❤. When the weather is nice, I walk down to the square and paint a watercolor almost every day. I have an Art Toolkit palette that is the size of a business card case _ you can make them from cases yourself with magnetic tapes and metal pans. It clips onto my little 3x5” (14x9 cm) sketchbook, along with a waterbrush, pencil and a bit of cotton rag for cleaning the brush. It all fits in a pocket, although I do have the carry case for it. No need for tables, extra hands, extra water. Funny, I started using rainbow pencils a few months ago too. They are just fun and lend themselves to looser sketching
That sounds amazing, and like a great habit to get into! I've been trying to paint outdoors in the early morning when it's just barely 30C, but don't enjoy what the humidity does to my watercolor paper this summer. :') An even tinier, pocket version of a travel palette is on my DIY to do list! The one I'm using here also has magnets - they're really the most practical solution, aren't they? ^^
While watching your sketchbook tour video, I was wondering how you painted that tall stone thingy - so glad I got to see it at 12:30. I never considered using a rainbow pencil. It really added something special and colorful to the sketches. And I knew I recognized the pond and pavilion at the back of the palace! I agree with the other commenter who said that you actually painted a lot. I'm particularly impressed by your line art - it looks so smooth and clean!
Thank you so much, I'm so happy you noticed that stone pagoda painting. Loved painting the subtle color shifts there... and all the other sketches here! I'm always torn between line drawings and "painterly" art styles and keep switching back and forth... 😌💖
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. :)
Beautiful video as always! I was glad to see what came of those bear-themed thumbnails you did in the past for your folklore pieces. Sadly I have no advice to offer for travel sketching as it's hard for me to even leave the house, let alone even go to a cafe. I enjoy seeing other people do it though. I will likely get to try that out once I'm able to go back to Canada. (Currently sort of going back and forth when able since I'm in the states, my wife is Canadian and I'm not immigrated yet, for a bit of context). Anyway, the sketches you did manage to make were lovely and I can feel how glad you were to be in those places, even if you painted them when you got home. To me personally, anything you draw while traveling counts as a travel sketch even if it's a piece of fanart simply because it felt different to do it where you were.
Thank you - I'm so happy you remembered those bear sketches! With how long video editing takes, there's some magical time distortion going on here, as I actually started that painting immediately after the sketches! Since you mention being stuck at home: During the sketchbook flip-through in the beginning, a lot of those studies were views from our window and even just flower pots and still life "scenes" at home because I was stuck at home myself. I feel like those simple scenes still helped prepare me for "proper" travel sketching, which is really just a love letter to places we visit. ♥ (And yes, studies or even fanart feel so different if we're just not at our usual drawing spot!)
@@evydraws-art I have started taking some photos from my window (being careful not to accidentally snap pictures of people walking by or anything, but butterflies frequent the bush outside my bedroom. Particularly a species called Gulf Fratillery which I'd never seen before until it started coming here. I plan to use those pictures as sort of "outdoor" studies. Might not be actual travel, but it's as close as I can get right now, lol.
This was such an enjoyable video to watch! I'm so impressed with the amount of art you've done everyday!! I particularly like the small drawings on the brown paper, they have a certain charm! It makes me want to run to my nearest art shop and find myself a brown paper sketchbook ❤
Thank you so much! I felt like I'd painted so little at first, but when I looked at all the small pen drawings, I was actually really happy with all the art that happened on this trip. 🥰 I can really recommend tiny sketchbooks, they make that hurdle for drawing on the go so much lower! 💗
@@evydraws-art this actually inspired me and yesterday I went and bought a small sketchbook that can fit easily in all my bags. And I've already used it today while waiting for a friend at a museum!
I'm so happy to hear that - those little pockets of time are everywhere and I think I'd just fallen into a trap of ignoring them, but these tiny sketchbooks really change that. :) Glad it inspired you, too!
