6 Tips on How to Use Your Sketchbook | the Art of Practice
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- Sharing 6 tips on how and what to fill your sketchbook with.
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Kelly, You are totally correct! Creating your artistic life in sketchbooks is a great way to look back and realize all the changes and moods you've been through. I have a portrait sketchbook from 50 yrs ago that I look at every so often, not to compare but to remember. And I find that it's not too bad. 😊
I love this so much, thank you for sharing!
Kelly, your paintings are so exquisite! You should publish this sketchbook as a coffee table art book. It's amazing. Thank you for so many ideas for my sketchbook.
Oh Deb, you are so sweet Thank you for your very kind comments and I'm thrilled you found the sketchbook tips inspiring!
Hi Kelly. Thank you so much for your informative videos. Especially explaining what and why you do in your sketchbook book. I love drawing in my sketchbook, but I am always overwhelmed by thoughts to create a perfect art piece in my sketchbook. But you showed me to keep it simple and also as a reference book. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
You are very welcome and hope it inspires you to create anything and everything inside your sketchbook!
I love these ideas. Your thoughts as you go along really help. All this splatters and granulation everywhere, flowing and exciting.
Thank you so much for your kind comments and welcome to In the Studio!
Kelly, I am loving your videos!! I love to listen to you explain how you create! You teach well!! Your paintings are beautiful! I could only hope that one day I can create as well as you! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Ahhh, thank you for your kind comments, I really appreciate that! Practice, practice and more practice is the key.
wonderful idea about photographs and color mixing as a starter--thank you, Kelly!
You are very welcome, glad it has inspired you!
Thank you for this video. I particularly liked the colour swatches from pictures, and the tracing around things ideas, but the one that hit home was painting what you love. That made so much sense, and gives you something you love to look back on. Thank you 😊
You are very welcome and glad you found so many helpful tips from this video! Painting what you love is something I feel so strongly about. If it doesn't make you smile while painting it then why do it? Of course there are exceptions but I always go for something I love!
I am in love with your work. I told myself I will learn watercolor this year and you gave me the inspiration I need to start. Your work is my style and I am so grateful to find your site.
Thank you so much and I'm thrilled you are inspired! Make sure to get on my newsletter list, The Rooted Chronicles, for course discounts, news and inspiration. Welcome to In the Studio!
Thank you for the tour of your sketch book - which is beautiful! The tips are so helpful, thank you. I love the idea of trying to match colours to photographs, that would be such a useful exercise! I'm sure I'll watch this video again. 🙂 Thank you.
I'm so happy that you found these tips inspiring and excited for you to try a palette play. It is one of my favorite exercises for color mixing. Thanks so much for watching!
I LOVE the first idea for sketchbook/watercolor play! Brilliant Kelly, brilliant! Color mixing is huge. Okay... now to watch the rest of the video!
Thanks so much Dede! Thursday we are doing a palette play together, fun right?
Just found your channel today- loving your content and the sharing of yourself and your art journey!
Ahhh, thank you so much and welcome to In the Studio!
Using a card with a small 1/4” hole punched in the middle laid over the target color helps isolate a color while trying to match it… painting the color directly onto the card next to the hole is quite handy, too.
OR… th-cam.com/video/-rdjyVnhbbA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZgAvEAkP15DNSm8Y
That is a great tip, thank you for sharing it with everyone here!
Loved the idea of sticking in photos and swatching best! But so much food for thought too! Thank you.
Palette Play is a great staple and it alone would be a fantastic sketchbook to keep you color mixing and learning your color palette. Glad you were inspired by the idea!
Who’s paintings/pictures did you choose/use for the watercolour palette play (first idea for the sketchbook) and where does one find those images? Thanks so much for sharing your tips!
I always choose photos from magazines. My favorites are American Art Collector, Flea Market Style, Magnolia Journal and anything by Stampington & Co. Use whatever you have, you can always find something beautiful to swatch from.
I would love a TH-cam instruction video on your rose pages
Thanks Sharon, I will add it to my list of videos.
So much inspiration! Thank you!
I'm so glad you found it helpful, thank you!
It’s hard for me to fill a sketchbook because I feel like it has to be all filled with beautiful art and look serious. I know it could look anyway I want, but that little critic in my head makes me feel that way and it’s so unnecessary.🤷🏾 It’s just my sketchbook and I should feel like I can do anything in it.
Also, your sketchbook is so lovely and the effort you put into it is amazing.
First of all, love your @ handle, made me laugh! Secondly a sketchbook is just a practice, no perfection. If you say that over and over, it gets a lot easier to just do everything and anything inside your sketchbook.
Thank you about my sketchbook. The key has been to keep it on my table, in my face so I reach for it all the time. One thing every couple of days will fill it quite quickly.
Thanks for your tips. I am new to sketch books and the blank page is scary. I have taken two sketch books for colour studies. I appreciate your positive spirit.
That blank page instills fear in most artists. I hope you found some simple ideas to get you using your sketchbook in this video. Thanks for watching!
I loved this video…it makes me want to get my sketchbook out and not much lately has made me want to do that! Thank you.
Yes, get that sketchbook out and play. So happy to hear you were inspired!
9:40a CDT from Texas. Great sketchbook tour. The descriptions of how and why made me watch a second time! Thank you for the encouragement too! My favorite was the birds however, I followed your 100 days project. 3 more pages to complete before I have a handmade (by me) sketchbook of leaves and color studies from my own palette. Great inspiration!
Melissa, 3 more pages, what? How fun is that!!! I'm so inspired by you.
So glad you got so much out of my tips and that you went back a second time for more. You have put a huge smile on my face today, thank you!
That first exercise is gold! Thank you so much for sharing it. Looks like a fun way to learn color mixing. I always go back to front in my sketchbooks, just because... haha You can always either paste or tape something else over a failed painting, or paint over it using gouache or watercolor ground. Great video!
So happy that you were inspired by my tips. Love that you go back to front in your sketchbook, so fun!
I so needed this! I appreciate the encouragement so much. I loved taking the photos and mixing colors from them and swatching them. That is a brilliant way to study and learn from what we have. So many of your tips are excellent. I will be diving in more now after seeing this. Thank you!
Thank you so much Sheila, I'm beyond thrilled that you picked up some inspiring tips for your sketchbook YEAH!
As always, so much good information! Thanks Kelly
Ahhh, thank you Teresa, that means a lot coming from you!
PS: Your sketchbooks sure are pretty! Lovely work Kelly.
That is so nice, thank you for watching and hope you are inspired to get your sketchbook out and use it!
Thanks for telling us what you learned from these different paintings. To me, that is both inspiring and encouraging.
Knowledge is power and I love the share what I learned along the way, thanks for watching!
Wow!!! I am amazed by your creativity and how you think and work outside the box! Thank you so much for sharing of your passion, skill and talent!! You are a blessing and spark so much inspiration. 😍🥰
Ahhh, thank you so much for your very kind comments and welcome to In the Studio!
Sorry Kelly absolutely loved your video and tried hard to sign up for the free lesson I’ve spent 45 mins going round and round trying to sign up but the system just saying my password is wrong. I tried several times to reset it but it’s just not working for me. I’m giving up for now. Maybe I’ll try again when I’ve stopped swearing.
There is no free lesson, just a place to sign up for my free newsletter or a link to my Teachable course site. Thanks for watching!
Hi, I just found your channel and what an inspiration you are!!! I am learning watercolor and I have been practicing how to manage water volume and ways to use the brushes to draw with them... but I´ve been wondering what else could I do to learn more things (I paint in pastel media but for some reason I did not have to make much effort to learn how to use it and be happy with the results). I think that your channel and points of view are absolutely fascinating including your books reviews. So thanks from South America, Chile, with all my heart!!!
You are very welcome and I'm thrilled to hear that you are practicing this incredible medium to learn how to handle it. I'm so happy you found some inspiration on my channel to encourage you along the creative path!
You r amazing... sooo creative... i got sooo many good ideas... and i was really stuck... i am a beginner and wanted some ideas because i really want to paint but didnt know what to do...
Thank yoooou sooo much for sharing... am now an avid subscriber and will be going thru all ur videos waiting for your next one❤
Thank you for subscribing and welcome to In the Studio! I have a lot of playlists on my channel, have fun browsing and hopefully you will find some inspiration too!
Thanks for the inspiring ideas. Question. In your Palette Play, do you include notes about what pigments you use? I think you successfully mixed the colors, but can you easily do it again without notes? My paint selection is still small so I generally know what I used but I suspect you have a lot of tubes from a lot of suppliers. How do you remember what worked?
Great question. Sometimes I do add notes, but for most of my sketchbooks I am using a specific palette of colors so can recreate most of them. As I am trying out more and more brands, I do include notes from time to time just to remind myself, especially on a color I really loved creating. Thank you.
Great tips and ideas I’ll save rewatch take notes and do some suggestions asap!
Thank you so much for your comment and I am thrilled that you were inspired enough to take notes YEAH. Happy creating!
When you mixed all those colours to match the photos do you write down what the individual colours are? An interesting ideas book with some excellent ideas.
Great question. Sometimes I do add notes, but for most of my sketchbooks I am using a specific palette of colors so can recreate most of them. As I am trying out more and more brands, I do include notes from time to time just to remind myself, especially on a color I really loved creating. Glad you were inspired, thanks for watching!
Wow! Beautifully done. Thank you. I honestly can’t pick a favorite, although I loved the page where you had the thin swatches of a pale pink.
Ohhh, thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Shell Pink is a beauty. I did do a Shell Pink comparison if you want to pick a favorite brand for yourself to paint with.
What wonderful ideas. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome. I love to share ideas to get you creating in your sketchbook!
I enjoyef this very much
I am so happy to hear this, thank you Pamela!
Hi Kelly, do you think you will make videos of your work in progress of these finished? Thank you
Meaning having a video of you actually doing your painting from start to finish of your finished painting. I’m so new that I don’t know how you do your project but it looks so fun. Thank you
I will be sharing more artwork painting in the next couple of weeks, stay tuned!
very interesting and inspiring
Hope the ideas get you into your sketchbook and painting!
Thank you for the tour of your sketchbook, it contains a lot of information.
I wanted to give you several ideas that seem very doable, glad you found it helpful!
Your paintings are gorgeous!
Ahhh, thank you so much, I appreciate that!
This was sooo inspiring! Thank you for sharing all your exercises…I will watch this over and over for ideas to work on.
I am thrilled that you found so much inspiration in this video YEAH!
This was so helpful thank you. I dabbled in watercolours about 30 years ago and have periodically returned to them, but I was never consistent enough to practice. A sketch book is exactly what I need to do in order to learn, shake off my perfectionist straight jacket and just play and have fun without worrying about the outcome!
The sketchbook is a great place to just give yourself permission to do something else. As a photo realist it allowed me the freedom to be less detail oriented and just look for shapes and color. Enjoy the process and I'm so glad you were inspired!
Thank you! Watching abs enjoying your mentoring from Sydney, Australia.
I love that we are so far apart, Indiana to Sydney, yet share the love of art. Thanks for watching and I'm thrilled that you are inspired YEAH!
This sketchbook is the best! I am so inspired. Thank you. I like your newsletters too! 😊
Thank you so much for being inspired by my art of practice and in the Rooted Chronicles YEAH! I appreciate you taking time to let me know.
Great video Kelly! I do miss the palette play. Keep tempting me!
Maria, you crack me up. Thanks for watching now start painting will you LOL