Mapcrunching in Italy

Today’s video is a mapcrunching video. This week, I focused on a complex architectural scene full of juicy details like archways, turrets, statues and balustrades. The challenge, for me, was to edit down the complexity and only draw the parts that delight me. Even with my background in architecture, I found this exercise to be brain-stretching. I redesigned portions of the buildings to achieve greater simplicity. I did not omit any statues; those are awesome.
Link to mapcrunch in Clusone BG, Italy: www.mapcrunch.c...
Thank you for clicking on this description! I still feel very much like a beginner in “content creation,” even though my channel has gone from 377 to more than 1600 subscribers since my last video. For my part, it is still very exciting just to imagine that any people at all watch my videos. I do a metaphoric backflip for each new subscriber. Just imagine how the last week has been; I’m downright dizzy from all of that metaphoric backflipping! At the moment I uploaded this video, my subscriber count was 1600.
All music is from the youtube audio library.
There are amazon affiliate links sprinkled around in here. These are items that I have found to bring joy to my life and I hope they do the same for you. If you click on the link and actually buy something (anything!) from amazon, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you - and that helps to support this channel.
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What I used in this video:
Stabilo pencil: amzn.to/43gAVp2
Caran d’Ache watercolor pencils: amzn.to/3N7DmVp
Winsor & Newton Texture Medium: amzn.to/43dXPxp
Uniball Vision Micro Pens: amzn.to/3CkAMou
Roll of tracing paper: amzn.to/42zgN0d
Caran d’Ache neocolor 2 crayons: amzn.to/42AY4kG
Liquitex Acrylic Marker: amzn.to/3Nmy3Br
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Favorite supplies that usually appear in my videos:
1. A porcelain plate or tray from the goodwill makes a great palette. So does a plastic lid from a yogurt container.
2. A used talenti ice cream cup is perfect for swish water; also a great way to buy art supplies when you “have to” eat the contents first.
3. A cheap Robert Simmons Expressions brush is perfect. The one I’m using here is an E85 Round, size 12. You can buy one at Blick Art.
4. I use a glass bottle that used to contain facial toner for my spray bottle. The toner was expensive, but it has a very pretty label. The spray is a fine mist and the bottle is the perfect size for using at home and also for taking out on location.
Some of my favorite art books:
Breaking the Rules of Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: amzn.to/3IoJLZL
Taking Risks With Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: amzn.to/3SMqCV8
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards: amzn.to/3kIwiDd
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What I use to film and edit my videos:
Small, flexible tripod with screw-on grippy attachment that holds my GoPro: amzn.to/3mEEGUU
Desk mount device that I use with the screw-on grippy attachment that came with my tripod - the desk mount (in combination with the grippy attachment) holds my GoPro 18-inches above my table: amzn.to/3L81XbK
Blue yeti microphone: amzn.to/3Fw1IE7
Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor - this is what I use to connect the blue yeti microphone to my ipad for voice over editing: amzn.to/3ZNxuUE
GoPro Hero10: amzn.to/3TFnvyU
It takes some getting used to, but for filming on hikes it is much better than using my iPhone.
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