I found the weirdest sketchbook I have ever seen before. The weirdest sketchbook!
I mean, I kid you not, this thing is so strange.. so we're going to use it today!
We're going to test it out. It is a zig zag sketchbook, so I guess
from my interpretation that means it's going to open up like an accordion.
And just zig-zag everywhere instead of, you know, flipping through the pages.
It says natural white watercolor paper folded into an accordion. *GASP* Guys, this is so
cool! This is a sketchbook! This is a sketchbook?! What?! Well, since this
is watercolor paper, I'm gonna go get those... my watercolors. And my art bag..
I think some of my stuff might be in the living room, so hold on.
MINTY: Finally a place to sneak all
my snacks! Ooh.. what is on this computer?! What is this...
I'm gonna get a granola bar to this. Wow.. What is Skillshare?
Dude, I think this is
like a place I can learn a lot of stuff. Hellooooo! From Dreaming to Doing? I don't
know what that is, but I'm gonna click it.
MIRA: Minty, what are you doing?
MINTY: Oh, well you left the room so I'm using
your computer and um... well I was originally in here to sneak and eat all my snacks
you know, but I explored your tabs,
and now I'm learning stuff
MIRA: Well, could you maybe
do it later I'm using it ri---
MINTY: Shh! Okay, I'm trying to learn something, hello.
MIRA: What?
MINTY: Yeah, I looked through all your tabs and then I found Skillshare.
There's this girl -- well, you actually started the course, but I'm finishing it -- and she's
like doing this like pep talk about from dreaming to doing basically, and I learned--
MIRA: Hey, hey, hey! Spoiler alert! You know, maybe you should just make your
own account
MINTY: And why would I do that?
MIRA: Well, Skillshare is like really
affordable. I mean, an annual subscription is only ten dollars a month, and a
premium membership gives you unlimited access to all of that, so you would
thoroughly enjoy it, Minty, I'm telling you.
MINTY: Wait wait wait.. so I wouldn't, like
need to borrow your computer to do this then...if like I had my own account?
MIRA: No you would be
using your own computer, and giving mine back.
MINTY: Wow, sweet! I mean ten
dollars a month? That's like really affordable.
MIRA: And actually if you click the
link below my video, you can get two months for free, because Skillshare
sponsoring this video.
MINTY: *gasps* Oh, this is pink! My diet is strictly mint. I can't do that. *throws candy*
MIRA: Minty, I love you... but just go home. Okay?
MINTY: Fine... okay... I'll just pack up my stuff...
I am gonna join Skillshare though, so like... if you don't see me for a couple days, then
I'm learning. *Minty leaves*
Okay How do I want to start this a bad boy?
Look at all these pages!
Get a few pencils ready...
Alright, I officially have... I don't know
four sketchbooks going right now? *laugh*
It's becoming a bad habit,
but we won't talk about it.
Since it's that time of year where it's like fall and winter marathon
movie time, I'm gonna draw an owl inspired by Hedwig from Harry Potter. *laughs*
We'll draw a couple things, so if you don't like this drawing make sure you
stick around.
I'll do a wintery scene.
I think I should make the markings up here a little darker. It's just not
popping with the rest of the wings.
So we'll do that. Maybe just some
light brown specks through there. I don't know...
Does that look owl-y to you?
Okay, we have an owl. *evil laugh*
Let's do a little bit more of a background!
His legs need to be a little bolder. Let's do that...
Add some contrast here.
I would really love to do like some bigger watercolor paintings like this just has
me so inspired right now. It's just hard to have time around the holidays.
Hopefully I can make time.
Are you guys really busy around the holidays, or do
you find it's a time to relax?
Like, who here gets holiday anxiety, and who here
just like lives for it?
I think I'm in-between. I adore the
holiday season so much, but all of our family lives far away and the holiday
season is my busiest time for work... so traveling makes life a little stressful.
In November, I have to work ahead hardcore because I'm gonna be
gone so much in December.
That's okay!
Okay, the annoying thing about this sketchbook
is it's so lightweight, it like slides
everywhere. And this wants to accordion itself right now... okay we're
Okay, we're doing a silhouette of a reindeer!
...because I thought it would be fun! I guess this
I guess this is like a full-page watercolor doodle now
All righty, this one is done!
I'm pretty happy with it!
It's really cute.
I tried to keep everything in the background very simple the same
color... and the owl is like the focal point.
Be he's also like... kind of catches
your eye. You know what I mean?
So fun!
Let's do another one! OH. OH. Ohhh!
Isn't that cool?!
It would be cool to do like one continuous picture that keeps going...
Eh...
I don't know...
The stuff I feel like doing next isn't really consistent with that.
So... cool in theory, but you know what?
That's a lot to do, and I don't...
I don't want to do that.
Let's come up with something else.
See, this is annoying! all right
All right, ZigZag Sketchbook, you were cool...
but you can't be accordion-ing...ing...ing up on me like this!
Boom!
Whatever, dude.
I'm not really sure what this person will be doing, but...
Wow... you ever just have a day where it's hard to draw a certain thing?
I don't really think people are my thing today.
THIS NOSE.. ARGHHHH.
It's okay... sometimes
as artists -- don't you guys forget this, because I don't want you to ever feel bad when
you have an off day --
It's okay to take a step backwards and regress on your
skills a little bit. It's okay.
Because we're human. We are not perfect.
And that's part of the art journey.
So if you ever feel down like for some reason
you just can't draw something that you feel like you're usually good at...
Hey, it's all it's all good!
You're still good at it. The next one
will be better.
See? Like me. I can't... I can't draw
today. *laughs*
You guys get a full glimpse of an off day here, all right?
That watercolor painting turned out great,
but for some reason, this is just... a struggle bus.
She's gonna have some giant ear muffs on.
I think that sounds fun.
I'm trying to be better at like faster gestural drawings.
I think it adds like a nice
amount of language to a piece.
Like, loosen up and do this... but then I always
have fear that, "oh no!"
But, right now since things have not been going as
planned, I'm just trying to loosen up now.
I think that's what I just need to do.
A little trick if you want to do that, don't hold
your pencil right here. If you want to draw more loosely or paint more loosely
and gesturally, scoot your hand back.
It gives you a lot more control.
It helps you be a lot looser with your gestures, your lines...
and it's pretty comfortable.
Wow, that was so fun and like...
quick. I feel like really speeding up at
the end it just helped me quite a bit, so that is nice.
All right, I let most of this dry.
There's this little puddle here, and honestly
like it's been an hour almost.
It's still not dry.
I don't feel like getting
out my hair dryer, so we're just gonna be daring and try to go around it.
So I drew an eye in a recent video, and it got me in the mood to draw eyes again.
Gotta add some of these gold stars!
Alrighty...
Just have to let the gold dry.
And that little blob right there, haha.
Nut it's done. It's really cute!
This was fun!
We did four pages... technically three
pieces though, because I stretched the first one.
And yeah... it would -- if I had the
time and I didn't have so many other big projects going on -- I would
totally make a continuous piece.
That'd be so cool!
Let me know if you
want to see more videos with my accordion sketchbook.
This thing is fun!
I want to fill it up now.
It can't be that hard, I mean...
there's only so many pages.
Anyway, I have a link down below for two free months of Skillshare.
Make sure you click it if you would like to test it out.
I mean, it won't cost you anything,
and I really like the site because I feel like I
learn a lot on it.
I watched a really motivational
like speech on there. It was a Skillshare talk, actually.
I think it was a staff pick.
It was so good, guys. It gave me that like burst of motivation to just
do the things that I'm striving to do
instead of having anxiety about it.
So if that topic interests you as well, I can link that class down below.
Anyway, thank you for watching!
Have a good day, guys! Bye!