This Daily Challenge Improves My Art EVERY TIME (let's prepare)

Let's get ready for drawing every day in October! In this video I'll give you a little tour of my past October drawing challenges, show you how I choose and prepare photos, pick out supplies, and make a portable art kit so I can draw ANYWHERE! I'll also show you what I do with my drawings at the end so that I can create my own watercolour postcards.

Here's how to use the academic divider:

Here's why you should do a monthly art challenge:

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Let's Connect!

Thanks for visiting my channel!

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Chapters:
00:00 Getting Ready to Draw
01:51 2022 Tour
05:19 2023 Tour
09:16 Choosing Themes & Photos
11:01 Let's do Housetober
12:08 Choosing Supplies
15:41 Making an Art Kit
18:15 What I Do with My Drawings

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Supplies in this Video:

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[artbyramona]

This video inspired me to go out to take photos of all sorts of angles and distances of the two trees in my yard. As a husband caretaker I don’t get too far from home these days. I am planning to ink the textures and shadows in detail, focusing on values. I have cut my postcard-sized 100% cotton paper cut. It is leftover paper from a watercolor subscription box I enjoyed by Emma Lefebvre. I am calling it “Tree-tober”. 🙃💃🏻🙃

[FaithAnnNB]

I think this might be a type of daily challenge I could manage. I don’t like trying to think of what to draw/paint for a specific prompt that someone else provides (like “spooky” or “stinky” or “yummy”) and I’m too overwhelmed by choice when I just tell myself “draw everyday” without any direction at all. However, if I came up with my own theme with 7-8 categories and had my pictures chosen ahead of time, it feels like I’d be more able to stay on top of that.

[pootlingalong]

Thank you for stopping by this rainy, thundery afternoon Leslie. I would like to do “Inktober” with a view to doing as much line and wash tiny paintings as I can, with maybe some postcard sized efforts thrown in 🤗

[miafarone]

Great idea about printing the drawings at the printer to paint later! Thanks Leslie! I ❤ your channel!

[Steinsvollstegninger]

Your drawings are amazing!! I love them all

[marjalammers]

I love your videos. And that book about Rolling Homes I have that too. It was a new years gift from where I worked, must have been around 1980.

[tracyvis]

I love this idea! I live in New England and there are so many funny shaped houses here that I could draw!

[JoAnneSmith-diok]

I loved your sketches. You inspire me. I may have to sketch something for Inktober. I have never done an Inktober. Do have a great week ahead. Have a good time in America as well.😊

[chainofthorns]

This sounds so fun! I have done OCTOber for about 3-4 years now - it's just me painting an octopus everyday, accompanied by the fun facts I learn about them

[andreasdesigns]

The ability to watercolor your drawings sounds fun. I will have to watch for it. Have fun with your challenge.
I look forward to seeing your work.

[Saucy]

That was fun seeing all of those! You’ve so perfected your style! All were absolutely beautiful❤️

[AMD-Amd]

I really like ur videos they r reliefs, I used to study the whole day and I will take ur video as break before my night class❤ plz keep uploading more and more

[mahakranga]

I love this! With my busy schedule, I am often not able to focus on my art. I have followed poetry prompts but never thought of art prompts! Thank you!

[ChantelleArts]

This is so stunning, I love the inks ☺☺

[-MEL-A.O.C]

Thank you for all thoses explanations on this "event" I've really enjoyed your versions of it the years before 🥰🥰🥰🥰 !!!! I'm happy to be by your side this year too for it 😉😊👍
Thank you Leslie bises😘❤

[davidcoutts]

The one bit of advice that you provided (many videos ago) that really struck a chord with me was the importance of the ink drawing being able to stand on its own before adding any colour (if adding colour is desired).
Constant practice seems to be the secret sauce.

I probably won't do the "daily challenge", but try to do some drawing every day which may or may not fall within drawing something in a particular category. I see small steps in improvement, but it is a long road to travel and I try to focus on the journey and not the destination.

Anyway, I enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm for creating art is palpable in every video.

[hildybean]

Thank you so much for this. I’m in the process of organizing the prompts I want to use for 2024 and getting my paper ready. This was helpful!

[tammyh.]

what a beautiful studio, with so much work space, looks great! just like your art!

[pegboyd]

Great suggestions! I think I will just get busy with working daily on the interests of my choice. Thank you for the video!

[maryalgar]

Love your collection of themed buildings. I too love lighthouses. I would like to sit down each day in October and draw something, but not sure I can commit to more than that. No doubt I will "fall off the wagon" at some point :)