My picture word journal

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Sometimes all you need to get going in your art journal is one word to inspire you. This list of 365 one-word journal prompts will help you create fun pages all year round!

I love working with these prompts and there are so many ways you can use these!

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With just one word, there’s a lot of freedom to do just about anything – you can interpret that one word any way you’d like!

Here are a couple of ideas for how you can use prompts to spark your journal pages:

• Use them as a list for things to draw or sketch
• Use the prompts to find fitting quotes that you like
• Write about your thoughts and feelings related to the prompt in hidden journaling as a background layer.
• Use colors and textures that fit the theme, mood, and feeling of a word

There are truly no limits, so while I might have listed some ideas here and there for different words – it is COMPLETELY up to your interpretation!

Without further ado, let’s get onto the list, shall we?

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Happiness

Beauty

Sleep

Garden

Imagination

Secret

Give

Thankful

Kindness

Inside

Outside

Jump

Friendship

Love

Fire

Believe

Hope

Faith

Focus

Clean

Angry

Work

Music

Mystery

Envelope

Book

Dare

Choose

Beach

Forgiveness

Disaster

Dance

Mistake

New

Yes

Path

Horizon

Mountain

River

Open

Heart

Soul

Tear

Spiral

Up

Go

Be

Seek

Learn

Balance

Grow

Strength

Dream

Passion

Move

Today

Awaken

Angels

Laughter

Listening

Pause

Peace

Relax

Space

Wisdom

Difference

Begin

Time

Brave

Breathe

Childhood

Discovery

Mind

Energy

Flower

Health

Harmony

Recovery

Stand

Nowhere

Soar

Skip

Fresh

Delicious

Power

Complete

Grace

Legend

Ecstasy

Hug

Proud

Simple

Machine

Victory

Vibrancy

Leadership

Alive

Bloom

Fame

Enormous

Independent

Unique

Metamorphosis

Silence

Project

Smile

Miracle

Amazing

Game

Connected

Muse

Dazzle

Determination

Free

Help

Intuition

Smart

Sweet

Honesty

Useful

Safety

Ready

Vision

Cycle

Discipline

Promise

Patience

Destiny

Rejuvenate

Shine

Talk

Stress

Missing

Age

Success

Motivation

Family

Loneliness

Experience

Future

Vintage

Wings

Letter

Wandering

Factory

Rainbow

Ask

Self

Locket

Home

Cloud

Hunger

Possibilities

Boredom

Innocence

Charge

Rhythm

Date

Consequence

Prescription

Goals

Lost

Found

Cry

Parade

Party

Ice

Dragon

Alarm

Understanding

Uncomfortable

Serious

Opposites

Playful

Attention

Caring

Hero

Lace

Clue

Ideas

Junk

Collection

Radio

Interview

Zoom

Puzzle

Landscape

Advice

Memories

Communication

Compassion

Universe

Loyalty

Sharing

Travel

Voices

Sidewalk

Tree

Story

Why

Maybe

Antique

Action

Culture

Fuel

Desire

Weather

Directions

List

Ride

Wish

Breakfast

Touch

Sadness

Comfort

Circle

Reflection

Optimism

Anxiety

Shadow

Spirit

Stretch

Challenge

Five

Messy

Adventure

Fun

Surprise

Illusion

Mischief

Shy

Lesson

Whisper

Fight

Castle

Protect

Shop

Wheel

Pieces

Leaves

Fool

Productivity

Overcome

Encouragement

Watch

Lighthouse

Mild

Mouth

Rare

Target

Boat

Box

Grief

Heavy

Zeal

Color

Brilliance

Enthusiastic

Approval

Enchanting

Attraction

Photograph

Waterfall

Moment

Paradise

Parachute

Social

Zingy

Number

Little

Sound

Reach

Money

Staircase

Lemon

Wood

Try

You

Quote

Weakness

Bridge

Building

Clothes

Prepare

Teach

Window

Drive

Middle

Microphone

Definition

Shout

Catch

Release

Balloons

Sharp

Crowd

Cute

Cheery

Glow

Apple

Pictures

Swing

Wave

Joke

Cope

Accomplish

Special

Neighborhood

Wonderful

Service

Calling

Magic

Spontaneous

Fluffy

Organic

Silly

Thunderstorm

Toys

Butterfly

Buzz

Vine

Shock

Enjoy

Craving

Respect

Abstract

Rainbow

Train

Invention

Perspective

Genius

Circus

Ball

Crystal

Tranquility

Fairy

Cup

Reality

Forget

Priorities

Journey

Hands

Shoes

Television

Newspaper

Radiance

Hidden

Fright

Climb

Guess

Pretend

Turn

Shatter

Together

Adapt

Keep

Closed

Embrace

Blessing

Block

Pizzazz

Breakthrough

Curiosity

Distance

Zen

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I hope you enjoy these one-word journal prompts! And of course, if you’d like the ad-free, printable version of this list and the printable prompt cards, visit our site SteinMixedMedia.com.