Recently Chromebooks paid me to make this video and I thought this would be
the perfect time and opportunity to share my studio and my work day with you
hey guys I'm Shayda Campbell and in this video I'm gonna show you around my home
studio and I'm gonna try to give you an idea of what I do in a workday as a
working artist and youtuber I know a lot of youtubers will do the like oh this is
me starting my day in bed in my PJs and that's not what this is but I'm still
going to try to give you a clear concept of what my day looks like what my home
studio looks like I'm super proud of it I've just finished setting it up and
it's this bright functional space that I just love so when I started thinking
about how I was gonna film this video this and show you guys my day I was
obviously like I'm gonna you know show them how I have tea and breakfast which
I do and then I'm gonna show them how I go to the gym and I work out and then I
do an hour of this and then I paint for two hours and then I was like wait so
you're you're gonna make a fake video of your fake day yeah my day is a little
crazy and messy and all over the place but I do keep a very neat studio and a
neat workspace and when I was in my early 20s I read that I don't know it's
some quote that ties genius and messiness together like your creative genius is
the messy person and I was like OH NO I'm not a genius
I'm clean and tidy but as I've become an adult I realized two things one I'm not
a genius and to I have a very messy mind so my day tends to be all over the place
and that's a little bit manic but I going to do my best to give you a
cross-section of what a day does look like in the studio so let's get started
so every hectic day starts with a cup of tea and often a little bit of fruit tea
is a huge part of my day after I get ready I usually spend a little time on
social media uh-hum but I do put out my own social media for the day normally at
this point and I reply to comments then I take my Chromebook in to the studio
and I get to work I like to do emails while I'm fresh another cup of tea never
hurts when you're doing those emails at this point I also like to take a
little time and go on to YouTube and check the videos and reply to comments
there as well that's one of my favorite things to do
I don't even really need glasses, I just wear them 'cause I think they look cute!
after emails I take advantage of the late morning or early afternoon bright sunlight and I do all
my product or art photography and then I'll set up my lights and camera and
shoot intros and I'll also shoot tutorials at this point
so basically midday when that light is nice and bright through that window
I tried to do all of my in-camera stuff so tutorials photography and shooting
those intros after that I'll grab another cup of tea and some lunch and I
try to do take a little time to do something creative I'm working on some
paintings and then it's usually time for me to get out of the house I'll grab my
Chromebook head out into the icy cold Canadian sunshine and head to my
favorite coffee shop on the island and that's receiver I usually grab a table
by the window and at this point I spend the rest of the afternoon doing all the
in computer stuff I like to spend some time drawing although at this point
that's pretty much procrastinating what I really need to do with my afternoon is
photo and video editing at the coffee shop I can use the Chromebook to work on
my photos in Lightroom and then the really nice thing here is I can take the
photo directly from Lightroom onto Instagram never been able to do that
before so I'm loving that after I do finish up my photo editing I usually
have a few more emails and I try to really take time in the afternoon to
brainstorm new projects and make notes for future videos then it's back out in
the icy cold and home and this is one of my favorite parts of the day as well
I love sitting in my studio sort of towards the end of the day there's no
deadline now I can sit here as long as I want I listen to podcasts and I just
draw now I'm really new to drawing in the digital space I wasn't sure how it
was gonna go but the large screen and the stylus on this Chromebook have made
it so easy for me and I've completely fallen in love
and it's the nice thing is that this is gonna make it so much easier for me to
do coloring pages for you guys I'm now I'm making coloring pages I'm
illustrating items for my monthly bullet journal layouts and all of that has just
gotten so much faster and easier my workflow much much better and this is
the first coloring page that I designed it I really want to get some feedback
from you guys so go download it there's a link in the description and
just let me know what you think so let me show you around the studio a little
bit the home studio is right in the center of our apartment and that makes
it really nice we don't sort of feel cooped up in one place all day or one
room of course I have my mood board my inspiration board and I'll link that
tutorial video in the description below I have a little gallery wall and record
player with all the records so we can listen to music and everything sort of
right there organized and ready to be used so all the art supplies are at my
fingertips we've got all kinds of crazy stuff in here including a trolley of all
my sewing supplies a toolbox with all my leather working supplies and a paper
cutter I just really wanted to show you guys that because I love it and if we
pan over here to the other side of the room that you don't usually see I have
my cabinet of art supplies there's all sorts of stuff in here a little bit of
everything my felting supplies my flower press my
stamp collection my vintage playboys my jars
my stationery items dried flowers for staging stuff that I use for staging
pens and pencils and artwork it's all in the cabinet ooh and my label maker got
to have one of those dymo label makers and then of course there's my
hand-carved stamps and tons of other stuff
there's a little bit of everything in here and that's what I love about it I
have all my supplies at my fingertips and not only do I have all my supplies
but I have all the little odds and ends that I've collected over the years and
you just never know when something might come in handy and it's all in here well
after a full day of work which I'm embarrassed to admit might creep up to
nine or ten hours i plug in my Chromebook and it's ready to go again
for the entire next workday I'm gonna end today's video with a little tour of
my gallery wall so these are pieces by my favorite artist one of my favorite
artists Bruno Bruni and this is a pencil sketch that I did of a woman I used to
collect vintage playboys and I would draw I would use them to practice my
life drawing I also have some kind of boring frames here I'm sort of waiting
for the perfect piece to come along and then in the clip I can change things out
depending on the season thank you guys so much for watching today I hope you
enjoyed this peek into my work life and my workspace if you're interested in the
Chromebook and you'd like more info just check the link in my description below
this video and be sure to grab your free coloring page you'll also find a link in
the description give me some feedback on that on Friday you can expect a new art
tutorial we're doing some more bullet journaling so I will see you then