How To Get BETTER At ART - See How I've Grown Over 3 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 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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PODCAST INTERVIEWS:
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 can say without a doubt ALL of your videos make me want to run and get a sketchbook. 🖤
That makes me happy to hear!
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 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!!!
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!!!
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!!!🙌
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. 😄
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!
i give your video a like immediately before i Start watching :))))) YOU ROCK
Awe- thank you Mary!!!
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!
How fun! I am r eminesening (sp?) along with you as you flip through your pages. Thank you for sharing.
I love this! So cool seeing the evolution of your art! Thank you for sharing 🧡
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!!!!
I always enjoy your videos and they keep me coming back. ❤
Thank you ❤️
Thank you for sharing the process, Sandi! So encouraging for us newbies. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
So glad to hear that!!!
I am so drawn to the colors you use I am not an artist but you encourage me to try
Thank you!
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.
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.
We like this woman!!!❤
I saw all your paint brushes and now I feel better I have so many but each has their purpose. 😊
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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!!!
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 your art style and how it feels like every page flows, even though you’re using different mediums and subjects 😊
Thank you!
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.
Wonderful!!!
Great video Sandi, my favourite face was the lady with the red nose and green scarf 😀
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.
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!
I absolutely loved this. 🥰
Thanks Sandy for sharing your sketchbooks.so many ideas:)
Your posts are really encouraging
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 !
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!
Thank you Sandi’ love watching your videos❤️
AWESOME!!!😊
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.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for 1:30!
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LOVE!
Thank you for sharing your sketch books. Always love to see other people's books.
You indeed inspire me 🥰
We like this woman for sure!
That is such a great idea to sketch your day. Thank you. I have been searching different free photo's to sketch. I spend more time searching for the right picture when I could just sketch my day. Love it.
We love you too Sandi. Loved your tour and think all the pages were so fun.
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It's so beautiful and creative 💕💕
I wish I was as brave as you. I love to draw. I am not good at it but is one of those things that makes me feel happy, grounded and most importantly free to be myself. However not every time I fell into the beautiful flow of drawing. I often to scared to make mistake or to make something that won’t look good. I m so obsessed sometimes to make a beautiful sketch that I don’t even try to do it. I wish I was braver ( can I say that ? I am Italian lol )
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
Everytime I watch one of your videos, I get inspired. Thank you, Sandi ❤
I love all of the sketches. Thank you for sharing .
Thank you!
Your red, yellow and blue color pencil drawing is amazing!
Thank you!
So helpful, Sandi. Thank you.
I’m so glad ❤️
That's good. Thank you very much!!!!!
Love, Love, Love!
Thank you!
Thanks for inspiration
You bet!
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!
Oh this is so encouraging! Thank you for all the tips and the sharing so much of your process.
Thank you Deborah!
I love the light in your figures!
Thank you!
Beautiful, colorful artwork!! I love it. I am learning cold wax right now.
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.
So enjoyed this journey. So very very satisfying.
Thank you!
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!!!
Thank you for this encouraging video. Surprised at your motion from tight to loose! :)
Omg !! Fabulous faces at 18:59. So creative and inspiring
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 love the Fabriano paper so much and I don’t know why.
I do too!
I LOVE your channel. I have been so encouraged and tried lots of new things, and I am seeing progress! Thank you!
Love youuuu 💯❤️ Thank you
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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!!
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!
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!
I love every single of your videos. So inspiring!!
Thank you!
I`m in love with your colours))
Thank you!
Wonderful....thank you..... I'm running to my sketchbook now......
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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 ❤️
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!
Thank you for another beautiful sketchbook tour! I just love getting a peak inside! 🤗🎉🤗
Thank you!
this is dope!
I love your work, approach, style so much. It’s so unique and fascinating!
Thank you so much!!
Really love to see the kindness for yourself. You are a great inspiration!
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
You are pushing me in a very good direction! You are a superb teacher!
Thank you 🥰🤗
I love this so much! It’s definitely inspiring. I’m back on the horse again thanks to you. ❤️
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Love your curiosity adventure exploring openness attitude thank you Sandi 😊
Thank you Deborah!
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!!!!❤️
yep, practice practice practice! i keep telling younger artist how important this is 😀 art doesnt come easy, you need to make a mess in a few sketchbooks, or even canvass' to grow
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So glad this popped up in my recommended videos! Love your art and your mindset towards art. This inspired me!
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
I adore your style! You have such a strong sense of colour. Very inspiring!
Thank you!
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!!!
Lovely
Thanks for this sandi. This shows just how practice not only makes perfect but helps you find your style.
Yes!!!!
Your videos always make me want to make some art, but this one especially, dang! So encouraging!
That makes me happy to hear!!
Thank you Sandi for all your inspirering video's. They get me going and painting and getting loose❤🙏
Wonderful!
Lovely! I appreciate how you wrapped it up at the end showing your figure progression. Seeing how you experiment and change is enlightening. Thank you!
Thank you!
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
This was amazing
Thank you!
These are lovely. I enjoyed this your view of this world is so beautiful
Thank you!