MARIA LUISA ENGELS
Business Sketchnotes
Ready to change the way you engage with your audience?
Make your messages simple and memorable!
Join "Drawing Made Easy"
Professional Sketchnote Basics for Freelancers, Coaches and Trainers
The proven formula to create your own amazing professional visuals even if you are a beginner or you think you can not draw.
You’ve got great ideas to share, but it often feels like people aren’t really understanding or remembering them the way you want.
Whether it’s in a presentation, workshop, or meeting, you want to engage your audience, simplify your message, and stand out—but instead, you feel stuck.
You might not be sure how to make your ideas clear, creative and memorable. Maybe you’ve tried drawing your own visuals, but they didn’t look professional or give you the confidence you were hoping for. You know you can make an impact, but something is stopping you from fully expressing your ideas.
Are you...
investing too much time trying to make your content and messages more engaging and clear?
feeling stuck, lacking ideas, imagination and creativity at work?
frustrated about loving visual communication but not knowing how to start?
loving sketchnotes but paralyzed by the idea of drawing live in front of an audience?
feeling overwhelmed by even thinking how sketchnotes help you to connect and engage with your customers, participants or coaches?
Now, imagine if you could take your complex ideas and own content and explain them easily—no more feeling stuck, no more overcomplicating things.
What if I tell you that ...
whether you're a coach, trainer, teacher, manager, freelancer or business owner, you can learn to create messages that stick and are visually appealing and unique.
You just need to know where to start.
Build self-confidence and creativity at work by learning a new professional skill that makes you stand out from the crowd
Spark more creativity and joy to your workday and with your customers
Bring more engagement and fun in your presentations and meetings instead of boring powerpoints
Stop wasting time and money by searching for copyright free visuals or paying to use images
Create memorable experiences and build loyalty by simplifying complexity
Learn how to draw anything easily with a proven step by step clear system that works
Save time by communicating faster “on point” with your own drawings
You may ask yourself ...
What if I am not talented and creative enough?
How will I make time for creating visuals with my busy diary?
Will I be able to draw so that people understand?
How will I integrate sketchnoting into my work?
What if my visuals are not good enough?
The most common mistake I see people doing is to do nothing
at all.
By choosing inaction, you are saying “no” to a fun, more engaging way to connect and communicate in your own style that not only looks professional but is also more effective.
But how can this course really help you and your business?
“Drawing Made Easy” removes all hesitation. It guides you through a strategic and proven approach to learning sketchnoting step by step.
It contains all necessary elements to help you visualize your own ideas with confidence and joy that work.
Transform your own content and material into professional sketchnotes
Build consistency through a sketching routine
Even after just one hour you will be surprised how easy it is for you to draw everyday objects
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"This course taught me how to simplify messages through images and how to create those uniquely and easily. I have so much confidence now to use what I've learnt and how to do that in a way that is professional, impactful and creative."
KATE GOODMAN
Managing Director at Kalida People
What makes this course different?
"Drawing Made Easy" is the only online course that follows a clear path to take you in just 6 weeks from zero drawing skills to your own engaging professional sketchnotes with ease and confidence!
It not only breaks the drawing into very simple steps that make it very easy to follow but it also uses a propietary approach that shows you how to transfer your own content in a visually appealing way and smoothly integrate it into your work.
With more than 500 former participants , this course follows the special needs of freelancers, trainers or coaches helping you get started with your own professional sketchnotes and how to use them effectively at work.
Here are some of the things that are possible after this course:
Create professional sketchnotes that stick.
Have a collection of creative assets and have a visual vocabulary adapted to your needs.
Draw live in your trainings or customer presentations with confidence.
You enjoy yourself at work and bring more joy to your audience.
Have a clear approach to convert your ideas, content or messages into compelling original visuals.
You create your own visuals instead of "searching for visuals" adding originality and personality to your work.
Stop relying on boring powerpoints or flipcharts only.
Once you know the process, you can draw and simplify any content and deliver better results.
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"Great structured course, well paced, gradually built on learning and that provides bite sized videos and learnings with simple examples, time to practice and an engaging layout/design. Practical skills I can take away and use in my business and most of all more confidence to be more creative and visual."
ALEXANDRA ORFANIDIS
Executive Leader, Consultant & Coach
Engage more
Surprise your audience with clearer and faster messages that stick
Save time and money
Stop searching for images and paying for copyright and instead learn to use your own visuals
Increase self-confidence
By learning a new skill and bringing a new competence to your work
How does it work?
“Drawing Made Easy” is a cohort style comprehensive actionable 6 week online video course which includes both weekly live and pre recorded sessions.
The course follows a structured step by step approach that you can implement to your work week by week.
The course consists of 6 modules hosted in a private learning platform. In every module you will get a proposed assignment.
Each module builds on each other so that at the end you are fully equipped to create your own professional sketchnotes.
What is included?
Gain
confidence through short video lessons that guide you gradually from zero drawing skills so you know exactly what to do at every stage
Grow
your creative resources with module workbooks, visual library, examples and Tips and Tricks
Follow
templates, exercises and assignments to practice and personalizing the learnings to your professional situation
Spark
your creativity and transform your own ideas to polished Sketchnotes with our proven process
What support is provided?
We have you covered. To ensure that you get the best results with “Drawing Made Easy” you have access to:
6 weekly live Q&A calls so that no question remains unanswered
an amazing private community for 12 months to give and receive feedback from peers and learn from each other
weekly fun challenges and module assignements to keep you going
Personalized feedback from me in the community during 6 weeks
1 year access to all recordings (inclusive Q&A call recordings) and material
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"In this course I learned how to start with sketchnoting. I learned how I can think about drawing, that it is not difficult - even when I can't really draw - now I know I can do it. Maria Luisa is a great teacher. She gave plenty of examples and helped with every situation she was asked about. I can definitely use sketchnotes for myself and for my business - online lessons."
LENKA DAŠKOVÁ
Coach
Modules
Here is what is inside the course waiting for you!
Icons and Objects
In this module you will start learning the first element of a sketchnote including:
Basic Forms
Evergreen icons and objects with a simple, easy-to-follow process
Icons for specific business and professional contexts.
Module Assignment
People and Emotions
Draw people easily. Experiment with different emotions and funny faces.
Basic Figures
People in movement
Useful figures
People at work
Hands
How to draw emotions
Module Assignment
Typography and Textboxes
Titles are the eye-catcher of each sketchnote. Learn different styles and the tricks behind readable writing.
Titles and text
Banners
Creative text boxes
Module Assignment
Frames, Connectors and Combinations
Connect the different elements of your sketchnote, combine them and add the right frame.
Frames
Connectors
Combinations
Module Assignment
From Idea to Final Sketchnote: The Sketchnote Process
Learn a proven 5 Step propietary framework to transform your ideas and own content into sketchnotes
Types of Sketchnotes
The Sketchnote Process
Module Assignment
Sketchnotes in Live Settings and Coaching
Learn how to prepare and use your own visuals for your flipcharts in live settings / presentations or in conversations with your clients.
on the flipchart,
on coaching or with a client
Module Assignment
Join today and start transforming your content into your own amazing professional Sketchnotes!
But wait!
This is not all.
Amazing Bonuses!
Bonus 1:
Tips and Tricks
Tips for good sketchnotes (video).
Save time. How to test different formats on analog sketchnotes (before doing all the work.) (video).
Extra template for processes for your free use.
Bonus 2:
Digital Sketchnotes
Introduction to Digital Sketchnotes (Video).
Hardware and software tips to get started (Video).
Pros and Cons of Digital vs. Analog Sketchnotes (Video).
Bonus 3:
Course Workbook
61 full color pages complete Course Workbook (pdf).
Written explanations of the main contents.
Exercises and practice templates.
9 amazing Summary cheat-sheets of the course with +350 icons, figures, titles, text boxes and more for quick review.
Real examples of the different sketchnote types.
Example of how to apply the sketchnote process to any content.
And this is what my clients say:
CONFIDENCE IN OWN SKILLS
"An absolute must if you want to integrate sketchnotes into work and professionalize it.
The short, easy-to-understand and well-structured videos, show you all you need to map out entire sketchnote processes. With her calm and all-round professional manner, her course is incredibly fun - and along the way you gain confidence in your own skills. I recommend 100%. Simply great!"
JULIA SELLINAT
Head of HR, Coach
CLEAR RESULTS IN THE FIRST WEEK
"Just by taking the first week content, it improved how I perceive sketching. Even my colleagues were amazed by how a single video flipped how I sketch my thoughts. Sketching really helps improve creativity. I can now express my thoughts in a more visual way."
FELIX VEROYA
Founder Ask Lex PH Academy
IMPRESSIVE SKETCHNOTES AFTER THIS COURSE
“Even without previous experience, after this course you will be able to create impressive sketchnotes that you and others will remember for a long time. It's also great that you get lots of ideas for creating your own visual vocabulary and the whole course is very motivating because Maria Luisa is so authentic, friendly and competent.”
BURGIS SOWA
Finance Coach
FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL SKETCHNOTES LIKE NO OTHER COURSE
“I really loved this course because it not only introduced what sketchnotes are and involved us in creating them, but it also emphasized their professional use. I have taken many courses on sketchnotes, but none have focused as much on their application in business as this one."
CLAUDIA DIETRICH
Coach
MORE ENGAGING CONTENT FOR MY TRAININGS
"As a trainer I was done with boring presentations and looking for more engaging and appealing ideas to share with specific needs of closed trainee/coachee group.
Maria is an outstanding trainer of sketchnoting and her course helped me build a new insight into my training content, design and delivery."
PRANALI LUTE
Coach, Trainer
UNLOCKED MY RESISTANCE TO DRAW
"The guidance to break items down and make them simple, loads of inspiration while providing great structure. Especially the sketchnote process, how to use sketching live in sessions and plenty of tips on analog and digital tools are so valuable. It absolutely opened my mind to the multitude of applications. Maria's is upbeat and comes with a lot of positive energy that inspires. "
ESTHER HOLM-HANSEN
Change Mgmt & Business Transformation / Coach
Hi, I'm Maria Luisa!
And I know exactly how you feel
because I’ve been there when I started my business as a trainer and coach.
Five years ago, I had no customers and knew nothing about sales.
Then the pandemic hit, and I had to quickly adapt to virtual training and become visible on LinkedIn.
I began sharing content and looking for ways to keep attention high during my sessions. That’s when I stumbled upon visual notes online. It was new and fascinating to me. I instantly loved it and saw how useful it could be in long online sessions.
At first, I felt excited like a kid exploring creativity but also full of doubt—wondering if I could draw messages clearly, pick the right images, and make sure people understood them.
My early sketches were messy, and I hesitated to show them, thinking they weren’t good enough. But when I finally started sharing, the reaction was more positive than I expected—even when the sketches weren’t perfect because they were simple and clear.
That gave me confidence and a huge energy boost.
I took courses, learned techniques, and gradually improved. As I got better, my self-doubt faded, and my audience grew.
Eventually, people asked if I could teach them, which led to my first Sketchnotes course, with over 500 participants and a vibrant community.
3 years after I started, 30,000 people follow my work, I have published four books on sketchnotes, and teach professionals like you how to use them effectively at work. Today, sketching brings me joy, and it creates real value for my clients. It’s both creative and practical.
I believe most people are creative, even if they don’t realize it as we all drew as children.
I’m here to help you use sketchnotes to enrich your coaching, meetings, presentations, or branding and make your work more engaging and distinctive.
If I can do it, you can too!
With this course you get:
6 Module Curriculum
6 modules that you can do at your own pace with exercises so you can apply the content to your work right away.
6 Weekly Q&A Live Calls
Ask your questions live week after week during 6 weeks and we'll make sure no question goes unanswered.
Learn from other people's questions and review the call recording as many times as you want.
Weekly Challenges and Exercises
Open yourself to creativity by participating in challenges during the first 6 weeks to establish a routine.
Generate more and better ideas and make a habit of sketchnoting.
1 Year Platform Access
1 year access to the platform which includes all the recordings, materials, content and downloads so you can review everything plenty of times
An Amazing Private Community
1 year access to the private community on the platform to receive specific feedback on your sketches, give feedback to others, learn, spark creativity and have fun.
Bonus 1: Tips and Tricks
Learn useful tips that help you become more efficient, faster and more effective.
Bonus 2: Introduction to Digital Sketchnotes
If you are not yet working with digital notes, this bonus will help you to compare all the advantages they have over analog notes and will introduce you to the digital sketchnotes.
Bonus 3: A Complete Course Workbook
Complete course book of 63 pages that contains all the exercises, templates and icons so you can print it and review it at any time. It is a practical guide that will help you when you are creating your visuals.
497€
+ VAT
Program Starts on Nov. 11th 2024
FAQ
Bonus 3: A Complete Course Workbook
How does the course work?
The course takes place online on a private learning platform. Every week a new module will be released and you can access short teaching videos and exercises. You can start and pause whenever you want. You will find all the videos, templates, links and other downloadable materials in your course platform. Every week we will also have a live 1 hour call for Q&A. You will also have access to our private community to share and receive feedback and ask your questions.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed specifically for trainers, coaches, consultants, freelancers, business owners, or other professionals with little or no sketchnotes experience that want to start creating their own visual materials for their training on coaching, customer presentations or social media.
What if I can not draw? Can I still benefit from the course?
The course is designed for absolute beginners, even for people that think they are not creative at all or they say that they cannot draw. The single lessons are broken into small pieces of content so that you will be surprised how easy it is for you to draw.
Will I able to do sketches that people understand?
We will guide you through a proven step-by-step process that will help you create clear and structured sketches. By following this method, we will gain the confidence and skills needed to produce visuals that others can easily understand.
How will I integrate sketchnotes into my work?
You will learn how to incorporate sketchnotes into your work through a structured and proven process. This course is also an implementation course with weekly assignments. It includes many practical examples and exercises specifically designed for trainers, coaches and business professionals. With the material provided in our workbook and the assignments , you will not only have a source of inspiration for your own ideas and applications but you can inmediately start using sketchnotes at work.
How to participate?
The course is hosted in a private learning platform and you can draw on paper or digitally if you have a tablet. However, this is not a requisite. I particularly recommend beginners to start drawing on paper.
Which materials do I need ?
This is a material list recommendation for all budgets in the introduction module.
What is not included?
As a digital learning course, analog drawing materials are not included, however you have our recommended materials, which are easily to purchase. Also, we don't teach you how to use a specific digital drawing software. For this, we have a different more advance course.
As a group course, this course does not include individual coaching sessions. Also the live Q&A calls and the community feedback support from our Staff is limited to 6 weeks, but you still can interact with peers for 1 year.
How long do I have access to the course?
The course is designed to be completed within six weeks, however, we understand that if you are full-time working and have other obligations, you may not have the time to complete it in this time.
We all know how easy it is to buy a course and then let it sit untouched collecting digital dust. I don't want "Drawing Made Easy" to end up like that for you. To help you get started and stay motivated and finish it, I'm offering it for ONE FULL YEAR. This way, you'll have the perfect reason to dive in right away and start enjoying the benefits. ONE YEAR gives you enough time to watch the content and Q&A call recordings and other materials as many times as you want.
Is there any support available to give feedback for my sketchnotes?
Yes of course. You have the opportunity to ask questions in the live Q&A Calls and also ask for personalized feedback from me in the community (during 6 weeks) and later on you still can get feedback from peers for 1 whole year since the starting date of the course.
For technical issues you always can contact the support at: [email protected]
What is the refund policy?
"Drawing Made Easy" gives you all the support, guidance, direction and content to overcome your challenges and succeed. We believe so strongly in our proven formula for learning sketch notes that we do not offer refunds.
How fast will I see results?
That depends a little bit on your personal engagement. We have people who experience a very fast breakthrough from day one and others who need more time. The community and live Q&A is a great accelerator in terms of creativity and motivation and we see the best results in the students who take advantage of it.
How much time do I need to invest?
For the pre-recorded lessons you will need an average of an hour, an hour and a half a week to be able to watch and draw them in real time. For the one-week question and answer calls you will need one hour per week. In total about 2-2h 30 per week. And of course as much time as you want to spend practicing, the more the better. But remember that you have access to the material, the recordings and the community for a whole year.
Imagine…3 months for now you could still be on the same point where you are OR you could have made your sketchnote dream a reality.
The window of opportunity is open for you and only now you have the choice. But the chance will close soon, so now is the time for you to decide.
What if you would say yes to more confidence, new skills and lasting impact?
If you can imagine it, then you can create it.
See you in the course!
Don't wait any longer and secure your spot!
Join now for only 497€
(Plus VAT)
