Simple Doodles & Easy Drawing Ideas for Bullet Journals: Lush Potted Plants Edition

You don’t need to be a full-blown artist to include hand-drawn elements in your bullet journal, planner, or journal! Almost anything you want to draw in your journal can be broken down into basic shapes and by adding detail on top of it, you’ll have drawn something simple and adorable in your journal.

So if you’ve been wanting to try drawing in your journal, but have let a lack a skill or confidence let you do it, I’m here to tell you it’s possible and fun!

Grab some supplies and let’s jump into this continuing series on simple doodles and easy drawing ideas for your journal. We’ll be focusing on a lush potted plants theme for today’s doodles. Drop a comment to let me know what other themed doodles you’d like me to break down!

Supplies

While you don’t need a ton of supplies for these doodles, you will need a few! Check out this blog post for my recommendations, but look around to see what you have already.

Firstly, you’ll want your journal - I’m partial to the Archer & Olive brand.

Secondly, you’ll want a pencil. Any pencil will do, but I do love these twisty Paper Mate pencils (affiliate link)!

Thirdly, a pen or a couple of markers. I use two different thicknesses while doodling, a thicker 08 sized one and a thinner 01 sized one from this pack of Two Hands art pens (affiliate link). I like these pens in particular because after they’re fully dry, they don’t smear - at least not with the markers I’ve tried! You could also just use one pen or marker and double up for the thicker lines.

Optional: Some colored markers or highlighters to add some color to your doodles!

Simple and Lush Potted Plants Doodles

Aloe Plant

You can start off with a pencil for this one and then ink it with a pen or marker after!

1. Start off with a simple pot. Draw a tall C-shaped curve. Then draw an S-shaped curve where there’s space between the two lines at the bottom, but the top of the lines join in a point. This is our first aloe leaf.
2. Next to our first leaf, let’s draw another C-shaped curve, this one will be slightly shorter than the first leaf. Then draw a short S-shaped curve from the top of the first curve and meeting the first leaf somewhere in the middle. Our second leaf is now behind our first one!
3. Repeat the same process as step 2, but on the other side of our original aloe leaf.
4. Next to our second leaf, let’s draw another C-shaped curve, this one will again be slightly shorter and it will also curve away more. Then draw a short S-shaped curve from the top of the first curve and meeting our second leaf somewhere in the middle. Our fourth leaf is behind our second one!
5. Repeat the same process as step 4, but on the other side of our third aloe leaf. We’ve got a nice looking plant now!
6. Lastly, let’s add some lines using the thin pen or marker to give some dimension to this aloe leaves. If your doodle is large enough, consider adding some spiky texture to the edges of the leaves!

Peacock Plant

You can start off with a pencil for this one and then ink it with a pen or marker after!

1. Start off with a simple pot. Draw a long tear drop shape, but without the point. The thinner part of this shape will be coming out of the pot.
2. Draw another long tear drop shape but curving a bit to the side. Let’s put this leaf in front of our first one by erasing. Erase the part of the first leaf that overlaps with the second.
3. Draw another long tear drop shape but drooping quite a bit to the other side of our first leaf. Let’s put this leaf in front again by erasing. Erase the part of the first leaf that overlaps with the third.
4. Draw a C-shaped curve next to our second leaf. This leaf is behind!
5. Draw another C-shaped curve in the space between our first and third leaves. This leaf is peaking out from behind.
6. Lastly, let’s add some lines using the thing pen or marker to give some dimension to our peacock plant leaves.

Pothos Plant

You can start off with a pencil for this one and then ink it with a pen or marker after!

1. Start off with a simple pot. Draw a tear drop shape floating above the pot. Then draw a C-shaped curve from the tip of the tear drop to the bottom.
2. Draw another tear drop shape, this one skinnier and laying down, so the pointy part points out. Draw an S-shaped curve from the tip of the tear drop to the bottom.
3. Draw another tear drop shape, this time upside down. Draw a C-shaped curve from the tip of the tear drop to the bottom of the tear drop (which is actually at nearer to the top of our image). Erase the part of the pot that overlaps with the leaf, so the leaf is in front of the pot.
4. Between the first and second leaves, draw two C-shaped curves so they intersect at one point. Draw a line in between them with a thin pen or marker to mark the middle curve of the leaf.
5. Let’s add in one more leaf to make our plant fuller. Draw 2 C-shaped curves between our first and third leaves, both of the curves should curve in the same direction and meet in one point. Draw a line in between them with a thin pen or marker to mark the middle curve of the leaf.
6. Lastly, lets add some stems from the leaves down into the pot, careful not to go over the leaves themselves since we want the stems to be behind the leaves.

Young Citrus Tree

You can start off with a pencil for this one and then ink it with a pen or marker after!

1. Start off with a simple pot. Draw two lines going straight up. This is our trunk or stem.
2. Draw three leaves above the trunk or stem. For each leaf, start with a small wavy line two two bumps. At the end of one bump, draw a C-shaped curve and at the end of the other bump, draw an S-shaped curve. The bumps should be toward the middle of the plant and the points should be pointing away.
3. Draw three more leaves around the ones you just drew, using the same method as step 2. These leaves should be in front of the first ones.
4. Draw three more leaves at the top of the plant using C-shaped curves.
5. Fill in the empty spots with small V shapes. If you have some space in the middle between all the leaves, draw a line or two to split up the space.
6. Lastly, using a thin pen or marker, draw lines on the leaves to give them a bit of dimension.

Chinese Evergreen Plant

You can start off with a pencil for this one and then ink it with a pen or marker after!

1. Start with a simple pot. Draw a long tear shape tilted a bit. Then draw a slightly curved line connecting the tear shape to the pot.
2. Draw another long tear shape tilting in the other direction, then draw a slightly curved line connecting the tear shape to the pot.
3. Between the two tear shapes, draw another long tear shape pointing straight up. Erase the parts that overlap with the first two leaves since we want the leaf in this step to be behind the other two. Draw a line connecting this shape to the pot.
4. Draw a small tilted leaf shape below our first leaf, then draw a slightly curved line connecting it to the pot.
5. Draw a small tilted leaf shape below our second leaf, then draw a slightly curved line connecting it to the pot.
6. Lastly, draw some lines from the bottom of each tear shape going towards but not quite reaching the point of each leaf.

Lush Potted Plants Doodles, Check!

See? It’s really not too bad to create fun doodles even if you think you have no skill, these doodles are simple enough for anyone to follow along.

If you use these steps in making your own doodles in your journal, I’d love if you give me a tag! You can find me as TabletAndQuill on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook!

Interested in more posts in this series? Check out:

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