i know im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me
I've been struggling using my sketchbook recently from the pressure I feel to make every page perfect. I feel like I can let go more now :) your videos really inspire me to try new things and do art more freely. Thank you. :)
Molly Williams i feel exactly the same way.I only have one sketchbook which was a bit expensive, so i dont want to waste the good paper.I always end up drawing on loose paper, because i also want that the drawings in my sketchbook are perfect :/ the video was very helpful. I think i will draw something in my sketchbook now :)
Molly Williams I get frustrated when I see other people's sketchbooks and look at mine. Why can't I have a cool sketchbook full of amazing drawings and finished sketches?
***** I draw in it almost every damn day! Mostly to practice but it's still full of crappy stuff and things I don't like. To other people they're good but I'm HIGHLY critical of my work so what I see may be different from another person's point of view.
Same here! Like I know that people are going to want to look through my sketch books, and if its not perfect, then I'm kind of embarrassed that they are looking at artwork thats not at my highest potential. But thats the process of being an artist 😄, i gotta tell my self that more often
In my case, I tend to draw on lined papers with pens and I swear everything I draw there looks better than the things in my sketchbooks. I need to learn to stop worrying about my sketchbooks looking "clean" and after this video, I've found the will to actually take that step.
why do i relate to this you're right every doodle i do on a piece of random paper looks like a fucking artwork and then i look at my sketchbook omg why
Same! Like Any Where Else i Draw i Have Fun and Let go, But for Some Reason, I Can't Do it on my Sketchbook, Currently I Am Making Messes and Doodles and Just Writing on Some Pages so I Can Let go
I actually REALLY needed this. I got my first moleskin notebook for christmas and I'm just terrified to touch it, even when inspired. It's the first really kinda expensive sketchbook I've ever had. But this might actually help me get past that. Hopefully.
I actually got it as a gift because it was on sale around Christmas. But even with my cheap ones I sort of struggle. I'm in constant fear of producing things not quality enough.
Maybe you should start out simple, start with a light sketch and work your way up. My second sketchbook is a lot higher quality than my previous one, which is why i used this method to ease me into it. Eventually you'll find the swing of things and, hopefully, you'll start to make stronger pieces. Even now, a few pages in, i get nervous drawing or painting in it; I still have a long way to go.
The sketchbooks featured are listed in the video description with a link alongside them if there’s a sketchbook tour video to go along with them. If I don’t have a flip-through of the sketchbook, please don’t ask for one. Remember my first point in the video... I chose to share some snippets of the stuff you don’t normally see, but some of my art is just for me :)
I have a quick question, I saw you using some sticky notes in your video and I really like the color and can't find any like it that are full adhesive. If you could tell me the brand and/or a link, that'd be awesome! Thanks.
These didn't seem fully adhesive either? Anyway, you can take a look on ali express, they have AMAZING stationery and amazingly cheap! They deliver from China and it takes a lot of time to arrive, but with almost everything the shipping is free! I have yet to order - from reviews and experience of close ppl it's safe :) it's basically a huge online 'market' with many many stores, selling all sorts of things. But ohhh the washi tape, the notebooks, the stickers...
With me, it was the same at first, and every time I draw something really crappy I have to convince myself: "this is NOT a waste of paper, because it is for PRACTICE, and practice is NEVER useless!" And now my sketchbook looks shitty, but I got over it :,D idk, maybe it helps to buy a cheap book, so you know you didn't "waste" too much money?
After a Video on TH-cam, I don´t remember which one, I started to make my own sketchbooks. Just buy a long reach stabler and use the paper you want. It´s kinda creativ too, because you can design it with shaped corners or give it a special shell.
Use loose paper for a while. That's what I've been doing. Then you can just throw away or archive what you hate. Put all the good stuff in a more prominent drawer and let that be your "sketchbook" until you feel practiced enough to have fun with a real sketchbook.
oh wait is that why people put sticky notes in their books and draw over them?? to cover up?? i actually did know that. i thought it was just to add a pop of color lol
man I wish I'd had this advice hmm about 35 years ago. I'd be a much better artist if I hadn't spent years feeling like everything in my sketch book had to be display worthy. I'd buy supplies but feel like I was wasting them if I wasn't creating great stuff and never use them. It's only been in the past few years that I've really felt free to mess up and not like the stuff I do and learn from it. Honestly artists like you and a few others not only inspire(d) me, you freed me. Maybe too late for a career in art, but not too late for a life of art.
This is a really positive, encouraging and suppprtive video for artists and creators of all kinds. It's so easy to feel pressure to create something beautiful and amazing every time and I often give up on or avoid sketchbooks for that very reason. But this video helps to soothe my fears and increase my motivation. Thank you. 💕
It's really nice hearing this from an artist I love so much. Honestly, every time I see multiple beautifully composed sketchbook pages on instagram, I just think to myself "why can't mine always have pages like that?" It really is easy to forget that other artist plan things out too or that a page you really love just resulted of dumping a lot of ideas onto a page. It's so easy to make yourself believe that everyone but you has a natural gift and can just whip out amazing art without study or practice or preparation even though we all know that isn't true.
I didn't know that people made "aesthetic" sketchbooks until I started watching artists on TH-cam. I've always just used mine for everything from silly drawings, to concepts, to full-blown detailed paintings with no sort of "narrative." I'm glad you encourage using them this way too. I might try a more organized sketchbook at some point as a challenge, but I generally like to just do what I feel like in a sketchbook.
This is great, love your videos, they are very interesting, informative, and cinematographic if it's ok to say like this, my English is not very good =) So well done, thank you for sharing your tips & tricks... Good luck
How or why does anyone unlike these? You have helped me break through art blocks and lack of confidence and helped me just do art for me. That's huge. Thank you so much for these videos!
you just told my life i almost cried because it was so truthful *i feel i have to create a really nice good peace of art on a big sheet of paper* and since i get index cards or little sketch books i feel as if i have more controll *i do feel like everyone is not going to like my style my art* i do it because i like it thank you😍
magnetic few years ago I paid to someone to make a really big notebook for art school, with hard cover. it costed me really cheap. i never used it. One day, my sister, who likes to illustrate found it and I told her to keep it. She loved it and improved her art a lot. It had like 250 ledger pages, 8x11. She told me when the pages run out that the fact that was so big made her feel like she wasn't wasting an expensive sketchbook in unimportant things. So in her birthday I paid to make her a new one, this time with her artwork on the cover. You can ask for this on any printstore(?) I don't know if this is the right term.
I'm thankful that you share your own struggles, you have no idea how much it inspires me. When I see you hesitating before puttting down a line or speaking about your insecurities I get a different perspective on my own struggle to be perfect. Thank you!
I love how you are an artist in such a true sense. You don't deny that despite being good (exceptional, even) you don't deny that there are those certain things that knock the confidence out of you. Hearing you acknowledge and accept this is refreshing, so much better than the constant stream of social media positivity!
Thank you thank you thank you wonderfull Minniieee! The "30 ways to fill a sketchbook" series was fantastic, and this video as well. So helpful! Can't wait to see what you do next.
I'm so happy that I am your lucky subscriber, your channel is amazing! There's so many things I learnt (about resources, tools and better understanding my own art) or discovered thanks to you, not even saying about how incredible source of inspiration and artistic support your channel is. Your art is just wow, your style is so orginal and there you are an amazing person which is sharing it all with us, thank you so much!
"The point is that you still made a beautiful thing," is such a powerful sentiment, and I really appreciate you saying something like that. I'm often afraid to create fully when I'm on my own, and I feel like to be a "real artist" that I have to share things and share things and share things until I've got nothing left, but hearing that said so serenely and eloquently really... I don't know. Changes things. Thank you!
great tips. many artists show their perfect sketchbooks and make it seem like a sketchbook should be a flawless piece of art. when it should just be a fun tool for trying stuff out or doing art without thinking too much :)
Thank you. You've made me comprehend art is not about showing how good you are to others. It's about your eyes and how you see your thoughts and the world around you, or even how you want to see it. Thank you for this, I feel like an entire world of creativity isn't as scary as it used to be.
Yes! Someone said it! I feel a lot of sketchbooks tours that I've seen on TH-cam are always the ones with the perfect spreads and everything is polished and clean but as inspiring as those videos are they can also set a standard that makes creating in a sketchbook too intimidating. I have one sketchbook that has really nicely draw things and well rendered art but I have 2 other ones full of sketches overlapping others, pages missing, rips, scribbles, frustration, and compete non sense. I understand why anyone would want to show only the good one but it's also important to have videos that make you feels like those other sketchbooks hold just as much value in the end. Thank you!
this helps a lot, im a very young artist and i am up to date with the art comunity, so when i see scetchbook tours, even though i know they are much older and have had much more experience than me, i still have that voice in my head saying *you should be as good as them* i have a pressure on my chest, the calming voice and small tips help a lot, if you see this comment i just want you to know that this has really helped me out and i thank you for that.
I've watched this video so many times and I think I love it so much because I always find a new part that will speak to me differently. It also helps me take the pressure off that I often put on myself for no good reason.
I am not an artist or someone who can remotely draw anything but a stick figure. I recently found you and I been binging your videos. They are inspiring, beautiful, and your voice! So pretty. Thanks for sharing.
This is honestly so beautiful. Your voice is so relaxing. I've always hated my sketch books because they always look like sketches and I've seen so many sketch tours on TH-cam and seeing these amazing works. And you're 100% right. It's for our own improvement. And I just really need to think that it's for my own use. I've been improving and I've noticed but haven't been practicing as much as I'd like. So thank you for inspiring me a bit more to actually mess up my book. With practice pieces and better quality. It's just so nice to not stress about making everything perfect
This is the most uplifting and positive sketch book advice video I've ever seen! Her voice is soothing and gentle, I don't feel pressured anymore, I just feel free and liberated to try any art now, not really caring about what people might say. Amazing art btw!
I do it because the materials on the right side always stain the left and make it unusable. I don't really want to spend all that time on a piece if it's just going to be covered in pencil residue and paint from the other page. I do feel like I'm wasting a lot of paper though.
I watch this every morning to remind myself that my sketchbook is for me. I am "allowed" to do whatever I want in it - sketch, write, experiment with media, doodle.... anything !!! Thank you for this video...... It has REALLY helped me !!!
Thank you so much. I realized that you were right. My sketchbook is my own universe. People doesn't need to see them. Because it just puts pressure on our shoulders when we make something that might please others. The way you said them, opened my eyes. I can be free, i can be raw, i can be authentic. I can be me. Thank you so much Minnie Small.
i like drawing women with no clothes but they have long hair so you cant see their private parts. but my mom goes through it and will tell my counselor..
Tip: don't cover up. Face your mistakes, own them, be completely comfortable and confident that nobody (not even you) is perfect, and revel in the progress you've made because you never gave up.
I think the occasional coverup is fine if you find your mistakes are holding you back from progressing in a sketchbook. For me, to be completely comfortable and confident is much easier said than done, but I suppose everyone is different.
I've seen so many sketchbook videos lately, but this one is hands down the best one and has the most useful tips!! And it felt nice to hear that I'm not the only one starting their sketchbook randomly. I usually work from both the end and the beginning, and then fill out the pages in between :)
I have 4 sketchbooks in my room and I do not even touch them because I am terrified of making even a tiny fold on the corner. I realized that that's the point of sketchbooks. We do something to them; see the art of it, regardless of what you do to it. It's about the explorations and adventures you go through when you write, draw, doodle, whatever. I have never been this enlightened before. This video is very eye opening and lovely. And for that, thank you very much. ❤
Thank you so much! Going on a significant vacation and wanted to create a sketchbook/travel journal. It was getting out of control in my head...I so appreciate your ideas and relaxed approach. That is helping rethink what I want to do here. This is supposed to be a RELAXING trip after all. BTW, recently found your channel and am loving going back and looking through older videos. I’m grateful for what you do and how you really put yourself out there.
ooo wow, definitely needed to hear this. i've always been terrified of using my sketchbooks, ripping out pages, stopping all together because i wasn't happy with a certain drawing. there was a point where i was exclusively using loose leaf paper because i was afraid of having all my crappy drawings surrounded by my nicer ones. especially loved the tip about going out of order! i'm so glad i found your channel, your content is so beautiful and helpful!
Probably one of the best sketchbook videos I've watched because you really do focus on others and give solid ideas that can actually and tangible work for many people
Dear Minnie, i´ve watched this Video for like the 20th time now. When i´m struggling with motivating myself or finding Inspiration to work on my sketchbook i always go back to this video of yours and it puts me back into a mindset of creativity. Thank you so much for sharing this, Love from Germany
I am so thankful I discovered your channel yesterday because it's everything I needed to go back to drawing/ painting. It feels like I no longer have inspiration and can't find a way to fill up the sketchbook I bought back in January. Thanks for sharing your content !
All I want to tell you is THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It is very beautiful to express yourself in order to help others and more in something as personal as art, you really helped me a lot! I thank you
thank you so much for posting this. as someone who always strives to make my journal pages perfect and isn't satisfied until they're up to my standards; this video helped me see a whole new perspective.
in fifth/sixth grade, i had a sketch book. I used it for school notes, normal notes, stories, oc ideas, drawings, and it was amazing. I ripped it and tore out pages, and then i put it away. I was looking for ideas for my ocs and i remembered that sketch book. I rummaged through my art, and found it. I saw how amazing it was, how full it was. I dont draw as often anymore, I've thought that I'm not good enough and my motivation is gone. And then now i found this video. Thank you. You helped remind me how to draw with happiness again.
before watching this vid i was in tears because i hadn't any inspiration for a while and now i feel so inspired an full of energy to do smth. Thankssss
I literally am listening to this over and over while drawing, thank you thank you thank you for blessing me for this beautiful wonderus video, you dont understand how helpful and beautiful your voice has put so much courage intomy drawing just now, i know you might not read this but im an aspiring tattoo artist and you literally saved my career, thank you sooo so much
This was so inspirational. I've been struggling here lately with thinking everything I create has to have a pretty display finished look to it. I always have to try and remind myself it's my sketchbook and not everything has to be perfect in it. My new mantra has been "Finished. Not perfect." Thank you for this video. ❤️
This video is so valuable for all creators, I think. I feel so big pressure in terms of creating something Instagram worthy. These tips are just like relief I wanted so much! Thank you, Minnie!
OML this video is EXACTLY what I needed this year. I am a very private individual so none of my really close friends know that I love to draw and paint. When my older sister spilled the beans everybody just stacked up against me; I felt so much pressure to just show them my sketchbooks and my personal pieces so they would leave me alone. Usually any artist would jump at the chance to show people their art but I have very low confidence about my drawing abilities; it paralyzes me to think about my sister talking up my 'talent' and then them seeing my art and thinking I'm a failure. But your video really helped me to see that I am not obligated to show people parts of my sketchbook(or all of it) if I don't want to. A sketchbook is just for me and is a place to put my thoughts and feelings. I shouldn't have to be worried about someone not liking what I draw. And every page doesn't have to be perfect or every page be a full-on masterpiece. It's a place for practice and fun and experience. This video helped me to see that and I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work; your art is amazing and I hope your channel continues to grow!
I'm really private with my art as well (despite sharing a lot of it online lol) people in my life know now that if I want to share stuff with them I will and if not, don't ask lol
I still rewatch this when i feel stuck, or when I feel like my sketchbook isn't what I want it to be, it really helps me realize that "hey it's just for ME, not others" plus I love the "on the other hand" and then her hand drawing shows, it still makes me smile a little and giggle
Thank you for this! I just bought a new sketchbook after your 30 Ways series ended bc it filled me with so much inspiration, but I have to admit it was a little daunting to start. I've never committed to filling a sketchbook, & I think a lot of the reason for that is bc I was putting too much pressure on myself for everything in it to be display worthy. I'm finally at the point where I want to make a proper effort to improve & grow as an artist, & your videos are probably the biggest reason for that, so thank you!!
I mean i know all of this, but i tend to forget, so it's nice to hear it again
Bruhhhhh this is a big epiphany
i know im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account??
I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me
@Cole Kasen instablaster :)
Your voice is so calm and nice to hear.
:D Thanks!
Yes, her voice is really soothing and beautiful.
Agreed. Hot voice.
I've been struggling using my sketchbook recently from the pressure I feel to make every page perfect. I feel like I can let go more now :) your videos really inspire me to try new things and do art more freely. Thank you. :)
Molly Williams i feel exactly the same way.I only have one sketchbook which was a bit expensive, so i dont want to waste the good paper.I always end up drawing on loose paper, because i also want that the drawings in my sketchbook are perfect :/ the video was very helpful. I think i will draw something in my sketchbook now :)
Noemi Kvc it's the same for me - my only sketchbook is my moleskine one and it's just too pretty it stresses me out haha
Molly Williams I get frustrated when I see other people's sketchbooks and look at mine. Why can't I have a cool sketchbook full of amazing drawings and finished sketches?
***** I draw in it almost every damn day! Mostly to practice but it's still full of crappy stuff and things I don't like. To other people they're good but I'm HIGHLY critical of my work so what I see may be different from another person's point of view.
Same here! Like I know that people are going to want to look through my sketch books, and if its not perfect, then I'm kind of embarrassed that they are looking at artwork thats not at my highest potential. But thats the process of being an artist 😄, i gotta tell my self that more often
I needed to hear this!! I put so much pressure on making perfect looking works in my sketchbook instead of just letting loose and creating
In my case, I tend to draw on lined papers with pens and I swear everything I draw there looks better than the things in my sketchbooks. I need to learn to stop worrying about my sketchbooks looking "clean" and after this video, I've found the will to actually take that step.
why do i relate to this you're right every doodle i do on a piece of random paper looks like a fucking artwork and then i look at my sketchbook omg why
Same! Like Any Where Else i Draw i Have Fun and Let go, But for Some Reason, I Can't Do it on my Sketchbook, Currently I Am Making Messes and Doodles and Just Writing on Some Pages so I Can Let go
Agreed. My friends and family have VERY high expectations for my art, writing, etc; this video helped me a lot too.
“The more you make a mess intentionally, the less you’ll fear making one accidentally” this helps sooo so so much.
"but on the other hand"
*drawing of hand shows* ayy
;)
I actually REALLY needed this. I got my first moleskin notebook for christmas and I'm just terrified to touch it, even when inspired. It's the first really kinda expensive sketchbook I've ever had. But this might actually help me get past that. Hopefully.
I've definitely had the same feelings with my first moleskine so I know what you mean :P
I never had a moleskin notebook, but I so feel the same way, even with my $10 notebook xD.
You just have to take the plunge!
Mousy Reese that's why I never boy expensive sketchbooks
I actually got it as a gift because it was on sale around Christmas. But even with my cheap ones I sort of struggle. I'm in constant fear of producing things not quality enough.
Maybe you should start out simple, start with a light sketch and work your way up. My second sketchbook is a lot higher quality than my previous one, which is why i used this method to ease me into it. Eventually you'll find the swing of things and, hopefully, you'll start to make stronger pieces. Even now, a few pages in, i get nervous drawing or painting in it; I still have a long way to go.
"On the other hand" *pans shot on hand painting" I c u Minnie
Kaepora Gaebora this 🙌🏽 yes totally noticed
Haha you guys are so on the ball! ;)
Kaepora Gaebora I noticed that too
I noticed that!
The sketchbooks featured are listed in the video description with a link alongside them if there’s a sketchbook tour video to go along with them. If I don’t have a flip-through of the sketchbook, please don’t ask for one. Remember my first point in the video... I chose to share some snippets of the stuff you don’t normally see, but some of my art is just for me :)
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we use the same font
I have a quick question, I saw you using some sticky notes in your video and I really like the color and can't find any like it that are full adhesive. If you could tell me the brand and/or a link, that'd be awesome! Thanks.
These didn't seem fully adhesive either?
Anyway, you can take a look on ali express, they have AMAZING stationery and amazingly cheap! They deliver from China and it takes a lot of time to arrive, but with almost everything the shipping is free! I have yet to order - from reviews and experience of close ppl it's safe :) it's basically a huge online 'market' with many many stores, selling all sorts of things. But ohhh the washi tape, the notebooks, the stickers...
Yeah I just use regular ones and glue them in, I didn't realise fully adhesive ones were a thing?
i try to do this but i always hate what i drew and i feel it was a waste of paper
With me, it was the same at first, and every time I draw something really crappy I have to convince myself: "this is NOT a waste of paper, because it is for PRACTICE, and practice is NEVER useless!" And now my sketchbook looks shitty, but I got over it :,D idk, maybe it helps to buy a cheap book, so you know you didn't "waste" too much money?
After a Video on TH-cam, I don´t remember which one, I started to make my own sketchbooks. Just buy a long reach stabler and use the paper you want. It´s kinda creativ too, because you can design it with shaped corners or give it a special shell.
Use loose paper for a while. That's what I've been doing. Then you can just throw away or archive what you hate. Put all the good stuff in a more prominent drawer and let that be your "sketchbook" until you feel practiced enough to have fun with a real sketchbook.
That's actually what I did for a while; it's good advice and once you get confident enough, it's a lot easier to add your work into one source!
Sean Haughey. same but as you fail you learn more
oh wait is that why people put sticky notes in their books and draw over them?? to cover up?? i actually did know that. i thought it was just to add a pop of color lol
maybe a bit of both? I definitely just like it for the look of it as well
man i really shouldn't watch your videos late at night cause they just make me want to draw or paint and then there goes sleep
lol same
me rn. i literally just put away my stuff, too.
Brilliant ideas here! Nailed it 100%. Thanks for the sketchbook pep talk Minnie, I needed it!
man I wish I'd had this advice hmm about 35 years ago. I'd be a much better artist if I hadn't spent years feeling like everything in my sketch book had to be display worthy. I'd buy supplies but feel like I was wasting them if I wasn't creating great stuff and never use them. It's only been in the past few years that I've really felt free to mess up and not like the stuff I do and learn from it.
Honestly artists like you and a few others not only inspire(d) me, you freed me. Maybe too late for a career in art, but not too late for a life of art.
I definitely know the feeling. Thanks so much for such a lovely, honest comment :)
This is a really positive, encouraging and suppprtive video for artists and creators of all kinds. It's so easy to feel pressure to create something beautiful and amazing every time and I often give up on or avoid sketchbooks for that very reason. But this video helps to soothe my fears and increase my motivation. Thank you. 💕
That's fab, I hope you can stay motivated and fearless into the future :)
Just want to say that you are one of the few youtubers i watch every single video you post. Absolutely adore your channel💕
It's really nice hearing this from an artist I love so much. Honestly, every time I see multiple beautifully composed sketchbook pages on instagram, I just think to myself "why can't mine always have pages like that?" It really is easy to forget that other artist plan things out too or that a page you really love just resulted of dumping a lot of ideas onto a page. It's so easy to make yourself believe that everyone but you has a natural gift and can just whip out amazing art without study or practice or preparation even though we all know that isn't true.
I didn't know that people made "aesthetic" sketchbooks until I started watching artists on TH-cam. I've always just used mine for everything from silly drawings, to concepts, to full-blown detailed paintings with no sort of "narrative." I'm glad you encourage using them this way too. I might try a more organized sketchbook at some point as a challenge, but I generally like to just do what I feel like in a sketchbook.
Damn you made me flow throught my imagination... even tho im high af the peace and motivation that this video gave me is unbeliaveble
lol I'm really happy to hear that lee
It’s true I just experienced the same feeling ❤️ you’re a blessing dear
This is great, love your videos, they are very interesting, informative, and cinematographic if it's ok to say like this, my English is not very good =) So well done, thank you for sharing your tips & tricks... Good luck
I swear everyone that says their english isn't very good speaks impeccable english lol :P Thank you so much, I'm really glad you like it!
How or why does anyone unlike these? You have helped me break through art blocks and lack of confidence and helped me just do art for me. That's huge. Thank you so much for these videos!
you just told my life i almost cried because it was so truthful *i feel i have to create a really nice good peace of art on a big sheet of paper* and since i get index cards or little sketch books i feel as if i have more controll *i do feel like everyone is not going to like my style my art* i do it because i like it thank you😍
I know this isn't the main topic of the video, but you're really good at painting scenery 😄
Ps what's that thing u did at 3:52 to put the yellow over it?
So excited for these series!!! Thanks for doing what you do!
for me it really helps to buy the crappiest book with lots of pages so i just don't care about wasting good paper anymore.
Great idea!
magnetic few years ago I paid to someone to make a really big notebook for art school, with hard cover. it costed me really cheap. i never used it. One day, my sister, who likes to illustrate found it and I told her to keep it. She loved it and improved her art a lot. It had like 250 ledger pages, 8x11. She told me when the pages run out that the fact that was so big made her feel like she wasn't wasting an expensive sketchbook in unimportant things. So in her birthday I paid to make her a new one, this time with her artwork on the cover.
You can ask for this on any printstore(?) I don't know if this is the right term.
This is smart, I should remember to ask my friends to get me this for Christmas or my birthday!
Your videos have come such a long way ! I remember joining back when you had 3k subscribers Now you're so close to 100k. I've loved watching you grow
:D Thank you so much for being with me all the way!
I keep rewatching this. It's so well made, and well-spoken. I love every second of it ♡ Thank you so much for your tips and advice.
I'm thankful that you share your own struggles, you have no idea how much it inspires me. When I see you hesitating before puttting down a line or speaking about your insecurities I get a different perspective on my own struggle to be perfect. Thank you!
thank you so much. ❤ you make me feel so inspired everytime i watch your videos 😊
I love how you are an artist in such a true sense. You don't deny that despite being good (exceptional, even) you don't deny that there are those certain things that knock the confidence out of you. Hearing you acknowledge and accept this is refreshing, so much better than the constant stream of social media positivity!
Thank you thank you thank you wonderfull Minniieee! The "30 ways to fill a sketchbook" series was fantastic, and this video as well. So helpful! Can't wait to see what you do next.
I'm so happy that I am your lucky subscriber, your channel is amazing! There's so many things I learnt (about resources, tools and better understanding my own art) or discovered thanks to you, not even saying about how incredible source of inspiration and artistic support your channel is. Your art is just wow, your style is so orginal and there you are an amazing person which is sharing it all with us, thank you so much!
3:49 was that suppose to be a pun? Because if it was, it was clever 😂
:D
"The point is that you still made a beautiful thing," is such a powerful sentiment, and I really appreciate you saying something like that. I'm often afraid to create fully when I'm on my own, and I feel like to be a "real artist" that I have to share things and share things and share things until I've got nothing left, but hearing that said so serenely and eloquently really... I don't know. Changes things. Thank you!
great tips.
many artists show their perfect sketchbooks and make it seem like a sketchbook should be a flawless piece of art. when it should just be a fun tool for trying stuff out or doing art without thinking too much :)
Thank you. You've made me comprehend art is not about showing how good you are to others. It's about your eyes and how you see your thoughts and the world around you, or even how you want to see it. Thank you for this, I feel like an entire world of creativity isn't as scary as it used to be.
*sees mermaidman*
*likes*
aya hamari YESS THAT WAS ME LMAO
Haha yes!
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE LMAO
aya hamari same
EVVILLLLL
Okay. can we talk about how calming your voice is? I could listen to you reading a book all day god your voice is really amazing.
Your voice is just soo gahhh, lovely.
Yes! Someone said it! I feel a lot of sketchbooks tours that I've seen on TH-cam are always the ones with the perfect spreads and everything is polished and clean but as inspiring as those videos are they can also set a standard that makes creating in a sketchbook too intimidating. I have one sketchbook that has really nicely draw things and well rendered art but I have 2 other ones full of sketches overlapping others, pages missing, rips, scribbles, frustration, and compete non sense. I understand why anyone would want to show only the good one but it's also important to have videos that make you feels like those other sketchbooks hold just as much value in the end. Thank you!
00:36 unless eveyone who sees tou draw in it takes it from your table and looks inside....😒
Katastrophic Arts xD so true
Kick them on the stomach
Her voice is so calming and smooth. Beautiful video
She's so profound and then you see mermaid man 😹
Hey! Mermaid Man is the pinnacle of wisdom lol
Minnie Small the best part was the page that said "MERMS", I actually laughed out loud
.... the nonsense that goes on in my head 😂😂😂
this helps a lot, im a very young artist and i am up to date with the art comunity, so when i see scetchbook tours, even though i know they are much older and have had much more experience than me, i still have that voice in my head saying *you should be as good as them* i have a pressure on my chest, the calming voice and small tips help a lot, if you see this comment i just want you to know that this has really helped me out and i thank you for that.
“For your eyes only, to be your most honest raw authentic self, create without judgment”
My nosey-ass family: *It’s free realestate.*
I’m deaddd. Accurate
I've watched this video so many times and I think I love it so much because I always find a new part that will speak to me differently. It also helps me take the pressure off that I often put on myself for no good reason.
unintentional ASMR
So refreshing to see your approach to sketchbooks. Thank you for sharing , showing the raw sides, behind the scenes. Thank you.
“Create with no judgement”
This video is freaking perfect. The advice, the narration, all are PERFECT
Great video. I almost want to take on the challenge you did, but try to come up with different ideas.
I am not an artist or someone who can remotely draw anything but a stick figure. I recently found you and I been binging your videos. They are inspiring, beautiful, and your voice! So pretty. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so used to getting the other intro 😢 now it's gone
This is honestly so beautiful. Your voice is so relaxing. I've always hated my sketch books because they always look like sketches and I've seen so many sketch tours on TH-cam and seeing these amazing works. And you're 100% right. It's for our own improvement. And I just really need to think that it's for my own use. I've been improving and I've noticed but haven't been practicing as much as I'd like. So thank you for inspiring me a bit more to actually mess up my book. With practice pieces and better quality. It's just so nice to not stress about making everything perfect
Your book is sold out I want one 😫😫😫
Ruby O same
This is the most uplifting and positive sketch book advice video I've ever seen! Her voice is soothing and gentle, I don't feel pressured anymore, I just feel free and liberated to try any art now, not really caring about what people might say. Amazing art btw!
You are so right. I recently did a sketchbook tour on my channel. I think I will show my scribbles and figure studies when I do another tour.
"Sketchbook is only for your eyes" not with my parents or the people at my school lol
Anyone else who only draws on the right side page lol 😂 and has like a million pages that are blank 👌✏️✅
I do it because the materials on the right side always stain the left and make it unusable. I don't really want to spend all that time on a piece if it's just going to be covered in pencil residue and paint from the other page. I do feel like I'm wasting a lot of paper though.
you could flip the sketchbook and work your way back to the front while drawing at the "right" side!
you're so right about it being daunting with new pages but when the creativity is all gucci it's exhilarating
It's kind of hard to draw something for "my eyes only" when my mom is always asking to look through my sketch books
It's always okay to have boundaries, and voice them! (Even though it takes practice, but it all starts somewhere.) Hope you get the space you need.
I watch this every morning to remind myself that my sketchbook is for me. I am "allowed" to do whatever I want in it - sketch, write, experiment with media, doodle.... anything !!! Thank you for this video...... It has REALLY helped me !!!
3:47 anyone else see that as a kind of pun?
;)
Your voice is so mesmerising and relaxing. It's beautiful
"just do you booboo"
Thank you so much. I realized that you were right. My sketchbook is my own universe. People doesn't need to see them. Because it just puts pressure on our shoulders when we make something that might please others. The way you said them, opened my eyes. I can be free, i can be raw, i can be authentic. I can be me. Thank you so much Minnie Small.
i like drawing women with no clothes but they have long hair so you cant see their private parts. but my mom goes through it and will tell my counselor..
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Those landscape paintings are amazing
:D Thanks so much!
Tip: don't cover up. Face your mistakes, own them, be completely comfortable and confident that nobody (not even you) is perfect, and revel in the progress you've made because you never gave up.
I think the occasional coverup is fine if you find your mistakes are holding you back from progressing in a sketchbook. For me, to be completely comfortable and confident is much easier said than done, but I suppose everyone is different.
I've seen so many sketchbook videos lately, but this one is hands down the best one and has the most useful tips!! And it felt nice to hear that I'm not the only one starting their sketchbook randomly. I usually work from both the end and the beginning, and then fill out the pages in between :)
I LOVE getting a glimpse of other artists sketchbooks . Loved this video x
I have 4 sketchbooks in my room and I do not even touch them because I am terrified of making even a tiny fold on the corner. I realized that that's the point of sketchbooks. We do something to them; see the art of it, regardless of what you do to it. It's about the explorations and adventures you go through when you write, draw, doodle, whatever. I have never been this enlightened before. This video is very eye opening and lovely. And for that, thank you very much. ❤
minnie i swear to god you have the most chill videos and best voice on all of youtube. thank you for creating and sharing with us
This video is a really great reminder when using a sketchbook. I needed to hear this. The voiceover and filming is amazing . 😊📚
Thank you so much! Going on a significant vacation and wanted to create a sketchbook/travel journal. It was getting out of control in my head...I so appreciate your ideas and relaxed approach. That is helping rethink what I want to do here. This is supposed to be a RELAXING trip after all. BTW, recently found your channel and am loving going back and looking through older videos. I’m grateful for what you do and how you really put yourself out there.
ooo wow, definitely needed to hear this. i've always been terrified of using my sketchbooks, ripping out pages, stopping all together because i wasn't happy with a certain drawing. there was a point where i was exclusively using loose leaf paper because i was afraid of having all my crappy drawings surrounded by my nicer ones. especially loved the tip about going out of order! i'm so glad i found your channel, your content is so beautiful and helpful!
I love how positive you are, like 'be imperfect, it's okay' 💕
Probably one of the best sketchbook videos I've watched because you really do focus on others and give solid ideas that can actually and tangible work for many people
Dear Minnie,
i´ve watched this Video for like the 20th time now. When i´m struggling with motivating myself or finding Inspiration to work on my sketchbook i always go back to this video of yours and it puts me back into a mindset of creativity.
Thank you so much for sharing this,
Love from Germany
This is the best sketchbook video anyone can ever watch. I don't remember subscribing to someone this quick.
I am so thankful I discovered your channel yesterday because it's everything I needed to go back to drawing/ painting. It feels like I no longer have inspiration and can't find a way to fill up the sketchbook I bought back in January. Thanks for sharing your content !
All I want to tell you is THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It is very beautiful to express yourself in order to help others and more in something as personal as art, you really helped me a lot! I thank you
The prepping pages and going out of order ones were such a revelation for me
your voice is so satisfying to listen too.
thank you so much for posting this. as someone who always strives to make my journal pages perfect and isn't satisfied until they're up to my standards; this video helped me see a whole new perspective.
in fifth/sixth grade, i had a sketch book. I used it for school notes, normal notes, stories, oc ideas, drawings, and it was amazing. I ripped it and tore out pages, and then i put it away.
I was looking for ideas for my ocs and i remembered that sketch book. I rummaged through my art, and found it. I saw how amazing it was, how full it was. I dont draw as often anymore, I've thought that I'm not good enough and my motivation is gone. And then now i found this video.
Thank you. You helped remind me how to draw with happiness again.
before watching this vid i was in tears because i hadn't any inspiration for a while and now i feel so inspired an full of energy to do smth. Thankssss
I literally am listening to this over and over while drawing, thank you thank you thank you for blessing me for this beautiful wonderus video, you dont understand how helpful and beautiful your voice has put so much courage intomy drawing just now, i know you might not read this but im an aspiring tattoo artist and you literally saved my career, thank you sooo so much
This was so inspirational. I've been struggling here lately with thinking everything I create has to have a pretty display finished look to it. I always have to try and remind myself it's my sketchbook and not everything has to be perfect in it. My new mantra has been "Finished. Not perfect." Thank you for this video. ❤️
This video is so valuable for all creators, I think. I feel so big pressure in terms of creating something Instagram worthy. These tips are just like relief I wanted so much! Thank you, Minnie!
OML this video is EXACTLY what I needed this year. I am a very private individual so none of my really close friends know that I love to draw and paint. When my older sister spilled the beans everybody just stacked up against me; I felt so much pressure to just show them my sketchbooks and my personal pieces so they would leave me alone. Usually any artist would jump at the chance to show people their art but I have very low confidence about my drawing abilities; it paralyzes me to think about my sister talking up my 'talent' and then them seeing my art and thinking I'm a failure.
But your video really helped me to see that I am not obligated to show people parts of my sketchbook(or all of it) if I don't want to. A sketchbook is just for me and is a place to put my thoughts and feelings. I shouldn't have to be worried about someone not liking what I draw. And every page doesn't have to be perfect or every page be a full-on masterpiece. It's a place for practice and fun and experience. This video helped me to see that and I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work; your art is amazing and I hope your channel continues to grow!
I'm really private with my art as well (despite sharing a lot of it online lol) people in my life know now that if I want to share stuff with them I will and if not, don't ask lol
I still rewatch this when i feel stuck, or when I feel like my sketchbook isn't what I want it to be,
it really helps me realize that "hey it's just for ME, not others"
plus I love the "on the other hand" and then her hand drawing shows, it still makes me smile a little and giggle
Your voice is so comforting, I swear! I would totally listen to you read an audio book. Besides that, though, this is really helpful. Thank you!
Aw thank you! So kind!
Your voice, oh my, it's beyond soothing. I may save this video to listen to when I'm feeling blue and want to draw. Thank you! ❤❤
Your Voice, what you say, the way you say it...I could watch this over and over again
Thank you for this! I just bought a new sketchbook after your 30 Ways series ended bc it filled me with so much inspiration, but I have to admit it was a little daunting to start. I've never committed to filling a sketchbook, & I think a lot of the reason for that is bc I was putting too much pressure on myself for everything in it to be display worthy. I'm finally at the point where I want to make a proper effort to improve & grow as an artist, & your videos are probably the biggest reason for that, so thank you!!
Your voice is so soft and pleasing, it completes the video perfectly!
thx I never thought about sketchbooks this way. great video and inspiration
Brilliant! So plain and so very encouraging, Thank You for taking the time to be warm, patient and inspiring.
:) Thank you
you have a really soothing voice. and your sketches are amazing!
your voice and advice soothes me and I'm able to be calm down an and able to let my mind to run free while I draw.