Easy exercise to help you break in a new sketchbook!

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  • @annemariebaker8494
    @annemariebaker8494 Рік тому +1999

    After watching you for a year now, I am finally going to learn watercolors!! Better late than never. 😊

    • @quinrosee
      @quinrosee 11 місяців тому +44

      i hope u didn’t give up! it can be frustrating at first

    • @that.neurodivergent
      @that.neurodivergent 11 місяців тому +20

      It’s never too late!!

    • @RebelUnicornCrafts
      @RebelUnicornCrafts  11 місяців тому +36

      You've got this!!!

    • @ephraim9332
      @ephraim9332 9 місяців тому +6

      @@quinroseeI just started today. My first “painting” was a bell pepper lol

    • @susanorban3059
      @susanorban3059 8 місяців тому +1

      Good job!!🎉

  • @markdonovan1540
    @markdonovan1540 Рік тому +837

    I love this idea and it's a great way to break the preciousness of a brand-new sketchbook.
    I often break-in a new sketchbook with swatching or mixing exercises.

    • @bungeepete7393
      @bungeepete7393 8 місяців тому +10

      I am never able to start drawing in a sketchbook because I get scared of ruining it.

    • @sonja_rademacher
      @sonja_rademacher 8 місяців тому

      ​@@bungeepete7393I share my secret tip with you. Buy an extra sketch book. Write "ruined sketchbook" on it. Then start to paint or draw. ❤

    • @whatifitnt
      @whatifitnt 7 місяців тому +6

      I always skip the first 3-6 pages depending on how many pages are in the sketchbook … then I have room to come back when it’s not ‘new’ anymore… 🤔 Hmmm, I wonder if that means I never really ‘start a new sketchbook’ ? 😂

  • @Mapache095
    @Mapache095 11 місяців тому +476

    I love these exercises you make- as a someone who suffers from executive dysfunction, sometimes I’m paralyzed by all the do’s and dont’s. This allows me to remember why I like paint - colours, texture, looks :)

    • @charlottebeads
      @charlottebeads 11 місяців тому +12

      me too! it causes a lot of frustrating artist block, so vids like these help a lot

    • @aimeeelliott7608
      @aimeeelliott7608 11 місяців тому +8

      I freeze up too! Never know what to start with! The stress can take away the joy of actually painting.

  • @vanessawhitneypro
    @vanessawhitneypro 11 місяців тому +19

    Thank You... I've NEVER felt confident with art. You've helped me change my mind about it, and just TRY.

  • @xJazzyAppy
    @xJazzyAppy 3 місяці тому +3

    I really like your style of teaching. It’s so low pressure and comfy but informative. It’s very “do what you want, but this is how” and I appreciate it a lot!

    • @RebelUnicornCrafts
      @RebelUnicornCrafts  3 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! I hope you're enjoying yourself. 🖌

  • @Kez_abi
    @Kez_abi 11 місяців тому +31

    I feel this would also make a great background for a journal and or scrap book

  • @mg8642
    @mg8642 Рік тому +57

    I love how you took the original inspiration and made it your own way, it looks so fun and helps learn colour mixing too!

  • @ava4689
    @ava4689 11 місяців тому +5

    I would do little dots of green between the squares, that way it looks like the dark trees that separate the borders of different property lines.

  • @dairienbennett4014
    @dairienbennett4014 10 місяців тому +96

    to break the illusion of preciousness in my sketchbooks, I flip through them and admire their clean beauty, and then I throw them down some stairs and rough them up a little 😂

    • @missparadise879
      @missparadise879 9 місяців тому

      😂

    • @CalamityCori
      @CalamityCori 9 місяців тому +1

      I love this so much. Definitely gonna do this, haha! 😂

    • @artgoing
      @artgoing 8 місяців тому +6

      I just imagined you being like “Oh how nice!” And then just toss it across the room 💀

    • @Waffles2009
      @Waffles2009 8 місяців тому +2

      My dog chewed on my favorite sketch book, and actually, at first, I was mad, but now I'm really happy that she did that. It adds character, and it really makes me explore more into my artistic abilities. Because I'm not scared of ruining it. Because I don't have stairs. 😅

  • @carryoncarrion4525
    @carryoncarrion4525 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you so much- I've been drawing in pencil since I can remember (pretty good if I may say so), but I hear constantly that most graphite artists grasp color once they start painting, and I've always wanted to expand into color, but never felt confident enough to spend on the supplies, got gifted some and well your videos make me feel like I could actually use em if not maybe get good, thanks :) huge inspiration of mine right now you are, love all the color schemes you use

    • @amyralls6218
      @amyralls6218 11 місяців тому +2

      Just like as you were learning to draw, let the colors just flow...rules don't exist! Have fun, and you will go far!!

  • @randobeantv7712
    @randobeantv7712 11 місяців тому +34

    This is something where I’d take a fine liner and add little details to make it look textured and even more like little feilds.

    • @RebelUnicornCrafts
      @RebelUnicornCrafts  11 місяців тому +5

      Yes that would be beautiful!

    • @joanasaad915
      @joanasaad915 10 місяців тому +1

      I’d like to see that when it’s done!!

    • @Waffles2009
      @Waffles2009 8 місяців тому

      OH and you could write in a title of the sketchbook, weather the number of the sketchbook or a nickname for the sketchbook, and go in with white pens and highlight the sides, and take like a pastel green color and shade around the words. 😍

  • @debbiefahey8028
    @debbiefahey8028 6 місяців тому

    LOVE your talent and easy going way of teaching!!

  • @maryzefo3801
    @maryzefo3801 Рік тому +7

    I love this

  • @mariannehartman2941
    @mariannehartman2941 6 місяців тому

    Love your style and lessons!!❤

  • @AydensVids
    @AydensVids 11 місяців тому +7

    Omg then if u got a black thin pen and added little houses, cows, sheep, country lanes with cobble walls! Ahhh so many possibilities!! Thanks!

    • @joanasaad915
      @joanasaad915 10 місяців тому +1

      Did you do it?

    • @AydensVids
      @AydensVids 10 місяців тому +1

      @joanasaad915 I started it but then I moved and all my stuff is in boxes needing to be unpacked xp I only got the watercolour part done

  • @gamewrit0058
    @gamewrit0058 10 місяців тому

    Pretty! Love all the earthy colors. Great, approachable exercise. 💚💛👍

  • @Mushroom321-
    @Mushroom321- 7 місяців тому

    Inspiration for painting!!😮😮 🎨

  • @aprilking7889
    @aprilking7889 10 місяців тому

    I love this!!!

  • @lisawhitney4788
    @lisawhitney4788 Рік тому +3

    Very pretty!

  • @branavasorubysivabalaratna7819
    @branavasorubysivabalaratna7819 7 місяців тому +1

    The urge to write over that with a black gel pen is ...
    Beautiful!

    • @gabicreightonbooksetc.
      @gabicreightonbooksetc. 6 місяців тому

      I feel you. I had the very same thought. Oh! What a rush! lol.❤

  • @artsy_kam3765
    @artsy_kam3765 11 місяців тому +1

    That makes my eyes happy

  • @tolido20
    @tolido20 11 місяців тому +4

    My new sketchbook is coming in the mail today! Might try this out!

    • @Waffles2009
      @Waffles2009 8 місяців тому

      Do you order sketchbooks online? Wow. I just got to Michael's and got a five dollar one. Any recommendations that I should try? (I use markers sometimes, but mostly pencil and black liners, I don't do blending often and go for a medium-sized sketchbook most of the time. If you do respond, I think that is important information for recommendations.)

    • @tolido20
      @tolido20 8 місяців тому

      @@Waffles2009 yeah I wanted special mixed media paper so I bought one from the brand Ohuhu! In my country they don’t really sell “medium budget” sketchbooks in stores

  • @pottedplant2427
    @pottedplant2427 Рік тому +24

    wow im definitely gonna try this

  • @ladykaydoesart7702
    @ladykaydoesart7702 9 місяців тому

    So fun!! Gotta give this a shot!

  • @chrissanders6984
    @chrissanders6984 10 місяців тому

    LOVE this idea, thx so much for sharing!!! I'm trying this! 👍

  • @sheilaking9936
    @sheilaking9936 7 місяців тому

    Your tutorials are great. You make it seem alot easier. Thank you. Cool.

  • @lydiasalatino3765
    @lydiasalatino3765 Рік тому +11

    Awww, I love this! You always have so good and easy ideas ❤. I will try this 👍. Thank you, you are definetely my favourite unicorn 🦄❤

  • @louisestaats234
    @louisestaats234 8 місяців тому

    Proof that all greens match. ♡

  • @joni22262
    @joni22262 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you…ive really wanted to started water painting and you have the best exercises. Plus i do this with my grandchildren who are becoming amazing artist.

  • @123-ICP
    @123-ICP 27 днів тому

    Oh this one looks like fun. And I just happen to be flying out a week from today with my grandson for his birthday. We’re going to go visit my daughter and her wife. They are his favorite aunties lol. And now I will have something to look forward to during our flights. And then I can come home and paint about what I saw. Thank you for sharing such a sweet idea! I absolutely love this one! 💚💛💚

  • @consueloyoung4484
    @consueloyoung4484 11 місяців тому +1

    I love this idea!, thank youu!!!.♥️

  • @buzzyanderson4131
    @buzzyanderson4131 8 місяців тому

    I can’t get enough of your videos! You have such a great way of teaching!

  • @scottpitner4298
    @scottpitner4298 21 день тому

    Creative way to get to know your paints and how they mix and compliment each other

  • @mizzykitten2385
    @mizzykitten2385 11 місяців тому

    I love your hair so much, I wish my hair looked like that! 😍

  • @gabicreightonbooksetc.
    @gabicreightonbooksetc. 6 місяців тому

    I love the cornfield color! Beautiful!💚

  • @lauraluey
    @lauraluey 10 місяців тому

    I love this idea ❤

  • @zoemiller-ds3ef
    @zoemiller-ds3ef 11 місяців тому +1

    I would love to do this in pink

  • @ceostudio
    @ceostudio 11 місяців тому +1

    These have been my fave sketchbooks for a bit, the square makes for an interesting piece everytime

    • @dingdongdirch
      @dingdongdirch 11 місяців тому +1

      do u know what brand it is?

    • @pmmarcov
      @pmmarcov 8 місяців тому

      I think they're the little 3x3 or 4x4 from Michael's... Artist Loft brand

  • @eissegn
    @eissegn Рік тому +3

    Will try this! Omg i love your exercises.

  • @superfluff106
    @superfluff106 6 місяців тому

    Very cool. Can’t wait to try it!

  • @dissipatedfog
    @dissipatedfog Рік тому +1

    Reminds me of some of Paul Klee’s paintings!

  • @Yo-cr9ol
    @Yo-cr9ol 10 місяців тому

    YOU GET IT i love this and will try it

  • @makewayforthebuster
    @makewayforthebuster 27 днів тому

    I gave it a try and loved it!

  • @susandzikowski8379
    @susandzikowski8379 7 місяців тому

    A neat excercise!

  • @ne-colsimon
    @ne-colsimon Рік тому +9

    What brands do you like for your sketch book?

  • @hopeful8975
    @hopeful8975 11 місяців тому +2

    Now you can doodle in all of those little squares.
    That's fun.

  • @agold1702
    @agold1702 Рік тому +3

    Beautiful!

  • @AndreaCrisp
    @AndreaCrisp 11 місяців тому +1

    Love this idea! And great editing to fit it in a Short. Subscribing! Thank you so much for sharing. 💖

  • @GrzybLazienkowy
    @GrzybLazienkowy 11 місяців тому +1

    It looks so fun to do

  • @allibetke2181
    @allibetke2181 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm gonna try this on my next book. I love your hair its so cute

  • @carmengomez-munoz4723
    @carmengomez-munoz4723 Місяць тому

    looks good !!

  • @dianalarkin9483
    @dianalarkin9483 Рік тому +9

    I’m new to your videos, I love them! I love the look of watercolour but am no artist, but I will give it a try!

  • @bzmommy10
    @bzmommy10 11 місяців тому

    Love this

  • @mswetra2610
    @mswetra2610 11 місяців тому

    Oooh what a cool way to plan a mosaic..tx 😊

  • @QueenLizzzabeth
    @QueenLizzzabeth 8 місяців тому

    I find it fun that you use both sides of a sketchbook for one longer picture. You don't overthink it, you just do it. So much prettier, more to admire. I always do mine only on one half of the page (front or back, right or left) but not both. I'm going to try that. More and more, i wanna be like you 😅

  • @jiffyviv5341
    @jiffyviv5341 11 місяців тому +2

    To mix it up, make some trapazoids with some slanted borders just like some farmland when its interrupted by a road

  • @christianebehr138
    @christianebehr138 11 місяців тому

    Hello Rebel , I realy enjoyed watching your sketchbook tutorial. It looks ever so nice lovely Idea. Thank you greetings from Christiane 😊❤

  • @amyralls6218
    @amyralls6218 11 місяців тому

    Great exercise!

  • @ayeshmoon
    @ayeshmoon 10 місяців тому

    Extremely great idea

  • @nadageorgi7819
    @nadageorgi7819 7 місяців тому

    Happy new year! You make my day. I have a cold, pjs and soup

  • @JustTrying2Exist
    @JustTrying2Exist 21 день тому

    Now I want to paint an entire ROOM like that 🤩

  • @charc3345
    @charc3345 11 місяців тому +1

    That hits the spot

  • @PAOLINAG
    @PAOLINAG 7 місяців тому

    Love it

  • @cynthiatuschel5157
    @cynthiatuschel5157 10 місяців тому

    Omg what a great idea
    G

  • @shirleylittle3485
    @shirleylittle3485 11 місяців тому

    Love this idea, am going to try it in my new sketchbook. Thank you for the inspiration.

  • @DazzlingStar07
    @DazzlingStar07 5 місяців тому

    Could you create a playlist of all of these exercises? I love them

    • @RebelUnicornCrafts
      @RebelUnicornCrafts  5 місяців тому +1

      This is in my 'easy sketchbook ideas' playlist 😊

    • @DazzlingStar07
      @DazzlingStar07 5 місяців тому

      @@RebelUnicornCrafts thanks a lot! Saved the whole playlist. Yesterday i created a mini sketchbook + a junk journal from shopping bag to play with. Now I have ideas to fill it with🫡🙆‍♀️😃

  • @cherylharding509
    @cherylharding509 4 місяці тому

    I love your videos!!!!😊

  • @bonnitacazares7379
    @bonnitacazares7379 11 місяців тому

    Looks good

  • @allieeverett9017
    @allieeverett9017 11 місяців тому

    Lovely, thank you 😉

  • @smallfootprint2961
    @smallfootprint2961 7 місяців тому

    Just found you, and subscribed. Just yesterday, i thought about getting a scetch book. Great minds think alike. Thanks for being their.

  • @ButterflyJourneyDesigns
    @ButterflyJourneyDesigns Рік тому +1

    How many of you envisioned Mr Roger’s neighborhood from above when she completed it?

  • @moh9133
    @moh9133 6 місяців тому

    Looks like a wall with white mortar, but a pretty wall. I like it 👍

  • @MsSHINeeTVXQSuju
    @MsSHINeeTVXQSuju 11 місяців тому

    Ooo!! Randomly came across this, but the spritzer is such a good/novel (to me) idea!

  • @shadowcat1201
    @shadowcat1201 11 місяців тому +5

    Question for you- how do you stop the pages in a sketchbook from getting super wiggly from the water?

    • @AerCloud
      @AerCloud 11 місяців тому +3

      Sketchbook with thicker pages, they won't warp as they dry. If you have a local art supply, you'll have better luck finding watercolor friendly sketchbooks there than at Michaels or Hobby Lobby

    • @WateryStar
      @WateryStar 11 місяців тому +1

      taping the page down with tape (masking/washi/artists) helps but most importantly using watercolor paper. Regular sketchbook paper can't handle water.

    • @mauraccc6491
      @mauraccc6491 11 місяців тому

      my art teacher told me that if you page is too wiggly, you have to wet the other side as well, your page will still be a bit wiggly, but is will be less than it was before. so if you don't have the best watercolour paper, you can try this

  • @sakurasraven
    @sakurasraven 7 місяців тому

    you could always add a blob of blue or bluish brown for water! Add in a river and go around it!

  • @Waffles2009
    @Waffles2009 8 місяців тому

    So love this idea. But if you want to know what I do for the inside Of my sketchbook is I do have characters and like a world so what I do is I draw a map of said world and it helps with building the world a little bit better and it helps because when I'm drawing like architecture and stuff. Obviously, this isn't gonna work for everyone. But it works very particularly for me. Is I just putting the world map onto the inside and outside of my covers? It's kind of like how authors do it. And it's generally because I spend all my time in my sketch books. Not necessarily just drawing things but drawing and planning out the characters. In my storybook, you don't have to do that. That's just what I do. If you really need more ideas. 😅

  • @carriecorbin1502
    @carriecorbin1502 3 місяці тому

    That is so funny, I just got the same book today but in black. Thank you for sharing this. Takes away the uneasy ness of how to start❤

  • @gg-gg_gg
    @gg-gg_gg 10 місяців тому +1

    This is such an amazing video. Could you please tell me where you got the tiny sketch book and the brand of it. Also where is that special slanted paintbrush? What brand is it and what is the term for that kind of paintbrush.

  • @miaf474
    @miaf474 11 місяців тому

    very wholesome :)

  • @amthibodeaux
    @amthibodeaux 11 місяців тому

    The look of it reminds me of a paver walking path. It’s a closed up picture of it. One that someone could have possibly made.

  • @KittyGinaMeow
    @KittyGinaMeow Місяць тому

    Loveit ❤❤❤❤

  • @skog85sl
    @skog85sl 11 місяців тому

    What a fun idea!

  • @phaedrebombastic9434
    @phaedrebombastic9434 Рік тому +2

    You could really mix it up and add some wheel lines Circle within squares

  • @monkimallow
    @monkimallow 11 місяців тому

    And then if you want to go further you can use a fine black liner over top for some simple detail

  • @SammiJarrad
    @SammiJarrad Рік тому +4

    Cool! Link to the sketchbook you’re using?

    • @hs45672
      @hs45672 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes, a link please ❤

  • @catherinehein1292
    @catherinehein1292 11 місяців тому +4

    What sketchbook are you using? It looks small. I like the size of it.

    • @brdrug
      @brdrug 11 місяців тому

      i would like to know this too

  • @apaintedflower605
    @apaintedflower605 11 місяців тому

    Hi there - I'm dabbling in watercolor lately.
    I enjoy watching your videos and you are so down to earth (that was satire regarding this post😉🤣). Could you please recommend some decent sketchbooks for watercolor, like the one you are using in this video?
    There are so many to choose from and i literally get confused by all that's out there.

  • @liebeswag
    @liebeswag 11 місяців тому

    as a pilot i'm stealing this for a card idea u r a genius

  • @IslandGirl755
    @IslandGirl755 Рік тому +1

    Where do you get those little sketchbooks they are fab

  • @laurawalker546
    @laurawalker546 9 місяців тому

    Good mosaic😊

  • @itsyaboinadia
    @itsyaboinadia 11 місяців тому

    i always start at the back of the sketchbook and work yowards the front. idk why, it just helps make messing up not scary

  • @mrsrlr1
    @mrsrlr1 Рік тому +1

    I love this. Can you please tell me what do you do with your completed sketch books?

  • @MAXOLOTLL
    @MAXOLOTLL 11 місяців тому

    theres this one brand of sketchbook that i got for my last one, it was 12AUD (so like 6-8 usd or smth) and it was my absolute favourite for almost all mediums but markers, i think next time ill get anothwr one bc its so good

  • @msjkramey
    @msjkramey 11 місяців тому

    It reminds me of the abstract doors in the intro to monsters inc

  • @haneenashirin3662
    @haneenashirin3662 6 місяців тому

    And I thought I was the only one who thought it was daunting😅... thank you for that validation

    • @RebelUnicornCrafts
      @RebelUnicornCrafts  6 місяців тому

      You're totally not the only one- at the very minimum there's two of us 😊

  • @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts
    @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts 7 місяців тому

    Awesome Channel ❤

  • @christinabartlett5037
    @christinabartlett5037 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful 🤩

  • @mauraccc6491
    @mauraccc6491 11 місяців тому +3

    which brand/type of sketchbook are you using in this video?

  • @meliB32
    @meliB32 11 місяців тому +43

    Did you just say buy a new sketchbook so we can do this exercise and break it in? Well okay NEW SKETCHNOOK IT IS!! Lol I love the size of this one and I love the exercise ♡

  • @apeacefulworld9095
    @apeacefulworld9095 2 місяці тому

    Definitely 👍🏻