Sketchbook ideas | making art for yourself | materials & processes 

Its a beautiful feeling when we let go of ego, forego perfection and use sketchbooks a wild place to learn, practise and generate ideas.

Hey Orla, are you familiar with Sandi Hester? If not, I think you would both enjoy each other's work and process. I am going to suggest this to her as well. ❤

Amazing! You are the only youtube person I watch over and over. Apart from yoga ofc.

Love this, thanks Orla, I found you the other day, being a beginner you inspired me to go and purchase a square sketch book, and these last few nights I have been laying washes of acrylic to build up a number of pages to work with on holiday soon. You’re a star, sharing with and encouraging the likes of me.

Thanks for sharing Orla, the whole video process must take up quite a bit of your time so I really appreciate you giving us that gift. I have never really understood the reasoning behind sketchbooks, it's always seemed like a waste of art. I always wanted to spend my time on art that ends up as a finished piece. Listening to your thoughts and processes I feel a penny has dropped! Using your sketchbooks as a library has really changed my way of thinking. So I'm doing the 100 day challenge that starts on Feb 18th I think, and posting on Instagram. So I'm going to do 100 days of sketchbook pages, all of a sudden I'm excited about starting my library of creativity and ideas that I can use for inspiration. Thank you so very much😊

I love your beautiful organic sketches colour pallets and your intuative process the idea of pictures amd words are always engaging and expressive thank you for sharing 💜

Hi Orla...I recently found you and really enjoy seeing your adventures outdoor in your country & seeing your processes. I am in the States (Wisconsin, specifically) and have always loved the outdoors and the creativity it inspires in me. I also love seeing the amazing color you use to interpret the world around you. Thanks for being an inspiration!

Your art is so inspiring and so amazing. So different from many other artists- I just resonate with it!😊

Just wow, thanks for such inspiration! Here we have non stop rainy days but can't wait to be back outdoors again! Photography and markmaking, so many ideas to try out!

This is wonderful, you are a massive inspiration ☺☺☺

I love your sketchbooks. So inspiring ❤

I love this video! Your use of colour, your lines and marks, simple as they are, so divine. I just want to paint NOW!!!!!!

You are also creating valuable memories, feelings, and emotions to bring forward into your work. Adding to your bank!

Hello Orla, thank you very much for sharing your beautiful sketchbooks with us....I am very impressed!....I have been binding all of my sketchbooks myself as a watercolor artist for a long time and it is wonderful that this can also be part of the artistic process ......sketching and collecting impressions means a lot to me!..Many Greetings from Germany....😊

I love this idea of recording the actual experiences to refer to later, collecting a little arsenal of textures and colors-so helpful to keep in mind❤

So inspirational thank you so much xxxx

Sempre belli i tuoi lavori...😊

Oh my I'm so glad to have found you ... ❤

I just discovered your channel and I love it👍👍❤️❤️

So glad i found you! Love your outdoor sessions❤

Loved this orla ❤

❤ and big up!

I’m so happy I found you and your channel💐💜

Such a great video and inspiring art. Thank you for sharing so much of your art and the landscape in which you live. 😊

I loved this video so much! Thank you so much for sharing part of your process. you explain things beautifully. Have a great weekend!

Thank you for your generosity in sharing your process, materials etc! Your work is really interesting and inspiring, and very helpful tome as I want to start taking sketchbook and materials out on walks with me and actually doing something with them, rather than feeling fearful of them (if that makes sense!!) . Beautiful videos to watch with your lovely open energy!

Lovely video Orla ❤thanks for sharing some of the process and the tour, it’s so interesting to watch. This week I’ve been working outside my sketchbook and plan to take it outside tomorrow, perfect timing to watch your video 😊

This is wonderfully inspiring, Orla❤️I’m going away this weekend and definitely bringing my sketchbook with me

Hi Orla, I've just stumbled upon you recently. So glad i did! Love your free way of drawing and painting. Love listening to you too. Thank you for sharing your art, ideas and thoughts x Nell.

Thank you for sharing your process and letting us have a look in your sketchbooks 😍 just found you and subscribed 😊

Ahhh, the wind came to help. You are very brave. I would have a lap full of ink by the end and probably not nearly as much on the page. LOL

Me watching you paint: "omg" "gasp!" "oh no" "oh"

Thank you for all this info! I'm so curious about which paper you use when you do your series paintings on watercolor paper. I want to try to do multiple paintings at a time like you do and wondering if you have a favorite paper to use.

How to avoid copying? i just cant get out from this. copy and copy... i seem like not having any idea how to invent my own subjects, thank you for your videos

Hi Orla, im new to your channel. I have just come across a book & artist you might like to check out....Frances Hatch...she had a trip to the Antarctic 😊

Greetings - Please take better care of your paint brushes. Cleaning them fully/properly - even the cheaper ones will help them last and perform better. I have useable paint brushes from 1979-1997 because I clean and store them properly... Just sayin... 🖌 🖌 🖌 🎨 Your sketch book (from your plien air trip) is kickin!