Hey everyone! I am back with a new video and this is going
to be just a quick sketch on my current sketchbook because that’s honestly all I’ve been
doing recently and all I have time for nowadays. So the sketchbook I am using is by the brand
Mont Marte, which I got form a local dollar store. It’s kind of like a new addition
they placed in the shop and I love it so far. It’s a hardbound book so it looks all professional
even though it was really affordable. And the paper is this nice off white colour. It’s
also cartridge paper so it’s thick which feels great for just random and simple sketches.
This sketchbook has really ticked all the boxes for me. Like I feel so attached to it.
I love it and I would recommend it for its quality and price.
Anyway, I decided to film this video and also upload it because I wanted to share this new
art style that I’m trying to explore. There’s a long explanation that kind of goes with
it. Basically, I was on tumblr – no surprise there – and I came across this lineart.
It was a minimalist kind of drawing because it was almost just black and white with a
solid pop of colour. And that obviously led to me spending hours looking through tags
and art blogs on tumblr with the same style of drawing. And then that further led to my
mission to look for more artists to follow not only on tumblr but also on Instagram and
Youtube. I mean it makes sense since I had been following the same people and I thought
I needed something new on my dash. And ever since I followed more artists, I got inspired
to do more art and also to explore a style that I found consistently with the artists
I was following. A lot of them put focus on the lineart and hands, and also used brush
pens. At first I was neutral to the idea of using a brush pen, not that I thought it was
a horrible medium, but because I already had so much art supplies that I was on a no-spend
period. I’ve gone for months without purchasing a new art material and I didn’t want to
break that streak. However I was at Daiso buying school supplies and I came across a
brush pen that they had. It’s the one I am actually using in this sketch and holy
crap it is the bomb. It’s like the stars have aligned for me right now because
I doing a lot of new things. It’s crazy. First I buy the brush pen and it’s a new
medium that I ended up loving. Then there’s the new sketchbook, and also the new art style
and the new artists I’m following. It feels great so far! And I’m also sketching more
frequently compared to before. It’s not so good when I sketch instead of doing uni
work, but I’m just enjoying this at the moment.
Anyway, I wanted to focus more on my lineart and so I took this opportunity to practice.
I mean I haven’t found “it” yet, and I don’t think I will anytime soon. I have
to keep in mind that I’m still young, still learning and still growing both as a person
and an artist, and my style will continuously evolve I guess. And so this is a peak at me
exploring this new art style that puts more emphasis on the lineart as well as drawing
hands. That’s another thing. These artists that
I am following have a knack for drawing hands and it really motivates me to draw more hands.
I know they can be intimidating to draw therefore a lot of people avoid drawing them. And I’ve
been there, but once you change your perspective, a lot of things can change too. So now I’ve
grown an interest in drawing hands. Realistically, I know it’s still hard, but I’m more optimistic
now. I feel inspired and it’s been brought upon by the changes I’ve put into my life.
Wow that sounds incredibly cheesy. But yeah! I urge you guys to go out there and try new
art mediums, or art styles. Surround yourself with new people, new environments etcetera
and maybe you’ll gain a new outlook on your art and be more happy with it, or be more attached
to it. So anyway, that’s kind of like a rant about
what’s been happening with me at the moment. If you want to see more of this art style
that I am currently trying, then you can check out my Instagram because that’s where I
am most active and the links are in the description box.
So I also wanted to try my watercolours with the new sketchbook since the paper is quite
thick and watercolour sketchpads are expensive, I wanted to see if the paper could handle
the medium. So far so great. They do wrinkle as expected, but I don’t mind it so much.
I actually like the look of it, especially when you close the book and look at it from
the side, and you see all these wrinkled pages. I don’t know, is that just me? But I see
so many art journals on Tumblr once again with those wrinkled pages and it just shows
how much you used the sketchbook. It looks beat up, but it’s a sign that you put work
into it. It looks and feels like an accomplishment, so I try to incorporate that aesthetic into
my sketchbook as well. The brush pen didn’t work so great with
the watercolours unfortunately. I mean they work well with copics. The ink didn’t bleed,
but with the watercolour, it bled and that kind of bummed me out, but no big deal. I
think it added some character to the sketch. So yeah! I really recommend the brush pen
if you ever have a Daiso near you, you can pick this brush pen up for a really cheap
price. The only problem is that I don’t know what it’s called because it’s not
in English, so I can’t read it unfortunately. But I mean feel free to check out stores like
Daiso which aren’t your conventional art store because you can also find decent art
materials there. And for cheap! Anyway, that is it for this video. I hope
you enjoyed and if you did, then please give this video a thumbs up. I would very much
appreciate it. Subscribe as well for more videos. Don’t forget to check out the links
in the description box. Thank you so much for watching this video and I will see you
in my next one!