I think you already solved your 100 heads challenge dilemma! Draw them wherever, but keep a digital log of them so you can keep count. No one said you couldn't take pictures and keep them in a folder on your computer or something. I have to laugh at myself too, as I saw two different sketches I wanted a closer look at, so I paused the video to inspect them. The ones that caught my eye were the woman in sci-fi armor (gave me distinct Mass Effect vibes, but I'm not going to assume it was), and the sketch you did from Wheel of Time of Lan and Nynaeve. I must be on a fandom kick lately, lol.
I really will just keep a digital log! Though I won't count the "line drawing only" portraits, only shaded ones, just to change it up from my previous portrait sketchbook. 🥰 I'm so happy you noticed those particular sketches! And yes, one is Shepard, and then I was watching WoT S1 and doodled some Lan and Nynaeve. Always great practice ^^
@@evydraws-art I thought it was female Shepard! I just wasn't fully sure, there was no N7 logo or anything. I find it really funny because I'm in the middle of playing through those games again. WoT is such a good show too. My wife and I started getting the books once it come out. No regrets!
You can totally tell that my sketchbooks are a playground to draw whatever I'm currently obsessed with! I was replaying ME2 at the time 😆 and while I haven't watched season 2 yet, I loved the first one of WoT!
@@evydraws-art Oh absolutely can tell, yes. I hope to get my own to that point. I won't bore you with details, but the short version is I still have guilt in drawing what I'm currently obsessed with even though I know there's nothing wrong with doing that. That's part of why your videos inspire me so much. You draw what you love.
@@TheBlackHatOutlaw for a long time I had this same sense of fanart being "bad" art - kind of imbued by art teachers even in high school and the general mood back then amongst artists, too. But I think it's such a wonderful, stressfree outlet - and I like to think that some of the great master painters back in the baroque and renaissance era were painting religious and Greek mythology fanart as well. 😉😆
you draw and paint so.freaking.much. i also love the idea of having multiple sketchbooks instead of just filling one at a time, and you've been and still are one of my biggest inspirations now. and i proudly work in a mixed media and marker sketchbooks and just bought myself a watercolor one since i miss coloring my sketches with paints so much
Thank you so much! I think the variety is what keeps me sketching a lot...! Some of the smaller sketchbooks are perfect for drawing while watching a movie, for example, and others are for more focused sketching sessions :) I'm still looking for the "perfect" mixed media sketchbook, if such a thing even exists haha
I loved seeing so much art in different mediums. I also have a love for fantasy and darker art styles, I've been wanting to paint something like that for a while now but I haven't created anything like that yet. I've been reluctant to embrace my artistic side (and my inclination to study and work with art) and I've been restricting myself, so this year I haven't created much besides some simple portraits with pencils and markers. I really loved your video, I'm glad I decided to watch it today, it was very inspiring, your art is so beautiful!
Thank you for the lovely words - but also, I'm sorry to hear you've been restricting yourself. I hear that from a lot of artists and have felt that way in the past, too - and still do sometimes! It can be difficult to embrace what we really want to do and sometimes, starting with small steps can help a lot. It's why I love having tiny sketchbooks 💙 I hope you can try some dark, fantasy art soon and explore that 🥰
recently I learned bookbinding and I've been making sketchbooks nonstop lol, they're all just sitting here waiting for me to start drawing and your video really inspired me to start again. I love your art style SO much!!! like those drawings and paintings of the hotd characters and the scene from the handmaiden got me.
Thank you so much! I actually got to try out bookbinding a looong time ago and immediately made several sketchbooks. I loved making ones with different paper types in a single book! ...but yes, I can imagine how those would accumulate endlessly. 😂
Love to see how various your drawings/paintings can be, and the way you lay them all next to each other is so satisfying to see. Like, everything is so pretty!!
This was lovely! I enjoyed seeing all the different media in your sketchbooks! I haven't really tried pastels much yet, but you've done some amazing work with them! I loved seeing all the movie scenes as well. I visited Seoul last year and think I recognize some of the places that you sketched. I only bought myself a large sketchbook for dry media two years ago or so, and having the freedom of a larger format really makes such a difference! Wishing you lots of happy hours with yours!
Amazing video! That’s what I always imagine to see when I click on the sketchbook tour videos. You art is so tender disregarding what materials you use. And soft colors are charming.
Oh, thank you so much! "Tender" is such a lovely word for what I sometimes think of as a weakness (not enough "punch" or contrast) so this honestly is very encouraging! ❤
Thank you so much! Taking the time to look through these and collecting my thoughts actually was really helpful, to reflect and plan what to do next! 🧡
Wow ❤i just found you channel and I am so amazed with you art 😊😊😊love it This video is now my favourite on UA-cam ! So much inspiration! Hoping to see new content anytime soon ❤
Dragons don’t count 😅😅😅. I watch ALOT of artists on YT and you are SOOOOOO refreshing! You speak so naturally, your cinematic efforts don’t go unnoticed and your audio is a pleasant mix of your commentary and gentle background music. Subbed! 🇨🇦 I love your large format sketchbook, I haven’t found a favourite yet, bouncing among mediums has me scattered at the moment. I find that blackwing matte so smudgey! Your coloured pencil drawings are exquisite…congrats on your goal progress 🎉👏🍾
Dragons for sure don't count as portraits haha - so happy someone noticed that little bit of text 😆 and thank you for this wonderful comment, it honestly made my morning! I enjoy learning more and more about filming and editing. The Blackwing Matte does smudge, so I add a liiiittle bit of fixative spray if a drawing uses a lot of it. The colored pencils not smudging is one of the reasons I love using them so much! 🥰
It was so enjoyable seeing all your different sketchbooks! Your art style is beautiful and I love the range of mediums and subjects! Out of all these sketchbooks is there one in particular that would you say is your favourite? ❤ As for your question at the end, recently I've been enjoying the royal talents art creation sketchbooks. I got myself an A4 one that allows for bigger drawings and a very small picked size one that I can throw in my bag. I think they're so great for the price!
Thank you! And that's a great question: I really love drawing in my new, large Hahnemühle sketchbook at the moment, but I'd be saddest if I lost the Arches travel sketchbooks, just because of how much I've painted in them over the years, so they feel like a part of my art journey. 😊 Royal Talens ones have been on my list for a while! I love to touch new sketchbooks and papers in art shops before deciding to buy one, and sadly, Royal Talens isn't very popular here in Korea. A4 sketchbooks and similar formats are just so much fun!
My go-to sketchbook is the Canson Graduate sketchbook. It's 140 g/m paper and only 20 sheets, so it's thin and lightweight while still having paper sturdy enough to withstand ink. Not great for truly wet mediums like watercolor, though, but it's great for just noodling around, and inking something whenever I feel like it. :D I didn't know Arches made sketchbooks too :o
@@mxhoneyfoot42 I've actually never heard about that particular Canson sketchbook - and thin and light sounds perfect! I've been using more ink pens again lately so I'll keep my eyes open. 🥰 and the Arches sketchbooks are everywhere in Korean art shops, but I've never been able to find them anywhere else...
I wish I did, but I always forget... 😅 So there's some smudging on the heavier graphite drawings, but all the colored pencils stay put even without fixative, which is another reason I love to use colored pencils lately. Should definitely start to spray them, though!
@@evydraws-art thank you for your response! I love using colored pencils in adult coloring books. And I do a pretty good job but for some reason when I think of coloring something I drew myself I get a slight panic attack. For fear that I will mess up the whole thing if I don't do it right. It's so silly, I know. I'll try to get over my fear 😅
Hi! ^^ I went to art school - but for scientific visualization, so a completely different style and medium from this. Mostly worked in marketing and SciVis for years (and loved drawing manga haha), and then got into painting again in 2020 while stuck at home. So a very mixed background, which is probably why my art style is still figuring itself out. ^^
I loved seeing all your 2024 pages! That study from The Handmaiden was my favourite - so stunning with that limited colour palette! Funnily enough, 2024's been a year of coloured pencils, especially in sketching, for me too! Usually a watercolour and now gouache user, so it's been fun. I'm also a fan of multiple sketchbooks for whatever the mood strikes! My version of your 'main' sketchbook is tiny, but that's what's been making my idea flow work this year.
A fellow member of the colored pencil sketching club! They're just so easy to use no matter where you are, but still give a wide range of options. Though I love watercolors and gouache, too... Luckily we don't have to pick just one thing to do! And thank you for mentioning the Handmaiden sketch, that's one of my absolute favorites 💙
Would love to see more of your dark/fantasy art
Thank you! I'm getting back into those right now - and can't wait for a spooky art fall season 💙
your sketch books are sooo beautiful.
Thank you! Hopefully I can actually fill them 🥰
I think you already solved your 100 heads challenge dilemma! Draw them wherever, but keep a digital log of them so you can keep count. No one said you couldn't take pictures and keep them in a folder on your computer or something. I have to laugh at myself too, as I saw two different sketches I wanted a closer look at, so I paused the video to inspect them. The ones that caught my eye were the woman in sci-fi armor (gave me distinct Mass Effect vibes, but I'm not going to assume it was), and the sketch you did from Wheel of Time of Lan and Nynaeve. I must be on a fandom kick lately, lol.
I really will just keep a digital log! Though I won't count the "line drawing only" portraits, only shaded ones, just to change it up from my previous portrait sketchbook. 🥰
I'm so happy you noticed those particular sketches! And yes, one is Shepard, and then I was watching WoT S1 and doodled some Lan and Nynaeve. Always great practice ^^
@@evydraws-art I thought it was female Shepard! I just wasn't fully sure, there was no N7 logo or anything. I find it really funny because I'm in the middle of playing through those games again. WoT is such a good show too. My wife and I started getting the books once it come out. No regrets!
You can totally tell that my sketchbooks are a playground to draw whatever I'm currently obsessed with! I was replaying ME2 at the time 😆 and while I haven't watched season 2 yet, I loved the first one of WoT!
@@evydraws-art Oh absolutely can tell, yes. I hope to get my own to that point. I won't bore you with details, but the short version is I still have guilt in drawing what I'm currently obsessed with even though I know there's nothing wrong with doing that. That's part of why your videos inspire me so much. You draw what you love.
@@TheBlackHatOutlaw for a long time I had this same sense of fanart being "bad" art - kind of imbued by art teachers even in high school and the general mood back then amongst artists, too. But I think it's such a wonderful, stressfree outlet - and I like to think that some of the great master painters back in the baroque and renaissance era were painting religious and Greek mythology fanart as well. 😉😆
you draw and paint so.freaking.much. i also love the idea of having multiple sketchbooks instead of just filling one at a time, and you've been and still are one of my biggest inspirations now. and i proudly work in a mixed media and marker sketchbooks and just bought myself a watercolor one since i miss coloring my sketches with paints so much
Thank you so much! I think the variety is what keeps me sketching a lot...! Some of the smaller sketchbooks are perfect for drawing while watching a movie, for example, and others are for more focused sketching sessions :) I'm still looking for the "perfect" mixed media sketchbook, if such a thing even exists haha
I loved seeing so much art in different mediums. I also have a love for fantasy and darker art styles, I've been wanting to paint something like that for a while now but I haven't created anything like that yet. I've been reluctant to embrace my artistic side (and my inclination to study and work with art) and I've been restricting myself, so this year I haven't created much besides some simple portraits with pencils and markers. I really loved your video, I'm glad I decided to watch it today, it was very inspiring, your art is so beautiful!
Thank you for the lovely words - but also, I'm sorry to hear you've been restricting yourself. I hear that from a lot of artists and have felt that way in the past, too - and still do sometimes! It can be difficult to embrace what we really want to do and sometimes, starting with small steps can help a lot. It's why I love having tiny sketchbooks 💙 I hope you can try some dark, fantasy art soon and explore that 🥰
recently I learned bookbinding and I've been making sketchbooks nonstop lol, they're all just sitting here waiting for me to start drawing and your video really inspired me to start again. I love your art style SO much!!! like those drawings and paintings of the hotd characters and the scene from the handmaiden got me.
Thank you so much! I actually got to try out bookbinding a looong time ago and immediately made several sketchbooks. I loved making ones with different paper types in a single book!
...but yes, I can imagine how those would accumulate endlessly. 😂
Love to see how various your drawings/paintings can be, and the way you lay them all next to each other is so satisfying to see. Like, everything is so pretty!!
Thank you! It felt really motivating to see them all next to each other like this, and was a joy to film.
Oh my gosh this art is so breathtaking!!!
Thank you so much! 💜
This was lovely! I enjoyed seeing all the different media in your sketchbooks! I haven't really tried pastels much yet, but you've done some amazing work with them! I loved seeing all the movie scenes as well. I visited Seoul last year and think I recognize some of the places that you sketched.
I only bought myself a large sketchbook for dry media two years ago or so, and having the freedom of a larger format really makes such a difference! Wishing you lots of happy hours with yours!
I always cycle through art media, and enjoy them all! And I'm so happy you recognized some of those Seoul scenes. 🥰
Oh and yes, I'd always focused on small formats so they'd be portable, but the large format is amazing for long, creative art sessions!
Amazing video! That’s what I always imagine to see when I click on the sketchbook tour videos.
You art is so tender disregarding what materials you use. And soft colors are charming.
Oh, thank you so much! "Tender" is such a lovely word for what I sometimes think of as a weakness (not enough "punch" or contrast) so this honestly is very encouraging! ❤
Wow so many different mediums and art supplies! All so beautiful.
Thank you! At this point, I really need to stop myself from getting even MORE art supplies! :)
@@evydraws-art haha it's a vicious cycle!!
A truly endless one! :)
I really enjoyed your mid year sk bk tour! So many lovely drawings, and super organised thoughts. So inspirational ❤
Thank you so much! Taking the time to look through these and collecting my thoughts actually was really helpful, to reflect and plan what to do next! 🧡
I am so inspired to do more value studies with colored pencils in my own sketchbooks now🥺
So glad to read that - value studies with these are amazing, I always learn a lot from them :)
This was such a great video - loved seeing the growth in all your sketchbooks and the chatty style :)
@@Chloe-zr9lk thank you so much! I filmed this one pretty spontaneously and just chatted at my mic haha 🥰
Your video is very inspirational, gives me ideas how to move forward with my own art. Thank you.
I'm glad to read that! And wish you the best with your art :)
Amazing! Love seeing your sketchbooks ❤
Thank you so much! ♥
So inspirational!! Love this
Thank you so much!
Pretty good and relaxing video. You draw a freaking lot. I don't have patience with color pencils myself.
Thank you! A lot of these took me months or even years, so I'm actually pretty slow. :)
Well done, lovely work, very inspiring.
Thank you so much!
love love LOVE
Thank you!! I hope it makes for some relaxing studio "music" 🥰
Really like the elves ❤
Thank you so much! 💙
Love the travel sketching 🔥
Thank you, I love drawing those! 💙
Wow ❤i just found you channel and I am so amazed with you art 😊😊😊love it
This video is now my favourite on UA-cam ! So much inspiration! Hoping to see new content anytime soon ❤
Thank you so much, what a wonderful comment to read first thing in the morning! 🥰 I hope to share many more sketches in the future!
Really impressive!!
Thank you so much 🥰
Beautiful video and art!
Thank you so much 💙
You're very talented :)
Thank you! ❤️
well done....presented artfully
Thank you so much! I learned a lot about filming flip-throughs here
Beautiful work ❤
Thank you so much! 💕
Dragons don’t count 😅😅😅. I watch ALOT of artists on YT and you are SOOOOOO refreshing! You speak so naturally, your cinematic efforts don’t go unnoticed and your audio is a pleasant mix of your commentary and gentle background music. Subbed! 🇨🇦
I love your large format sketchbook, I haven’t found a favourite yet, bouncing among mediums has me scattered at the moment. I find that blackwing matte so smudgey! Your coloured pencil drawings are exquisite…congrats on your goal progress 🎉👏🍾
Dragons for sure don't count as portraits haha - so happy someone noticed that little bit of text 😆 and thank you for this wonderful comment, it honestly made my morning! I enjoy learning more and more about filming and editing.
The Blackwing Matte does smudge, so I add a liiiittle bit of fixative spray if a drawing uses a lot of it. The colored pencils not smudging is one of the reasons I love using them so much! 🥰
It was so enjoyable seeing all your different sketchbooks! Your art style is beautiful and I love the range of mediums and subjects! Out of all these sketchbooks is there one in particular that would you say is your favourite? ❤
As for your question at the end, recently I've been enjoying the royal talents art creation sketchbooks. I got myself an A4 one that allows for bigger drawings and a very small picked size one that I can throw in my bag. I think they're so great for the price!
Thank you! And that's a great question: I really love drawing in my new, large Hahnemühle sketchbook at the moment, but I'd be saddest if I lost the Arches travel sketchbooks, just because of how much I've painted in them over the years, so they feel like a part of my art journey. 😊
Royal Talens ones have been on my list for a while! I love to touch new sketchbooks and papers in art shops before deciding to buy one, and sadly, Royal Talens isn't very popular here in Korea. A4 sketchbooks and similar formats are just so much fun!
Nice thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you so much! 💙
Lovely
Thank you so much!
I'd be curious about your sketchbooks! Any favorites? Any recommendations? ❤
My go-to sketchbook is the Canson Graduate sketchbook. It's 140 g/m paper and only 20 sheets, so it's thin and lightweight while still having paper sturdy enough to withstand ink. Not great for truly wet mediums like watercolor, though, but it's great for just noodling around, and inking something whenever I feel like it. :D I didn't know Arches made sketchbooks too :o
@@mxhoneyfoot42 I've actually never heard about that particular Canson sketchbook - and thin and light sounds perfect! I've been using more ink pens again lately so I'll keep my eyes open. 🥰 and the Arches sketchbooks are everywhere in Korean art shops, but I've never been able to find them anywhere else...
❤ perfect 🖤🙏✌️🫂👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much! 💚
هذا مذهل حقا"👏👏
Make a tarot deck, your art is perfect for it
I would love to give that a try one day! For now, I made three tarot-themed Dracula illustrations 🥰
Good video dear ❤
Thank you so much!
Do you spray your pages with fixative when you re done? My sketchbooks get so smudged! Graphite gets everywhere 😫
I wish I did, but I always forget... 😅 So there's some smudging on the heavier graphite drawings, but all the colored pencils stay put even without fixative, which is another reason I love to use colored pencils lately. Should definitely start to spray them, though!
@@evydraws-art thank you for your response! I love using colored pencils in adult coloring books. And I do a pretty good job but for some reason when I think of coloring something I drew myself I get a slight panic attack. For fear that I will mess up the whole thing if I don't do it right. It's so silly, I know. I'll try to get over my fear 😅
hii just wondering if you went to art school or took art classes, or if you were self-taught? thank you!
Hi! ^^ I went to art school - but for scientific visualization, so a completely different style and medium from this. Mostly worked in marketing and SciVis for years (and loved drawing manga haha), and then got into painting again in 2020 while stuck at home. So a very mixed background, which is probably why my art style is still figuring itself out. ^^
@@evydraws-art sounds so cool! ur art is sooo good as well 🤍
I loved seeing all your 2024 pages! That study from The Handmaiden was my favourite - so stunning with that limited colour palette! Funnily enough, 2024's been a year of coloured pencils, especially in sketching, for me too! Usually a watercolour and now gouache user, so it's been fun. I'm also a fan of multiple sketchbooks for whatever the mood strikes! My version of your 'main' sketchbook is tiny, but that's what's been making my idea flow work this year.
A fellow member of the colored pencil sketching club! They're just so easy to use no matter where you are, but still give a wide range of options. Though I love watercolors and gouache, too... Luckily we don't have to pick just one thing to do!
And thank you for mentioning the Handmaiden sketch, that's one of my absolute favorites 💙