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How to fill your sketchbook video!
It's been a while since we've done one of these.
It's time, right.?
So with that being said, sit back, relax.
Maybe grab your sketchbook and draw with me.
We have 10 ideas today
and ooh, I am very excited about these.
So, stay tuned.
Also for anybody asking,
this is a hanamule...? Hahnemühle...?
Hahnemühle. I don't know, sketchbook
and I don't even see a logo inside.
What is this madness?
Well, whatever, alright, let's get to it!
Alright the first way to fill your sketchbook
is my absolute favorite guys.
Now, I think this one is super important for those of you
who are scared to use your sketchbook.
So see this face, I'm drawing,
it's stiff wouldn't you say?
Maybe it needs a little bit of help.
So that's where...
This fun comes in.
We're going to fill this whole entire spread
with little faces
and I want you to watch the progress
that happens with this.
I feel like this exercise is the ultimate icebreaker
because first of all you're just drawing little faces.
So it's not taking a ton of time per face,
but you're gonna notice your hand loosens up a little more
Maybe as you go, you experiment with different styles
or you add more detail,
mess with your shading
and you're gonna see improvement.
I mean every time I do this,
my first one is always like, meh.
Maybe a little bit awkward
and then as you go on, you get more comfortable.
You start really cranking out some stuff that's like,
alright, I can deal with this.
I like this. I like what's going on.
Let's draw on another page.
Also,
I drew Marty Bird from the Ozark and his daughter.
So if you see familiar faces on here, yeah.
Comment down below if you watch that show.
Alright the second one is very pleasant if you ask me,
but, uh.
Whoa, hold up a second. This is getting extra!
What?
Gesso, what?
Alright, let's pause real quick.
We need to have a talk about supplies!
So if you see me using stuff in this video
that you don't have,
don't feel intimidated.
I just want you to get ideas from this.
So use whatever you have.
It's gonna be beautiful anyway, don't worry about it.
Anyway, let's get back to the painting.
So the reason I am suggesting painting a sunrise
is because this one will probably occupy your time
a little longer than some others,
especially if you paint it
and especially, especially if you include a body of water.
Let me tell you what.
This bad boy took me...
Hmm, probably an hour give or take.
But that entire hour was so therapeutic
and I had such a fun time.
Literally, I just had Netflix on and painted.
Now if you are a morning person
and you want to put yourself through that torture
of waking up early.
You can go observe your own sunrise and paint that,
that sounds pleasant in the moment like talking about it
but like...
Well, I'm not a morning person.
So I guess I paint a sunset. [Laughs]
Let me know in the comments
if you are a morning or a night person.
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By the way, I should also mention,
I can't take full credit for this idea.
I did get it from Emily Macke Art and I absolutely love her.
She inspires me so much,
if you don't on who she is go check her out on Instagram.
She paints water all the time and let me tell you what.
She is so phenomenal at it. So phenomenal!
So she actually inspired this one
a nd I have been trying to get better at painting water
and I've learned that it is so therapeutic.
So I'm really enjoying it.
It's also a good challenge.
So if you're up for a good challenge,
and you need to occupy your time,
highly recommend this one, it is definitely worth it.
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now on to the next sketchbook idea.
If you pay attention to marketing or surface design,
even fashion, really,
you might notice that that graph paper pattern is like...
Pretty trendy these days, you know.
So we're gonna draw some of that fake graph paper
in our sketchbooks.
Now I am not using a ruler.
I'm just winging it because I want that organic look.
If you want to use the ruler you can though.
So now I am painting a plant over top of it.
Again, I am using acryla gouache,
you can use whatever you want,
but I'm painting some eucalyptus
and as things go on,
you'll notice that that graph paper background
kind of just gives it...
a little bit of a modern pop
and we want that modern pop, you know,
'cause when we peel that tape off
and we flip to this page later, it's gonna be like
Oh, you look kind of trendy and fun!
So and it's kind of like a cop-out,
you don't have to do as much detail on your page. So.
It's a nice little cheat , you know.
I really enjoy it.
Anyway,
you can add as much or as little detail as you want.
I decided to do purple for shadows and details
and it was fun.
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I painted a border around that graph paper,
just to make it pop a little more and this is it!
It did not take long at all, but it looks pretty polished.
Now if cartoons are your style,
this one will be up your alley.
What we're gonna do is take a picture of an animal
and you're gonna draw it in stuffed animal form.
That's right.
Take an animal and turn it into a little plushie!
So I decided to draw an elephant
and what's fun with this,
is you can add all those little stitching thread details
and I just adore doing this.
For some reason I feel like -
Well, it just looks so cuddly.
Like how can you not want to hug it
and it's in your sketchbook,
so when you're having a bad day
and you open your sketchbook later, it's like,
oh, that's really cute, now I'm smiling.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just cheesy,
but, I enjoy that so.
Now, after that,
you can shade it If you want,
you can add some pops of color
or you can just leave it like as is
a black and white drawing. [Laughs]
Do whatever you want though and if you do this,
let me know which animal you decided to draw.
All my wordy people and abstract friends,
I got you, don't worry, I'm thinking of you too.
Gotta try to capture a lots of styles in this video.
So you see me doing lots of, uh...
Speckles...?
What?
Yeah, take some marker colors or crayon colors,
whatever you have and just do short little lines
all over your page
and we want bold, happy, positive colors, okay.
And then you can create a phrase overtop of it
and you can make that a bold, positive, happy phrase too
So I chose the phrase "stay awesome."
That way if anybody looks through my sketchbook,
they get a compliment.
They are awesome because
hey, I am an optimistic person
and I like to use my art to spread joy,
so why not do something like this?
Stay awesome guys.
If you don't want to challenge yourself
and you just want something therapeutic, that is a-okay.
I am here for you.
This is probably the easiest idea in my sketchbook.
Now I have done stuff like this in the past,
but this one is probably a very much easier version.
Basically just draw some blobs on a page,
outline them all three times,
or you can do more if you see fit
and repeat, repeat, repeat.
Basically, it's not about making something super pretty
but it's about moving your hands.
Maybe letting the stress of the day leave your body
with like movement.
Sometimes that really helps, that helps me cope anyway.
So if it helps you here you go,
and then you can outline them again
with a different color if you want and boom,
that's it, man.
Shout out to all my sentimental people out there.
I am right there with you.
So, I like to create little washi tape memorials
in my sketchbook.
I know this is really silly
but basically all the washi tapes that you like
and you're afraid to run out,
you're afraid you might never find them again one day,
or you just want to remember them,
you can store some swatches
on a page in your sketchbook.
Now I understand these were obnoxiously long swatches
so you don't have to go as overboard as I did. [Laughs]
You get the point.
I am fairly confident that I have mentioned
this exact sketchbook idea in two other videos.
I could be wrong, it could be three,
but bear with me it is worth repeating.
So I am doing botanical patterns on a sketchbook page.
So what do you get out of this?
Well, first of all, side note, if you don't want to do plants,
you can do like food or animals
or whatever you want, really.
Just have fun.
Now the thing with this that really strikes me is
the color palette.
So if you do a limited color palette,
it kind of helps you grasp like
what goes together and what maybe doesn't.
So I like to pick a few colors and stick to those
and don't stray.
So what I'm doing is like purpley reds and muted greens.
Grey for the background and white. That's pretty much it.
I didn't really stray from that,
but once you get all your shapes down,
everything is very cohesive
and I don't know, this one is just very stress relieving
and this is probably my go-to for like..
Coping with life if I just need to like
take my mind off of things.
Not think about the day for a little bit,
zone out.
I like to do these patterns because it -
It's just easy and relaxing
and it looks really cute when you're done. So.
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Have you ever painted something
and you really, really liked it
but it was that one-shot thing that you never did again
Well guys, let's pull out that wishful thinking
and put it into action
and do a sequel drawing or painting
of the thing you really liked.
Now this is just the planning mode,
this isn't the actual sequel
but I want you to plan it in your sketchbook.
Maybe you do like a thumbnail painting.
So for me, I did this creature of the sky painting at night
and I want to do a version of it during the day.
So I painted it in here.
Now, the beauty of planning is,
later, when you don't know what to draw,
Boom, you have a reminder.
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Who said art has to be serious?
Guys, I want you to whip out your phone
and take the most disgusting, gross obnoxious, funny
silly, whatever, selfie you can at a weird angle.
Okay, it's gonna make your face look...
Probably different than you're used to
when you look in the mirror to brush your teeth,
but that's the point.
So I want you to draw it.
I gave myself uh...
a lot of chins
and...
Kind of accentuated my nostrils,
if you know what I'm saying,
so I decided to draw it and
you know that Alaskan bull worm episode
from SpongeBob
I don't know why this face
makes me think of that episode,
but you know what?
Be silly. Have fun with your art
and this helps you like
get used to drawing faces that are not always just...
doing the same thing all the time.
So yeah. Goodbye comfort zone,
hello weirdness
Alright, those were the 10 to fill your sketchbook.
I hope it inspired you.
If you want to know my top three favorites,
it is definitely drawing faces. [Laughs]
I also really enjoyed this one.
It took a lot longer than some other ones
and it was well worth it guys.
I, I felt really relaxed
and I felt like I was documenting what I was learning
in a fun little diary, so to speak
and this one was probably at my third favorite
just because I love gouache paint and painting plants.
So yeah.
I've been dying to get into the graph paper
trend with illustration, too.
So I'm definitely going to incorporate that
into my sketchbooks more because why not?
Anyway, thank you guys so much for watching.
Let me know which idea was your favorite
and if you've ever done any of these
or you can let me know which one you're gonna do
Hey!
Alright, have a fantastic day guys,
stay inspired, express yourself from time to time
and...
Yeah, that's all, I love you guys, bye.