Etchr Sketchbook Tour! Painting The Cover & Flipping Through the Entire Completed Book 2022-2023

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I finally finished my Etchr A4 Watercolour Cold Press Sketchbook! January 2022 - August 2023.
The paper sizing had been deteriorating for quite a while, and I had to give up filming in it because it had become too annoying to use! I finished the last few pages with some gouache paintings, and now I'm ready to flip through the entire book, which is finished from cover to cover. Speaking of covers, I also painted the outside of the book because the white canvas was looking very scuffed and grubby, so it needed a fresh new makeover. I hope you enjoy seeing the finished book, and let me know in the comments if you have experienced any issues (like dodgy paper sizing) with your Etchr books, or if I was just unlucky with a bad batch. 😭
Because I haven't had a good experience with the Etchr sketchbooks, I'm not going to link them here, but here are a few other products I showed in the video which ARE actually good!
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Art Spectrum Artists' Acrylic Clear Gesso - This stuff is really hard to find outside of Australia, but here is a link to my local art shop: theartshop.com...
(Note that this particular gesso is very smooth, whereas a lot of clear gesso brands dry very rough like sandpaper, eg Liquitex, so shop around to find the smooth ones).
The gold pen is a Pilot Super Color Gold, fine tip. Also seems to be super hard to find!
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@bethmegansmith4642 Год назад

Hello Becky Wonderful drawings blown away we are melting in the UK crazy humid weather and hot ....xxxxxxxx Happy swatching

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I heard about the heatwave there - I hope it doesn't last for too long!

@bethmegansmith4642 Год назад

🥰😅🤣@@BeckyTregear

@HomeAbroad68 Год назад

hi Becky, my favourites are your water lilly and seal. thanks for the tour :)

@colorcapacity2779 Год назад

"I have so many blues - it's hilarious" Yes,... but they're all different. We know we need EACH and EVERY one! - Love it!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

That's so true! 😁

@jngbialek Год назад

You are always so creative and adventurous!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! Plenty of mistakes to be had along the way, haha.

@le2382 Год назад

Beautiful sketchbook tour! I love the galaxies you painted, probably my favourite spread in this book, though I also loved the pink lotus you painted. Your last two gouache paintings are gorgeous too! Anyway, I hope your dad is feeling well now, and I can’t wait to see your next sketchbook! ❤

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you so much 😀 New book will be shown in an upcoming video.

@E4Alabbasy Год назад

What a journey 🥰 I got some of their sketchbooks two years ago and they are still working great, but I definitely would recommend trying new sketchbook 😊 It's always fun and exciting to try new brands and paper!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I'm glad to hear your books are good - I have switched to a different sketchbook brand for my new book, which you'll see in a few days. 😊

@patriciarae2133 Год назад

Becky - what a wonderful journey through your sketchbook! So many gorgeous little paintings and I love the way you’ve incorporated swatches. I have become far too fussy with my own sketchbooks and think I’ll have to incorporate swatches to restore that feeling of experimentation and creativity. Your work is so inspiring! And congrats on your perseverance in finishing the book despite the sizing!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you so much! This book is more organised than some of my other unfinished sketchbooks - I'll be sharing the chaos of those in a near future video! 😂

@martinanelsonartandpsychol6478 Год назад

Hahaha, same here. I recently started with acrylic paints again and wondered- with all the tubes and even bottles I had - why I had only half a tube of super cheap black.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Time for us to buy more black paint! 🖤

@RaspberryColors Год назад

Holbein makes sizing, so if it happens again you can resize the sketchbook or any watercolor paper, by simply painting on the sizing. Lovely cover and tour.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Good to know, thank you! 😊

@SarahBaileyArts Год назад

I've bought several Etchr sketchbooks and only one has gone bad. I have transitioned to storing all my spare books in a plastic bin with several silica gel packs to help them last longer and it seems to be working really well. The sizing goes bad based on the exposure to humidity, so it's totally variable based on the environment. I assume that's why some go bad before others. In any case, I've switched to making my own sketchbooks at this point, it relieves the feeling of needing to stock up (or deal with buying a three pack) and then having them go bad on me. I also just don't like the canvas covers on the Etchr books. I do love the Perfect Sketchbooks with the brown/blue covers and fabriano paper though, they're awesome!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I agree that the covers are pretty difficult to paint - the liberal application of clear gesso did help though, but they're so rough it is hard to get nice sharp lines without them going fuzzy. I live in a dry environment for the most part, but it didn't seem to help with these particular books. I'd be more inclined to go for the Perfect Sketchbook, because they have that lovely Artistico paper and nice covers, but then I have a whole bunch of loose Artistico paper already, so making books is a great idea. I've actually made a few little booklets, experimenting with basic bookbinding. I'm not very good at it, lol.

@MirandaWatsonArt Год назад

I LOVE your sketchbook cover and it was fun seeing all the pages again and the two new ones at the end!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I had to have something that wasn't previously shown in camera, haha! Thank you 🙂

@FaithAnnNB Год назад

You have some beautiful art in your sketchbook… thanks for sharing your tour! Good idea to switch mediums at the end (something I want to remember if it happens to me!). I have been lucky so far with my Etchr sketchbooks… they’ve all kept their sizing. My fingers are crossed that my luck continues because they are my favourite and are relatively easy for me to order from various Canadian art stores. I’ve found it difficult to source 100% cotton sketchbooks from other brands here (and shipping/$ conversion tends to be expensive on out-of-country sketchbook orders).

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I'm glad your books are holding up; I still think it's because mine were the first editions, and they've probably made improvements since then. I hope! Cotton sketchbooks are hard to find, or are ridiculously expensive. I've found another book though, and that video shall be released tomorrow. 🙂

@amberdreams_0 Год назад

I really like the idea of page spreads with swatches and a sample painting - I really should try that for some of my (many, many) watercolours and gouaches for reference. I'm wondering about the sizing in my oldest Etchr books now - not sure how old they are but they are post the kickstarter, at least. I'm hoping having kept the plastic wrap on them might have preserved the sizing.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Hopefully they're still ok! I guess you'll have to use them to find out. 😆

@amberdreams_0 Год назад

I know - I bought too many to try and overcome the fear of messing up and now all the lovely paper is intimidating me crying out for paint 😅🤣@@BeckyTregear

@chaosinca Год назад

Great tour, beautiful sketchbook! Loved the covers!! ❤ it's a pity about the sizing. I bought mine in 2020 and it's still great, hopefully it stays that way!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you, and that's good to know! 😊

@jessbutterfly1934 Год назад

Absolutely love going through this sketchbook with you. Your artwork is incredible. My favourite is the galaxy paintings you did. I’d love to see you do some more they’re very relaxing and beautiful to look at. Becky because you’re a content creator on RU-vid and you have a bigger audience you’re more likely to get a straight answer and explanation from Etchr About their sketchbooks. As a fellow Aussie, I want to get some of their sketchbooks, which I have, but not in the larger sizes. As you know they’re quite an investment in our currency would you consider contacting them about your issues to see what they will do, and if it’s been corrected and then report back to us?

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you so much! I think I will send them an email explaining the issues I had. I have a feeling the earliest books were dodgier than the recent ones, but it is hard to know for sure.

@debsmith7050 Год назад

You saved your Etcher! I like the cover.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I'm glad it's finished, haha!

@elizabaum Год назад

Fun tour! That cover turned out so well.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! ❤️

@noreenkellett3863 Год назад

Funny I was gonna ask how your Dad was going now, but u beat me to it lol. Glad he is recovering well. Yay to finishing that sketchbook, Well done in spite of it fighting you all the way 😂

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you for almost asking, haha! I'm glad to be done with the book, lol.

@s_t_hogan Год назад

I enjoyed your sketchbook. I have always just worked on pieces of paper and most of my drawings and paintings that weren't framed have been lost or destroyed. I do have lots of them still though. When you said you were using a variety of brands of acrylics it made me remember when I first used acrylics. It was in 1972 and I didn't know you had to buy them all in the same brand. It was a nightmare having different colours in different brands. The binders in the different brands were not compatible and when mixing colours the only colour achievable was a dirty mid grey. Eventually I managed to get a mixing set of all the same brand and I was able to mix my colours successfully. Many years later I still cringe at the thought of having different brands of acrylics. I've mostly abandoned acrylics now. I do have sketchbooks now. One I'm about to start using is a book I made about 10 years ago and filled it with watercolour paper. I'm hoping the paper hasn't totally broken down over the years. I will remember your recommendation to use gouache if the pages are no longer usable for watercolour. I've had a lot of illness over the past few years but all is good now and I'm charging back into my art with a focus on watercolour. I'm also using oils which was the first medium I learned back in the mid 1960's. I watch all of your videos and enjoy them but rarely post a comment. I love the cover design you made for your sketchbook in this video.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I don't use acrylics very much, so most of mine are cheap tubes for doing little projects like painting sketchbook covers, haha. I have more expensive Golden Open acrylics, which are slow drying and work more like oil paints in that respect. They're wonderful for paintings! I'm glad to hear you're getting back into art and I hope you enjoy creating new things! 😊

@s_t_hogan Год назад

@BeckyTregear I started using acrylics after moving to the wet tropics. I found, after 3 months of drying, some of my oil colours were still not dry on my oil paintings. One day I decided to stop using oils up there and changed to using acrylics. From the available brands up there at the time I chose Hyplar and Liquitex. Hyplar quickly became my favourite as its colours were so strong. I can't get that brand anymore, I suspect it is too expensive and no one up here (Qld) stocks it now. So I have used Liquitex for the past few years. About 20 years ago I got very frustrated with acrylics as I could no longer mix them as I had previously done. I had always used them as I used oils, but I found adding small amuonts of strong colours to large amounts of white tended to result in bright mixtures. I persevered for a few years but in the end gave up on Acrylics. I didn't want to have to buy pastel colours. So I went back to oils. I also did a series of multimedia works using watercolour, gouache, glitter and all sorts of other stuff. I had a lot of fun. I'm thinking of using Acrylics in future as a base for oil paintings but am currently enjoying exploring watercolours again.

@dianethoroughman9541 Год назад

Hi Becky, Your artwork is so beautiful. I am a huge fan of you and your art. I love what you did with the sketchbook. You are so talented, fun, and kind. I hope you will have a wonderful Spring. I look forward to seeing your future art.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Aww thank you so much! 💜

@cj_kirby Год назад

Thanks for sharing. I always love your work and your sense of humor is hilarious. Can't wait for the next sketchbook to start. And yes, I love how you used the gold on the cover. Amazing difference.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! That gold pen saved the day, haha!

@chaosinthecraftroom Год назад

Thanks for sharing the brand of clear gesso you use. I've been jumping between brands at the moment so I will give this a go. It was so nice to see the flip through of all the beautiful paintings you have done 😊❤🌿🌻

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! I bought this pot at Art Stretchers in Northcote, which is the store owned by Art Spectrum. You can usually find all of their products there. 😊

@chaosinthecraftroom Год назад

@@BeckyTregear oh that's very helpful 😊💖 Thank you

@wunna8657 Год назад

Love the art Nouveau set

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Me too, it's a lovely one!

@sueallen952 Год назад

Amazing Becky, I would love to do swatches in my boo but just can never draw the swatches right to fit the page, LOVE the galexy paintings. Im not in my art studio/ summer house yet cant find anyone to lay the cushion flooring without charging a ortune!!!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I have spent many, many hours measuring and ruling up swatch pages, lol. The best way to go is if you can find a swatch stamp, which makes life a lot easier. I haven't yet found the perfect one, but I keep looking! Cushion flooring sounds expensive....I hope you get it figured out soon!

@AnastasiaYGamble Год назад

Beautiful sketchbook tour Becky, so many colorful and mesmerizing works, and I love how you decorated the front and back cover, and how you swatched and sampled each watercolor set💕!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you, it's always good to be finished with a book! Especially this one which caused me so many problems, lol.

@AnastasiaYGamble Год назад

@@BeckyTregear You're welcome, and yes nothing like finishing a sketchbook! Lol I know the feeling, I'm battling with a few troublesome sketchbooks myself😩😂

@barbarabrady1267 Год назад

Very nice tour. ❤

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you 😊

@lynnedunigan-little908 Год назад

I really enjoyed your binder. Loved your sket hook cover painting.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you 😊

@vhacker71 Год назад

This video is great and I enjoyed the space themed pages as well as the penguins. 🎉

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! 😄

@TerriChannel Год назад

Thank you, Becky. Good for you for persevering with this sketchbook especially after the sizing went bad. I have an Etchr sketchbook but I don’t think it is as early as yours - it came from Amazon. Just checked - I bought it in 2021 so it’s only 2 years old but I’ll keep your experience in mind and not wait too long to finish it up. That is too bad that the sizing didn’t hold up - how frustrating and annoying. I loved how you decorated the cover and really enjoyed your flip through. I look forward to seeing the new sketchbook.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! Yes, it might be a good idea to use it. I hope your paper is better than mine. 💜

@paulinabm_ Год назад

Beautiful sketchbook tour! Loved the cover painting ❤. I didn't know that paper sizing could last 10 years. My first experience with sizing issues was with a 3 year old Arches hot press block and back then I had few coton paper. So after that I did not buy any cotton paper until I finished 90% of what I had. Now I don't keep more than 1 watercolor sketchbooks so that I finish it before they turn 2 years old.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! 😊 Ten years was a guess really, lol. But I've had paper last longer than the Etchr stuff so I imagine that things like environment and type of sizing would be factors as well.

@ChantelleArts Год назад

that's such an interesting design for the cover! I hadn't considered acrylics, I just went straight in with watercolour for mine 🤔

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Watercolour would be fun too! I went with acrylics more for their general strength and ability to wipe off smudges if my cats decide to walk over the book (not that they can right now as it's on the bookshelf, lol).

@paulah317 Год назад

I love the cover designs. Neat paintings with the different watercolor brands. Thanks for the idea! I'll be doing that with my multiple sets of watercolors and gouache.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

It's a great way to catalogue paints, and use them too!

@Azkademon Год назад

oh wow I will have to steal that sketchbook cover idea for one of mine, it turned out so good! I loved this tour and I'm so pleased you used one of my favourite words in the whole world 'chooks' :D I've never owned an Etchr book so can't comment on it but I did have one on my wish list on amazon, think I'll be removing it as they are too expensive for it to go to crap, lovely video! :D

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Haha feel free to use the design, I just cobbled it together from other things I'd seen online anyway, lol. I remembered to say chooks this time, heheh. And yes, I'm steering clear of these books for a while until someone can assure me they are better quality than the early versions.

@lozantoninocreations Год назад

You always have me googling products. Today it was wet palettes 😝 I've been aware of them for a long time, but I don't have one. I have 10,000 things though and that is 9900 more than I ever use 😂

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Haha don’t worry, I only found out about them about a year or so ago, and I’ve been a convert ever since. They make using acrylic paints a lot less annoying because they don’t dry out on the palette. There are larger ones out there by Masterson which are meant to be good. Mine is aimed at those who paint miniature figurines for tabletop gaming, but I like its compact size for filming. 😊

@dianaromig732 Год назад

What a wonderful sketchbook 🎉. I like how you do a painting with the paint that you swatch. 👍 Your paintings are lovely. I appreciate your advice on decorating our sketchbooks which are generally ugly. ❤

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you! I enjoy decorating the covers. 😊

@TsukabuNosoratori2 Год назад

I love how your cover turned out! I'm getting close to finishing my Etchr journal too, though I'm using it more for character drawings/studies etc. than animals and landscaping. It's a shame the sizing in the paper of yours went so wonky in the end, mine has been fine. Maybe you had a defunct batch or something? But I definitely plan on giving my cover the gesso treatment before I paint it with my acrylics. My cover is so messy from gouache and watercolor stains 😂I always love watching your flip throughs too :)

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Mine being from the earliest batch, may have worse paper than new versions. I'm glad it's done, at any rate. 😁

@TsukabuNosoratori2 Год назад

@@BeckyTregear It's always fun when you get to crack open a new sketchbook. It feels like an accomplishment xD

@theartofetta Год назад

I'm impressed how well organised your sketchbook is. Mines always look so messy 😅

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I thought mine was messy too.....lol!!

@veystone2580 Год назад

Love the cover!!! And the back too! ❤

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thank you 😊

@judywaddell6065 Год назад

luved your cover-very cheerful!. Ah, there's nothing like engaging in a bit of self deprecating humour!!!!. Hope you didn't get blown away today!!!!!!.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I try to keep it upbeat, haha! So much wind....we are fine though. I spent yesterday having a "Crafternoon" session in my warm office once I'd finished work for the day. I hope you're well. 😄

@awatercolourist Год назад

Love the cover!!

@awatercolourist Год назад

I love the galaxy paintings. You did a video about them, if I remember correctly.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I sure did! Just over a year ago now, I think.

@melissaaldosari8024 Год назад

The cover is gorgeous!

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Thanks, I had fun with that one!

@awatercolourist Год назад

18:08 Onion aliens 😂😂

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Haha they do look like onions!

@jillwiswall5386 Год назад

I also bought several early etchr sketchbooks and the sizing has failed in them. It’s so disappointing! I’m not sure whether I will invest in new ones or not; I’m leaning towards not currently. I have really enjoyed sketchbooks from Bee, Strathmore, and hannemule.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

That sucks; I think the early versions were a lot worse than newer books. I am with you in trying different brands for now. I just got a cotton Hahnemuhle book and that is really lovely so far. 😊

@jessbutterfly1934 Год назад

Have you gotten Schminckes latest Haze release

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Yes, the Haze set was the page spread in my book with the fox and wonky Neushwanstein Castle. I love that set a lot! 😊 Or is there a second haze set that I don’t know about…..😱

@wynngwynn Год назад

weird, I have used like 20 year old arches paper and it works just fine lol. They must've cheaped out or something.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Good to know your Arches is still going strong! ❤️

@karenkotze3175 Год назад

Do you know when this year’s random grey will be released?

@BeckyTregear Год назад

I don't know if there will be one, I've heard nothing about anything for 2023. Unless it's at the end of the year, but 2022 came out at the beginning I thought!

@Kyomiibrown Год назад

Becky, what is the gold pen you use? Thankyou.

@BeckyTregear Год назад

It's a Pilor Super Color Gold, fine tip. They don't seem to be very easy to find, but I did put one link in the description just now so you can see what it looks like, and maybe you can find one locally.

@Kyomiibrown Год назад

@@BeckyTregear Thank you 🙂

@wunna8657 Год назад

What do you mean by the sizing is going ? Do you mean the edges of the paper are disintegrating ? Sorry I am not an art person obviously 😂

@BeckyTregear Год назад

Haha no worries; it means the gelatine stuff they impregnate watercolour paper with is breaking down, so paint soaks into the paper rather than sitting on top, making a horrible mess and ugly lines. It usually starts around the edges, but even the middle part was starting to do this as well. So heartbreaking!

@wunna8657 Год назад

@@BeckyTregear Oh dear thanks for testing it out I like the look of that sketch book😉Now I will avoid it !

@wunna8657 Год назад

@@BeckyTregear Yes good paper and sketch books cost $$$$

@Anembracedjourney 2 месяца назад

I just bought mine a month ago and the paper is just as crappy. The elastic band is already stretched out. I want buy another one either way. It wasn’t worth the money .

@BeckyTregear 2 месяца назад

@@Anembracedjourney Oh no, I was hoping they might have improved the paper since their early batches! 😭 I was considering trying a new one to see how it went. Maybe I'll try a Perfect Sketchbook instead.

@bluewren65 9 месяцев назад

I think the Etchr Everyday sketchbook is really overrated. I have it in cold press and I hate the paper. It's ok for watercolour, and awful with gouache. The paper seems to suck the life and colour out of watercolour and is even worse with gouache (I use Schminke Horadam Gouache and watercolours, so it's not the quality of the paints). Even with acrylic ink I find it just dulls everything. From now on I'm saving my precious $$$ and making my own sketchbooks with higher quality paper for a much cheaper price.

@BeckyTregear 9 месяцев назад

I'm with you on that! I haven't had much luck at all with sketchbooks lately - the Hahnemuhle one is even more frustrating! I would consider a Perfect Sketchbook by Etchr, purely because the paper is Fabriano Artistico and I know it's good stuff, but then they cost a lot so hand making a book sounds like a much more cost effective idea.

@bluewren65 9 месяцев назад

@@BeckyTregear I just tried the Fabriano artistico super white hot press and it just makes acrylic inks sing. I made a large sketchbook yesterday, 48 pages of 200 gsm Magnani Pescia Book Paper which ended up a size between A4 and A3. This paper is sadly no longer available in Australia, but I'm glad I bought 50 A1 sheets back a while when they had their closing down sale. The sketchbook only took 5 sheets so I have 10 more sketchbooks, yay! I also bought a stack of print making paper, including my favourite Pescia relief printing 300gsm buff. Even at half price I spent over $1K. Like the Fabriano, the Pescia book paper takes all media so beautifully. A little buckling when I use a ton of water, but no more than with the etchr everyday but so much nicer to use.

@awatercolourist Год назад

First!

@MrsBarnabas Год назад

second!

@judywaddell6065 Год назад

-@@MrsBarnabas -I'm probably last, but what else is news!!!!.

@awatercolourist Год назад

@@judywaddell6065 😂 still nice to have you here 😃👋🏼

@awatercolourist Год назад

@@MrsBarnabas MrsB!! It’s been absolute ages! How are you 😃?

@MrsBarnabas Год назад

@@awatercolourist I haven't seen you around for quite a while, either, AW. I was going to find one of your posts to ask if you were ok, but you've beaten me to it by half a day! 😄 Hope you've been ok, and not affected by the grim weather events across the world? I've been rather busy, and summer is plein air time, too, so I've also been out as often as mega-high temperature have allowed. That's been a 'watch the time' situation, to be sure to be back at the car before the temperature went above 30. But I'm not too good at clock-watching when I'm out 'arting', and it's been a long hot slog a few more times than was good for my health!!! That's scary when it happens, and it happened three times... Hmmm.... I got away with it because I had extra fluids with cold packs in the car*, bottles of water and a towel to make a cooling collar, and also the presence of a breeze blowing across the car park each time. And the sense not to get in the car and drive till everything calmed down. At least I know how to deal with it - far too many people don't! (*I'd drunk all I had in my bag, and that included extra, but at 35 degrees in the shade, our unaccustomed bodies do _not_ cope!!!), We've had 35 _ 40 degrees consistently for what seems like forever through July to now, while Northern France and the UK have been suffering a non-even of summer, with temperatures below 20 most of the time! I'm also trying to cut down on writing comments, because once I start to write, my 'brief comment' expands into an essay, and I need to sort out my ArtTube writing addiction!!!! Not doing too well so far... as this comment bears witness! 😇