In case you haven’t heard of it, Skillshare is kind of like the Netflix of online learning. They have nearly 20,000 classes, on all kinds of topics: from creative classes like this one, to business and social media and photography, and beyond.
The classes are taught by people who are experts in their field to everyday creatives like you and I, all sharing their gifts.
The best thing is, when you use this special link, you can take this Visual Journaling class, as well as any of the other 1000’s of classes FREE for 2 months!
Anyway! Enough about Skillshare… let’s get to the class review:
Well, I’m going to share a spoiler here, which is probably obvious but I loved this class!
I only have one complaint, and it’s pretty tiny and based on a pet-peeve I have with classes like this, so I’ll just get it out of the way now…
I’ve taken a lot of art journaling classes in which the teachers aren’t making art in their actual journals (or even sketchbooks). I can see why they might do this (flat paper? If they make a mistake, no one has to know? Bigger size? Maybe there’s another reason I can’t think of…)
This class is the same way. Even though the extremely talented instructor, Jordan Sondler, shows bits of a skecthbook or art journal, her actual projects are done on a single sheet of paper.
Again, this is just a tiny pet peeve of mine, and should you decide to create your own class projects on a single sheet of paper, I suppose you could always glue it into your art journal later.
But enough about that! Let’s get to the good stuff!
One of my favorite things about this visual journaling class is actually the instructor herself! Jordan is not only talented, but she’s REAL. For instance, she makes mistakes, but just goes with it. She’s vulnerable in her projects, too, letting us into her world.
But besides the fun class projects she teaches, my favorite thing about her is how funny she is! Okay, maybe not like Bridesmaids kind of funny, but she has this subtle, honest humor that made me laugh, over and over!
She’s the kind of person you want to be best friends with, and the type of person that helps you bring your own guard down when doing each project.
For instance, it was easy to share what inspires me (the first exercise of five in the class)!