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Valerian
United Kingdom
Приєднався 9 кві 2020
Valerian is an arts and illustration business based in Gloucestershire run by me, Emma Leyfield. This channel is a chance to share my world as an artist, from watercolours to sketchbook tours and simple tutorials that aim to get more people involved with creativity.
Sketchbooking is a passion of mine that I would recommend to anyone looking to create a meditative routine that also hones a skill. There's nothing better for learning to draw than doing it every day and keeping some form of daily journal can be great for mental health. Underlying all my work is an element of the traditional and the fundamentals of drawing which I think is important.
I hope you find something that inspires you on this channel!
Emma
Sketchbooking is a passion of mine that I would recommend to anyone looking to create a meditative routine that also hones a skill. There's nothing better for learning to draw than doing it every day and keeping some form of daily journal can be great for mental health. Underlying all my work is an element of the traditional and the fundamentals of drawing which I think is important.
I hope you find something that inspires you on this channel!
Emma
Watercolour Sketching - An Almond Hyperlapse
A quick watercolour painting in my current sketchbook. I draw all sorts in my sketchbooks but one of my favourite subjects for daily painting is tea/coffee/cake - a Pavlovian use of a routine I already have to put the kettle on at certain times of the day. This is hopefully one of a few more videos so please like and subscribe if you're interested in seeing more like this!
Buy me a cuppa: www.buymeacoffee.com/valerianstudio
Website: valerian.co.uk
Instagram: valerianstudio
Twitter: ValerianStudio
Facebook: valerianstudio
Materials used:
- Homemade sketchbook using Saunders Waterford 190gsm watercolour paper of mixed texture and recycled leather.
- A mix of artists watercolours from Schmincke and Winsor and Newton. See blog post here in which i go in DEPTH about watercolour materials:
www.valerian.co.uk/post/overview-of-watercolour-materials
- Rosemary and Co Sable/Nylon Travel brush www.rosemaryandco.com/watercolour-brushes/r16-pocket-sable-nylon-blend-dagger
- Carbon Ink Pen (hard to find) www.amazon.co.uk/Platinum-Fountain-Black-Body-DPQ-700A/dp/B006Z10E1S
Read this blog about them: www.wellappointeddesk.com/2020/11/whats-up-with-the-platinum-carbon-desk-pen/
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Buy me a cuppa: www.buymeacoffee.com/valerianstudio
Website: valerian.co.uk
Instagram: valerianstudio
Twitter: ValerianStudio
Facebook: valerianstudio
Materials used:
- Homemade sketchbook using Saunders Waterford 190gsm watercolour paper of mixed texture and recycled leather.
- A mix of artists watercolours from Schmincke and Winsor and Newton. See blog post here in which i go in DEPTH about watercolour materials:
www.valerian.co.uk/post/overview-of-watercolour-materials
- Rosemary and Co Sable/Nylon Travel brush www.rosemaryandco.com/watercolour-brushes/r16-pocket-sable-nylon-blend-dagger
- Carbon Ink Pen (hard to find) www.amazon.co.uk/Platinum-Fountain-Black-Body-DPQ-700A/dp/B006Z10E1S
Read this blog about them: www.wellappointeddesk.com/2020/11/whats-up-with-the-platinum-carbon-desk-pen/
#sketchbook #sketchbooktour #sketchbooking #dailyjournal #tea #englishtea #cake #satisfying #satisfyingvideos #hyperlapse #timelapse #watercolour #art #watercolor #illustration #dailydrawing #painting #homemadebiscuits #artsupplies #almonds #drawing
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Painting flowers in watercolours - an impromptu recording from my Tea, Cake and Watercolour class!
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This little snippet was recorded for Covid isolation purposes but I thought I may as well share it despite its spontaneous nature. For more info on a similar process with autumn leaves you can read this blog post: www.valerian.co.uk/blog/index.php?id=2 This recording is from a five week Tea, cake and watercolour course in Stroud, Gloucestershire. For more info on my classes you can check out my...
Sketchbook Tour!
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Something a little bit different today! Take a look through this sketchbook from winter 2021 and listen to me talk about all things sketchbookery. Skip to 2.15 to see inside. Please excuse the Magpies chattering away in the background, they dearly wanted to contribute. Sketchbook: Hardback Art Creation Sketchbook 12x12cm www.jacksonsart.com/royal-talens-art-creation-hardback-sketchbook-12x12cm-...
How to make an origami letter-fold - Art and Design (part 3)
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In this video I'll cover how to do a hexagonal letter-fold which looks very impressive but is actually quite easy. Follow along to add an interesting twist to your correspondence, ready to decorate with beautiful artwork. You will need an A4 sheet of good quality writing paper and a postage stamp. For the example shown I used a Unipin pen (size 0.3) to draw the design, My fav Rosemary & Co wate...
How to make origami letter-folds - Art and Design (part 2)
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In this video I'll cover how to do a traditional rectangular letter-fold in the vintage (ie pre-postage stamp, ie pre 1840) style. Follow along to add an interesting twist to your correspondence, ready to decorate with beautiful artwork. You will need an A4 sheet of good quality writing paper and a postage stamp. For the example shown I used a Unipin pen (size 0.3) to draw the design, My fav Ro...
How to make origami letters - Art and Design. (Part 1)
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In this video I'll cover how to do a triangular letter-fold. Follow along to add an interesting twist to your correspondence, ready to decorate with beautiful artwork. You will need an A4 sheet of good quality writing paper and a postage stamp. For the example shown I used a Unipin pen (size 0.3) to draw the design. Website: www.valerian.co.uk/ Blog post: (Coming soon).
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Excellent! Thanks for sharing.❤
Lovely! Thank you!
I have one of those journals. I haven’t quite known what to do with the size. Even though I love it. This is just the inspiration I need. I am a new subscriber and am excited to have found your channel. I love sketchbook tours, reviews of art books and materials, I especially love watercolor and gouache with texture from pencils and pastels etc. I love to see tutorials of those, and love to see collections. After years of pigeonholing each art journal to have a theme or type of art, I too have learned to do it loosely, as my mood denotes. I’ll go from drawing to painting with watercolors, to gouache, to colored pencils. I used to think I had to have a journal for each and practice and mark making should be done on separate paper. Not any more. It’s too much stuff all over the place . Look at this lovely collection you have. I am already a big fan, two videos in! :):)
I make sketchbooks with all different papers for pencil, pens, pastels, and watercolour. I really like this, and making them different sizes too! I use them to keep notes about bigger artwork and the paints that I have used, as well as quick sketches and then more finished pieces. You can try painting a cheap paper like the Art Creations sketchbook with watercolour ground and then after it dries....paint away. I have just done that in mine.
Thank you I'll give that a go! I'm doing lots of experiments with materials at the moment so it's perfect timing.
I had a hard time hearing your audio, but I will subscribe anyhow...
What pen do u use? Really nice work!
I have a sketch book, and it's nice to see other people's sketch books to get ideas and inspiration. Your book is varied, throughout its pages, which has given me some thought for mine. Thankyou
New sub!
Pretty! What brand of watercolor did u use?
Lovely. The mug watercolor is beautiful!
this sketchbook is so inconsistant, sometimes you get a good one with minimal bleed and able to do double page watercolour and then youll get one which will bleed even the lighest colour its weird the smaller one dont bleed as much but the a4 one is a joke compared to paper thickness of the small a6 one
This is really interesting and good to know!
I loved your sketchbook tour video, would love more videos from you, this one was lovely too! 🙂
Woah that's amazing it looks so real
Thank you!
@@valerianillustration hey would you mind doing a basic watercolor technique and things a beginner should know kind of a video Cause I'm a beginner
@@meenakshimuralidharan5078 Good idea, I think that would be helpful to a lot of people. In the mean time, the best advice I can give when you're starting out is to spend and hour testing the colours in your set. They say you should never use less than two colours at a time - this isn't strictly true as I do put pure colour on the page but you should be doing a lot of mixing. On the left hand page in the video this is what I'm doing; testing colours, and I do this with every painting even though I've been using this particular tin of paints for 5 years. Fill several double pages with test swatches and unusual mixes, using different quantities of water, and you'll be well on your way.
@@valerianillustration okay thanks for this
The bird page was awesome
Thank you!
Love your style. I have a lined diary where I make lists and plan my gardens and meals but I contain my finished work in my Global Travelogue sketchbooks.
Love your sketchbook. I'm also interested in buying some art creations sketchbooks.
Beautiful artwork❤ new subscriber💕
Recently I also did a sketchbook tour on my channel and I talk about this exact thing - that you can use your sketchbook for everything. It was so nice to see someone else writing stuff in your sketchbook and just doing rough stuff! Would love to see more tours!
Thank you! I've never found the dear diary style worked for me but small notes and snippets of life are so manageable and natural to add to sketches :)
Beautiful friend,keep going up😃✌️awesome😃.
I have just come across your channel and enjoyed your sketchbook tour and hope to see more of them 😁. I have been keeping a sketchbook for about 3.5 years now. I use it as more of a visual diary where I added text about what happened that day. I try and do a page a day and have found that by sticking a sticky note on each page I can jot down things that have happened to write up later when the sketch is finished, or at a later date if I get behind..also as a way to improve my handwriting! I also tape in my calendar and to do list at the back so it's all in one book 🙂. My sketches tend to vary from real life sketches of something/some event in my day, from my photos if I don't have time to sketch in situ, from inspiring photos or from inspiring pictures or tutorials online, or just experiments, nothing is taboo. I also try new styles and materials to mix it up. I love to go back through my journals, I am currently on #24, and see my progress and read what happened that day. I use various journals and sketchbooks but have just recently returned to the moleskine watercolour books, which last me for two months each one. ❤️
Shirley thank you so much for giving me a glimpse into your sketching habits. I love the idea of having a calendar in the back of your journal, even something small that records the months that it spans. You must have growing shelves too! I wish mine were regimented enough to line up nicely but I'm always tempted by unusual shapes and sizes. :)
Hi Artist You are doing a very beautiful job. People are watching your video. Keep working hard. You need more than luck to succeed in affiliate business.stay connected. ❤❤🌹🌹🌹
More sketchbooks please! 😉 💜
There’s plenty more to come!
I like how you use it for visual notes or as a diary because seeing other people's sketchbook has made me very picky abut what i put in mine, almost as if everything in the sketchbook had to be very polished and it looses it's purpose. Great video! 🌸
Thank you! That’s precisely it, it looses its experimental purpose if it’s all perfect. Sometimes I scribble on pages just to make sure it doesn’t become too neat!
I love that you keep everything in one notebook…so smart
love your sketchbook. i also use a sketchbook, sometimes as a journal, sometimes as an art book, painting in watercolor or gouache. its very relaxing and im not worried with making every painting perfect. thankyou for sharing.
Thank you for this comment Jack, I always like to hear about other artists' sketching habits. i completely agree that it's more relaxing when perfection is off the board.
Love your work <3 also love the little animation at the start great job
Thank you! I very much enjoyed making that little pencil animation and would like to experiment more with them :)
How do you attach the "postcard" (I think that's what it is) to the front of your sketchbook?
Yes it is a postcard, I have found that superglue is the best way to attach them and other things to the front. Sometimes I also use stamps or labels from bottles!
So pretty! Love your sketchbook. New friend here.
Loved your sketchbook.
Can you help me how to draw the basics of face actually am a beginners 😅 And also your arts are so calming
Hi Anita, I'm so pleased to hear that you find the videos calming, I will definitely consider doing one about portraiture but in the meantime you can have a look at my blog on drawing the basics of the face using anatomy here: www.valerian.co.uk/blog/index.php?id=3 :)
@@valerianillustration thankyou for being so nice ❣️
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