My Daily Sketching Routine 【Ideas & Tips for Beginners】 

I have a bad habit of starting a new sketch book without finishing the last one.

The reason why my sketchbook is still blank is that i want to draw only perfect 😅😅

You are so lucky to have the internet to get reference photos. Back in the day....we had to get them from magazines and newspapers, Or actually take our own photos; get a filing cabinet and folders, and do a lot of filing. Now, with computers, that job has been made so much easier.

I have one sketchbook for so called "more inappropriate" art. That's the sketchbook that not a lot of people that know me know about. 🎨But the other sketchbooks don't really have a theme. I don't only use it as a sketchbook. ✏️I also put pictures, brochures, business cards and prints from other artists in it or I ask friends if they wanna draw something in it. 👨‍🎨It's a lot of fun 😊👩‍🎨

In my sketchbook I just hang on without thinking and use what I just feel like. I'm also using body references but in time I learnt do draw them out of my head. I'm not really organized but it makes fun kinda :0 I love your artstyle

I try my best to sketch everyday. But there are times where I don't feel like it, and when this time comes, I listen. It's not a bad thing, it actually helps you refresh your mind. And don't expect to make something perfect in your sketchbook. Treat it as your diary, it is a place where you learn and improve, even if it is just a doodle. No one will see your sketchpad/sketchbook anyways.

This is very helpful. I'm getting better at not stressing about my sketches.

My sketchbooks have *always* been little, contained, chaotic explosions of random creativity. I’m 37 and have been abusing my sketchbooks since I could hold a pencil: I’m talking about all kinds of media mixed in, working on whatever page or orientation I just happened to open to at that particular moment. Starting from the very back, or a random middle page, making upside down drawings, sideways marker scribbles, next to fine, brushed lines in India ink, next to a grocery list, or a doodle. My children have been known to add in their own artwork or scribble an addition to one of mine. Fast forward to this very week. I recently bought TWO new sketchbooks and am trying to train myself to at the very least keep all my art upright and in some kind of chronological order. Little goals to work on to reign in the random chaos. After 37 years of working off the cuff, wish me lots of luck! I do feel though that organizing my sketches will help my organize my thought process better, ultimately leading to better planning and better art. Working from random bursts of inspiration can be fun, but I want to really try to refine my art, and planning seems like a likely way to help. Another thing I have been doing this year is loading up my iPad with reference drawings/photos/tutorials, etc. I separate them into categories and periodically go through my collection to add or delete new things. Using references isn’t cheating, unless you happen to trace those pics. References help train your eye. Always try to study the artists you admire in particular, see what they pay attention to and how they utilize expression and movement. ...The kids however are still welcome to use my “good” art supplies (even if they have their own,) because mom is cool like that 😂 I love your backstory, going from pet portraits and making a very concentrated effort to improve yourself - well done! If anyone wants to connect on Instagram you can find me @erinmadethat Thanks for the tips and the inspiration 🤓😁☺️

I have started doing this and i have gotten sooooooo much more better thank you soo much 😃😃😃😃🤗🤗🤗

Using reference is essential especially for a beginner like me lol

omg lol, i thought im the only one who has a lot of sketchbooks for different type of drawings/medium. people keep saying "you keep buyin sketchbooks, but you dont finish them. are you crazeeeyy?" xD

I will try you morning routine. 😍😍😍

Every Nice tips, thank you great tips

When i dont have any ideas i go to pinterest,you can download it on your phone or in your computer. But sometimes i make like a scribble and try to make a piece and from that alot of pieces where made from scribbles.

I work with comics a lot so it really is important for me to have references for human anatomy especially for superhero/vigilante comics when there is a lot of action so I agree references are very important and definitely not cheating 👌

lovely drawings and good infos~ pinterest is the best reference site.

Holy guacamole! So nice!

I also use pinterest for drawing references, lately I've been making boards based on the feeling the model is conveying.

You have a great talent may god bless you

Bunny❤️ can u please post a video on 'how to do those basic lines in the beginning of a sketch of faces' coz I'm really bad at it 😬

I only stick to 1 sketchbook and draw everything in there. I usually don't like to sketch out my ideas and just draw it to the finishing touch. I really like your tips, I'll try them out but will probably still stick to 1 sketchbook because they are sometimes quite pricy. Thanks! Edit: I draw things only once because whenever I draw sketches, they look pretty good to me and when I go to do the real thing, it just looks bad, worse than the sketch... so that's why I dont like drawing sketches

Your beautiful bunny ☺️☺️☺️☺️

I love this video !

You are really reallyy goood at drawing!!😻😻😻😻

I love your hoodie, dude!!!!!

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I have that onesie too

First of your vids I've watched. By 1:30 I was really hoping it would turn out that you could draw. You can. So yah, cute as hell and can draw. Score! subscribed.

Ur sooooo pretty and yes,I also love the hoodie 😂

I like to sketch animals, people, and buildings.

I find that “successful” sketches and even finished works are more of an accident. There are sketches smaller than a dollar coin that i cherish more than some of my full-on pieces. Even though “successful” pieces are rare (like, 100 potato people to 1 mona lisa), universally, they are sketches/pieces that i actually had fun producing.

Love your videos. Hope ya get to 1 million subs. ;) Edit: also my birthday is next sunday

My mom is a sketchbook stalker... she ALWAYS looks in my sketchbook

Mis respetos

This is really good but I'm more of a cartoon or anime artist....still amazing I just found your cannel and I subscribed😋😋😋😊😊😊😊

You are so cute And you do a really great job keep going ❤️💋

Hi everybody! For someone who is learning to draw, what paper would you recommend so that the individual can trace over an outline? (for pencil & colored pencil use)

I have diferent sketchbooks but i really do every think in the onr i found first cause im really messy

Hahah my name is bunny too!

Hi, how time to spend every day for draw?

I would do this everyday but guess what, I go to school, I have school, I have hw :(

Me: * watches a bunch of videos about drawing * Me: yeah i feel like skeching today! Me: * opens skechbook and stares at it for half an hour * Me: please kill me....

My tip is to fill a jar with words, characters, ideas, subjects. Anything that could give you an idea what to draw. Works for me, when I have no idea what to draw or paint.

The better version of a morning routine, lets be honest here.

I find that i have an easier time drawing on just printer paper. The amount of money spent to buy a new sketch book is so expensive i'm always pushing myself to be perfect at it instead of enjoying the art. I attempt to keep from freaking out over the little things but it seems like a waste if i fill it up with just imperfect drawings? Does that make sense?

Of course reference photos are not cheating. You always have to have a reference unless you are creating fantasy creatures and even those will have to have correct animal anatomy. If you go outside and draw a tree that you see you are using a reference. A live model is still a reference. A still life is still a reference. Why people get the idea that using a reference is ''copying'' or ''cheating'' is baffling to me. Use some common sense. If using a reference is cheating then Rembrandt and all the other masters were nothing more than copiers. LOL. The only stuff that doesn't need a reference of some sort is the abstract stuff that also doesn't require any kind of talent. Stuff like Jackson Pollack's paintings. Get over it people, if you want it to look like something use a reference.

Absolutely beautiful talent. I'm 52 years old I've always found sketching and watercolor beautiful. It's never imagined I could learn it. But I'm going to. My husband's going back for his masters degree, and I'm going to learn how to sketch! 😁

Hey! I’m a young, aspiring artist and this really helps! I just got a new sketchbook and was scared to “mess up the pages”, but you have taught me that it is just a sketchbook, and there is nothing to be afraid of! Thx for reading everyone! Edit: I just came back to this video a year later and completely forgot I commented on it! I just finished my first sketchbook yesterday and am now starting a new one! I’ve definitely learned over the past year that not everything I draw has to be perfect.

The way you draw faces is phenomenal! Your style is very unique - I like how its mostly realistic with a slight cartoon-ish feel to it; it's very subtle, but you know it's there. Also, your drawing process from 4:49-7:50 was entrancing. You're one of the few artists I've come across who actually gives characters bushy eyebrows, full lips, and beauty marks/freckles. It's just...wow.

Aw you're adorable! I am so specific on art youtubers and people but I like you!

I draw almost daily and I like to use 1 sketchbook at a time to get a sketchbook finished. I have had multiple sketchbooks in the past and just felt like I never had a completely finished book.

Your work is lovely and I see you are working hard to learn. I am a professional artist and took me ten years to find all the tricks that the best artists use for sketching, so I will tell you some: Try to sketch with hard lead colored pencils going up in tones. You start with light blue then going to purple and finally maybe black. That allows you to over-sketch on top without using erasers. Verithin Prismacolor is a great product for that but any hard lead brand will do! I also advise you to try col-erasel Prismacolor pencils because you can erase them and again the colors can help you going up in values as you decide the lines you keep. They are exactly for that purpose and the most professional artists use them. Another tip is to simply sketch with pens and live with the lines. This type of sketching feels like freedom because will help your trace to just flow. Choose a cheap pen or choose micron pens. Any pen you love or feels smooth. I think this should be the first technique people use before even pencils. For extra special tip you can buy a great quality mixed media journal and paint the background one color with acrylics then sketch with pens on top. Pens will love this background and they will feel super smooth as you trace your drawing. ❤ Last and best advice; after all that, you can go back to your pencils and for the eraser, clean it super easily with sand paper. They sell mini package sheets for sanding the pencils to keep them clean of wood and keep them sharp but they are amazing to clean your eraser while you sketch away. starrpoint.blogspot.com/2010/01/keep-your-pencils-sharp.html

I have a big problem :| I DONT SKETCH... I JUMP RIGHT IN TO THE MASTERPIECE... NO WONDER I ALWAYS FEEL UNSATISFIED.

the idea that using references is cheating has to be one of, if not THE, worst idea thrown around by artists/about art. i don't know who started it, but it's a lie. references are essential to learning! _disney_ had people actually act out their movies and used it as reference! you can find videos of it on youtube! people used to use ropes and wood to make physical grid sets they could place in front of what they wanted to draw to help them get it accurate on their canvas! my art improved _dramatically_ from using references!

I have a lot sketchbooks, not for different reason's, I just love a new sketchbook, so I end up buying a new one if I see one I like, whether I need it not... I certainly own more than I can fill in a reasonable amount of time LOL

I just finished my second sketchbook and for me, its so weird because I did not draw for two days. Usually I sketch every single day. And over the year its my routine. I love to draw in my sketchbook, its so crazy and colourful and it has lots of fails, but it doesnt matter, because later i will laugh about it and see how I (hopefully) improve. sry for my english ( I am still learning ( I am German)).

Girl you need to teach me how to wear cute sweaters

I’ve always loved art and drawing ever since I was younger, but I’ve never really stuck to my goals of improving and I’ve been so bummed out about it because now I feel like it’s too late lol. But I’ve been filling the Inktober prompts for this year and now I want to really get back into art again - it’s been so, so fun coming up with just sketches, but a week in and I’m starting to get pessimistic again because my works aren’t that good. I think I really need to learn to forgive myself for not being good as you’ve put it haha! Thank you for sharing your experience and the tips! You’ve got yourself another subscriber :) I’ll be following you on IG to stalk as well lol. Thanks again for the vid!

I like your videos because they help me learn English and improve in drawing ❤

I am not Very confident when it comes to drawing

That picture before the intro I had to pause and be like bintch that is beautiful I WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING AS AN ARTIST look at that ANATOMY uh *resumes video*

Duh. I have two "main" sketchbooks. The first one is Canson Artbook One it already looks pretty bad, so I use it for swatches and experiments and wet techniques - the paper is only 100g/m2, so it doesn't take it well, but it's my "rubbish sketchbook" anyways. The other one my favourite Winsor&Newton sketchbook 170g/m2. It's surface is supersmooth and white. It's perfect for traditional inks (both dye and pigment based) and I use it only for more ambitious projects. However it's only has 50 pages since the paper is so thick. However I'd love to know what's the sketchbook you're using. I'm looking for something I could use for journaling. I prefer spiral bound sketchbooks with smooth paper (I use fountain pen for writing, so otherwise it feathers) that can take one or two washes of water for watercolour pencils (130g/m2 and up are ok, really). Could you recomend anything?

My inspiration : cmon we need to draw Me:uhh ok ALSO me:uhh inspiration what are we going to draw Inspiration : what is inspiration or drawing

Just when I was wondering how to fill my sketchbook xD Love ya~

Bunny just know its not cheating to use reference materials. When I was in art school we had a huge machine that enlarged or decrease our reference materials. They expected us to trace some things for learning. You are doing just fine. love your style girl!!

some people are really proud of not using any references - the art I saw from them were always either completely flat, really bad shadowed or completely messed in anatomy

Am i the only one that likes to buy sketch book and never use it

1:48 you are extremely correct!!! amen Gurl!!!

You are so pretty i like your eyes😊

I have such trouble breaking in a new sketchbook even after all of these years. Sometimes I will just scribble on a page just so that first page has been used lol.

It's 12 :42 am rn, k I was doing something before the vid started and I forgot my headphone were like more than half way, and sis when you said 'HeY GuYS' my heart like naruto ran out my body I got so scared,not from u tho just the full volume..... Umm anyways yea I have a bad habit of sketching in new books without completing my other

If you struggle with drawing hands, I would suggest using your own for a reference!

My problem with sketch books is, I find I doodle more freely ok scraps pieces of paper. Or notepads when I’m doze of in lecture. But when I have sketchbook seeing this perfect blank paper in my head I want to fill it with amazing art. Then result in I do a few lines I get frustrated because it’s not perfect I keep erase after few lines result in frustration and not have anything to draw out

What's cute? the hoodie or u? I'm curious. But I guess it's both. Anyway, I seperate scene sketches from portrait sketches, Is it okay? hMm

I'm new to drawing daily. I like to sketch faces and horses

You guys think you’re bad? I learned how to bind books to help save money buying sketchbooks lol.

I hold the pencil in a death grip like 80% of the time gaaaah. Trying hard to loosen it up! Very sweet video, nice and positive in its encouragment! ❤👏

Wooow, it's nice! I want to have a sketchbook for everything. I really like drawing and watercolours paintings in one sketchbook, but I don't want to throw money for dedicated watercolours sketchbook, because 1. I'm not as confident in watercolours as I would like to, and 2. All of them are like 20 pages, that ones with more of them are extremely expensive. Can you recommend me some sketchbook with many pages, wich would be cool with watercolours?

Do u have a tutorial on how to draw a face?

I have several sketchbooks some of them i scribble on or use them when i am drawing something for the first time and when i get it right I draw on my main sketchbook

I wouldn't scroll through deviantart homepage for reference.

This girl is SUCH an underrated artist.

I think you were very inspiring

michelangelo is reputed to only keep one out of every 20 drawings grays anatomy (not grey, you will get a million tv show references) it is great resource for drawing muscle and bone etc - there is one for veterinarians too a book titled drawing on the right side of the brain by dr betty edwards is a very good resource also, especially if you are blocked draw a normal pic, like a portrait, but this time use black paper and 'draw' with white pastel, chalk, whatever - so instead of drawing on white paper with a black pencil - instead use a white pencil on black paper - makes an artist's brain go haywire sorry for prattling on, I'm an old man, we tend to prattle.

Thank u so much. This video was so inspiring. Watching the way u sketch was so lovely. If you feel like it, please consider showing us ur daily practice process a little bit...may be a weekly video on the daily sketching process. Would love to watch u sketch...so relaxing and inspiring. Thank u again and good day! :) [am having trouble with the 3/4th face, generally all other angles except the front... :(... would appreciate if u have any tips on that, thanks.]

I'd just like to put this out there There is no such thing as cheating when it comes to art I had this mind set that tracing was stupid cause it's cheating but it's a very good way to practice and make more copies of your work etc...

Your drawing style is kinda like mine

I had the same pencil u were using but it broke:/

I started digital art and now my sketchbook is somewhere prob full of cobwebs. Yikes lol 😂

Me :WHAT SHOULD I DRAW me:at 3am SOOO MANY IDEAS

I usually work on separate paper made for the media I''m using which ill work on and then after I've finished the piece, I stick it into a giant sketchbook, anoate it, sketch some stuff around it ect ect. If it's relevant to the piece i just did, worse in quality/just a quick doodle, i directly sketch it in my main sketchbook

I have looooots of sketchbooks! But I like to, you know, chaotically mix everything with everything, so that my sketchbooks kinda spicen themselves. Except for that one sketchbook where I did Inktober2017. But not because it was meant to be for the Inktober. Just because I was carrying it in my bag everyday and didn't saw a reason to change it. Btw YES what a lovely hoody awww!

I luv the background song who else agrees

*Really good video ans tips. Thank you :)*

What is the ink pen you are using to ink in your sketches?

Welcome from 2022

Came for the art, stayed for the hoodie. I do have a sketchbook for different things.

❤️❤️❤️Hey what’s your Pinterest because I would really like to follow you because I would like to look at your inspiration boards❤️❤️❤️

Is it? Is it really? Your name is bunny? There’s a human being named bunny? If you weren’t such a damn good artist that would just be an insufferable name to have to call someone every time you saw them!😂 even worse if they named themselves that! That would be the worst! People that name themselves are gross.😂 but seriously! You’re awesome!

I always thought to be a good artist you had to just draw really good free hand without reference. It’s nice to know you can be good and use reference to practice and get better. Don’t have to be perfect ! I am still learning and sometimes get frustrated that I’m not THERE “yet” (where ever that is) I’m realizing it in the journey not the destination ♥️ And to KEEP going and practicing. Great vid ✨