Hey guys! Today's video is sponsored by Arteza, and they sent me a bunch of
really cool stuff to try out! Like this gray tone sketchpad, and a bunch of other
cool stuff! I got this black sketchbook paper, and it looks really nice. Some dry
erase markers, some gel pens... they even sent me some dry erase boards! But I just
chose a couple things for this video, and we're gonna have some fun and do some
different art projects. So the first project I'm gonna do is I'm gonna try
these gel pens... and the first thing I want to do is just unpackage them and
swatch them. Look how pretty these colors are! Oh my goodness!
Okay, let's swatch them all! I want to see how each one comes out, and I'm just kind
of brainstorming what I want to do at this point, because like... so many gel pens...
so many colors... it's awesome! I really liked how pigmented they are and how
flowy they come out of the pen. I didn't really have to work hard to activate
them, which was really really nice. And I think that pack came with *20 different
colors, so I feel like I can do a lot of stuff with this. I feel like I have a lot
of freedom, and there's a nice amount of each color. With that being said, I
decided, hey, I'm doing a zentangle with this!
But not just any zentangle... I'm gonna draw an object and make it a zentangle!
It's gonna get crazy up in here! So what I did was I started off with this
fuchsia color, and then I worked my way through the rainbow to draw a flower.
I thought this was such a fun idea, because I could kind of have the freedom
to use as many colors as I want, but still do a relaxing zentangle. And the
best part is at the end... it's gonna look like something! It''s not just gonna take
up the whole page. So this was a stress relieving a sketch for me, and it was a
really easy and fun creative way to try out a new
art supply. So if you're trying out a new art supply like this, I would totally
recommend a simple zentangle. Kind of helps you get the feel for how something
works. I really liked the fact that I started with the pink in the middle and
then I'm working my way through the rainbow. I've always wanted to try this,
so it's really neat to see it come to life. I always see these rainbow
looking Zentangles on Pinterest, but I've never actually tried one of my own, so
I'm really glad I have a bunch of gel pens to do that with. I give these an A+
They're really, really nice, and I actually put them in this cup on
my art desk because I think I'm gonna use them a lot. I think I'm really
excited about these, because when I'm not doing YouTube I try to do art that is
very stress relieving for me. A lot of the time I gravitate towards
zentangles... like, if I'm watching a show on Netflix and I just want to relax, a lot
of the times I just grab my sketchbook and I doodle. I don't do full-on projects.
I do stuff like this, and that's because it just kind of helps me unwind from my
day. I've been really into gel pens lately. If you've seen any of my recent
videos on how to fill a sketchbook, or different drawing ideas you will see me
using gel pens and doing a lot of Zentangles. That is because it is
something that I have discovered is super therapeutic lately, so yeah... I'm
really excited about these! Now we are starting the stem of the flower...
working our way with green... and I actually stopped at green. I didn't use
any blue... I just kind of felt like if I did any more colors than that, it would
take away from the simplistic beauty of what is. And oh my goodness, guys! If I
could just have like a wall hanging of the top part of the flower, that'd be so
cool! It's
very bohemian. I like it. All right, we're gonna wrap this project up with a few
more details, but we have two other art projects in this video! And the styles
are all very, very different so I'm very excited to show you what's coming! If you
feel a little antsy, that's okay... stick around! It's about to change! You
ready for this?! You ready for this?! Okay we're gonna do a fox painting now! And
I'm using my black sketch pad! Here's my little thumbnail practice sketch. I
decided to paint a fox that is kind of just chilling in the middle of the night
at a bus stop with a suitcase. Why is he wearing a bow tie? I don't know! Why does
he have a suitcase? I don't know either! Anyway, I'm using this black sketchbook
that Arteza sent me, and I have a bunch of gouache paint, because that is my
favorite medium of all time. So why not see what gouache looks like on black
paper?! I thought that was so exciting! I had never - okay, once... years ago... I did
gouache on black paper, but it may have been one of my very first gouache
paintings, and I don't think I still have it. So I was really excited to just give
it another go, and I love love love how much gouache paint pops off of black
paper! I mean, every now and then if you're using a light color you might
have to do two layers, but hey, that is okay with me!
I thought this made the entire painting kind of look bioluminescent in a weird
way. Like... what world is he living in that he is glowing in the middle of the night?!
That is so cool to me! I was so pumped about this painting, and I just enjoyed
every moment of it! My inspiration for this piece actually came from Harry
Potter, believe it or not! I'm a Harry Potter junkie. I think you guys know that
by now.. but in the Prisoner of Azkaban I believe it is, uh Harry leaves and he's
kind of at the street curb with his trunk, and he looks across the street and
he sees the grim (Sirius Black) disappear, and that's it. He thought he saw something in
the bushes across the street, and for some reason I was just thinking like... huh
wouldn't it be cool to kind of make some sort of animal at a bus stop? I know
that's some weird inspiration, and I don't know how it got me to a fox at a
bus stop... but you know what?! Weird things come to your mind late at night when
you're painting, so don't give me hash! This was really fun, though! and I enjoyed
it. I also tried to do very loose strokes for a lot of the background and keep it
simple, because I have been thinking about my painting styles lately, and
sometimes I think it would just be more fun to be a little more gestural and try
not to be super fine detailed with every little thing and just have some fun with
it. See where it takes me... So here we go... this is what we're doing... we're doing
simple backgrounds with a couple leaves here and there! I really liked how
that turned out, and I think it was very fitting for the paper because it kind of
made the background bold enough. Which, by the way, using the black paper as the
background was so cool to me! And using the black paper for other objects
like the suitcase... that was so neat! I really liked using this, and I think it
was just a nice bold choice for the scene that I wanted to paint. Especially
with these stars in the sky and everything! So yeah! I will say I don't
think that this paper is meant for paint, but it held up really well! And I was
very impressed... it hardly buckled! So yeah! I mean it's
thinner paper... I think it's meant for colored pencil, but hey,
I was happy with it! By the way, we are switching over to the gray toned paper
now, and I think this one was my favorite of everything that I received! By the way,
I am going to leave links to everything I received down below. I highly recommend
all of this stuff. As you guys know, I use Arteza stuff regularly. It is an art
supply of choice, so I think it's a really neat opportunity that they are
sponsoring me. They have excellent student grade quality art supplies, and
if you're on a budget, I would say this is a really wonderful option. Because
they have very good quality stuff, and it's at an affordable price!
That's why I really like it. It really appeals to me, because I don't have to
break bank to try new stuff, and I I know that if I run out of it... I don't
have to break bank again to replace a good art supply. So that's something that
I really like. Anyway, let's talk about my piece now! Do you guys know who I'm
drawing? I want you to take a guess right now. don't wait until the end of the
video. My question of the day is - who am I drawing right now? Let me know down below!
Who you think this is?! This is a very classic fairy tale character, but I have
revamped her. She is a rebellious teenager in this picture.. a little retro...
maybe in a different time era now... and maybe a little more flirtatious than she
would be in her typical fairy tale! Who is this?! Let me know down below who you
think it is! I was really excited about this one! Ooh let me drop you another
hint - I have drawn the classic version of this character in the past, however; I
kind of altered her too. If you know who I'm talking about, drop the
name down below! I'm really excited about this this part here... might give it away
the Apple. I really enjoyed this, because I tried to
use the same color scheme as this character... didn't want to stray from that!
I wanted to change up the clothing, and her hairstyle... so as you can see, I am
drawing Snow White. I gave it away. I hope you guys commented before I gave it away!
Although I'm drawing Snow White, I changed the color of her hair. Maybe she
dyed it ,and she's just a little rebellious... like, "huh dyed my hair, and
what now?! Even straightened it and grew it out a little bit!" She's wearing a
crop top, and just some bold clothing. A little different, but making a statement!
I kind of like how unique her clothing style is in this
picture. How she decided to wear red pants instead of the normal like... blue
jeans. She just wanted to be bold, so yeah! I had fun with this one! Especially
because I was testing a bunch of different mediums on this paper, and I
think of all the supplies that Arteza sent me... this gray paper is by far my
favorite! It holds up very well! I could use my Posca Pens on it, and the paper
did not fray or fall apart, which was great because I even layered it on top
of pretty wet marker! You know... I used my Copic markers on this... it blended
great. I used some prismacolor markers... it worked great.
Colored pencils. My fineliners. I tested a lot of art supplies in this sketch, so I
am very happy with this paper, and I really like the way that gray tone paper
looks, especially when you draw people. I don't know... gives me Will Terrell vibes! I
like it. Also, I am updating my store, so if you want this piece it is for sale in
my shop! Just thought I would let you know!
Anyway, that's pretty much it! A+ to everything I tried in this video!
Thank you so much Arteza for sending me all of this stuff! I really really
liked it! I also I had so much fun drawing this
person. I'm trying to get brave and draw more people again. Let me know which
piece out of the three it was your favorite in this video! I hope you
have a good day! Thanks for watching, guys! Bye!