you haven’t spent time exploring yet, you may want to begin there.
When you’re ready, you can start developing your own series.
These resources are designed to support your creative practice over time.
Return to them whenever you begin a new series or start a new sketchbook.
Creative practice grows through curiosity, repetition, and time.
