Hi my loves and welcome back, I hope you’re all well.
If you follow me in instagram, you’ll have seen part of this sketchbook spread already,
so today I thought I’d share the process behind all of it with you.
I’m using a mechanical pencil to sketch and a Winsor and Newton fineliner in 0.3 for
the linework, then Daniel Smith watercolours, all in my moleskine sketchbook.
It’s been a little while since I’ve used watercolour in a moleskine so that took a
little getting used to, the texture and the way the paper reacts to wet media.
Anyway, as always, tools and music will be listed in the description so please check
that out if you want to know more.
I think I mentioned in my previous speed-painting video that I’m currently a bit unsure of
what direction I want to go in with my art at the moment, and because of that, I’ve
been spending a lot less time sketching, which is totally the wrong way around.
So I decided to snap myself out of it and just do something in my sketchbook.
Because the more I do, the more I’ll be able to figure out what I want to do.
I’ve had a few ideas bouncing around my head, I think of something I want to draw
almost everyday.
Usually something that catches my eye and makes me think- 'I’d love to paint that'.
But I usually never get round to it.
One of the things I’ve been loving since moving, and I touched on this briefly on my
instagram post, but it’s been all the windows that the new flat has.
We have views out on 3 different sides of the building, so as well as getting an incredible
changing light throughout the day, there are just so many different things to see.
And the best part recently has been watching the subtle changes in the colours of the trees
every day.
So this first one is from my bedroom window, it’s the view I get when I wake up, since
we sleep with the blinds open.
The top of this tree has already gotten more orange since I took a picture of it yesterday,
but it always looks so bright and glowy in the mornings, especially against a clear blue
sky, and I can just about see the top of the church spire.
The church is close enough that I can hear the bells ringing every hour.
Sometimes I lay in bed for longer than I should, just looking at the view.
The next view that I find myself drawn to most often is down in the breakfast nook that
you will have seen in my quick flat tour at the end of last vlog.
It’s that little area where I said I could imagine myself spending mornings looking out
with a cup of coffee.
This particular view of that window is actually from way back in the room, from the sofa.
When I’m watching telly in the evening, I’m constantly distracted by this window
and all the suff going on outside.
I love watching people going in and out of the fish and chip shop, and seeing into the
top deck of the double decker busses that go by.
It was a random idea for a sketch but I’m glad I gave it a go.
I might do more like this.
I’m mainly just pleased to have two more pages in my sketchbook filled, and an idea
out of my head and on to paper.
Thanks for joining me and I’ll see you in the next video, bye!