Hey you lot!
Welcome back to my channel!
Todays penultimate video in this sketchbook series is a bit of fun with different art
materials, a few methods and things that I normally don’t use very often.
I’m calling it mixed media cos I do use a few different things in this but to be honest
a lot of the mixed media I typically see is a lot more adventurous and proper like end
up 3D on a page.
I just feel like that would be a whole new realm of experimentation for me, too many
different things for me to buy that I don’t currently have.
So yeah I stuck with something quite pared back but still I think quite fun and experimental,
just using stuff I had.
So I printed off one of the patterns that I’d painted on the page next to this one.
As usual I printed it onto sticky paper, I don’t remember the brand of it but it was
pretty much just the cheapest photo paper with a sticky back on amazon.
I don’t even remember what I searched to find it but I do think its quite a common
thing.
And then I went through a magazine just cutting out a few things that caught my eye, things
with nice patterns and colours.
Home and garden magazines are always great for cutting things out of cos you get lots
of pictures of different textures and patterns in fabric and wallpapers and then loads of
lovely outdoor photos of gardens and flowers and things.
And luckily for me my grandma buys pretty much one of every single magazine in her local
shop so whenever I go round I come back with a massive pile of them and a whole load of
pages to cut stuff out of.
So I tried a few layouts for sticking things in and this is what I settled on and then
the first thing I went in with was the acrylic ink that I still haven’t had a chance to
try out properly.
The thing I like about it, and the reason I bought it, is being able to lay down different
values by watering it down.
So I started out with the most diluted one first and then built up opacity and darkness
with each layer I added and I just like the depth that that gives things.
I’m looking forward to using this as maybe an underpainting step in future paintings
to help map out the lighter and darker areas.
Everything I’m doing is really at random and not at all thought about too much.
I just had a few supplies laid out around me and kind of grabbed things here and there
if they took my fancy.
I was obviously going for quite a leafy look to go with the cutouts that I’d stuck in.
Um so yeah almost done with the series!
I have actually already filmed the last page so depending on how long that takes to edit
it might be up tomorrow or Monday.
And I mean, just in my opinion it is my favourite page out of all of them I really can’t wait
to share it with you guys.
This one as well though I really love the effect of all the leaves and things in the
background, I like how it takes up the whole page with colour and pattern, its a really
nice thing to have in my sketchbook, brightening it up and adding some real interest.
So I finished up with some acrylic paint just dotted around, I wanted some bright almost
neon colours just I don’t know, cos they didn’t really feel like they fit the page
because its quite dull in colours, I wanted a bit of something to make it stand out.
And then to balance it a bit I also added some red which just kind of felt like it worked.
So that’s all for today, I hope you guys all liked it.
I think this is a great way to get something done in your sketchbook so hopefully you’ll
all give it a go.
And yea hope you’re having a good weekend, see you soon for the next video.
Bye!