I'm one of those that have several sketchbooks for specific things. I'm currently filling a sketchbook for just thought process, one for still life in gouache, one for landscapes in gouache, one for figure/gestures drawings, and one for pushing color. Damn... I didn't realize how many I'm using at the same time! It does make it longer to complete since you're working in several, but it helps me stay organized and always knowing what to create when I open it.
@cinnamon sparkles yeah! It can also be because some sketchbooks have different paper types that some can handle paints and others not so much and then spirals into a thing of having specific sketchbooks!
1) Don't leave any white space 2) Set a time limit/specific time when you want to finish it 3) Draw scribbles/blobs and turn them into faces/things 4) Find an interesting format for a sketchbook (different type of sketchbook than you usually use) 5) Full color illustrations 6) Dedicate your sketchbook for one thing (one for gestures, one for color, etc) 🙂
I actually started with sketchbooks filled with full drawings. I was new to all this stuff so I just... drew. Now i've begun to actually study anatomy and fill sketchbooks with sketches. I was always really afraid to mess something up but now I just scribble and I'm happy to improve.
The standing cats you made really remind me of "The Cat Returns". It was that one Studio Ghibli movie with cute cats 🐈 Also thanks for this awesome vid!
When I draw a person in a style I actually really like, I can’t redraw it cause idk it never turns out the same. Do you have advice or something? Love your vids tho Hello everyone, I think I found my drawing style its still developing but im sooo happy its something! thx for all the comments and likes!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is late I know but when I made my stylized characters for the first time they were super inconsistent, I had to develop a certain step by step for each particular character. And then I would make a whole page of that characters face or whole body just to memorize the shapes so I could do it easily. That just took time and I think I probably could put all the drawings of that character together and it might be 150 page book I don't know for sure though.
I know this is very late, but I suggest taking the drawing and breaking it down like it would be seen in a how to draw book. Break it down in shapes and figure out what it is that you like, proportions, stuff like that!
The thing I love about your videos is that you never insist there's a 'right' way to do things. As a learning, very unconfident artist it helps me not hate my drawings every time I look at them.
Looking back at your old sketchbook you have improved a lot since 2017. I am very inspired that changes and improvement can be made even if you don’t realize it. I am challenge myself a lot.
This ispired me a lot now, thank you. I spent the last few weeks and will spend the next few weeks hardly drawing anythig becuse of my upcoming important exams, but then I will jump into it, and will probably set a similar goal for myself. :D
The cats you painted here are adorable!! 🥺🥺🥺 With my current sketchbook, I've challenged myself not to show anything in it to anyone except family or a select other few until I've finished it, essentially not taking any pictures or sharing it excessively. I'm doing it both to be motivated to finish it sooner and to not overshare my art, keep some of it more personal and giving me time to reflect on if I should share it.
Sketchbook videos are my favorites to watch and also to make myself. There's something so magical about a sketchbook if you ask me. Everyone fills it in their own way and it's the home of so many creative ideas. My sketchbook is like my happy place, somewhere I can go and be myself whether I'm feeling happy or not. I also write and collage in it sometimes. The cool thing is that there are absolutely no rules :)
I find that your videos are so nice to watch and especially listen to. The art is aesthetic, the speed good to watch and your voice is pleasant. You sound kind and motivated and personal. Good work, hon.
JelArts THANK YOU!! Next time I have the chance, I go and buy some Gouache so I can test it out! By the way, a couple weeks ago I got that same sketch book and you were right, THE PAPER IS AMAZING!!!
I really like your art style. I'm struggling on how to find my own art style and what kind of art I'm into. But recently I've been watching artist on TH-cam and it's getting my motivation up and I'm getting inspired again 😊 thank you.
I feel like the 'having one sketch book for a specific thing' idea would be really cool because you could flip through and see your improvement all in one place
I dedicate my sketchbooks for specific purposes. They fill up slower, but it helps to have everything related in one place. There's always the option to have a separate sketchbook for general sketching.
Subscribed! Just began learning to paint digitally, art is something that's always been with me and I'm excited to get back into it! Thanks for your content :) :)
Thanks for the ideas! I love your sketchbook vids, it's inspiring. I'm currently doing the full color illustrations per page with a dark theme on my current sketchbook.
I recently started drawing in a square sketchbook and I love it. I never feel contrained by the format because I can change it into a portrait or landscape according to my will and framing! I would advise a medium square one because, even though the easier to find are like 5x5, they are pretty small so I would advise you a 8x8 or above, it's really great! (I just started my new one and I LOVE the ratio)
I love your art so much! I love your style, and I’m very inspired by you. Whenever I see your vids, I always want to draw. You’re so helpful! Keep going, and keep making these awesome vids!
i love everything about this channel! and u ur voice is so easy to understand and i feel calmed and able to concentrate and ur inspiring and gives great motivation i love ur art style, sketchbooks, everything's so beautiful! i just got so much to study so i can't always be early
for my new sketchbook that is coming today along with some fineliners I want to focus on less color and more dynamic poses, perspective, line quality (I've really been struggling with shaky hands when I line my art) and not needing color to show emotion. I used to heavily rely on my markers too much and now I'm straying away but I've also stopped doing line art which hasn't been great.
Nice video, good tips! I have a sketchbook (okay 2, a A5 and an A4 sized sketchbook) where the only white spaces are filled in with white pencil. A square sketchbook which I don't allow myself to sketch in it yet, because I have to fill my other "daily" sketchbook first. One sketchbook only for drawings I colour in with markers (I only have 12 markers). I think I need to practice some more then I do, but sometimes that is really hard.
I really like the challenge to leave minimum white space and my sketchbook is already looking so awesome, and I am so happy ,I found this video now thank you so much pls keep up the good work sending lots of luv from India
Really great and motivating video, thanks ! I love your sketchbook videos, it always help me stay motivated to draw, and give me new ideas each time, so once again, thanks !
This was such a great video! I felt really inspired to start working on life drawings and fill my sketchbook in different ways and just to improve and your videos helped me so much!
I had a lot of half empty sketchbooks, so I've catagorized all of them, but I also have 2 sketchbooks which can be used for whatever I want. This way I can still sketch what I want, but if I know what I want to sketch, I can use the right sketchbook
Always a motivating listen! Thanks for showing us your work here! gouache looks so forgiving, I def have to try it someday as I mostly use watercolor. For a long time I was hesitant about skillshare, now I have no excuse to not try it! Thank you so so much. I will make good use out of it
Began watching this wideo and drawing at the same time ...usually it takes me forever with people drawings but you vid made me draw a girl sitting down knees up stroking a cat ...thanks also good painting and colour use~
Just figured out your channel. Your illustrations are AMAZING!!the cats turned out pretty cute. Keep inspiring . May your channel reach a million subs 💓love...
Very cute drawings. Thanks for sharing! I have a new sketchbook, is small and cute. Strangely, for me, is very hard to start a sketchbook. I find it so pretty that I don't want to finish it or waste/damage it? It's absolutely silly and illogical, because that's what a sketchbook is for! To practice! But that happens to me every time I get a new one.
I love your sketchbooks, very helpful for me, and you're so very inspirational. Your art is very amazing I love them... (btw, i got laugh in your blindfold challenge)
I just started a new sketch book & my only rule is to use only black/ink pens. Also use both side of the sketch book & it’s a 70 pages so 140 drawings. I’m pumped already on page 6. Great video & I like the orange & black cat the best 👍
Thanks for the motivation and thanks for the ideas I've listened to a lot of people and I've come up with ideas but I feel like you're is there a simpler enough for me to understand you did I can switch it up and just use color or I can go in sections and try different stuff it was absolutely helpful and you have a point with totally feeling the page because I feel like I'm wasting so much space when I do not feel the page so what I do is try to incorporate and stuff that has to do with that particular thing because after on the way sketchbooks that I've only put one or two things in then I get aggravated and I'm like well I'm wasting paper and I hate that not throwing away more like giving away. But anyway thanks so much.
remember to take breaks though! dont force yourself to do amazing illustrations in every page. theres a difference between challenging yourself and tiring yourself out. we dont want to burn out your passion for art! ✨
Maybe you can make another video on the coptic stitch to make your square book! and share some tips for loose stitching, which i struggled with and had big gaps between the signatures :(
I actually have two sketchbooks. A pocket one for scribbling with my pens while I’m bored in the train or somewhere else. And an “actual” sketchbook where I practice with my style and practice character design, anatomy etc.
Ever since I've watched your videos, I've started to get out of my comfort zone and started drawing other things. I overcame so many artist problems since then :'D *and is that a Muji notebook? .-.
I'm starting one soon for my art channel (this is my personal) I'm faceblind and decided I want to learn to draw faces so I'm going to be drawing a face every day for a year and taking one sketch a week to develop as maybe not a completely finished piece but a bigger piece outside of the sketchbook
my art channel is ArtByTekoro if anyone's interested, I posted a few faces I've drawn to instagram if anyone wants to tell me how I'm doing with the faces I've tried so far
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"So I only need to do five pages a day."
Me: *sweats nervously* It takes me like a week to finish five pages
i can finish five pages or more if i’m at home most of the day but if i go to school or something there’s no way i’ll be able to finish more than two
Me: sweats nervously seeing as I’ve only done 3 page in 2 months
i finish four in an hour, fight me
Old Gaming want a cookie
I can finish a whole sketchbook in a day...
I haven't drew in a sketchbook for 2 years, but your videos made me pick it up again!!! Thank you for motivating me!
Jae Jae, well this is an awesome motivation!!
thats wonderful!!
I haven't drew in 1 year and I am trying to draw again but it's hard.
*cough* drawn *cough*
Lol
I'm one of those that have several sketchbooks for specific things. I'm currently filling a sketchbook for just thought process, one for still life in gouache, one for landscapes in gouache, one for figure/gestures drawings, and one for pushing color. Damn... I didn't realize how many I'm using at the same time! It does make it longer to complete since you're working in several, but it helps me stay organized and always knowing what to create when I open it.
@cinnamon sparkles yeah! It can also be because some sketchbooks have different paper types that some can handle paints and others not so much and then spirals into a thing of having specific sketchbooks!
dayum son, i dont think the budget is too kind for me.
I have a personal one and a school one, I would freak out having this many current ones! I hope you complete all of them!
1) Don't leave any white space
2) Set a time limit/specific time when you want to finish it
3) Draw scribbles/blobs and turn them into faces/things
4) Find an interesting format for a sketchbook (different type of sketchbook than you usually use)
5) Full color illustrations
6) Dedicate your sketchbook for one thing (one for gestures, one for color, etc)
🙂
Thanks! This is helpful!
I actually started with sketchbooks filled with full drawings. I was new to all this stuff so I just... drew. Now i've begun to actually study anatomy and fill sketchbooks with sketches. I was always really afraid to mess something up but now I just scribble and I'm happy to improve.
The standing cats you made really remind me of "The Cat Returns". It was that one Studio Ghibli movie with cute cats 🐈
Also thanks for this awesome vid!
that was my immediate thought!
I said that too XD
Yeah, they do kinda remind me of them
I thought the same thing
Yup
Pretty Kitties!
lowkey here not to get some sketchbook challenges but just to look at cute cats
OH MY GOD YES! THE CATS LOOK AMAZING!
Aaa thank you!
i love your sketchbook vids so much, they always motivate me to keep drawing in mine :)
Aw I'm so happy to hear that :')
something I like to do is to make a full color illustration on one side of a page and on the other side I doodle!
When I draw a person in a style I actually really like, I can’t redraw it cause idk it never turns out the same. Do you have advice or something? Love your vids tho
Hello everyone, I think I found my drawing style its still developing but im sooo happy its something! thx for all the comments and likes!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyra XD same!
Keep on trying
This is late I know but when I made my stylized characters for the first time they were super inconsistent, I had to develop a certain step by step for each particular character. And then I would make a whole page of that characters face or whole body just to memorize the shapes so I could do it easily. That just took time and I think I probably could put all the drawings of that character together and it might be 150 page book I don't know for sure though.
Redrew it and suffer until it finally looks adequate that’s what I do
I know this is very late, but I suggest taking the drawing and breaking it down like it would be seen in a how to draw book. Break it down in shapes and figure out what it is that you like, proportions, stuff like that!
The thing I love about your videos is that you never insist there's a 'right' way to do things. As a learning, very unconfident artist it helps me not hate my drawings every time I look at them.
There's thousands of ways to do everything!!
Well....there goes the rest of my week...
these look so fun, can't wait to try them! thank you for sharing them with us :)
I hope you have fun!
I'm also doing a 'fill in a sketchbook in a month' challenge this June. :)
And today, before I saw a video, I was also drawing and colouring cats. :))
Looking back at your old sketchbook you have improved a lot since 2017. I am very inspired that changes and improvement can be made even if you don’t realize it. I am challenge myself a lot.
I loveee sketchbook videos!Also the cats look gorgeous omg
Cute kitties! Love your cartoony style. You've got a great eye for color.
This ispired me a lot now, thank you. I spent the last few weeks and will spend the next few weeks hardly drawing anythig becuse of my upcoming important exams, but then I will jump into it, and will probably set a similar goal for myself. :D
Good luck with your exams and I hope you get to draw lots afterwards!
The cats you painted here are adorable!! 🥺🥺🥺
With my current sketchbook, I've challenged myself not to show anything in it to anyone except family or a select other few until I've finished it, essentially not taking any pictures or sharing it excessively. I'm doing it both to be motivated to finish it sooner and to not overshare my art, keep some of it more personal and giving me time to reflect on if I should share it.
I absolutely love this challenge thing. Giving ideas to help challenge other artists and inspire them and the whole idea is fantastic.
Ahh thanks! I'm glad you liked the video :)
your upright kitties are precious and i would die for them
Those are some very good ideas. Some of them would even work for overcoming an art block.
Sketchbook videos are my favorites to watch and also to make myself. There's something so magical about a sketchbook if you ask me. Everyone fills it in their own way and it's the home of so many creative ideas. My sketchbook is like my happy place, somewhere I can go and be myself whether I'm feeling happy or not. I also write and collage in it sometimes. The cool thing is that there are absolutely no rules :)
Jelarts: "I just have to do 5 pages a day."
Me: ...😱😱😱.. 😂😂
Yeah right. I'm not going to be able to do that 😂
i used to do like half a page a day and now I finish half my sketchbook in abt 2 weeks :D
I find that your videos are so nice to watch and especially listen to. The art is aesthetic, the speed good to watch and your voice is pleasant. You sound kind and motivated and personal. Good work, hon.
Trying out the scribble challenge right now! Thanks a bunch for the inspiration. 😄💕💕
I absolutely love your sketchbook videos!!
Thank you so much!!
I love your sketchbook videos as they always get me inspired to draw! Thank you
I love your voice, very calm and soothing, you’re very good at explaining things, love your videos 💖
This is Tucker 🐢 every like is how fast Tucker can walk.
Skyler Star I'm sorry, but who is Tuck amd what does Tucker have to do with them? (It's just a joke ignore me)
Iffy 739 lol just saw that thx 😂
RUN TUCKER RUNN! (like Forest Gump)
150 steps a minute?
That's a fast turtle man
158 mph
that's faster than most cars
These tips helped a lot. Thank you! Ps your cat drawings are so cute 😻
What are you using to paint the ARDOOOORABLE KITTENS??!!
Jolene McBarnett Gouache! I showed it in the video :)
JelArts THANK YOU!! Next time I have the chance, I go and buy some Gouache so I can test it out! By the way, a couple weeks ago I got that same sketch book and you were right, THE PAPER IS AMAZING!!!
I thought they were puppies before she started painting them😂
@@JelArts I've seen a bit of gouache art lately, but I'm not sure what it's all about. How would you use it, and would you recommend it?
I really like your art style. I'm struggling on how to find my own art style and what kind of art I'm into. But recently I've been watching artist on TH-cam and it's getting my motivation up and I'm getting inspired again 😊 thank you.
Great tips! I usually have 2 at a time. One for studies and improvements, and one for my ideas.
I feel like the 'having one sketch book for a specific thing' idea would be really cool because you could flip through and see your improvement all in one place
The categorization sketchbook idea sounds good! I’ll try to use that!
I dedicate my sketchbooks for specific purposes. They fill up slower, but it helps to have everything related in one place. There's always the option to have a separate sketchbook for general sketching.
Omgg these cats are so adorable!!
Your art is so pretty
I love sketchbooks, too, and find them very inspiring. I would love to see videos of your progress on your personal challenge to finish it in 30 days.
Subscribed! Just began learning to paint digitally, art is something that's always been with me and I'm excited to get back into it! Thanks for your content :) :)
Wow! Fancy pants sponsorship!
I love these little paintings~!
Haha thank you!
No prob~!
Such cute illustrations 😍
Gives me motivation for my sketchbook
Thanks
Love watching these types of videos of you just sketching and talking :)
I love your animal drawing so much
Thanks for the ideas! I love your sketchbook vids, it's inspiring. I'm currently doing the full color illustrations per page with a dark theme on my current sketchbook.
Ah that sounds so cool!
I recently started drawing in a square sketchbook and I love it. I never feel contrained by the format because I can change it into a portrait or landscape according to my will and framing! I would advise a medium square one because, even though the easier to find are like 5x5, they are pretty small so I would advise you a 8x8 or above, it's really great! (I just started my new one and I LOVE the ratio)
This video is super helpful! I always give up my sketchbooks, and having these challenges might help me!
I love your art so much! I love your style, and I’m very inspired by you. Whenever I see your vids, I always want to draw.
You’re so helpful! Keep going, and keep making these awesome vids!
i love everything about this channel! and u
ur voice is so easy to understand and i feel calmed and able to concentrate
and ur inspiring and gives great motivation
i love ur art style, sketchbooks,
everything's so beautiful!
i just got so much to study so i can't always be early
The cats look very cute!
for my new sketchbook that is coming today along with some fineliners I want to focus on less color and more dynamic poses, perspective, line quality (I've really been struggling with shaky hands when I line my art) and not needing color to show emotion. I used to heavily rely on my markers too much and now I'm straying away but I've also stopped doing line art which hasn't been great.
Nice video, good tips!
I have a sketchbook (okay 2, a A5 and an A4 sized sketchbook) where the only white spaces are filled in with white pencil. A square sketchbook which I don't allow myself to sketch in it yet, because I have to fill my other "daily" sketchbook first. One sketchbook only for drawings I colour in with markers (I only have 12 markers). I think I need to practice some more then I do, but sometimes that is really hard.
I really like the challenge to leave minimum white space and my sketchbook is already looking so awesome, and I am so happy ,I found this video now thank you so much pls keep up the good work sending lots of luv from India
The art in this video is so adorable!!
Really great and motivating video, thanks !
I love your sketchbook videos, it always help me stay motivated to draw, and give me new ideas each time, so once again, thanks !
i would really love for you to make a video on coloring tips/techniques (traditional) bc i really love how you color!
Those kitties are super cute
This was such a great video! I felt really inspired to start working on life drawings and fill my sketchbook in different ways and just to improve and your videos helped me so much!
I had a lot of half empty sketchbooks, so I've catagorized all of them, but I also have 2 sketchbooks which can be used for whatever I want. This way I can still sketch what I want, but if I know what I want to sketch, I can use the right sketchbook
Your videos are always so entertaining and inspiring!
Looking at this made me want to draw after so long. This made me want to try. Thank you for that.
its so satisfying watching you paint
i love your sketchbook videos! they are so lovely and inspiring
That calico cat is everything I want in life
This definitely inspires me to start my very first sketchbook
Yass I'm early! Happy Eid for everyone who celebrates! Love u jel arts! 😁
Happy eid to you too!!
Purba Kabir Happy Eid to you too. :)
Late but happy did!
I'm french.
J'adore tes videos, j'ai du mal a comprendre mais j'essaye. Continue ❤
Always a motivating listen! Thanks for showing us your work here! gouache looks so forgiving, I def have to try it someday as I mostly use watercolor. For a long time I was hesitant about skillshare, now I have no excuse to not try it! Thank you so so much. I will make good use out of it
I have sketchbooks for faces, for colors and thumbnails, for traveling, for messing around and a main sketchbook for whatever I feel like doing
Yay the kitties! And thank you so much for the 2 free months. Ive always wanted to try skillshare
I adore your cats!!! Omg
I was 1 of the 500, thank you so much! I love your sketchbook videos a lot!
Began watching this wideo and drawing at the same time ...usually it takes me forever with people drawings but you vid made me draw a girl sitting down knees up stroking a cat ...thanks also good painting and colour use~
You only need to do 5 pages/days. Girl, that mean 14-15 hours drawing and painting to me 🙌 you’re so dedicated to art
Just figured out your channel. Your illustrations are AMAZING!!the cats turned out pretty cute. Keep inspiring . May your channel reach a million subs 💓love...
Very inspiring. Thank you.
I really love your sketches a lot! Keep up the good work!
Very cute drawings. Thanks for sharing! I have a new sketchbook, is small and cute. Strangely, for me, is very hard to start a sketchbook. I find it so pretty that I don't want to finish it or waste/damage it? It's absolutely silly and illogical, because that's what a sketchbook is for! To practice! But that happens to me every time I get a new one.
Tgis came just in time. New sketchbook today! 💖💖💖
wow thanks! and by the way those cats are lovely!
I love your sketchbooks, very helpful for me, and you're so very inspirational. Your art is very amazing I love them...
(btw, i got laugh in your blindfold challenge)
I love all these cats! I wanna read a storybook about them.
Very nice ideas and i love the kitties ^^
I just started a new sketch book & my only rule is to use only black/ink pens. Also use both side of the sketch book & it’s a 70 pages so 140 drawings. I’m pumped already on page 6. Great video & I like the orange & black cat the best 👍
Thanks for the motivation and thanks for the ideas I've listened to a lot of people and I've come up with ideas but I feel like you're is there a simpler enough for me to understand you did I can switch it up and just use color or I can go in sections and try different stuff it was absolutely helpful and you have a point with totally feeling the page because I feel like I'm wasting so much space when I do not feel the page so what I do is try to incorporate and stuff that has to do with that particular thing because after on the way sketchbooks that I've only put one or two things in then I get aggravated and I'm like well I'm wasting paper and I hate that not throwing away more like giving away. But anyway thanks so much.
remember to take breaks though! dont force yourself to do amazing illustrations in every page. theres a difference between challenging yourself and tiring yourself out. we dont want to burn out your passion for art! ✨
This is an amazing and helpful video!
Thank you so much for these tips they are really helpfull😃 and those cats are so cute😍
blueberry muffin Thanks so much! I had fun painting them :)
Ikr
Omg I love your art!
Thank you, this is so helpful! I hope it will get me motivated to finish my sketchbook! :)
Maybe you can make another video on the coptic stitch to make your square book! and share some tips for loose stitching, which i struggled with and had big gaps between the signatures :(
This is so cool and inspiring I definitely want to try this too😀😀
I actually have two sketchbooks. A pocket one for scribbling with my pens while I’m bored in the train or somewhere else. And an “actual” sketchbook where I practice with my style and practice character design, anatomy etc.
I appreciate your videos, they really motivate me and i love your channel! Keep up with the good work ❤
Aw thanks, I'm so happy to hear that!
This video helped me so much with my sketchbook! Thank you!
Thank you! Fun kitties! Great info, inspiration! 😊
The colors are 👌👌👌👌
Ever since I've watched your videos, I've started to get out of my comfort zone and started drawing other things. I overcame so many artist problems since then :'D
*and is that a Muji notebook? .-.
Dying Sophycist It's a Strathmore vision sketchbook! It's mix media.
Oooh okiee and thank you :'D
I'm starting one soon for my art channel (this is my personal)
I'm faceblind and decided I want to learn to draw faces so I'm going to be drawing a face every day for a year and taking one sketch a week to develop as maybe not a completely finished piece but a bigger piece outside of the sketchbook
my art channel is ArtByTekoro if anyone's interested, I posted a few faces I've drawn to instagram if anyone wants to tell me how I'm doing with the faces I've tried so far