Hello, and welcome back to Jenna Gets Creative! This week I am doing some more practice pieces
with my Inktense pencils. Today you are going to see a semi-realistic whimsical butterfly
illustration, and on Thursday you'll see me doing some interesting background work. I...
on a piece that I intended to be just a regular illustration, but then I got playing with
the background so much I just left the actual subject blank. So, that's coming on Thursday,
today I am doing a butterfly, and yeah. Inktense! Full 72 set. And actually, they are rolling
around that much in there because I also originally had just this 12 set. I got this at Walmart,
for really cheap, because the-- a lot of the Walmart stores here in Newfoundland just recently
converted over to Super Centres, and they, when they were getting ready for that renovation
they were selling off a lot of stock just to make room, and this is one of the things
that they were selling off. I think they do still carry Inktense, I don't know why they
were selling off a 12 set, but they were, it was really cheap, I tried it, I loved it,
now I own the 72, and uh, it sounds like they're rolling around because they are. I took the
flimsy little trays out. (Flimsy little trays, this is how Derwent saves their money.) Anyway.
Today's video is going to be the longer of the two, so I'm not gonna ramble the whole
time. Let's go ahead and watch the art right now, and I'll be back to say goodbye right
before the end card.
You know, it's really weird to do these voice overs now and NOT say welcome back, because
according to what you're seeing,the way I've strung it all together, I already said that!
I'm actually doing my voice overs before my intros, so I appoligise if I'm repeating myself,
'cuz I don't know that yet. Yeah, uh, we're planning to go up to the cabin for the weekend,
we don't know when exactly we're coming back, so I'm trying to get the next couple of videos
recorded and uploaded, scheduled ahead of time, and I don't really know what I should
be talking about, because I, yeah. I don't know what's going on with my near future timeline
right now! Anyway, I am doing more practice with my Inktense pencils. These are very quickly
becoming one of my favourite materials to use, and as you can see in frame at the top
there, I do have the full 72 set. The trays, the plastic trays aren't in there because
I tossed in my original 12 set as well, and they're just, they're really flimsy trays.
I love Derwent, I love the fact that they come in this metal tin, but their plastic
trays are just so flimsy. They really, they're saving on materials there, let's just say
that. Anyway, for this piece I really wanted to practice textures and gradients and maybe
see how much detail, how much of an impression I could make in a painting with a limited
colour palette, so I-- I wasn't necessarily practicing my DRAWING skills here, I was practicing
my PAINTING skills, so I completely admit, I did go through my older sketches and I re-used
some elements that I have used in videos here before. Actually, both the butterfly and the
daisy are from the "Friends are the Family You Choose" collage piece with Stitch from
Lilo & Stitch. They're both from that, both of these elements are, and I combined them
in a new way, kinda of whimsical, so that I could practice painting, and I really, I
love how this came out. I kinda wanna do more exactly like this! The combination of flowers
and butterflies, or maybe similar things, in a slightly unique way. I think it turned
out really, really well. I say that a lot, don't I? Yeah. It's true, though, I think
it turned out really well! I did end up using some dry pencil techniques at the end for
details in the daisy, but I really like using these activated they way they're advertised
and intended to be used. You'll notice that I'm using a mixture of the waterbrush paint
brush and a standard paint brush. I find I can work very quickly with the waterbrush,
because it does stay wet, but it's much easier to get really dark pigments and really-- finer
control, really, with the standard paint brush, because you aren't accidentally introducing
more water than you intended with it. But then of course, since the waterbrush pen is
providing its own water to the brush, you can just rub that thing on the end of the
pencil as much as you need and pick up as much pigment as you need. Yeah, it's, it works
too. I definitely prefer to work a combination. I know a lot of artists who do watercolour
and similar media, they'll go out travelling or just go out in the back yard sketching
or whatever, and they'll only bring these waterbrush pens because then you don't need
to bring water with you, but I just, I can't do that. I love these waterbrush pens for
sure, but I've gotta have my traditional brushes too. There are things that I prefer to do
with each type of brush. Are you like that? Have you tried both types of brushes, and
do you find that there are some things that work better with one or the other? Comment
down below! And also comment down below if you've used Inktense before. Do you love them?
Do you just like them? Do you hate them? I'd love to hear what you think of them and why,
and I'd love to hear if you think there are other tips or tricks or techniques that maybe
I haven't heard of yet that I should try. I'd love to hear your suggestions of what
else you think would turn out really well as a subject for painting with Inktense. Because,
like, I love these, and I'm probably going to be doing a lot of work with them in the
near future, because these are my obsession at the moment. Which surprises me, because
I got my Polychromos so recently, and I love them too! And like, nothing's going to change
my love for the Polychromos pencils, but that's your dry material colours pencils, these are
just they best of pencil and watercolour and ink! Well maybe not the best of all three,
but they're... there's nothing quite like an Inktense pencil, and I love them, and I
want all of the other Inktense materials out there. I have the 12 pan set. I want them
to make more! And I want to try the blocks to go with them. Yeah, love them, they're
great. If you haven't tried them, you really should. The 12 set is not that expensive,
and you can find it just about anywhere. I picked mine up at Walmart. If you're new here,
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half way through the art portion, and I don't have all that much to say, so I'm going to
end the voice over here, let the music take it, and I'll see you in the end card.
Thanks so much for watching, guys. Here it is! My little whimsical butterfly daisy illustration.
I just, I love how this turned out, and yes I did, as I said, recycle the butterfly drawing
and even the daisy from this piece. Yes, it's the same butterfly, it's-- I, I'm not stealing
anything, it's my own art from my own sketch book, I just, I'm practicing techniques with
the pencils, I'm not practicing my drawing, so why not re-use the same thing? A lot of
artists do that, they'll re-use little elements in their bigger pieces. Anyway, full disclaimer,
my art but yes, repeat of this. Just trying out a new medium, and I love it. Anyway, end
card time, and I'll see you on Thursday.
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