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I spent so many hours in this little sketchbook this year! Full tour as a long-form video coming up this week. Please subscribe so you don't miss it! 😃❤️

Such a sweet kitty,the drawing is beautiful…Do you spray the page to keep it from smudging or keep a piece of parchment between the pages of the sketchbook…I would love to know what number/letter pencil you are using at each stage…Thank you…

🐸 I would love to see a turtle drawing….

Beautiful bird,,.love the quote and the music that you use for your videos…Thank you

Congratulations on your citizenship anniversary. 🐦 Love the bird and your little treasure box

Beautiful envelopes,,,I hope the recipients,,keep them…

Me when the Solemn starts to Lament

What unfortunate, tragic children they are… I can do nothing but mourn for them. *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING*

bro just did Solemn Lament without knowing.

Love seeing the little treasure drawings collection growing 😍 and the bird just amazing! It's also very nice to discover little by little facts and curiosities about you throughout your vlogs Isabelle 🕊😘

Hi, Isabelle, I adore that bird! It's very beautiful 🐦I am an expat myself and I'd love to hear your personal experience. I totally understand that feeling of living in between two chairs, except that I thought it would fade away throughout the years... Maybe it never does. I think it is a very interesting topic.

Beautiful video and drawings Isabelle. Having split identities is an interesting characteristic, which is a benefit I think. My parents immigrated to Canada, so I'm first generation born and raised. There was a level of expectation to uphold their traditions as well as my desire for a more "Canadian" lifestyle as I was growing up. Then a third aspect came in with more travel, where I feel more at home in different places around the world. Sometimes, I feel like my values don't align with Canadian culture, whereas they do in other countries like parts of Asia and Europe. Having these split identities though is a benefit. We're able to think more openly and compassionately with these experiences. I used to be uncomfortable and distraught about it. Overtime, I'm now thankful for it.

Greetings from Toronto, Ontario Canad🇨🇦 Nice vlog. I subscribed to support your channel and artistic goals. I really enjoy small art. Love graphite pencil sketches. Currently I'm taking a break from brushes and exploring the possibilities available in pencil art, graphite, pastels, colored, aquarelle and ink. I feel more connected to the paper and the image I'm creating on it with a pencil in my hand rather than a brush. It has something to do with the slower pace and greater attention to detail, although I do enjoy oil painting. Acrylics are way too fast for me and watercolor is tricky. I much prefer slow and steady mediums where I have time to work, rework and correct rather than being rushed into a final image because the medium is drying so fast. I too am a HSP living alone, but not lonely, with my cat, a highly sensitive species. Cheers and merry Christmas to you and yours this holiday season. 🤶 🎄

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Beautiful absolutely beautiful…..

This is a chestnut-backed Tanager. I’ve really enjoyed drawing birds this year 🐦‍⬛🐧🐦✨ Thanks for watching! ❤

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Love. ❤ Your pencils look so pretty all organized in the colorful glasses.

I am so happy to have found your Vlog. Your drawings and sketchbook are very inspiring.🐦

🐦New Subscriber, really enjoyed your artist vlog, Thank you.

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Like writing to friends, & Christmas always start early writing my cards, I like receiving them too, & will definitely try the envelope sketches. Thanks for the idea & video.

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Hello. New to your channel. Enjoyed your drawings. Am in similar situation regarding " between ' two cultures. I share your perspective and look forward to hearing more from you as you explore that. Subscribed.

Beautiful pencil work!

Hi, I‘m a British citizen living in Germany so can identify with your „dual“ feelings. Bristol will always be home for me. And, my dad was in the royal navy, fleet air arm & my nephew was a submariner. Like your pencil sketches. Thanks.

🍊 loved your drawings

so beautiful ❤ new subscriber

🦩🕊🦜 Beautiful.

Your drawing of the bird was spendid! Magnifique! 🐦💙

Your an insane drawer keep up the hard work great toad lol

This is so good!!

Beautiful drawings, as we expect! That issss an adorable bird! 🦜 so colorful! I think the “sitting between chairs” aspect of cultural differences is fascinating - having more perspectives I think does open up a larger world, but maybe it’s harder to find that perfectly comfortable spot too. Good luck on all your greeting cards. Oh geez, you have so much writing to do!! Thank you for another cozy vlog, Isabelle!

🦤 love the drawing

we are so much alike in yet another way, sort of…being caught in two cultural worlds my parents immigrated from Italy in 1957 … they basically brought Italy with them back here to Canada… and i was born in 1974, they raised me 100% italian, however they could never understand why i would want to adopt anything “Canadian” growing up in this culture and the schools, etc, but now i have come to know that i am indeed both cultures 100% it used to be a confusing thing for me, not knowing which of the two cultures i should have been honouring, but now i see that i am both and i adopt aspects of both as i see fit. alors, dit moi encore, s’il tu plait it has been a joy getting to know you, and maybe one day it won’t be one sided and i will actually start making videos too. xo 😊

This week's vlog is spent mostly in my sketchbook... continuing my "little treasure" series. On a more personal matter, let me know if you're interested in a future video touching on my experience as an expat (I'm from France and now living in the USA). Thank you so much for watching, liking, commenting... I appreciate your support! 🧡

Love seeing you add to your treasures 💜🐦

As an expat myself (6years almost) I am always interested to hear how other expats sort of work with the complex feelings that come with it. On a totally different note, I'm experimenting a little with pencil crayons and graphite (I'm a watercolour girly) but it always seems to look sort of streaky...like you can see in the final piece which directions my pencil strokes went...any tips on how to work on this as your gorgeous works look so smooth🦚

You’re right. No crabs in Lake Michigan except for invasive species

Always amazing drawings my dear! 🤍🤍🥰

Its amazing bro next level

envelopes are good

The straw holder for pencils is brilliant!

This is a great idea Isabelle. Snail mail is a great touch on the envelope. People will not only save cards (as I do) but also the envelopes when they're so beautiful like this ❤

Your drawing skills are exquisite

I adore the snail envelope! I used to love writing with my pen pals when I was younger, so sad nobody wants to write letters anymore.

Also, my favorite was definitely the snail with the Christmas lights. That would be a great sticker all year long.

I miss getting letters in the mail. Real mail. I wish we would go back to the slow and personal practice of letter writing. I love the idea of letter art.

Wow gorgeous! I’d be opening those sooooo carefully 😅