Botanical Sketching with Darby

Hi all! Today I have an extra video that will hopefully put you in the artsy mood!

My friend Darby, who you've met before in our IRL Art Trade video, and I went to our local botanical center and drew from life! It was SO HUMID but it was so much fun!! We got to see some pretty sweet plants and flowers, and some REALLY big fish (that we also got to feed, hehe). We had made plans to go to the botanical center, but I don't think either of us had any idea how much fun we would have!

We went on the most humid day, and there was no difference between the climate controlled indoor area and the gardens outside, but it was one of the best real life drawing experiences I've ever had! We had some awesome chats and we relaxed to the sounds of birds, bees buzzing, and trickling water from the ponds and child play areas! And yes, we did go play in the kids area...don't judge.

After scoping out the place, we picked out the best spots for our sketching adventures! We saw all kinds of bugs and succulents, especially succulents <3, and by the end of our time there we each had at least a page full of sketches and we ended up buying two succulent babies so they can be pen pals when Darby goes away to art school. I propagated mine because it was growing incorrectly, and she named hers Peedee!

Overall, we had a pretty cool day! But enough of that, here's the video showing you all of it!

Botanical Sketching with Darby

First Impressions | LUKAS Studio Watercolors (Half Pans)

Hello everyone! This week I'm reviewing/giving my first impression of the LUKAS Studio Watercolor half pans.

I can't WAIT to start using these regularly. I'm not very good with watercolors yet and I can't seem to find these watercolors ANYWHERE anymore so I'm glad I took the leap and bought them when I did. I'll use them sparingly, haha ;) I got them from Jerry's Artarama and they have some REALLY good prices on art supplies! I've always heard of this website but I never really looked for it, I'm so glad TheFrugalCrafter on YouTube reviewed these because that's where I found them from. Her review videos are AWESOME and are so informative about each single product.

Without further ado, here's my video!

First Impression | LUKAS Studio Watercolors (Half Pans)

All links and other information is in my video description or it's mentioned IN the video! (:

Trying out Gouache!

Hello everyone, it's Monday again! (: I've taken a bit of a break from making videos, but luckily I've had some ready to go! I'm back at it, though! All of my upcoming ones are vlog-ish videos, but they pertain to art in some way, I promise! And hopefully they'll be fun to watch (:

This week I'm trying out Gouache and you guys get to see me fail! :'D I'll admit, I was trying to be funny during the whole video but I think me just not even knowing what I'm doing is funny enough, haha. I could see myself using these mainly for abstract pieces, and maybe for some multi media pieces in small amounts. But I don't see myself using these specifically for a painting by themselves. Not until I experiment and play with them a little more I think.

Trying out GOUACHE

I'll need all the advice I can get with these, so if you have any please let me know! I have NO clue what I'm doing! (:

A Pokemon-Filled Week!

Hi everyone! I didn't forget about you this week! I just wanted to make one big blog post for this week since this week had a main theme!

On Monday I uploaded my second fan art for my channel! I mention in the video that fan art is really hard for me to do now, because I feel brainwashed from college that fan art isn't okay. I used to ONLY do fan art and now it's scary for me to even attempt to draw. Pokémon, though, always has a special place in my heart <3 So it felt weird but it was a good kind of weird. Very nostalgic!

SPEEDPAINT | Ivysaur Family - POKEMON Fan Art

And today I uploaded a fun and simple vlog of Mirella and I going out and finding Pokémon on the new mobile game: Pokémon GO! We had so much fun! This game is seriously awesome and it's improving everyday! This game has gotten so many people I know who don't like exercise outside, including myself! We tried so many new things and found so many new places so far, and the game has only been out for about a week! The vlog today was 3 days out of the first week of Pokémon GO being released, and we were having so much fun we forgot to vlog most of the days we were out. But if you guys enjoyed we can always have a mini series of Pokémon GO adventures! (:

VLOG | First Week of Pokémon GO with Mirella

Hopefully with this exciting last week with all the Pokémon hype you guys will enjoy this week's selection of videos from my channel! <3

Pokemon Fan Art - Ivysaur Family

In honor of Pokémon GO and all of the recent leaks for Sun and Moon I figured I'd bump this video up to the top of my video upload queue!!

SPEEDPAINT | Ivysaur Family - POKEMON Fan Art

I really love this type of Pokémon fan art. It's simple, the Pokémon are interacting with their surroundings, and everything sort of feels like the artworks you would find on the Pokémon Trading Cards. I LOVE fan art that looks like it could potentially be on a trading card. To me they're just more fun to look at, even if they're fairly simple. And fittingly, my first starter I caught on Pokémon GO was Bulbasaur!

I feel like I should have more to say but it's almost 1am and I have to be up somewhat early tomorrow so I'll leave you to watch and listen to the commentary on the video. Also, I may have an extra video for this Thursday *twirls nonexistent mustache*. See you next week! <3