Posts in category "sketches"

Video: Messy mixed media sketchbook tour 2020–2022

I used this Fabriano sketchbook as a place to experiment with mixed media techniques. This was originally my planner/to-do list, so every page had writing on it that I covered up with paint or collaged scraps of paper. I'm really pleased with some of the pages!

I shared a video of this sketchbook earlier when it was still half-way done: Anti-perfectionist recycled art journal in progress.

Long video with explanations of the techniques I used

Short video, no talking

Here are a few other mixed media sketchbook tour videos:

Video: Watercolor sketchbook tour – Urban sketching & landscapes

I used this Hahnemühle watercolor sketchbook from 2019 to 2022, mainly as a travel sketchbook for urban sketching, seascapes, and landscapes. Places featured in this sketchbook include: Malta, Chicago, Bled, Bohinj, Rastoke, Zagreb, as well as my current hometown Rijeka and former hometown Njivice.

There's also some doodles, technique tests and experiments.

Scans of some of the pages from this sketchbook are in my gallery.

Long video with explanations of the techniques I used

Short video, no talking

Here are a few other sketchbook tour videos with landscapes, urban sketches and nature subjects:

Video: Mixed media sketchbook tour 2016–2021

I recently completed this Hahnemühle sketchbook that I've been using since 2016. This ended up being one of my favorites, filled with fantasy portraits, floral portraits, animal studies, landscape studies, abstract mixed media experiments, and doodles.

There are two versions of the video.

Long video with explanations of the techniques I used

Short video, no talking

I published my favorite scanned pages from this sketchbook to my gallery.

All my sketchbook tour videos are on this YouTube playlist.

Video: Anti-perfectionist recycled art journal in progress

I turned an old "planner" into a recycled mixed media art journal, and it's helping me reduce my perfectionism. I explain how I got started with this altered/junk journal, and talk about some techniques that I'm using to prime the pages and then draw and paint over them. It's a continuation of my Moleskine mixed media sketchbook.

Things I've mentioned in the video:

Mixed media visual journal tour: Moleskine sketchbook

I used this sketchbook from 2012 to 2020. This was a totally experimental sketchbook where I explored different techniques from simple pencil and ink drawing, colored pencils, water-soluble pencils and crayons, acrylic paint, gouache, oil and soft pastels, collage, and more.

The scans of some of my favorite pages are in my sketchbook gallery: Best of Mixed Media Art Journal #6. You can also see photos of some of the spreads from this one in my article: My 6 favorite mixed media art journal & sketchbook techniques.

There are also many posts previously published on this blog from this very sketchbook:

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