What are Sketchnotes?

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This is a sketchnote about Sketchnotes - an indivual form of note- taking using visuals.

A Sketchnote about Sketchnotes

If you think you can't sketch, you don't need to. These two images of ducks convey the same meaning. You do not need to be an artist to be a visual thinker. And if you can’t sketch a duck, find an icon and practice drawing it 50 times. It then becomes part of your visual vocabulary.

It's Smart, not Art (Lynne Cazaly)

So what actually happens in your brain when you do visual thinking? According to Craighton Berman, you start by listening and exercising your “mental cache”. Your brain then synthesises the information down into the essentials, and finally you translate your thoughts using visual language onto paper.

A diagram with arrows between Listen, Synthesise, Visualise