How To Get BETTER At ART - See How I've Grown Over 3 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- We look at 3 sketchbooks that span 3 years of work!
Sketchbooks I worked in:
*STILLMAN & BIRN GREY SOFT COVER SKETCHBOOK:
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*FABRIANO: www.dpbolvw.net/click-1001993...
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Jeanne Oliver: Episode 54: The Lies of Perfectionism with Sandi Hester
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Sneaky Artist: Episode 38 (part 1) Painting for Joy:
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Sneaky Artist: Episode 38 (part 2) Painting for Joy:
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ArtWank: Episode 72 Artist and TH-camr
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Authentic Obsessions: Episode 31 Enjoying the Process www.authenticobsessions.com/e...
Authentic Obsessions: Episode 45 Sketchbooks
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If anyone needs to give themselves permission to get a new sketchbook today, we recommend this video! Sketchbooks are many things- portable studio, tiny gallery, journal, well of inspiration, crash test facility for ideas, the artist's equivalent of a mad scientist's laboratory. Sandi makes such an important point, that if you're doing it right, not every page is going to be a masterpiece. We noticed the glassine interleaving between pages, too- smart way to keep pages from sticking or transferring!
Thank you Blick!!!!
Ok you sold me I’ll be on blick in a sec 😂
Two things I thought about: 1) I love how keeping a sketchbook can take me back to the moment I drew something so vividly when I look back on it. And 2) sometimes I think my early days venturing in art was braver. I was teaching myself. As I learned rules and techniques my stuff is tighter and not as fearless and fun. I’m working on letting go of some of those rules.
I think I understand where you are coming from.
I came for the art haul and stayed for the personality. I have no idea about drawing or painting, I couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler, I'm more a photographer then an artist but your personality keeps bringing me back. I think I'm addicted to your cheeky smile.
Awe - thank you ❤️
She's soooo darn CUTE!!!
I’ve been in a creative slump for several months, but this video just inspired me to get back to my art room and play. Love your art and enthusiasm, Sandy!
Soooo glad to hear that Desiree!!!!
I can say without a doubt ALL of your videos make me want to run and get a sketchbook. 🖤
That makes me happy to hear!
Oh my goodness.. love the thumbnail pictures... just going to get my coffee... so I can totally enjoy my Friday with Sandi..!!
Hope you enjoy it!
your videos always make me want to jump into my art unafraid
Awesome!!!🙌
I always learn so much from your videos….today I think I came away with how fearless you are in portraying your subjects, in the colour choices and in the type of media you use. It gives me a lot of encouragement 💕
I’m glad it was encouraging!!!
Y’all, just “get after it!” Probably the biggest lesson I got from this! I’m excited to see the growth, I’m working in my very first sketch book, I’ve always doodled on the sides of notebooks, but that’s about it. I’m trying to take art/drawing more seriously at this point in my life, so I really love seeing videos like these!
So glad you enjoyed it!
I love how free you are in your sketchbooks. The freedom makes them beautiful and intriguing to look at.
Thank you!
Never be ashamed of your child-like artworks. There’s more original spontaneity in it than something that’s been polished towards “improvement.” If you must improve, remain spontaneous in your line and color and perspective. 😄
i give your video a like immediately before i Start watching :))))) YOU ROCK
Awe- thank you Mary!!!
I love your gestural drawings of your fugures. Thank you for showing us your sketch books. It is so true, what you say about, "If you don't like the sketch right now, you will like it later." The looser the better.
My weird body clock has done me a HUGE favor today by waking me up at nearly-3AM (Philippine time) to watch this! I'm wide awake, making tea, and enjoying the sketchbook flipthroughs.
Also, LOVE LOVE LOVE your look in the opening of the video, Miss Sandi! The braid, earrings, and dress all look so lovely together. You are as pretty as a picture!
Well goodness- hate you’re up so early but I hope you enjoy the video!
After seeing your video, I come back to my sketchbook of 2022. I was assuming my art and style didn't evolve at all (and was quite desperate about it) but then I take a look to what I did and I as so proud of me. I did evolve !! And what I saw was great !! I'm binge watching your videos since yesterday, they are so inspiring. Especially those who speaks about your sketchbook. Thank you for that.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for 1:30!
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I always enjoy your videos and they keep me coming back. ❤
Thank you ❤️
How fun! I am r eminesening (sp?) along with you as you flip through your pages. Thank you for sharing.
We like this woman!!!❤
I feel like you have had a huge breakthrough lately with your art and you are really finding yourself and coming real close to everything you have been trying to achieve. I am really happy for you.
I saw all your paint brushes and now I feel better I have so many but each has their purpose. 😊
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Everytime I watch one of your videos, I get inspired. Thank you, Sandi ❤
The page in the large Stillman and Burn book that has the ink drawings of the ladies is one of my favs and then some of the pages after that that had the kitchen things like the potholder and the tea kettles. ❤️❤️❤️💜💛💚🧡but then again I love it all! Lol
Thank you Paula!
I am so drawn to the colors you use I am not an artist but you encourage me to try
Thank you!
Great video Sandi, my favourite face was the lady with the red nose and green scarf 😀
I love to see how they get “better” as you flip the pages. It’s amazing being able to see someone else’s progress like this
Love your faces and figure work. Your growth from 2019 to 2022 is encouraging us to keep at our own work. Sometimes it is discouraging when we do not get the "perfect " piece and neglect to see how far we have come.
Ohh thats so encouraging thank you for sharing this. I’m gonna return to this video everytime i feel i’m in the rabbithole of selfdoubt :)
So glad to hear it was encouraging!
Thank you for sharing the process, Sandi! So encouraging for us newbies. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
So glad to hear that!!!
Oh, it was like a trip down memory lane seeing some of those early 2020 sketches! I started following along with you then and it’s so lovely to see your expansive collection of work up to now. Funny - I was at the art store this morning and I thought of you as I bought up a bunch of new acrylic inks and soft pastels! I’m really loving playing with mixed media in my sketchbooks - grateful for your inspiration! 🥰
I’m so glad to hear that!!! Have fun with those new supplies!!!!
We love you too Sandi. Loved your tour and think all the pages were so fun.
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Seeing you've posted a new video is such a treat and is something nice to look forward to every week. :-) Keep being you!!
Thank you!
I love this! So cool seeing the evolution of your art! Thank you for sharing 🧡
That was fun! I enjoyed looking through your sketchbook with you. I also really love the one with the lady, the one you didn't paint the other hand, love her expression and the colors. I also loved the lady sitting on the sofa, it was so lovely. I want buy that one... LOL.
On another note, that dress you were wearing looks great on you, its perfect with your skin tone, just beautiful. Thank you, this was just so much fun to watch.
Thank you for alll of it !
Good lord. The fit. We love a viridian/rose look, 🧚🏽♂️
I feel like I say this all the time... your videos are so incredibly relaxing and full of inspiration. I always look forward to watching your video while sketching each week. I loved seeing your progression with figures. Hope you have a great weekend and week ahead! 😊 💓
Awe - thank you Monica!!!
I love your art style and how it feels like every page flows, even though you’re using different mediums and subjects 😊
Thank you!
Your new videos are just so well done and your work is so inspiring! I had to step away for awhile (from most artists I follow) because I actually felt like it was stifling my own creativity a bit. We see so many images every day, especially if we follow other artists online, and I felt like I was losing my ability to come up with my own ideas and was too inclined to jump on every new style I saw and copy other artists I admired. I started in art long before social media (or the internet) existed, completed a whole degree in art in that era, and I think I was much more creative then. But, your videos are such a visual treat and I love seeing all the new supplies. (I just bought Unison pastels, arriving tomorrow….)
Thank you- I appreciate that!
Gorgeous figurework, something I don't really do. The A4 sketchbook that I'm using right now is actually from my school A-level art course in 1992. I was flicking through it last year and realised it had a lot of empty pages in it so I'm using them now...that's a lot of progression!! Although I was surprised at some of my pencil shading work from back then, it was better than I remember being!
That’s why it’s so good to save things!
Yes It happens that is why it's important to keep ones former drawings or paintings , because it helps to measure the Progress and evaluate the then from the present Style and fluidity might even be recorded before more than it is in the present most times especially if one has spent years away from art practice.
We like this woman for sure!
I absolutely loved this. 🥰
AWESOME!!!😊
I love the Fabriano paper so much and I don’t know why.
I do too!
Fun video! You’re prolific. Love your birds, especially the large colorful bird that I think was in sketchbook #2. Your faces are fun. When you do your self portraits, you’re not generally smiling and your smile is charming! I wish I had your tenacity. And just one critique …. You don’t have to keep saying “ it’s just a quick sketch”. You’re not the only one who does that, but as followers of yours, we know when it’s a “quick sketch”…. Thank you, Sandi!
Good feedback!
LOVE!
Your posts are really encouraging
Wonderful!!!
Thanks Sandy for sharing your sketchbooks.so many ideas:)
Your red, yellow and blue color pencil drawing is amazing!
Thank you!
Thank you Sandi’ love watching your videos❤️
Iam so happy thar I came across your channel it has giving me hope that i can continue doing art I been so hard on myself because iam a bit of perfectionist, comparing myself with other artist
Thank you for sharing your sketch books. Always love to see other people's books.
That's good. Thank you very much!!!!!
I LOVE your channel. I have been so encouraged and tried lots of new things, and I am seeing progress! Thank you!
It's so beautiful and creative 💕💕
I love this and have watched a few times. It's so gentle and encouraging and direct! Just do the thing and trust. Thank you!
I have always loved your portraits/figures and the recent one are so fab! I'm super inspired to keep filling my sketchbooks. I really resonate with your style--loose, expressive, colorful! Everything I want to accomplish in my own own art. xox.
I’ve been using my sketchbooks ever since I started watching your videos and it has transformed my art practice! Thanks for all the inspiration! And I’m LOVING your recent figures.
Whoohooo! So glad!
It was really fun to see your progression in your sketchbooks! I have only begun a sketchbook habit. I have started and stopped before in the past. This video makes me want to keep this habit going this time. =)
You indeed inspire me 🥰
Thank you for this encouraging video. Surprised at your motion from tight to loose! :)
Wow I just finished your video and your recent figures are AMAZING. I started keeping a sketchbook in my purse and beside my bed since January and i try to do something in it every day, even if it’s just a scribble. It has made me feel more confident when I work on a “real” painting. I noticed how you review your old work and try to pick out the things that are working and not working so I’ve been trying to do that too. It’s a great way to keep steering yourself in the right direction. Thank you for all the great videos.
Thank you Sandi for your great encouragement and sharing your sketch book creations. I received a couple of gift cards for my birthday and spent them on art supplies! I’ve been sketching, using a variety of mediums! I’ve been meaning to tell you this, I love your little singing moments and that little yeah at the end. Just wanted to say I appreciate your time and talent!
I don’t think there was one second that I didn’t enjoy from this video! 🧡 I so appreciate your enthusiasm for growth!
Awe - that makes me happy to hear!!!
Beautiful, colorful artwork!! I love it. I am learning cold wax right now.
Omg !! Fabulous faces at 18:59. So creative and inspiring
Great to see you again Sandi. Ive been away as my pa died and there are fights over the will but love to see ya from Queensland Australia
Yayyyy Sandi another great video, yep, I pulled out my sketchbook. I need to get over the fear of messing up my "nice" pages ha,ha... and just go for it, thanks again for the encouragement!!
Loved your newer figure drawings. Can’t wait to see you do one on a bigger canvas. The bold colors you use in the faces a bring so much life to each one.
Thank you!!!
Your channel literally popped up on my feed out of the blue. I am so thankful for your talent and tips you are sharing. Your videos is a huge inspiration to me and at exactly the right time! I don't have enough hours in the day to catch up 😆💜
Thank you!
Those first few pages in the big sketch book reminds me of Lynda Barry’s composition book sketches and drawings. If you don’t know who that is, you must check out her books. Amazing stuff! Totally up your alley.
I’ll check her out!
Lovely
Love youuuu 💯❤️ Thank you
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Oh this is so encouraging! Thank you for all the tips and the sharing so much of your process.
Thank you Deborah!
I love every single of your videos. So inspiring!!
Thank you!
Thanks for inspiration
You bet!
What an inspiring video! LOVED every minute of it Sandi. Made me run up and grab some of my old sketchbooks to look back on the journey.
Soooo glad you loved it Laura! That makes me happy to hear friend!!!!❤️
I love your work, approach, style so much. It’s so unique and fascinating!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you Sandi for all your inspirering video's. They get me going and painting and getting loose❤🙏
Wonderful!
I appreciate you sharing this awesome insight . I am glad to Connect with you today congratulations sister 💯
Thank you!
Sandi I really enjoyed the flip through of the sketchbooks. All of your sketches are amazing. And wow the newest figures are excellent. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤
Thank you Madelyn!!
Love your passion and freedom of putting your art down in a book, on canvas - inspiring and so helpful in building my confidence to do the same. Thanks for sharing, love your work and growth ❤️
Thank you ❤️
So glad this popped up in my recommended videos! Love your art and your mindset towards art. This inspired me!
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Love your curiosity adventure exploring openness attitude thank you Sandi 😊
Thank you Deborah!
So helpful, Sandi. Thank you.
I’m so glad ❤️
I love how you explained that we will have bad work and good work. I have been known to tear pages from my sketchbook because I thought how hideous a sketch was. Now I wish I would have saved them. Yes you have made me want to explore and have fun while practicing to get better. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach and inspire us. 😊
Practicing some figure drawing this weekend for sure. Picked up a bag of old photos (instant family) from a flea market and can’t wait to try out some of the crazy poses and hairstyles.
Ohhhh fun!!!
I love all the sketch books. In fact, you have hooked me into working in books now and loving it! I really love the august figures you just recently posted! Thanks for the inspiration
So glad to hear that Gwen!
Once again Sandi another inspiring video…I always learn from and look forward to your weekly fun episodes…love your work.❤️
Thank you Izzy!
I love all of the sketches. Thank you for sharing .
Thank you!
I love the light in your figures!
Thank you!
Love this, thank you! I love how free you draw, it is something I need to learn. So you motivate and inspire me.
Thank you!
Wonderful....thank you..... I'm running to my sketchbook now......
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The woman painted with 3 colours is gorgeous!
Thank you!
Hey Sandi,
I just got the Derwent Drawing pencils set of 14, and the muted tones really remind me of colors you love. I also got their Graphitint Paint Pan set of 12.
Both of these seem like something you’d love if you haven’t got them already.
Happy New Year
This is my favorite video YET of all your videos, Sandi!
What grace and beauty and wonderful lessons you've shared with us. Thank you.
I've been painting on canvas for the last few weeks but will open up my various sketchbooks and put something in them. You're an inspiration!
Thank you 🥰
Thanks, I just went back through some of my artwork dating back to 1994, and it's amazing how much I've grown, and have created over the years.
Subscribing because I love your art. Especially your portraits. It reminds me of a lot of visionary artists I like.
Thank you!
This was awesome. i finally got to watch it then showed it to two of my classes. THEY LOVED IT TOO!!!!! The progression was amazing and how you use your sketchbooks is so encouraging and fantastic also facsinating! Also loved the color grocery haul pages!!!
Really Diane?!?!? I’m so glad you AND your class enjoyed it!! Thank you for telling me that friend - very encouraging!
So enjoyed this journey. So very very satisfying.
Thank you!