- Hi, I'm in a mood today,
A mood. A mood, okay?
So last night I went to Michaels,
because I was on a mission to find something.
I was in the mood to paint on wood again,
specifically this kind of wood,
they're like tree slices.
So, yeah, I'm super excited,
because I have a lot of different types of this stuff.
We have Basswood Country Round
from Walnut Hollow,
and then we have some birch rounds.
Not quite like drawing 100 eyes,
but, look, I have tree slice eyes.
I'm really excited to do some Posca pen painting on these,
because Posca pens on wood
is a very special experience.
I just love the combination of both of those together.
So in light of being in a goofy mood,
I think we should draw some goofy things
and just have fun with this.
I hope it inspires you. Let's go.
So I already opened one of these pieces of Country Basswood,
and we're gonna start with that.
This stuff is so smooth.
Like, I don't even need to sand it.
Awesome. Let me just maneuver these elsewhere.
(bright mystical music)
Also, I'm not gross or anything,
this is just pieces of tree falling off.
Now, as I said,
I'm in a goofy mood.
Let's reflect that with a fun, perky, goofy looking animal.
I've already been to the zoo this year.
So I think I wanna draw a giraffe.
This leads me to the question of the day.
What is your favorite animal?
Let me know down below.
I like the scary animals
that people normally wouldn't go near,
like alligators and jellyfish.
Super interesting.
Wow, I wasn't intending for the giraffe head to be this big.
But you know what?
It's kind of fitting the vibe here,
so we're just gonna stick with it, you know?
(bright mystical music)
Okay, I need to decide if I want the neck to be like this,
or if I wanna make it like go to one of the sides.
Ooh, you know what?
I'm forgetting the ears.
Hold it (laughs).
There we go. Okay.
Giraffe is here, living its best life.
Let's start with the Posca pen stuff.
It's gonna be so fun.
So part of the reason I wanted to draw a giraffe
was because a couple years ago,
more than a couple of years ago now,
actually, when I first started my YouTube channel,
I drew a giraffe.
It was just with like a marker or a ballpoint pen,
very simple,
but it was one of my very first videos
back when I was too shy to show my face or talk or anything.
And I was just hiding out in my bedroom.
My family didn't even know I did YouTube yet.
And I drew a giraffe.
So this video kind of feels special to me,
because I'm kind of reliving an older moment,
and I get to share that with you.
You can do some deep digging to find it,
but you're gonna have to dig embarrassingly deep
to find the old video,
if it's still public (chuckles).
(bright mystical music)
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So at this part here I am mixing two colors
to get the base coat
for the giraffe before I go in and I add all the spots,
the fun details,
you know, the stuff that we really like.
So I used APG color and some white to do that.
Now what I really, really love
about using Posca pen on wood is,
first of all, it's super forgiving.
So if you make a mistake,
you can layer over it again and again,
and it will be fine because the paper is wood,
which means it won't like pill up or anything,
like, it can handle it.
And I also love using wood,
because, like, okay,
this stuff is super smooth,
and it does not tear up my marker,
and I just love it so much.
I also love using Posca pens on Starbucks cups.
And you guys already know that.
You've seen it again and again on my channel,
but the Starbucks cups,
something about the coating on them
just holds up really well.
So those are probably my two favorite surfaces
to use Poscas on.
But Bristol paper and watercolor paper
also work really well.
(soft mystical music)
I thought it was also fun to make these colors
just really bright and happy to express summertime
and just to make the giraffe seem more approachable,
because when I was a kid,
the giraffe that I always saw living in Ohio
were honestly the Toys "R" Us ads (laughs).
And they always looked, you know,
so happy and I always wanted to see them in real life.
And I don't think I ever actually saw one in real life
until I was like a teenager,
when I went to a zoo.
But yeah,
I just associate giraffes with like such a happy mood,
because of that Toys "R" Us giraffe.
Every time I went to Toys "R" Us as a kid,
I got a stuffed animal.
That was like all I was interested in,
really, just all the stuffed animals.
Question of the day:
what was your favorite kind of toy as a kid?
As I said, mine was definitely stuffed animals,
but I also loved Legos,
and, honestly, I loved my cousin's dinosaur toys.
Like, we played with those so much,
like the Godzilla figurines and just dinosaurs, yeah.
And dolls, you know?
I played with dolls too,
probably longer than I should care to admit,
but, yeah, those were my favorite childhood toys.
I'm curious what your guys' are,
so feel free to drop a comment below
and share some of your childhood nostalgia with me.
(soft mystical music)
So at this point here,
I really knew that I wanted some contrast
to be at the bottom,
because, as I said,
I'm shooting for a lot of color here,
but if I go for only light colors,
it's gonna be hard for the giraffe to stand out.
And I feel like the dark green
helped convey like a convincing habitat for giraffes.
And then I decided to do some leaves in the foreground,
like, "Hmm, yum."
He's just gonna lean over and munch a leaf, you know?
(Miranda laughs)
I also decided to add some really fun colors to,
I don't know, make this seem more interesting.
So around the leaves I did like red and purple,
and it just seemed more dimensional or something afterward,
rather than just doing a full area of solid dark green,
'cause I was just kind of bored of that.
And I'm really happy
that I added all those other fun colors.
(soft mystical music)
We finished the first piece.
Here's how it turned out.
I just added some little reflections on the eyes at the end,
and I feel like that brought it to life.
So now that the first piece is done,
let's take this smaller piece of birchwood.
It's a lot thicker than the last piece of wood that we used.
I need some scissors. Got my scissors.
Let's begin.
Oh, by the way,
this piece of wood here
has kind of turned into my mixing palette,
'cause the plastic wrap is still on it.
So it's not like on the piece of wood itself,
but it kind of looks cool for a palette.
Okay, so I have a fun idea for this one.
So let's see what happens.
(upbeat bouncy music)
Okay, this one hopefully makes all of us hungry,
so after this video, we'll go eat junk food.
Just kidding, but, like, I probably will.
(upbeat music)
All right, honestly, this background
was so satisfying to color in
and I love that color.
So I decided we're gonna have a solid background
for this piece,
as opposed to the last piece
when we had all that detail going on.
So this piece here,
I think I'm shooting for something more simple, you know?
This is a food item.
We want it to look good.
We want the food to get the attention.
And yeah, I don't think we need a ton of detail elsewhere.
So let's see. Let's see what we can do.
I have been really hooked on strawberry rhubarb pie
and strawberry jello cake for the last couple of months.
Those have been probably some of my favorite desserts.
So I decided to kind of do like a layered strawberry cake.
And just kind of see how it goes.
I don't know, I'm just kind of making stuff up,
and having fun.
(upbeat music)
So once I got to this point,
it really felt like I needed to do a better job
at conveying that this is a summer delight.
We eat this in the summer time.
So as I was coloring in this plate,
I contemplated what I wanted to do for the table cloth.
And my gut was really telling me
to use the color wheel and do some complimentary colors
for that tablecloth.
So, you know how earlier I said,
let's do a simple background,
and I went with that minty color?
Now we're doing an orangish color to compliment it.
And I'm really happy with that decision.
(upbeat music continues)
Now, because the background is solid,
I decided we needed to add a little bit of,
I don't know, pizzazz or something
to the foreground (laughs).
So I did this fun, like, golden pink and orange plaid,
gingham sort of pattern.
I felt like it definitely made things feel more summery
and just happy in general.
(bright orchestral music)
Another question of the day,
what is your current favorite dessert?
(bright orchestral music)
Okay, we finished a painting.
I really enjoyed this one,
because it was more simplistic
and it kind of feels like pop art,
plus it's the summer now,
and who doesn't want a piece of strawberry cake.
So, yeah, I figured this week I would take a break
from drawing or painting water or flowers,
and just do some other stuff.
So, yeah, it was fun doing this giraffe.
I think this one is my favorite of the two,
and this one was more like relaxing.
It didn't feel like it was super stressful
or hard or anything.
Let me know which one is your favorite down below.
And if you've made it this far,
comment the word "Spots" down below,
and I'll try to reply to you with either a star emoji,
or is there a giraffe emoji?
If there's a giraffe emoji, I might do that.
You know, like, 'cause you're commenting spots
for like giraffe spots.
Yeah, that'd be a fun game.
We'll see. We'll see what happens.
And if there are a lot of comments,
then you guys beat me,
and defeat me, and yeah.
(Miranda laughs)
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you have a fantastic day,
and I will see you next time.
Bye.
It's kind of awkward waving with your painting
in your hand.
Bye.