- Hello to my kind, lovely, intelligent,
beautiful, and brilliant art family.
I hope you're having a fantastic day.
We have something here that has been used in the past.
Oh, did you see it flash across the screen, maybe.
And it is a series of sorts that I hope you're enjoying,
I'm enjoying it thoroughly.
(laughs)
It is a tiny sketchbook series.
Now there's something cool
and something special about this sketchbook,
my sister-in-law Sheila made it
and she is so good at,
making like handmade sketchbooks
and journals and stuff.
I will link her Etsy shop down below,
if you want one of your own,
it is called the forest from us to you.
Now, I think this is gonna be
a chill sort of art video today.
I'm just gonna paint whatever I want
or draw whatever I want, you know?
Oh, I should say this is a watercolor sketchbook,
that's why I said paint.
Oh, I should show you
the supplies I plan on using, okay?
See this massive baby right here.
Well, this is my jelly gouache set,
probably shouldn't be tilting it like that,
but I already did.
I also decided it would be really fun
to use my arteza colored pencils.
It's been a hot minute since I've used these,
but they are amazing pencils,
so yeah, we're gonna do that.
And then here is my art bag,
there's just random stuff in it.
(laughs)
Totally missed the bag.
Let's open these pencils,
so colorful and happy, we like that.
I think we'll start with colored pencils
and just move this out of the way.
I'll just be upfront with you guys,
I don't even know what I feel like doing.
(laughs)
So we're gonna feel this out together
and I hope you enjoy it already.
Let's see where we left off,
do you remember this one?
That was so fun,
this one was very enjoyable.
I think I want to do
just like some fun doodly stuff,
lighthearted things, you know,
art does not need to be perfect,
but it does need to be fun, am I right?
I'm thinking about designing a new blubblefly pin,
so, I think I'm going to draw a concept,
that's gonna be the first thing.
You're not familiar with my blubbleflies,
you're about to become familiar.
This is something that you folks named
in a video years ago
and it became like a character for us.
So if you're new here join the club,
this creature is for you too.
Okay, let's do a little sketch of (indistinct),
you know, gotta plan it out, map it out.
Now I'm thinking with this blubblefly,
I want to make it be purple.
They're always blue and pink,
but I feel like the purple ones should be like,
I don't know the fairies of the species or something.
Doesn't that sound fun?
And they also have these like little bellies,
so that's why it's like puffing out like that,
what makes them so cute.
Another thing that makes blubble flies
cute, welcoming and friendly
is their hearts are so big,
they take up most of their bellies
which is why their bellies are so big.
As far as the face goes,
should I make it like,
like a gasping face or like a giant cheesy smile?
I kinda think a gasping face,
(laughs)I like it okay.
Let's block the colors in and then do some shading.
(upbeat music)
I could blend this out with a paintbrush
'cause this is like a water color marker,
but I don't feel like it.
Copic marker,
ooh, that's a lot brighter
than I thought it would be.
Do I have a pink marker in here?
I do have my super adorable glittery washi tape
that you can get at mirabyler.com.
I think I'm gonna use this pink for the heart,
ooh, this is good.
And then for the tongue I will use that pink,
ooh, you are birthright.
All right, let's do some fun coloring now,
make this little guy have some variety about him.
(upbeat music)
Cute, okay.
Let's do some shading, you know what?
You know what I think with all of this,
we need to bump up the contrast.
First of all, this half can be darker,
nice, nice.
Now let's take this super dark pencil for the eyes,
we want the face to be our focal point.
So with that being said,
the mouth needs a little bit of helped you,
don't you think?
Not that kind of help, what about you?
There we go,
It's like (humming)
the question of the day
that I want you folks to answer,
what sound does a blubblefly make?
So like, since you guys named them,
like, please tell me what sound they make.
Like this one here has like,
(humming) expression,
but you've probably seen old stickers
and pins in the past.
They have like, and they have, you know,
all sorts of expressions.
So, I'm curious what you think
these little things would sound like.
So this little heart also needs some help shading
and then kinda make those stitches darker, you know.
(upbeat music)
There we go, he comes with a pencil sharpener.
Woo, all right.
Now what should we do behind it?
Usually it's like little stars,
maybe I'll stick to that theme.
(upbeat music)
Okay, what to do with the background though,
maybe I'll get like a gradient thing.
(upbeat music)
Yay, we have our blubblefly.
All right, I have to take a moment
to tell you folks about something
that I have been working on behind the scenes
for a long time,
and I'm super excited about it,
so I have to share it with you.
So, I have been working on new enamel pins
for a really long time, and I'm so excited.
So this one here has a bit of a fall vibe to it,
it is called the moonlight moth,
and I thought this one would be really fun
because if you've been following my channel for a while,
I love like butterflies and moths.
I have another moth pin in my store
and it's almost sold out,
and I just feel like,
I just want another one.
(laughs)
This one here is my cozy mocha pin.
I am so excited about this one
because you guys know me,
I love like coffee and hot chocolate
and just all those cozy things in the fall.
So I had to do this one
and it's kind of like a sister pin
to the Sippy Whippy pin.
So if you have that one,
this one is kind of related.
Now the other one, Monstera deliciosa,
I have had several requests to do this one
and after getting so many of them
and one of my best friends
also being one of the people who requested it,
hello, Carissa.
(laughs)
I decided it was time to do it,
and I really love the way this one turned out.
There are real holes in the pin
to mimic a Monstera leaf.
In the last pin here,
I think just kind of reminds me
of the blubbleflies in a way,
even though they're not,
this is the slumber party pin.
And if you look at it up close,
the cloud and the moon and the star
all have cute little faces
and they're just hanging out in the sky together,
just taking a good sleep, you know,
like, what more could you ask for.
Anyway, I really wanted to share these with you
because this is something
that's been a little passion project of mine
behind the scenes
and they are available now.
So if you want one,
you can go to mirabyler.com and get your pins.
I'm not sure if that means like,
this video is sponsored by me,
did I sponsor my own video?
I don't know, but yeah, this is exciting.
I haven't released new pins in a really long time
and I'm so excited to finally be releasing
these right before the holidays.
So yeah, you can go to mirabyler.com
if you want one.
We are officially halfway through the sketchbook,
that's so cool.
Let's see, what color will this look like?
Ooh, this is a good skin tone, okay.
I don't have many of these markers, but yeah.
Ooh, you know what I should do,
a page of fun c.
(upbeat music)
This one surprises me every time because it is so bright.
I'm not sure if that had a purpose,
but thanks for participating.
So, now I would like to do a fun little Daisy sketch
'cause I've been watching Downton Abbey
and Daisy's one of the characters.
So naturally I just, I don't know,
I wanna draw Daisy now.
(upbeat music)
Okay, I want to bring a little bit of like,
pizzazz into this somehow.
(upbeat music)
Okay, so I would like to have
a little bit of shading up in here,
maybe bring some like blues in for the Daisy.
(upbeat music)
Okay, we're getting there with the Daisy,
let's do the middle of the flower.
So one might think I would be stopping here,
but that is a complete lie, yep lie.
So, what I want to do next actually is,
to turn this into a little bit of a folk art thing.
(upbeat music)
Oh, this is fun.
It kinda reminds me of like,
some decorative thing I would see
in Princess Fiona's parents' castle.
That's our cute doodly Daisy.
All right folks,
what do you think about busting out the gouache paint?
Do you see these handles on this thing?
I don't know that I would ever trust like,
picking it up by these, would you?
Like, I mean, knowing that there's like 56 colors in here,
I don't know, should we try it?
I'm just gonna lift it like an inch.
Oh, I don't think I trust that,
no, no, nope, nope, not again.
Not a repeater unless I'm doing that.
Here's our beautiful palette,
oh, I just love this.
It's so satisfying.
Don't judge me for this crusty palette,
we're gonna use it.
Artists can be lazy sometimes, it's okay.
We are going to do a moth,
thing is, it's gonna stretch on both pages,
so it might look a little weird in the middle, that's okay.
Okay, this is going to run off the page just a little bit,
but that's okay.
We'll have grace,
I have some grace with myself,
not everything is perfect, okay.
So this is a moth and,
I think this one would be really fun
because of the bright colors.
I want to make it a bright, happy painting.
(pchit spray sound)
So let's block some things in, shall we?
Oh, this color is so pretty.
(upbeat music)
I hope that this piece feels magical.
By the way, if you wanna know
where I got the reference photo for this,
I got it on Pixabay.
You can just search moth and a bunch of them pop up
and Nature Lady posted it,
sometimes it's hard to know who took the photos,
but that's their username.
(upbeat music)
Do a little rinsy rinsy, all right.
So the next color of these flowers is red,
are you ready for this?
I should have left those puns in last week's video
that got out of hand.
(upbeat music)
Oh, this is so fun,
I'm really enjoying it, okay.
So this moth has some purple markings
which I am delighted about.
We're gonna embrace it fully,
I'll fix that wing later (chuckles).
Okay, you know what,
I think I actually need to do
a little bit more in purple.
Not that, oh no, oh no.
Oh, accidents happen, all right.
Now, let's do the greenery.
(upbeat music)
All right, at this point,
I think it is a good time
to start adding details to the moth,
how exciting.
(upbeat music)
All right, the little wing overlap,
oh, this is so fun.
(upbeat music)
I am so excited to use this like, fluorescent pink.
There we go.
I also would like to try to use
some of this within the moth,
I don't know, and to like,
(upbeat music)
Now, we should do some more stuff in the background,
what do you think?
Come along with me for an art adventure.
(upbeat music)
Ah, this one is so therapeutic,
I just love painting flowers.
You know, few other fun things that we should do,
some like little twinkles,
that's the same color as the moth.
You know what?
I need to do one more thing.
There's these like little golden antenna.
(soft upbeat)
Look at this cutie.
All right, that was so fun.
So, this last one here that's drying,
ugh, I think it's my favorite for real.
It's just so cheerful and I love moth.
Now, I kinda want to try to make this
into a larger painting.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video.
Sometimes it's really nice
just to do tiny doodly projects,
especially when I've recently finished
a really large painting,
like that giant ocean painting that I did,
like, two or three weeks ago,
life has still been pretty busy
getting settled into our house.
So yeah, little things like this
are sometimes stress-relieving
and super enjoyable.
I hope you enjoyed this,
and if you are new to this series,
I will link the rest of this particular series down below,
because we have finished half of the sketchbook,
that is exciting.
(laughs)
Thank you so much for hanging out with me.
If you created anything, as always,
you are totally free to tell me about it down below,
you guys always wow me
when you tell me about the creative things
that you're doing in your lives.
This room is like 90 degrees right now,
so I'm calling it quits for the day.
Oh, one more thing, a purple blubblefly pin
will probably be coming,
which means naturally a purple blubblefly sticker
will probably be coming.
And yet if you want any of my new pins,
you can go to mirabyler.com to get them.
Thank you so much for watching.
Have a good day.
Bye.