The EASY Sketchbook Idea that Changed My Life
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How to start a daily sketchbook practice even if you’re too busy to make art. These small, pre-painted watercolor sketchbooks changed everything for me. Take a tour inside my tiny sketchbooks and see how I’m staying connected to my art even when I’m away from home or too busy to paint. Learn how to make simple, one-page sketchbooks that are easy to take with you anywhere so you can fit more creative time into your day.
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Thank you for this, in the fast-paced world of reels it's refreshing to see a perfect slow demonstration of paper folding :)
Yes! Isn’t it nice to watch something at normal speed?
Amen! Absolutely agree!
Totally agree 🤩🤩🤩
Just a tip…..you can refill your empty disposable Pigma Micron/Fineliner pens if the nibs are still good… just pull the nib with tweezers and syringe in Indian/Bombay ink… which is both cheap AND waterproof!
And eco friendly
Thanks so much for that tip! That's the first time I've seen it mentioned, even watching all kinds of Tangle videos, and they use A LOT of ink. I sure didn't want to have to buy a whole set again. :)
Whhaaaaat? Thank you!!!❤🎉
Indian ink is not waterproof, unless it is a special ink made for it.
@@sansch4492 Hi Dr. PH Martins Bombay India Ink is waterproof when dry. ;0)
Absolutely fabulous! I can't wait to do this. If you are reading this comment, take her class, it's SO worth it! 🌻
Thank you 😊 I’d love to see what you do with this idea!
I second it, the class is amazing
Thanks Carol!
What class? Was it mentioned in the video?🧐 I’ve watched the video to the end and didn’t hear anything about a class guess I missed it or something 👀
I painted some of the background patterns and textures using the techniques I teach in my course Creative Textures for Watercolor. You can check it out here: jackiehernandez.studio/ctw
This is also why I love zentangle; the small size lowers the burden tremendously.
Yes! I have recently started doing more zentangle and it’s just so satisfying and no pressure.
I agree! I went to Rhode Island and went through the Zentangle course to become a CZT. I love the portability and just a few supplies. It was my thoughts exactly to make one of these for my Zentangle on the go!
Idk if this has been said, but these would be fun to store in a pocket of a homemade junk journal. You could add poetry, quotes, gratitude statements or scripture. I'm doing this tomorrow! ❤❤
I was thinking that too! I bought some small journals this size at hobby lobby and I put one scripture verse for memorization on each page. It would be fun to do it on watercolor paper with fun backgrounds.
What a great idea, especially for those of us who are new to painting and need a lot of practice done in small pieces of time.
Great point. This would be a fun way to get started and take the pressure off.
This is a fantastic idea using old-school techniques! I say "old school" because I am old and taught school for 34 years using the foldables like this. :-) We called them "Smoosh Books" and they are so useful, even to teach kids how to follow directions, making one as a way to practice procedure-following in Science. I think my first pre-painted sketchbook from your awesome video will have to pay tribute to the Smoosh. It will likely be a cell division or rock cycle theme, made surreal by the colors and doodles! Talk about skills you never knew you needed again after seventh grade. :-)
I love the name “Smoosh Books”. And you’re speaking my language with science 😀 I have a Biology degree. Your ideas are so fun!
What a great idea for making listening and following instructions safe to practice, and a requirement. Would love to know more, and probably so would other teachers.
Thank you for making art achievable. You can feel good about your art right away. A real mood builder!!! Thank you again 😊
😀 You’re welcome.
This is the first time a learn something that I can really try to do and maintain. Choosing one simple shape and filling one page while drinking morning coffee is realistic. I have been dragging my travel sketch kit with me for 3 years, and tried to excite myself by changing it at least 10 times but was never able to finish a full sketch even when traveling. I have a very busy life and when I have time I cannot escape my family duties. I will try this tomorrow morning!
Wonderful! I hope it’s a practice you can enjoy and maintain. Keeping it super simple was key for me. I’m working on some more videos about mark-making coming up soon 😊
I'm here from the Hellen Wells one-piece sketchbook video you referenced! Beautiful works!!!!
I'm in love with how you doodle patterns over them. I'm ready to make these with flowers and all the things I'm inspired by and fill a little library!
📚🐳🐙🦩🐚🦋🦢🌻💐🌌🫀💖
Love from MN
Yay! I’m so glad you’re here. I hope you have so much fun making these little books.
Thank you for taking the time to share this with the rest of us. I'd like to start a doodling practice and these on the go foldable books will be perfect. I love all things stationary, so I'm planning to make a few books at a time, put them in a traveler's notebook to carry around in my pocketbook...great for taking out with me to the beach or the park or just to have on the go this summer!
The travelers notebook is a fabulous idea and it will protect your sketchbooks.
Just made two of these! Can’t wait to use them. New to watercolor and doodling.
Yay! You’re going to have so much fun.
This is GOLD! A way to practice more, practice anywhere and any time, practice mark-making, and using up old paintings! 👏👏
Yes, exactly! I hope you’ll try it.
I LOVE IT!! I will definitly try this for my summer vacation. I've been strugling for years to build a consistency on my sketchbooks, but this year I have one litte notebook that I always bring it with me. The difference is inmense, I discover myself drawing a lot just because I'm not with the presure of having a long period of time focusing on it. And I really love the ocean theme sketchbook, it is gorgeous!!❤❤
Thank you. Going smaller takes so much pressure off! Hope you can give these a try.
I love the page with the turtle! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 🐢
I was amused when I realized how you were making these! I have some, made of regular paper, made 25-30 years ago, before watercolor got popular again! Thank you for bringing back an old idea! I’ll be reviving this in my craft room! Cheers, nice video!
Fun! Thank you 😀
Now I know what to do, creatively, with those many practice sheets covered with countless leaves, or circles or blobs of color as I learned more and more about my wonderful watercolor paints. I also love to add marks of all kinds and need to improve those skills. This is a great video to bring all of those skills together! I am SO impressed with your clear, easy-to-follow directions. You are making a big difference in my painting skills, and I often mention you to others who are just beginning in watercolor as one of the best artists to follow. Thank you!
😊 Thank you for telling others about my channel! I hope you’ll make sketchbooks with all your practice sheets and transform them into new art.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. Being creative daily is the way to improve.
Yes! Thank you!
I love this idea. Often when I travel I want to keep a traveler's notebook as a journal of the journey. But I find that I don't have the time to curate the perfect page while on vacation. Your sketchbooks just gave me an idea to create small, beautiful pages can take with me and use for journaling and doodling while on a trip. Then when I come home I take the book apart and tape my beautiful daily notes into the travelers notebook with all of the photos and ephemera that correspond to the diary entries. 😊
Wonderful idea!! I’ve been thinking these would be wonderful to capture colors, patterns, and small sketches while traveling. It would be a little book that reminds me of the feeling of a place without the pressure of doing full sketches.
Absolutely fabulous thank you
Congratulations for a clear, easy to follow, tutorial of oldie but goodies concept with your unique twist ❤
Thank you ❤️
These are amazing and i love the blue one! I love how you have incorporated the patterns and then added the illustrations!!!!
Thank you. I hope you’ll give it a try. It’s so much fun to see what you can do on each spread.
I love this idea, thank you so much for sharing! It was fun to watch and get inspiration from. 💕
You are so welcome!
I like polychromos as there is no waxiness, so you can layer or blend as much as you want. Also they are available open stock if you're not a "collector" like me that must have whole sets. 😁
Thank you. Those are the ones I’m looking at! I was wondering what set to get…buying open stock is probably a good way to start with my fave colors 😄
Thank you so much for all the great ideas. You are right, the blank page is such a creativity killer. I am putting some of your ideas to work today, I especially love the book filled with shapes.
You’re welcome. Have fun making these!
Loved all the books and ideas!! Thank you for sharing
Brilliant idea I shall definitely try this - and your art work is stunning. .
Omg! I love that! (I have to thank the TH-cam algorithm ! ) after a big burnout while finishing my phd, i totally stopped printing for three years, and i now want to go back to it! I'm totally trying this! Thank you ❤
You deserve some creative time. I hope you have fun with these.
Wow, beautiful!! Great job Jackie! Love the ideas and as always your great teaching style🤩🙌🏼😍
Thanks so much! 😊
What an excellent tutorial and a great solution for feeling like my supplies are too heavy to take on a hike. Thanks for sharing this! 🙏
You’re welcome! Hopefully this takes the pressure (and some of the weight) off from bringing too many supplies. I love the simplicity of taking just one of these books and a single writing utensil.
I love the idea of using my large paper which can be intimidating to color in small "scenes". Thank you for the folding/background painting idea!
I hope this idea removes the intimidation!
Wow! I can’t wait to try this! I plan on making some with my grandson for a summer project, he’s 7 years old. He will love all the different folds! Thank you for sharing!
That’s wonderful. I hope it’s a project you enjoy together!
Love this idea! ❤ . I also sometimes feel stressed with blank pages or first page of the sketchbook. Can't wait to try this. Glad i found your video, thank you ❤️
❤️ These definitely take the pressure off and make it easier to get started. Hope you have fun making them.
I have always loved making these different types of maze books. I used them in my classrooms.
😊 maze books is a great name for them
It’s really impressive, brand new, refreshing my drawing style, thanks🤩
Thank you so much for sharing the folds with us! The first fold I was already doing with normal copier paper for my 4 yo for us to draw story books. But the last two folds are like magic 😍 zantagle patterns really appeal to me but the white page is so daunting 😂 my goal is to eventually do marks without looking at patterns 😊
Hope you have fun making these for yourself. Stay tuned my next video will be about mark making patterns. My style is different than Zentangle, but still so relaxing and fun!
This is brilliant! I am so excited to try these little books! Wow!
Have fun!
Probably the best made art instruction video I have watched. Can't wait to see what else you have to offer. Enjoyed it totally.
Thanks so much 😊
Oh my goodness, you have redirected me in so many ways that it feels like a divine appointment. Thankyou so much.
😊 You’re welcome.
BRB, I'm going to make some tiny sketchbooks
A zine with watercolor paper.. brilliant 💡 this is a great project to do with my grandgirls. making something themselves to encourage a daily practice.. priceless❣️ Ty
Have fun!
Thank you for this. I’m inspired
I love this, and it will have the benefit of my painting more, as it has for you. Thank-you!
😊 I hope you’ll try making these.
Very cute 🎉 great sewing tutorial !!
You are so clever. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful! And great teacher!
Thank you 😊
You are a fantastic teacher! I’m challenged with folds and such but this has given me confidence to give this a go! Thank you❤
Thank you. I promise this folding is very easy. I hope you try it.
@@JackieHernandezWatercolor I did the first one and just need to do the inside pages. This is so much fun and i see many more of these in my future. ❤️
So pretty and inspiring, I smiled the whole way through your tutorial 😊
Thank you so much!
LOVE your mark-making sketchbook! ❤❤❤
Well made video! I haven’t made these in a long time. I made mini junk journals with them, but I will try the doodling and painting idea. I used to apply plain chapstick along the edged of the folds on both sides and rub with my finger. It helped prevent some of the cracking. I was using lots of different papers and the handmade ones cracked the most.
Thank you. I’ve decided the paper cracking adds to the charm 😊
So many great ideas! I plan to start implementing them soon!!
Wonderful!
I like this technique!!! I am not an artist but noticed that during pandemic I started sketching and actually enjoyed it very much. Since then I have continued sketching. Also enjoy your smooth tone, which is relaxing. Thanks for sharing various inspirations.
Then you are an artist! I love that you found a creative outlet you enjoy.
awesome idea … thank you!
this video is just lovely and inspiring - thanks so much
You are so welcome!
Great idea!! Thank you for sharing that. The books look nice. Very inspiring. If it wasn't bedtime already I would make one right now🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰
This is a fabulous tutorial! Loved this! Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome.
Super cute. Going to try it. 👍🏻👍🏻
Have fun!
Fabulous ideas! Many thanks.
You are so welcome!
This completely rewired my process! Thank you so much for sharing this, and I hope you'll keep sharing how you incorporate art in your daily routine!❤
You’re welcome. I will definitely keep sharing.
I will make them all! Thank you so much for inspiring me by showing that making art can be easy and beautiful at the same time.✨
😊 You’re welcome. Sometimes I need that reminder too!
@@JackieHernandezWatercolor I already made the base of two! Next step is to give them a first layer of paint. I love that they are not perfect and a bit wonky.😃
I love this video! Making Zines and Accordion fold books brought back memories of making these with my kids when they were in school! I love the idea of making these as little on the go art books! I am definitely in a season of not having much free time but really want to create and practice using watercolors and other mediums. Your suggestion of pre-painting backgrounds on smaller diy books, brilliant!! I have an art journal with mixed media backgrounds but it’s big and bulky so I never take it with me when I am away from home. Travel watercolor and limited pallet pencils, more brilliance! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas and art! Inspiring!!!❤
I hope you try these. The small size is so much fun and portable.
Thank you, Miss Jackie! Awesome idea! Just subscribed 🎉
Welcome. Thanks for subscribing!
I love this idea! I’m more of a “realist” painter so creative abstract designs and loose watercolor techniques are difficult for me, but this might make it easier. They are beautiful to look at.
Also, I have that same palette and I like it too! I went to hobby lobby looking for another one but they don’t carry it anymore. I’m so glad you just so happen to have it and posted the link!
I'm the same. This is my way of letting loose.
Wonderful! Would like to suggest that needlepoint is a similarly easy art to practice anywhere, any time.
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for sharing your time & talents with me!💜
You’re welcome!
I have made many mini albums using these methods.
Love your idea of applying these to make small sketch books to practice. Thanks ❤❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
What a wonderful idea. Thank you for sharing. I have been using photo sleeves, 4 x 6 cards that I gathered from all kinds of discarded cards, or cut used cards into that size and write on one side and draw and do art work on the other side. I have been doing that for 22 months now, and I am just looking for a new way to do art and journal daily. I love your format.
Wow, you have the daily habit down. I hope you enjoy continuing it with this new format. Thanks for sharing!
This video is absolutely lovely!! Thank you so much for going in depth about how to fold these mini sketch books, it’s very helpful for me as a beginner zine maker!
Glad it was helpful! Have fun making them.
This is an incredible project! I’ve just started watercolor lessons and have always enjoyed drawing zentangle patterns. I can’t wait to check out your other fabulous lessons!
Pre-painted sketchbooks + zentangle sounds like a fun combo!
Thank you 🤩 so usefull for me! I will try this. 😍🙋♀️
I’m so glad! Have fun!
New subscriber here! Thank you for taking the time to inspire and encourage us in a such a sweetly manner. I see I have a lot of videos to catch up on to help get me out my creative slump. As for colored pencils, I have tried cheapest to more expensive and in an unexpected "twist", I have found Crayola Twistables Color Pencils much to my liking! (bought for my son ages ago). They never need sharpening unless you desire to refine the tip with an emery board and the colors are quite nice.
Thanks for the tip. I think my kids have some Twistables. I'll give them a try.
Love it!!
Thank you!!
Thank you for your delightful suggestions and clear instruction! Fun to see your artwork!
Thank you so much!
Fabulous video, thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching!
What a great idea! My traveling/purse project is usually a knitted sock, but I am going to try this for a while! Thanks for sharing your work
This would be a fun alternative to keep on hand!
I made these little books years ago and forgot all about them. What a great way to get a new little sketch book. Thanks! ❤✏️
You'll have to get them back out and start using them 😊
I love your teaching us how to make the books! You have a new subscriber! Thanks so very much.😉
Thank you for subscribing!
Moleskine small watercolor paper blank books have the best texture paper i have ever used. I love all of their types of paoer for art. Some can use a little clear gesso for really wet medium.
Jackie you are a genius! I am not sure I can make these books, but I will certainly try. It's a great project!
I hope you will try. I know you can do it!
Wonderful! Glad you came up in my feed. I also loved Ohn Mar Win’s idea for pre-painting pages. Because of that I was able to keep a travel journal on a recent trip. Love the idea of the little sketchbooks and I’m going to check that out. Great channel, looking forward to seeing more. 🙂
Welcome 😊 That’s wonderful you used her idea for a travel sketchbook. I need to travel so I can try it!
Thank you for sharing these wonderful sketchbook ideas. I have lots of Stampin Up scrapbook paper, which is like light cardstock. Some of it is similar to your samples and will work perfectly with my vast array of stamps. Also bought some watercolor paper tonight so I can paint too.
Great idea to use up your card stock stash. Have fun!
What a fantastic idea! Thank you❤
You’re welcome!
I'm loving your ideas! I will use them as a way of meditation. Thanks for sharing❤❤
That’s a beautiful idea!
Thank you, you are very clear and easy to follow. This is a great idea and a good way to use art that didnt turn out how you wanted. Love no wasting of matterials 😊. Going to make some now !!
Have fun!
I love this! Your artwork is so beautiful. Thank You for sharing how to do these little books, I can't wait to make some.
Thank you 😊
This a fantastic video. Inspirational and full of the nitty-gritty details we need. Thank you!
You’re welcome. I love details 😁
Thank you! You are such a good instructor!!! Excited to try this!❤️
Thank you 😊 Have fun!
Fantastic! Love this trick! That octopus page is awesome 👏
Thank you! 😊
What great little ideas. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. This video was so much souring bi was “stuck” on sketchbook motivation. You REALLY helped! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Derwent®️ Colored Pencils are terrific. ❤️ your videos! New subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more of your tutorials 🌷
I’ve heard, but for some reason they’re very expensive in the U.S.
Just found you. I’m a newbie . Excited to learn from you x
Welcome!!
The penquin page,so beautiful
Thank you!
Brilliant idea, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I am so excited to make one, these are wonderful! Thank you for sharing these.
Yay! Have fun 😊
Thank you for this I am definitely going to do watercolor mark making and drawing it’s so beautiful. Your art is beautiful ❤❤❤
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you so much for sharing this video. Wonderfully inspiring idea!
You're welcome!
Thank you for this! You have so many great ideas tha tare sure to inspire creativity! I am always looking for new ways to get my students to draw!
You are so welcome!
Beautiful work
Thank you!
Love this. I am taking this on a cruise with me.
Jealous! I’ll have to make a batch for my next cruise.