EXPLORE: SKETCHBOOK

Tutorials
Tutorial
Exercises
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Background
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Text Format
 Draw
Draw
 Shapes
Shapes
 Clipart Library
Clipart Library
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Background

The left panel displays three customizable options for the background: Textures, Upload Background, and Solid Colors

To select Textures:

  1. 1. Click on the dropdown menu to change background options
  2. 2. Select a background

To upload a Custom Background:

  1. 1. Click on the "Choose File" button to upload your own background

To select Solid Colors:

  1. 1. Click on the white color bar
  2. 2. Use the right bar to select a color range
  3. 3. Choose color
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Inspiration

Dreamboard

Safe or Special Place

Feel your Power

Gratitude

Finding what you lost

Getting through

Maze

What makes you dance?

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Text

The left panel displays all the customizable options for the selected tools

To add Text:

  1. 1. Click the "Add a textbox" button
  2. 2. Click in the textbox and beginning typing
  3. 3. Drag the textbox to reposition it

To select a Font:

  1. 1. Select a font
  2. 2. Click for font styling - bold, italic, underline, stroke
  3. 3. Select a font size
  4. 4. Select a font color
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ClipArt

The left panel displays two customizable options for clipart: Library and Upload Clipart

To select Library:

  1. 1. Click on the dropdown menu to select a clipart theme
  2. 2. Select your desired clipart

To upload Clipart:

  1. 1. Click on the "Choose File" button to upload your own clipart

To customize your Clipart:

  1. 1. Click on the corner boxes to resize it
  2. 2. Click on the circle under the bottom center box to rotate it
  3. 3. Drag the clipart image to reposition it
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draw

The left panel displays all the customizable options for the selected tools

To select a Stroke Size:

  1. 1. Use the stroke size bar to select a desired stroke weight

To select Stroke Color:

  1. 1. Click on the white color bar
  2. 2. Use the right bar to select a color range
  3. 3. Choose color
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shapes

The left panel displays all the customizable options for the selected tools

To select a Shape:

  1. 1. Select a shape color from the dropdown menu
  2. 2. Select your desired shape

To customize your Shape:

  1. 1. Click on the corner boxes to resize it
  2. 2. Click on the circle under the bottom center box to rotate it
  3. 3. Drag the shape to reposition it
  4. 4. Click Top or Bottom to change the arrangement of the layers
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What makes you dance?

An illustration of a dancing figure: What is making this person dance? Think about what would make you dance in your life? Sketch it up.

“Sometimes things in life can feel jagged. Manipulate the shapes to make them softer, use words, draw, and use images to make this page softer. Think about times when life’s jagged edges can be softened by a silver lining or something surprising.”

What’s bugging them so much? Think about ways that this person can shift their mood and create it! You can check with our Self-Care toolkit for tips!

Busy cities can be noisy and overwhelming but they can be places of solitude and beauty as well. Our minds can work the same way. What parts of this city hold your peaceful, non-judgmental mind? What parts are loud and distracting? What can you draw or create to soften the noise?

Write down or create negative self-talk that you haven’t been able to get rid of. When you are done, use the pen, stamps, or shapes to cover everything up. Now, shift the talk to something positive about yourself. Write down positive talk for yourself. If that’s too difficult (sometimes it is!), pretend you are giving advice to a friend who is feeling really down about themselves. What would you tell them?