Art vlogs, draw with me or material review videos 🌿 On a journey to become a better artist...
I'm Evelyne, freelance illustrator for fantasy games and books, and I'm posting my own art practice journey as I try to get better at anything and everything, from portraits to landscapes, charcoal to oil pastels.
Painting mostly in acrylics and watercolors, with the occasional digital sketch and lots of oil pastels.
I'm a Swiss artist living in South Korea, and while mostly painting for clients, I can't wait to go outdoor sketching around Jeju Island, to visit some traditional temples or cute cafes to fill my sketchbook.
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As a current foreigner in Korea who also LOVES art and is planning to start my own comic series, this is very inspiring. Thank you for the motivation 😭❤.
Thank you! I'm honestly blown away by the reception of this video since I'm not very confident in my sketches, and all of these kind words are incredibly motivating! ♥
M’lady, just found your channel by chance and I’m mesmerised by your drawings. I have a copy of Dracula sitting on my bookshelf and you gave me good reasons to read it. I’m currently working on drawing a close girlfriend of mine as a super hero and my planning process has been similar: drawing pages of possible costumes, poses, colour combinations and variations before the final piece. It is really inspiring and refreshing to see your approach on your painting as well 🔥 Keep up the good content! 💪🏻
Thank you! I hope you get to read that Dracula book you have - there's also the Dracula Daily newsletters which are a fun read every year, and those were the reason I got so into the story. And yes, filling a sketchbook page (or many sketchbook pages!) like this helps so much with preparation, and it helps me to dive into the actual painting with more confidence. I hope it's the same for you! 💙
What an excellent video! Hearing about your process was quite inspiring! I loved how the coloured pencil for the outfit looked with the pencil portraits - such a clever idea that made for beautiful sketches. That emerald dress too - I love that idea!
Thank you so much! I've been using (limited) colored pencils everywhere, lately, and they add just enough variety without making the sketching process too elaborate :) That emerald dress haunts my dreams and I FINALLY got to paint the first color layer for it yesterday...
Thank you - and I'm happy YT recommendations came through for once :) I hope the older videos where I'm still figuring out camera settings and sound issues don't scare anyone away...
@@evydraws-art They haven’t scared me that’s for sure lol. You have such high quality, well produced videos and your skills are amazing to witness. Can’t wait for the Dracula painting!!
That's a relief haha! The whole RU-vid thing is definitely a learning curve... but I'm always even more excited when I get to show a painting or sketches this way. 💙
Wow this video is phenomenal... The sketches, the music, the thunderstorm, and the overall vibes, I also found it very interesting to hear your thoughts and decission-making process
Thank you both so much! ♥ That thunderstorm was really perfect and the whole reason I finally sat down to sketch these ideas. And I listened to Jane Eyre as an audiobook while drawing - so not quite S&S, but the mood still fits.
So funny you mention them - I've been seeing them everywhere and REALLY wanted one but at that time, shipping wouldn't have been quick enough so I made my own magnetic palette instead. I might still give them a try one day, but now, I somehow like the DIY charm. :)
Loved the colour palette you've used here! And the art, gosh - so gorgeous! I think the one you struggled with is the one that grabbed me the most - I love the earth tones and the expression you finally settled on - but the tiny tiger one! The colour contrast there - I love oranges with teals so I do love that one too. I loved hearing about the mythology too ! I've been trying to do some finished pieces outside of a sketchbook recently, having a few art days here and there, and it really is so rewarding to do a 'proper' finished piece.
Thank you so much! This entire color palette was very new for me - I didn't even own any green paint beyond a simple Terre Vert for glazing, and it was fun to put the pigments to the test here! Especially the turquoise now pops up everywhere in my art haha... I'm glad you mentioned that little painting I struggled with, because in the end, that was my favorite, too. Sketchbooks are such a wonderful space for exploration or when we only have a little time for drawing, but it felt good to just move from sketchbook pages to canvas without thinking too much, and have something finished. 🥰 Really rewarding, like you said!
This was so good, ngl the thunderstorm was so in time for this. I especially liked multiple sketches of Lucy's face, but the expressions on the male faces (sorry i haven't read Dracula yet) were so well done too. I've also noticed in your replies that you're going to try some soft pastels and honestly can't wait for it As for my personal project i recently got back into watercolors after a month or two (work and mental illness suck) and i'm trying to remember how to paint my OCs. Still lacking direction in terms of stylistic choices but i'm excited for it
Thank you! Honestly, it was the other way around - that storm rolled in and I finally sat down and committed to sketching these! I loved sketching Lucy, and just started painting her face yesterday - I hope I can capture the expression... The soft pastels I got are a small set of Sennelier ones for portraits, so it feels very fitting to try maybe another vampire with those. :) I'm so sorry to hear about the mental health struggles, and I hope this means you're feeling a bit better now. Art breaks, no matter the reason, can be difficult to bounce back from, so I hope you'll get a similar stormy-yet-cozy evening or two for yourself and your OCs ♥
What an absolutely amazing video omfg. The vibes were just on point and your skill is like incomprehensible to me. Loved every second of it!! Can‘t wait to see the finished illustration! Keep it up, love ya :))
Thank you so much! ♥ I loved making these sketches and the entire video around it - and I'm so glad that seems to show! And here I was feeling very critical of some of those face sketches... 😌 Thank you for the kind words, and I'm very excited to finish that painting soon!
Thank you - and I'm so happy you noticed that one! It was honestly quite scary that night, and our cat needed company as he was observing everything wide-eyed.... It felt like that lightning was way too close!
This was such an inspiring video! 🧛♂🌩 The way you design your vampire characters in a stormy night setting is mesmerizing. I love how you walked us through your creative process, from references to planning the painting. It’s amazing to see how everything comes together so beautifully. Can’t wait to see the final piece! 🎨✨
Thank you so much! I was putting off this whole character sketching for a while and then that two day storm came and made me sit down and (finally!) draw these! 😆 I'm chipping away at the painting and the sketches are actually really helpful... and I hope I can share the final result soon! 🖤🦇
Great new video! I loved to see your process and what fitting weather for this theme! 😆I would definitely love to see the full painting that was born from these preliminary sketches and designs.
Thank you! That was SUCH a weird storm, just two days of non-stop thunder all around us, often without any rain, but intimidating... so staying indoors all weekend sketching was perfect. 😊 The painting is underway (it's a big one!) and I hope it turns out like I imagined!
hola, soy nueva suscriptora a tu canal de You tube, mi tecnica base es el pastel suave, pero a veces pruebo hacer alguna cosa al oleo. Mi pintor favorito hasta ahora es W.Waterhouse . si pudieras hacer mas tutoriales de obras de este maestro. Felicidades por tu canal, es genial.
(I'm so sorry, my Spanish is terrible - so the reply is in English, and I hope the auto-translation works well!) Thank you so much for subscribing! I love Waterhouse's works, and more master studies of his paintings are definitely planned. I actually bought a few soft pastels recently and hope to give them a try. ❤
Love to see how various your drawings/paintings can be, and the way you lay them all next to each other is so satisfying to see. Like, everything is so pretty!!
I loved watching this video! I agree, going out and sketching whatever nature can offer to us feels just amazing and your video was so inspiring. I alsp love your sketches, they have such nice and soft colors. Definitely gonna subscribe!
Thank you so much! I actually just came back from outdoors, and despite the heat and mosquitos, I heard my own voice in my head telling me to sketch outdoors, and managed to draw something small. :D It really feels different!
They're all so pretty! Such a delicate way of using gouache! It's very hard to pick a favourite as they're all so beautiful but the night scene with the tree and the one above it with the plants speak the most to me! Also the pop of orange on the fridge really draws my eyes to that painting too! ❤
Thank you so much! As a lover of all potted plants, I'm partial to that one scene, as well - and night scenes are just so fun to paint in general! (and I want that orange fridge for my own kitchen haha)
wow love this! i just picked up Gouache and am struggling with gradients. Fully opaque layers though. But i love your style of making them almost watercolor soft with granulation!
thank you! The gradients are what I struggle with most - I'm too used to acrylics and watercolor, this in-between medium feels strange still! Maybe that's why I'm most comfortable with the softer, watercolor-like approach. 🥰
Lovely artwork, every simple one them! The format and subjects make me think about street photography. So street paintings? Heh. And the cat is super cute ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I love street photography, but don't really have an eye for it myself... so paintings are my approach to that. :) (and my cat says hi and thanks!)
They're all amazing! My favourite is the street with cables. I so much love the way you make ANY medium work for you. It inspires me to not be afraid to try new things
Thank you! Honestly, I love cables, even if they might look chaotic or messy, they add a lot to a street view like this. :) (also: While I love trying all these new things, I sometimes have to reign myself in to actually focus on my "main" medium!)
Hi! ^^ I went to art school - but for scientific visualization, so a completely different style and medium from this. Mostly worked in marketing and SciVis for years (and loved drawing manga haha), and then got into painting again in 2020 while stuck at home. So a very mixed background, which is probably why my art style is still figuring itself out. ^^
Ah, Gouache. Welcome to the rabbit hole. :D I love using Gouache in a thick, opaque consistency. If you want to do the same, I can recommend using brushes meant for Acrylics because they hold less water. If you have more time/are painting at home, I can also recommend to swatch your colors and mixed colors on the side first to really see what they look like after drying. Some acrylic gouache can also be great as a first layer, because it doesn't rewet. I've also heard the recommendation to save black and white for your last layer with Gouache, so that you can push the contrast (but I usually work with black early on to establish where my shadows are). I love how these tiny studies turned out. Painting on the go poses its own challenges. My favorite from the left sketchbook spread is the view of the book store, and my favorite from the right side is the temple. I also greatly enjoyed hearing your explanation of the temple's colors and what they symbolize. Did you buy the Silmarillion? That took me ages to finish... Lovely travel/art vlog! I enjoyed this video a lot. And wasn't that your own painting in the art exhibit? That must have been amazing to see!
Oh no, did I stumble into ANOTHER art supply rabbit hole?? I'd used just white gouache and poster color in the past, but now that I'm diving into full gouache paintings, I'm hooked! And thank you for the advice, I have a lot of acrylic brushes, so I'll give those a try for those more opaque layers. Do you have a favorite brand of gouache paints, by the way? And do you use them mostly at home or on the go, too? :) I always avoided black in the past, thinking it would make color mixes look lifeless, but I'm embracing contrast and darkness nowadays, so straight out of the tube paint it is! The one thing that always surprises me when painting on the go: How long it takes! Especially just getting ready, and figuring out what to paint haha... (and I'm so delighted you spotted my paintings there! I participated in several group exhibits earlier this summer, and it was a wonderful experience!) I actually bought that Silmarillion! Listened to the audiobook but I want to illustrate some specific scenes and characters in the future and thought it would be nice to have the actual printed text. Thank you so much for your lovely comment <3
@@evydraws-art Well you catapulted me into the oil pastel rabbit hole, so now I'm gonna watch you go down the Gouache hole with a certain sense of Schadenfreude. 😉 My first Gouache set was Reeves. Very cheap and a bit chalky, but I painted some really nice work with them. I'm exclusively using Holbein these days. They have some lovely seasonal sets as well. I've uploaded reviews of their spring and winter sets to RU-vid, but those were some of my earlier videos, so no idea if the audio sounds any good... Those two sets both include a turquoise color (a darker one in the winter set) that are just perfect for the roof tiles you see on Japanese or Korean temples! I'll leave my Torii gate speedpainting here in opaque Gouache if you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lQRGhXdZfwI.html I don't really paint on the go, but I admire any who do! I prefer painting at home where I have all of my supplies and related stuff. The only other place where I paint is my parents' home, since my mum also loves to paint and has a lot of supplies as well, so I don't need to worry about bringing everything. I'd love to see what you will paint from the Silmarillion!
Schadenfreude for art supply rabbit holes is the best kind of Schadenfreude! :D (there are too many rabbit holes! the entire art community is just rabbits digging little holes for each other...) I'd never even heard of Reeves! I have a couple by W&N and a single poster color by Shinhan, but Holbein are my first pick now since they're very affordable in Korea and easy to find. I think I've seen those seasonal sets by them, they look VERY tempting (oh no, the rabbit hole!) I'll have to take a closer look! And that color selection from Winter would be a great pick... 👀 A mom who paints and has her own supplies to add to the mix sounds amazing! But yeah, the bringing along of supplies is why I mostly paint at home, too - but that's why I feel like documenting these travel sketching sessions when I get around to them. <3 Silmarillion art feels perfect for autumn days of golden and red leaves... very excited myself!
@@evydraws-art Hahaha, yes! I feel that we artists are caught in the endless loop of rabbit holes. My husband saw me look at the Sennelier oil pastells on Amazon and I had to tell him "I don't have this particular medium yet" to explain why I'm looking at art supplies again. The Holbein winter set is lovely, just know that many of them are more transparent paints, even when used straight from the tube. My mum used to only paint in acrylics, but recently she has gotten into inks and watercolors. Whenever I visit, we show each other our recent work or latest supplies. 🤩 This also makes it super easy for me to find gifts for her, since I know what she already owns and I generally know what kind of brands or sets are good, even for media that I don't paint in.
I was just talking to my partner about all the acrylic gel mediums I own (it's only three! it's fine!) and what the differences are... at least he gets it since he loves photography haha. (... did you get those Sennelier ones? 👀) Interesting about those being transparent! I'm definitely looking for more opaque paint, because I have my old watercolors for when I'm painting transparently. Now you might actually have saved me from doing an impulse buy haha As I love acrylics above all: Say hi to your mom! ☺️ And that really sounds like an amazing gifting opportunity - artists are just so easy to shop for!
Lovely sketches. I love S. Korea. Lovely culture, places and people. I've been 2x and brought my sketchbook both times, but it's hard to travel and sketch much, even going alone. I love the idea of making smaller sketches, so I might try that for my next trip. Thank you for your video. It's always lovely seeing Korea. 🇰🇷 🖌📚🙏
Thank you for the lovely comment 💕 it really is a beautiful country and Seoul is so vibrant - but like you said, sketching in a busy city or just enjoying travel AND sketching at the same time can be difficult! Going small and simple for my sketches helped me a lot, and I hope it works for you, too. 🥰
The orange fridge was my favourite, but honestly, I enjoyed them all! I echo your view of size format for gouache, I think you nailed it. Please do more gouache videos, it’s my favourite medium. Thank you! 🇨🇦
Thank you! 🧡 Honestly, I just want an orange fridge like that one... And now that I've started to get a better feel for these paints, I can't wait to create more small-ish gouache pieces. :)
