A New Sketchbook + book inspiration + a tour | the Art of Practice
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Today I'm sharing my new octopus sketchbook. Showing you examples from The Flowers of Provence book that inspired me to create new work of my own. Also giving you a sketchbook tour of what I have watercolor painted in a vertical format inspired by the illustrator Melissa Sweet. It is a great example of the Art of Practice.
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Supplies used:
The Flowers of Provence* amzn.to/4apWo1L
Octopus Sketchbook* amzn.to/43ErDnJ
The Right Word* amzn.to/3Tx5XFB
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I too would like to add my voice here to share how much I appreciate your current content. I especially love the way you break things down into manageable little pieces. For example, the essence of that flower to progress your loose painting skills, and the use of the cropping tool to capture focused mini vignettes which function both as exercises to acquire new skills and beautiful art in their own right.
This is how kids learn the alphabet and progress to reading. Great teaching skills. Thank you Kelly.
Ahhh, thank you so much Christine, I really appreciate that! Glad it has you inspired.
What a tremendous teacher you are!Your love of art is so evident,and is as transparent as your beautiful watercolor renderings.Much heartfelt appreciation. ❤
You are so kind, thank you for your sweet comments! I love to share my art journey because so many of us are on a similar one. Thank you for being part of my creative community here on the channel, I really appreciate it!
What an utterly captivating, enchanting, and inspirational video! For almost 30 minutes, a cranky tooth (& even crankier teenager) disappeared entirely. 😊 Your color swatches/palettes alone are an art form in and of themselves. And your artwork is even more stunning than the beautiful book you shared. Thank you so very much, Kelly!
Oh no, nothing worse than a cranky tooth, ouch and sorry! Thank you for liking my swatches, I really do enjoy creating them over and over and over. Glad you were inspired by the book, it is a beautiful gift for us all!
Thank you so much for teaching us how to see, think and respond with our heart, not just our eyes! You are a wonderful artist in the true sense of the word. Thank you for showing us the way.
Laura, such lovely comments, thank you for that they are much appreciated!
You have a such a gift of expressing your creative inspiration in such a completely original way. I subscribe to many channels I love but yours is quite unique. Love the textures you achieve with watercolor. Bravo to your sketchbooks. Thanks for sharing your art with us/really enjoying the content!
You are very welcome and thank you for appreciating my differences to others!
I SO agree
Thank you so much for your interesting ways to paint. I just found your December 24 days of painting and Im doing this here in March of 24. I look forward to your many new adventures. I love the sketch book of monthly favorites, and the monthly round tiny paintings of each day. I am learning so much from you. Keep bringing us new ideas. I'm absorbing them as fast as I can. Oh and I'm excited about all the new colors you share. You are a treasure.
Thank you for joining my Artful Advent, make sure you are on the Playlist, it just makes it a lot easier to follow. Glad you are inspired by my channel and welcome to In the Studio!
Just ordered The Flowers of Provence!!! It looks so beautiful. Thank you for the recommendation, Kelly ❤ You are a wealth of knowledge. I’m enjoying your classes that I’m taking and ALWAYS look forward to a new UA-cam video of yours 😊 Xo, Nancy
You are going to love it. It is also the perfect size for carrying it around and getting inspired at a moments notice!
I was so inspired by this video that I bought the book The Flowers of Provence and WOW WOW WOW...Every page is gorgeous and in the vintage feel I love. Thank you for sharing this book and your wonderful art
You are welcome it is a small but mighty treasure trove of inspiration and beauty at our fingertips!
I am really inspired by today’s video! I really love how you are using your sketchbooks to learn your color palettes, and to learn the way the colors mixes because as a new painter, I really need to learn these things. And I love the innovative way that you were changing up your sketchbooks, andlearning from it and the different thumbnails and it’s just gorgeous. Thank you.
I found your channel recently and now I am binge watching all your older videos 🥰
Thank you so much and welcome to In the Studio!
Thank you for watching, there are a lot of playlists if you are looking for something specific!
Your new sketchbook is so special, Kelley, you have beautiful ideas and the ability to paint them. The flower book is gorgeous -- I am learning so much from you about looking at the colors and painting segments of those photos. Amazon US is already sold out of the octopus book, maybe they'll get more, but Amazon UK has them. Thank you so much for producing your videos and sharing your creativity.
Any sketchbook will do - regular style, concertina - the octopus was just new to me so I made it work in this study. I'm glad you are inspired and open to seeing all the possibilities the book offers us as artists. Welcome to In the Studio!
Such a gorgeous video, watched and enjoyed till the end ☺☺
Thank you Chantelle, I appreciate that so much!
I’m always inspired and challenged by you Kelly! Thank you
I'm glad that I always challenge and inspire you Teresa, YEAH!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent, your perspective, and your process. I am so enjoying your videos after finding the first one a few days ago, and this one was the absolute finest! Definitely ordering the book you discovered. Your love of painting is infectious, and so inspiring to others. I feel like I’m seeing watercolor painting in a whole new way, thanks to you!
First of all, welcome to In the Studio! Secondly, you are too kind and your comments have made me blush. I'm happy our creative paths have crossed and you are being inspired YEAH!
I love hearing your thoughts on creating, Kelly. Thank you so much for sharing with us. :)
You are very welcome Sheila, I love sharing!
Expect the unexpected without limiting your choices - lovely words.
So happy my words made such an impact, thank you!
I love this video! So inspiring. I’ve got The Flowers of Provence on hold with my local library-thanks for sharing it! My children’s librarian heart leaped when you showed Melissa Sweet’s illustrations. (She’s one of my favorites and I have that book signed by her! ❤❤❤). Your octopus journal and your work in it is fabulous-I love the page layouts and the pieces you painted-and using the cropping tool to focus was such a new idea for me. You open my mind to so many things. I’m spinning with inspiration-thank you.
The cropping tool is a game changer. If you purchase and 8x10 mat, cut diagonally through opposite corners and you have an instant crop tool that will last you years. I'm so happy that you are learning so much from my channel, thank you Allison!
Kelly, I absolutely loved this creative exploration and fusion of influences from these beautiful books! You have a real gift for noting and nurturing the subtle and hidden and creating such gorgeous novelty. I learn so much from each of your videos, thank you. 🙏
Oh my, your words are so beautiful and they are about me and my art. Thank you so much for being part of In the Studio!
Tap Tap Kelly 🌺 beautiful share! You always bring such creativity ❤️
What a surprise Debbie, thank you *tap, tap, tap*
Kelly, I loved this video! I watched it early before my day got started and now I’m totally inspired to create. I can’t thank you enough. I’m really hoping you will do another class with this concept! I’ll be sure to take it.
What a wonderful comment, thank you for starting your new day with me and getting inspired to create!
I one quarter way through this video and I can’t keep watching without thanking you! Inspiring! Beautiful! Thank you thank you!!!
You are so welcome and glad it has inspired you and welcome to In the Studio!
Great ideas in this video, Kelly. I find it helpful to follow another artist's process. Thanks!
Thank you so much and love that you found the process helpful YEAH!
@@kellyhoernig Definitely! Will give this a try. Looks like a perfect way to simplify a scene and make approaching a subject less overwhelming.
@@janecharbonneau1619 the crop tool is amazing with the simplification of the scene for sure, enjoy it!
I can hear your excitement to getting your paints and using these inspirations to get painting! And the picture of the "old world iris" I can see doing that with 3 colors, yellow ochre, mauve and maybe olive green. Love it!
What a beautiful color trio that would be. Isn't fun being inspired by something unexpected?
This is absolutely brilliant❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much and welcome to In the Studio!
Oh my gosh, i love this so much
Thank you so much! It is just such a unique way of looking at things, in stripes, and I'm glad you enjoyed it too!
Thanks for the great, new ideas! Very inspiring!
I'm thrilled that you were inspired by this study practice, you are welcome!
I truly love your appreciation of beauty. It’s very inspiring. ❤
Thank you so much. Finding beauty in the everyday is always inspiring!
Great❤ thanks for sharing! Loved the books.
Glad you found them inspiring, thank you!
I enjoyed this video so much! Such a new way of exploring!
Hi Sherre *waving frantically* thank you for stopping by and getting inspired YEAH!
I looked on Amazon for an octopus sketchbook but didn't find one. Where did you find yours? I did order those books because i found this idea so inspiring. @@kellyhoernig
I stumbled across your video and I am so glad I did! This was so interesting, your explanations, observations and processes so well done. Thank you for sharing. Just by coincidence, my niece's name is Melisa Sweet. She is a preschool educator however, creative work in another arena!
I love that your niece shares Melissa's name, made me giggle! Glad you were inspired by how I created around this book!
I purchased this book about two months ago because it was so beautiful. I just didn’t know how to use it. So I’m really excited to see what you do with it!
Yeah, I love when good things happen to cross our creative paths, enjoy the inspiration!
Thank you fabulous video
Oh wow the book is not as expensive as I feared 😮. I can afford to buy it 😊
You are very welcome, hope it inspires many hours of joy!
I thought it was pretty reasonable for the quality and quantity of inspiration inside, enjoy it!
Wonderful inspiration…….
I'm thrilled it has you inspired, hope you give it a try in your sketchbook!