4 Ways to Fill a Sketchbook // Art Journal Ideas

In this video I'm showing you 4 easy sketchbook ideas. They are perfect for beginners and you can use them in any kind of art journal. Hopefully you'll get some inspiration for your own sketchbook.

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• Brushes:
- Staedtler Synthetic Brushes
- Caran D'ache Brush
- Etchr Brushes

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[LibbyRal]

I'm in love with the street lamps. Makes me want to do that and some other nighttime themed sketches with stars. Thank you!
Good job on being creative with your lava lamps and making them golden instead of silver. That's the beauty of a painting over a photograph - the freedom to make it what you want or need it to be to stand out!

[ritawilbur]

I love YA and Juvenile books. My theory is that too many adult books I've read are about middle age, or how your life didn't turn out like you'd hoped, or about depression or something awful. But kids books, while they can deal with very dark themes, are generally about discovery, exploration, awakening to your potential, beginning your dream. On the whole they are just much more satisfying. Some of my favorite authors are Jonathan Auxier and Frances Hardinge.

[Galbereth]

Lava lamps are wax in oil. The light bulb in the base melts the wax so that it rises up in the oil and then breaks into blobs. The blobs then cool a little at the top as they're further from the heat and fall back down again.
Your paintings are lovely!
Love, Mel in Devon UK 🍰🌻

[ChantelleArts]

Street lamps are such a good idea I’d never think of painting! Great ideas here ☺️ sometimes near the end of a sketchbook I get really stuck and just want to finish it, so this is definitely helpful!

[RadishTheFool]

Yet another video with four amazing ideas. Your imagination is truly boundless. Thank you for sharing!

[Letsgopesto]

The streetlights idea was cute I'll definitely try it!!😍

[christineschmidt]

I love reading books for kids in addition to the easy reading, as an artist I study and enjoy illustrations. ❤ I just came across your channel recently and I love it!

[benicio]

Absolutely excellent content. I subscribed tonight. My gosh you’re truly so talented. Very inspiring!

[brielleyoung]

I love snakes I think they’re cute! And I had a lava lamp growing up which I adored (I always watched it while I was laying in bed falling asleep) and now whenever I see one it’s so nostalgic and calming :)

[jpatricepsw]

I love watching you and listening to your stories and ideas! And keep reading those kids books, no matter how old we are! Adventures, romance, humour, mysteries, can make our day and shine a light on the good things in life! Love ya kiddo!😎🤗

[renymissos]

Really nice ideas. One of my favorite pages was a bunch of lamps, and each lamp was painted to represent one of my family members. Favorite colors, style, pets under the table holding the lamp. I even represented my SIDS baby as an angel hanging lamp

[alifaith]

I literally have no patience for "adult" books. I love YA and middle school books. They are cool fantasy stories full of adventure and over coming things. Adult book are full of sad people being sad and making each other sad.

[LibbyRal]

I've enjoyed YA books because it takes me back to the adventurous kid I wanted to be when I was a teen and pre-teen. I also identify with younger characters in adult novels, like The Heart is a Lonely Hunter or Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. Nowadays, since so many of these books are being banned, I am reading them to see what the problem is, but find myself being transported to my younger days and enjoying every minute.

[mrsackey]

I'm over 50 with no kids or grandkids, and my bookshelves are full of young adult and middle grade books. Read what you love! Love your art! Thanks for inspiring me to fill my sketchbooks!

[annefernstrom]

Wow ! The bleeding effect with your watercolors was pretty cool ! I love your artwork, thank you !

[bizzybee]

Loved the lava lamps, such a great fun idea to paint. We bought my daughter (Now 32, with a 13yr old daughter and 8yr old son) a beautiful pink lava lamp with purple and pink liquid inside that was filled with glitter for her 14th birthday and she loved that lava lamp. That lava lamp was so pretty with all the glitter floating around like stars captured in space inside a jar. I wish I could remember exactly how it looked so I could paint it.

[bookshelfhoney]

I just started a new sketchbook so this is perfect ✨ always need more ideas to try new things or I end up drawing the same stuff over and over. The snakes look great! I'm not scared of snakes but I hate bugs

[pamelapenny]

Absolutely amazing!!! But the snakes…no, no, no

[neverwares]

I love what you shared about reading books!

[shellanesuriaga]

That was perfectly amazing work of arts 😍