Life Is Better When You Draw (It)

Life is Better When You Draw (It), written and illustrated by Koosje Koene, is designed to get you drawing right away. Organized into helpful sections ranging from “Tools to Get Started” and “Do It Right Now” to “Making Time,” Koosje’s energetic words dispel the inner critic and urge readers to make art. Develop a creative habit with sketching tips, approachable prompts, and exercises featuring vibrant, charming examples from Koosje’s own sketchbook.

She imbues the book with her philosophy on art-making, like setting erasers aside to stay in the flow of drawing and learn from your mistakes. Koosje emphasizes drawing in a sketchbook as an act of commitment: trust the process and watch your learning curve develop page by page. By drawing your life, you are strengthening the magic of everyday moments!

• Sketch without an eraser!

• Leave an area of your sketchbook page deliberately unfinished.

• Draw a self-portrait every day for a week.

Join us online on Saturday, November 21st, 2026 from 8am–10:30am Pacific for Live Access to this workshop led by Koosje Koene.

How you frame a subject changes everything! In this workshop, learn about the power of changing your view from wide and expansive to close and intimate, and everything in between. Explore how small shifts like stepping back, zooming in, rotating around, or looking down at a subject shape the story your art conveys. Even the most familiar subjects become fresh and exciting with the practice of changing your perspective.

Using waterproof sketching materials, Koosje will guide participants through three line drawings on a single page to practice variable framing. Koosje will share tips for loosely adding in watercolor to bring cohesion to the finished triptych. Through the process of observation and changing views, Koosje encourages everyone to use what they have, and keep it simple!

All participants, regardless of access level, will have access to the workshop recording for a minimum of twelve months after the purchase date. We hope to see you there!

Koosje Koene (KO-sha KOO-na) is an artist, illustrator, writer, and art teacher based in the Netherlands. Her mission is simple: get people drawing, without being precious about it. She believes everything becomes interesting when you draw it, and that drawing teaches you to truly see the world around you.

Koosje teaches online and offline classes and workshops, sharing how creativity makes you happy and can change the way you see the world. Since 2013, she has shared tips for drawing in her weekly YouTube series, “Draw Tip Tuesday,” and offers additional guidance and inspiration through her Patreon. Koosje co-founded the online art school Sketchbook Skool with Danny Gregory in 2014.

Learn more about Koosje on her website and on Instagram.