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SCHOOL Menu Toggle How to Doodle Beginner Course Visual Note-Taking Course Doodle Self-Development Course BLOG Menu Toggle How to doodle Visual Thinking Menu Toggle Competencies Components Core Principles Environment Mindset Questions Resistance Techniques The path Element Gallery Latest Posts SHOP Menu Toggle Courses IQ Doodles Bundles LOGIN CONTACT Learn How To Doodle And Think Visually ​ A Comprehensive 40 Day Beginner Course for Boosting Your Creativity! A step-by-step framework for learning how to doodle Don’t Think You Can Draw? That’s Perfectly Okay… You’re In The Right Place! Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw but just didn’t know where to begin? Or maybe you’ve tried to teach yourself how to draw, but, time and again, you’ve failed miserably. You might even have thought to yourself… check Why is drawing so hard? check ​ Why do my drawings always look like a jumbled mess? check Why don’t I get this? check Is there something wrong with me? Ahhhh! All you feel is frustration as you realize that you’re actually making no progress irrespective of how hard you try. You’ve, of course, always had a deep-seated fascination with drawing and visual forms of thinking. It’s kind of like your hidden passion. You’ve even admired artists and cartoonists from afar and wished that one day you could draw like them. I was once where you are right now. I had this secret passion for drawing, but in truth, I was horrible. ? Well, I don’t think I was horrible, but my drawings left a lot to be desired. No matter how much I practiced I just didn’t get any better. And this went on and on for years. And for a period there, I just resigned to the fact that I just wasn’t creative enough to draw. In my opinion, the gift of drawing was assigned to the creative artsy people who were blessed with talent and natural hand to eye (pencil to paper) coordination. And sadly, I wasn’t one of them. ? Try the First 5 Lessons of the Course for Free! Just Sign Up and start your course today ) Enroll For Free Loading... Thank you! Please check your email and confirm access to the Free Doodle Course. If you don’t see the email, then please check your spam folder Do you get embarrassed when asked to draw something? I know that I once felt that way . Hi, my name is Adam . And I’ll be your instructor as you move through this course. You might be wondering who I am. Well, I’m a qualified life coach residing in Melbourne Australia. But I’m known more for the mind maps I create on the IQ Matrix website. My interest in doodling has kind of evolved from my interest in mind mapping and personal development. I wanted to learn how to doodle to help express myself visually through my mind maps. I also wanted to use doodling as a tool for coaching clients. And, I’m happy to say that both goals have been successfully achieved. And now I want to teach you the fundamentals of doodling to help you learn how to express yourself visually, how to expand your creativity, how to solve problems, and more. I hope you will join me on this incredible journey as we begin our exploration of visual thinking. One day in a business meeting someone asked me to draw an example of the idea I had in mind. But all I had in my arsenal of drawing skills were some not so fancy stick figures with absolutely no personality. ? It seemed as though my drawing skills had not really progressed very far since kindergarten. In fact, I think that sadly they might’ve even regressed. ? But I’m, of course, a risk-taker, and so I dive head first into my drawing. I do, however, pre-warn my colleagues that I’m no artist. In fact, sadly, I didn’t feel as though I had a single creative bone in my body, let alone my fingers. ? And so, I began to draw. But soon enough my rudimentary doodles turned to silly awkward and disjointed shapes. I really didn’t like where this was going. And so I pivoted and started using circles, squares, blobs and words to represent what I was thinking. The worst part of all was that it was an absolute mess and nobody fully understood what I was thinking. I had an inability to get my thoughts down on paper in a visual way, which left me feeling awkward and miserable and left my colleagues feeling perplexed and confused. ? I imagined at the time what opportunities I was potentially missing out on because I didn’t know how to express myself visually on paper. Could developing my drawing skills help advance my career/business? I wasn’t sure, but I definitely wanted to find out. Wou ld you like to learn how to express yourself visually? Given that you’re reading this page, I think that we are kind of the same. For instance, we both have a passion for drawing. You, of course, have your own reasons for wanting to learn how to draw, as do I. But I bet that at the core our reasons are very similar. Here are the reasons why I wanted to learn how to draw. Check to see if any of these reasons also resonate with you. check To learn how to express myself visually for pleasure and for fun. check ​ To develop my creative capacity. check To brainstorm ideas more effectively. check To improve my ability to communicate my ideas. check To improve my ability to communicate my ideas. check To potentially advance my career/business forward because I’ve improved in all the above-mentioned areas. Are we more or less on the same page? Do you also have the same aspirations that I once had, and still have today? If you do, then keep reading because as I continued down this path I came across something that completely shifted my perspective reality. It completely changed how I see the doodle. T he secret formula for learning how to draw ! As I did more research into drawing I eventually came across something that profoundly transformed how I draw. In fact, I no longer try to draw, I rather doodle. And I doodle using ONLY 12 basic shapes. These 12 shapes are like letters of the alphabe t. Just like we use the letters of the alphabet to create words, and then use those words to form sentences, paragraphs and entire manuscripts. These 12 shapes are used in a very similar way. But instead of forming words, I rather use them to form pictures and tell stories through my visuals. In fact, after working with these 12 fundamental shapes for several years, I am convinced that I can doodle absolutely anything using only these shapes. Yes, I know it might be hard to believe that it only takes 12 shapes. But it actually works. In fact, it will blow your mind. You will be blown away with uncontrolled enthusiasm once you figure out how simple and straightforward this process is. ? Remember earlier the story I was telling you when I was asked in a meeting to express my ideas visually? Well, towards the end of that meeting all I was doing was drawing basic shapes like a circle, square, triangle, blob, etc. I had no confidence in my drawing skills, but I certainly knew how to draw shapes. I just didn’t know what else to do. Drawing these shapes just felt easy and natural. But, of course, I didn’t realize it at the time that I was actually onto something. Then one day, I came across a video presented by Dave Gray. In this video, he walked me through the visual alphabet. This visual alphabet is made up of 12 basic shapes that can be used to doodle absolutely anything your heart desires. I watched the video from beginning to end and I was absolutely blown away. I couldn’t believe that it only took a combination of 12 shapes to draw anything I imagined. I, of course, played around with this for several months and progressively taught myself how to doodle. And yes, I found that confidence I was lacking years before in that meeting room. Doodling became easy, fun, and incredibly transformational. ? I now doodle each day for brainstorming ideas, for taking visual notes, for solving problems, and for keeping my mind calm and focused. I also use doodles to represent ideas and share them with others. Doodling has become one of those surprising transformational...