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!
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. :)
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 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 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.
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. :-)
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.
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.
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
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 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!
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!
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.
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.
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!!❤❤
Jane Davenport colour pencils. It’s like they are made for watercolour paper! But work so well on every paper. 😊. And trust me, I have lots of sets, from chunky kids type to Prismacolor. They all have a place. But Jane’s always end up coming out with me.
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. 😁
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 ❤
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!
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 ❤️
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!
What a fabulous idea! I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for being so thorough and slow with instructions so we can follow. Plus your backgrounds are gorgeous!! Wow. 😮😮
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
@@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. ❤️
@@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.😃
Holy cow I love this!! I always want to do something in my limited downtime at work, but even a travel palette is a bit too much. But this is awesome. And I also love to do washes, but can't come up with a "use" for them.
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.
Brilliant video love this idea i do this in a composition note book but these smaller journals look fun 😊 i would recommend polychromos pencils they layer beautiful but are harder so keep a sharper point longer and you can buy open stock they are awesome 👌 ❤
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.
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!!!❤
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!
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. 🙂
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!
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!
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.
Great tutorial, thank you so much. I'm a pensioner and have lots of time to fill with arty pursuits! This will keep me happy for many weeks to come - and will be a great way to use my old painting stash - I knew if I kept them they'd come in handy some day, lol.
These are absolutely gorgeous - and just what I need to start my daily creative practice, which hasn’t happened yet! My usual excuses are: I haven’t got lots of time, I don’t know what to paint, I don’t have a dedicated creative space and my supplies are all in boxes as we are in the throes of moving house, or, I’m too tired to get everything out! This will be perfect. Thank you so much for sharing. 😀
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.
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
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 🤩🤩🤩
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 😊
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!
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.
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.
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.
You are a breath of fresh air…inspiring! Thank you 10:03
😊 Thank you
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😀
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.
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🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰
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.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. Being creative daily is the way to improve.
Yes! Thank you!
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!
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!
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.
Congratulations for a clear, easy to follow, tutorial of oldie but goodies concept with your unique twist ❤
Thank you ❤️
I love the page with the turtle! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 🐢
Jane Davenport colour pencils. It’s like they are made for watercolour paper! But work so well on every paper. 😊. And trust me, I have lots of sets, from chunky kids type to Prismacolor. They all have a place. But Jane’s always end up coming out with me.
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 😄
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.
Fabulous idea, and well demonstrated! I could spend a week (or more) just making the mini zines! 🤣
😂 Have fun with it!
It’s really impressive, brand new, refreshing my drawing style, thanks🤩
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 😊
Your sketching is wonderful. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
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.
Thank you Jackie,very nice excellent
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
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!
I love this so much. Watching it several times through. Portrait accordion - 17:50
Landscape accordion - 18:35
initial instructions 12:05
So glad you’re enjoying it! Hope you have fun making these.
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.
Wow, beautiful!! Great job Jackie! Love the ideas and as always your great teaching style🤩🙌🏼😍
Thanks so much! 😊
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!
What a fabulous idea! I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for being so thorough and slow with instructions so we can follow. Plus your backgrounds are gorgeous!! Wow. 😮😮
Thanks for watching. Have fun making these!
These are beautiful! Great job!
BRB, I'm going to make some tiny sketchbooks
Very cute 🎉 great sewing tutorial !!
LOVE your mark-making sketchbook! ❤❤❤
You are so clever. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this. I’m inspired
Oh my goodness, you have redirected me in so many ways that it feels like a divine appointment. Thankyou so much.
😊 You’re welcome.
Beautiful journals!
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!
Thanks for sharing your time & talents with me!💜
You’re welcome!
Just found your channel today. So excited about your ideas.
Welcome!!
Your sketch books are beautiful! It must be fun to create art on art! ❤✏️
Yes, art on art! It's just fun to start with something already on the paper.
OMG what brilliant ideas! Have skeychbooks but indeed... Tooo white and scary! Thx so much. I am enjoying your channel ad a newbee and loving it❤
Welcome! I hope you try these. Starting with pre-painted pages is a game-changer.
I love this idea, thank you so much for sharing! It was fun to watch and get inspiration from. 💕
You are so welcome!
this video is just lovely and inspiring - thanks so much
You are so welcome!
Absolutely fabulous thank you
Love it!
Thinking I could do something with my big canvases that I wont be pursuing anymore.
Rather than waste all those layers of paint...
Great idea. You could cut the canvas down into sketchbook pages and make a cover.
Fantastic! Love this trick! That octopus page is awesome 👏
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. ❤️
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 😊
This was awesome! Thank you!
Loved all the books and ideas!! Thank you for sharing
love the idea, thank you!!
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.
I just finished my first two books, one of each style. How fun!! I’ll be making many, many more! Thank you for sharing this great idea❤
Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed this project.
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!
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 your art style and this brilliant and fun idea.
Thank you so much! I hope you’ll make some.
@@JackieHernandezWatercolor I’ve got a lot to learn. I’ll look at your courses.
Beautiful! And great teacher!
Thank you 😊
This is brilliant! I am so excited to try these little books! Wow!
Have fun!
So pretty and inspiring, I smiled the whole way through your tutorial 😊
Thank you so much!
Holy cow I love this!! I always want to do something in my limited downtime at work, but even a travel palette is a bit too much. But this is awesome. And I also love to do washes, but can't come up with a "use" for them.
Yay! I hope this gave you a fun idea to try.
You are so creative!! Simply brilliant!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you! 😊
Brilliant idea I shall definitely try this - and your art work is stunning. .
Thanks so much 😊
The penquin page,so beautiful
Thank you!
These are beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you 😊
I love your teaching us how to make the books! You have a new subscriber! Thanks so very much.😉
Thank you for subscribing!
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 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!
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.
Brilliant video love this idea i do this in a composition note book but these smaller journals look fun 😊 i would recommend polychromos pencils they layer beautiful but are harder so keep a sharper point longer and you can buy open stock they are awesome 👌 ❤
Thanks for the recommendation.
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.
Thank you 🤩 so usefull for me! I will try this. 😍🙋♀️
I’m so glad! Have fun!
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.
Love this. I am taking this on a cruise with me.
Jealous! I’ll have to make a batch for my next cruise.
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!
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!
This is a fabulous tutorial! Loved this! Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome.
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!
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.
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.
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 😊
Fabulous ideas! Many thanks.
You are so welcome!
Great tutorial, thank you so much. I'm a pensioner and have lots of time to fill with arty pursuits! This will keep me happy for many weeks to come - and will be a great way to use my old painting stash - I knew if I kept them they'd come in handy some day, lol.
Yes! Now you can transform them into something new. Have fun creating these!
Thank you for your delightful suggestions and clear instruction! Fun to see your artwork!
Thank you so much!
These are absolutely gorgeous - and just what I need to start my daily creative practice, which hasn’t happened yet! My usual excuses are: I haven’t got lots of time, I don’t know what to paint, I don’t have a dedicated creative space and my supplies are all in boxes as we are in the throes of moving house, or, I’m too tired to get everything out! This will be perfect. Thank you so much for sharing. 😀
You’re welcome! I hope this idea clears up all your excuses. Have fun with these 😊
Love it!!
Thank you!!
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!