Hey guys! Today, we're starting this sketchbook, and I'm really excited! We're
gonna conquer the first page. I'm gonna... I I don't know, do you guys fill this out?
Let me know! Comment of the day: when you open a sketchbook and it's like, "my owner
will reward you with ___" ...like, what what do you say? I don't know. I never put my
phone number and stuff here. I don't know. I did kind of cheat a little bit, because
I did a video about holiday doodles to fill your sketchbook, and I had run out
of pages in my old sketchbook, so I did use a couple pages later on. But this
sketchbook video is going to focus on starting from the first page and just
conquering the first page fears. I guess defeating that.. so I am going to jump in
and I'm going to talk about how I view the first page of a sketchbook, because I
think it can be intimidating. I struggle with this a lot, actually.
Starting from the first page.. I don't know, it's scary because every time
you get a new sketchbook you kind of have new goals that you
want to achieve. There's a lot of pressure that can be put on you when you
do those pages. What I have started doing when I get a new sketchbook is I try not
to think about any goals for my first page. I just jump in. I don't want to set
the bar too high, and I know that probably sounds like, "wow
okay, you have no goals," but that's not true because later on I pretty much
always make a list of goals. I think the fear of the front page itself hinders
people from actually doing stuff in their sketchbook. You know what I mean?
I mean for me it does... maybe for you it's different. Maybe you have no issues.
But me... I do. I have some issues with it. I'm going to draw a person. I guess I'm
not the greatest at anatomy, but you know what? That's good. I'll take it.
Because as I said, we're just trying to get something nailed down. I kind of will
talk through my thought process when I do this. One thing I've started doing
though to help me with anatomy is I have embraced my own body type. I know
that sounds ridiculous, but I am a very short, petite person. I feel like I
get criticized a lot for drawing shorter legged people, but I have shorter
legs, so I don't understand why we have to have a certain like body type that is
a standard for all anatomy that we draw... I think it's okay to be different, and
it's okay to embrace that. I guess... oh man her legs won't fit on this page though (ha).
Anyway, I am going to be embracing that. I might make her legs go off the
page a little bit.. We're just gonna roll with this. Okay, I want her to
wear overalls. I love overalls! Especially overall dresses! Ahh, I love them so
much! I'm really into it! Oh! I should make her wearing a giant sweater! Come up here to snuggle your neck!
Should I make it like actually snuggling her neck? Okay, let's do this!
I hope you can see this okay. I don't know what I want to be doing with her..
her appendages! It's like one of those bell-sleeve outfits. I'm trying to
draw people doing more things than just hiding their bodies... because yeah...
I'm guilty of that... Anatomy life is not the life for me!
But I'm practicing, because that's how you improve. I'm gonna make her kind
of awkwardly putting her hands in her pockets... so doing this weird... *classic Mira sound*
"Where do I put my hands?!" kind of pose. I have started just admiring clothing a
lot more in my artwork. I'm really into fashion in real life, and I don't know
why I just never think to incorporate it in my artwork. So I've been making a
conscious effort. I'm just enjoying drawing the outfit
rather than focusing on the anatomy. I find that it actually helps my anatomy.
Okay, I'm gonna alter the whole top of this,, actually because I want the shape a
little different, I think I'm actually gonna do line art on this. I don't know...
What do you think? Oh does that look awkward? Yeah, it does okay we're gonna
fix that I've also just let go of the whole idea of like you need to have a
style and I'm just embraced doing like whatever I want
and let me tell you what guys it is made art so much more enjoyable for me so you
see how much I'm erasing on my first page yeah it's okay
you can do what you want it guys it's totally okay your art does not have to
be perfect and even on the first page you can be a vulnerable artist she still
looks slightly awkward which is what I'm going for so um I'm happy with that
maybe I'll have her like be wearing some big glasses and do like a cheesy grin
cheesin hey her shoes would be like starting down there which we can't see
cuz we didn't send her this okay but that's alright see how much I changed my
mind in my sketchbook it's it's crazy wild yeah okay I'm gonna give her bangs
yeah right now I'm probably gonna get hate in the comments for like cutting
her feet off and erasing a lot and being told I should start over but you know in
my defense this is my sketchbook and I am NOT a perfect youtuber or artist like
the entire point of this is for me to show you something really vulnerable Oh
should I do all ears oh that's gonna be so cute and I'm gonna give her glasses
because I just got back from the eye doctor and guys I got me some new
glasses I'm so excited who here wears glasses and another
comment of the day let me know if you prefer glasses or contacts
I prefer contacts that's what I wear the most oh oh here go ahead your eyes I
don't know how I should do them I kind of want to do like those little eyes oh
wait I should make them super close together
yes next let's do some outlining let me see I'm gonna use this my ground pin and
we're just gonna go in I'm kind of relieved that this isn't going exactly
as planned because it's kind of like nice to start with something that can
definitely be improved oh my goodness these always yes oh my goodness this
turtleneck is adorable guys let me know if you like these lines sketch with me
videos also I did kind of like a studio of law a couple months ago it's called
get productive with me I went through like a Productivity planner and I also
incorporated a lot of like my artistic day in the video me drawing me editing
videos this is what I do in my studio it didn't do the greatest but I think it
was just because what I titled the video to be honest like the algorithm didn't
like it I don't know let me know if you like the artsy studio vlogs because I do
a lot behind the scenes that I think would be kind of fun to talk about I
don't know I'm excited to just be braver in this sketchbook I think with like
gestural sketches I struggled with that in my last couple sketchbooks because I
had watercolor sketch books for a good year and a half and while that is a
wonderful thing it is very hard to do sketches on like textured paper okay I
have another question of the day is do you like to draw in a sketchbook or do
you pretty much only do it for school assignments if you're a student also if
you like to draw in your sketchbook what do you like to draw do you draw people
do you draw a little bit of everything do draw your day
like what tell me what you do I love hearing from you and just seeing all the
different ways people are creative and how like we come
together and watch similar videos even though we all have like different
artistic interests and the fact that we like art brings us together into this
community I have these tomboy pens here that I just I pretty much am itching to
use them because I got them in that vlog that I posted and I've been trying to
use them like any chance I get I just really like them they've also been
trying to use my new art as a watercolors a lot cuz I really like
those so lots of things that I've been trying to delt and do oh my goodness she
reminds me of that character from scooby-doo and I forget her name at the
moment I'm gonna do like some little pieces
sticking out from her bun just there to make her look imperfect what was I gonna
do oh yeah little strands yeah it's amazing how much erasing the sketch
lines will transform your piece alright I think I want to do a pink sweater cuz
that will make her look really cozy one thing that I want to focus my art on for
the next couple months I'm not only like a fan of New Year's
resolutions so I don't think I want to make it a resolution I pretty much
believe in like implementing change the moment you desire to make it so yeah
well I've been kind of doing this for the last year I just want to make
happier art because it spreads happiness to other people who view it even people
who don't necessarily do art yeah if I can make somebody smile I want to do it
already so for the pinstripes I think we'll do
like horizontal up top and vertical little down below my art teacher in high
school always told us when you do stripes on fabric they're never
perfectly straight some of them kind of will run into each other
some of them will look further apart whatever and that's because
is fabric like sags and wrinkles and waves and stuff kind of like yeah it's
just really flimsy so it's not gonna be this straight perfect thing so I figured
I'd share that it's a really helpful thing for me to learn oh she's adorable
guys wouldn't you want to be her friend okay another comment of the day if
you're sketching with me or just watching or if you're still here I'm
gonna let you guys pick names for her so pick a name let me know down below what
you think her name should be I really love doing that because you guys are
really good at like picking names for characters I happen to not be also
another comment of the day oh I just I'm gonna get to know you guys really well
today are you one of those people who like if you find a shirt or something
that you really like you wear it like every other day because I am that person
sometimes I will change out of the same sweater that I wear like all the time I
mean I wash it don't get me wrong the moment it comes out of the dryer it's
like back on my body but sometimes I'll change out of it to film a video and
then I'll put it right back on after I'm done filming ooh she's looking stylish
yeah okay I caved and I am going to use my water color because I think it would
be great for her skin that's done now what should I do for her hair I kind of
want to do like a dark brown oh no I regret it this is really dark by the way
I'm not sure if I said what sketchbook I'm using but I am using an elo
sketchbook I really like it I decided to get this after seeing Rin use it and I'm
very pleased with it if you don't know who Ren is that is drawing with waffles
she is a wonderful human being I want to do something cool for the background but
I'm sure what I think I'll do I don't know
why I did that noise sorry guys got a pink border going all right now
I'm gonna just do some fun plants I guess cuz I can mmm this one is fun look
at that this is gonna be a crazy piece I really
like adding like plants and stuff to the backgrounds because first of all you can
kind of make it as detailed or as simple as you want and for me repeating
patterns is very therapeutic I say that all the time but guys seriously
sometimes I like to draw with colors that like don't really go together
because I think breaking rules makes a statement and it feels really liberating
to create tension and break rules I feel like there's a lot of like subconscious
rules that people talk about but for me I don't really think there's rules with
art I think there's just suggestions so I'm not gonna follow them sometimes and
I will create tension that's right guys go break some art rules because there
are none these tombow markers are really wonderful because they do not bleed
through my paper if you're looking for a good alcohol-based marker that doesn't
bleed through your paper well first of all I'd recommend like an elo sketchbook
or like a crescent render sketchbook moleskin has good paper too I've used
I've been through a couple Moleskine sketchbook s-- anyway I feel really good
about this because I as I said I didn't set the bar incredibly high I just kind
of did what I felt like doing I hope it encourages you to start a sketchbook and
not worry about your first page but if you do worry about it you could
definitely just skip it fill it in later or just never fill
I've seen people not touch the first page of their sketchbook because it it
just stresses them out this piece definitely was not perfect who I need to
color her eyebrows I made some mistakes I erased a lot the composition was not
well planned but you know what the most important thing is that I'm having fun
I'm talking to you guys we're having a good time and I'm pretty much just
winding down from my day and I think it's like really healthy to do that like
for your mental health and just as an artist to do that I have a brown jelly
roller here so I'm going to use that for her brows oh this is really good
I should have colored your whole hair with that but this is so fun I'm
enjoying it so I hope you are too I hope it makes you feel like you can create
whatever you want to create and your sketchbook doesn't have to be a certain
way I'm all about just making it like a safe place for you to feel like you have
freedom to experiment and express yourself relieve your stress take care
of your mental health most of the time I think sketchbooks are kind of like
Diaries you know you express yourself you don't really want to show it to
people nobody has to see it I show you mine but before I did YouTube I would
never show my sketchbook but I'm all about like helping people have courage
to do theirs so that's why I show mine now just got
some rosy cheeked okay this was fun the colors are definitely a little wonky
I enjoyed this yeah this is my first page if you want to see more like live
sketch with me videos let me know also I have put together a December video binge
playlist so if you feel like doing some hardcore art and binging my channel go
check it out by
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