hiya lovelies! I hope you'll enjoy this sketchbook tour!
In the in-depth version on Patreon, where I talk you through my process, and which you can find here:   / in-depth-tour-17-83057414   , I talk about:
- the value of having different sketchbooks of different sizes/types
- underlayers and how they shift the colors that you layer on top
- placement of frames as an automatic storytelling tool
- the importance of looking back at your older drawings or sketchbooks
- how drawing from photos can often feel a bit 'stiffer'
- how exaggerating proportions/elongating can be a fun way of exploring character drawings
- my experience of being very unwell mental-health-wise but still finding a way to carve out spaces in my sketchbook to have fun and stay playful
- the difference between drawing 'rushed' and 'energetic'.
- one of my favorite drawings of fish I made
- the fun of rainbow pencils
- how I was exploring more illustrative ways of working
- how joining live drawing sessions where the subject is chosen for you can be a wonderful gateway to exploring your style & different mediums and textures than you usually wood.
- how personal work can be a way to bring together different aspects of yourself and your art journey
- how drawing on location & from real life is SO important to your art practice, even if you're more interested in abstraction and why that is specifically
- how spending more time on a specific subject will allow you to shift from stiffness to looseness, and the yummy stuff underneath
- art can be serious and it also can NOT be serious. Both are valuable. :)


A few of the art supplies I used:
Pith sketchbook: https://bit.ly/441AG0M
Neocolor 2: https://bit.ly/3Kpxxkg
Acrylic paint markers (the ones I use are the big 15 mm ones): https://bit.ly/3qk7LqL
Unison soft pastels: Emma Colbert Animal set (this is a 30 half-stick set I own and absolutely love): https://bit.ly/43OQ93T
For a cheaper and smaller version of this same set, check this one out: https://bit.ly/3DDZL7d
The links above are affiliate links where I get a small commission and you get 10% off if it's your first order at Jackson's and you create an account!

Some additional things I mentioned in the in-depth video on Patreon:
Emma Carlisle:   / emmacarlisle_  
Live drawing session around finding your style/experimenting with style (There's a big lecture bit for a long while but if you just want to draw in different styles, that part starts 1h31 into the video, and lasts about an hour): https://www.patreon.com/posts/nov-202...
The sketchbook challenge 'Mini-Art Wall & Soft Presence': https://www.patreon.com/posts/sketchb...


Thank you to my patrons for continuing to help me share these things with you. :)
  / marienoellewurm  

Music by Epidemic Sound.