Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls

Doodle Diary is an interactive guide to doodling that teaches girls how to combine images with words and art journaling techniques. In the tradition of Keri Smith (Wreck This Journal, This Is Not a Book), Dawn DeVries Sokol has created a fun, easy artist's journal to get kids started with the basics.

Beautifully illustrated in full color, Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls provides clear explanations, instructions, and inspirations. Every page prompts a different project using a different artistic medium. For example, the Extreme School Makeover page directs you to paste a photo of your school on the page and then doodle over the image to remake it. Another page is for your movie reviews, but don't forget to add your recent movie stubs or photos from ads to enhance the page. Whether you want to doodle about your day, make lists of your favorite things, or just write down goals and daydream, Doodle Diary is a great way to learn about art while having fun.

• Pens
• Watercolors
• Markers
• Stamps

• Family photos
• Ticket stubs
• Found art
• Xerox transfers

Dawn DeVries Sokol provides an engaging way for budding artists to learn and practice their artistic skills. Whether it's used for practice or daydreams, this book is sure to delight artists of all ages. Dawn DeVries Sokol is an art journaler and doodler. Her blog (www.dblogala.com) provides ideas and discussions on materials, overcoming creative blocks, and prompts. She currently resides in Tempe, Arizona.

Dawn DeVries Sokol is the author of six doodling books, including Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls, which has sold over 100,000 copies. With a bachelor's degree in journalism from Arizona State University in 1992, Sokol has worked her way from editing and designing newspapers to art directing magazines to designing and authoring books. She also illustrates lettering, teaches online workshops, and doodles in her art journals as much as possible. Her articles about art journaling and doodling have appeared in Cloth Paper Scissors, Pages magazine, Art Journaling Exposed, and Somerset Studio's Art Journaling, and she shot a DVD workshop, "Art Journaling: Pages in Stages" with Interweave Press in 2010. In 2012, she was commissioned to paint a utility box and design a library card for The City of Tempe. Her art journaling workshops have been favorites on Creativebug.com since she started teaching on the site in 2014. Her artwork has appeared in shows from Tempe, AZ, to Tokyo, Japan.