Sketchbook Snowball Method (or Maybe Avalanche?) Help me sort ALL my in-progress sketchbooks!

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  • @Stroggoii
    @Stroggoii Год назад +13

    I force myself to use sketchbooks I bought but didn't like doing a daily sheet of geometric shapes.
    I've gone through six sketch books that I wouldn't have otherwise. And drastically improved my line quality, which I wouldn't have otherwise either.

  • @shenahicks140
    @shenahicks140 Год назад +17

    I immediately feel better about my eight books I have on the go. 😂

  • @SarahBurnsStudio
    @SarahBurnsStudio Год назад +5

    I think the most I had going at one time was 13. That felt so overwhelming..but I LOVE trying new papers and I like different papers/sizes for different things. I used to put myself down for "not being able to finish" any of them. I felt pressure to finish them and even make sketchbook tours before I was "allowed" to buy more. I think this is a unique problem for youtubers!! 😂
    I think I have maybe 8 going now. This year I stopped caring about all that. Now I just grab one and play. No obligations or guilt!

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      That sounds like a good way to be!

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym Год назад

      Sarah…nice to see you here 🤗
      I loved the video you did on sketchbooks, …think it was quite early on this year.
      I was very new to everything at that time and thought “Well ! I f Sarah likes them…then that;s good enough for me ! “ 🤪😂🤗
      I still have the notes of your recommendations that I jotted down as you were showing us.
      I admire your work very much and often wonder how you are getting on.
      I need to check in and take a look at your recent posts as haven’t done so for a few weeks !
      I love seeing the beautiful countryside where you live in your videos. Scotland is very dear to my heart.
      Sheila 🤗

    • @SarahBurnsStudio
      @SarahBurnsStudio Год назад

      @@sheilacymthanks but let’s keep the focus on how awesome Lindsay is!

  • @SheilaLandry
    @SheilaLandry Год назад +24

    I can relate to your video! I am afraid to count mine. Since joining your "Sketchbook Floozy" challenge, I purchased THREE more! Bahahaha!!! But it is all good. I HAVE been using them more than I was before. It is nearly getting to be a habit. So thank you for that. Now I will watch the video. :)

  • @fantasticmio
    @fantasticmio Год назад +36

    When I use spiral notebooks, I turn them sideways so the spiral is at the top.

  • @hannahcrumley3103
    @hannahcrumley3103 Год назад +5

    I dont feel as bad to know that other people have as many unfinished sketchbooks as I do! And to answer the accordion sketchbook question- no- not a fan of the accordion books- they are hard to hold, hard to look through, easy to rip etc etc etc. my opinion!
    I really like seeing all of your incredible sketches!

  • @elizabethjehnzen
    @elizabethjehnzen Год назад +5

    Wow, what a blast from the past! I remember most of these sketches. I guess I've been watching for a long time. This was like a sketchbook tour video on steroids 😂

  • @artgirl1212
    @artgirl1212 Год назад +7

    Lindsay, I think you’re a famous illustrator! 🍓🫐🍒. Your colored pencil work of all the beautiful fruit, desserts, garlic, etc, etc, are exquisite. It was fun seeing all of these again. It would be so much fun if you could ever do a video to show them up close slowly and explain how you have managed to master the food drawing colored pencil/watercolor,etc..😊.
    I also especially love all of your landscapes. You really really have a knack for it. Just beautiful work. The life drawings too and the ones of your children. Maybe you should FRAME EVERYTHING! 🖼️ ❤ I think you should be bragging, lol. You’re so talented and to see glimpses of everything at once was so amazing.

  • @gitogal
    @gitogal Год назад +22

    Love your long videos they help me concentrate. I’m not someone who can just sit with no noise my brain just is like ahhhhh no sound time to think random things and not do what we should be doing .😂 thanks for the vid :)

    • @juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051
      @juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051 Год назад +4

      Saaaame here

    • @ArtsiRosi
      @ArtsiRosi Год назад +3

      This is me! I am working my way through all 3000+ videos on this channel, in reverse order, as I putter around in my office/studio. I'm up to #2200 I think. 😅

    • @gitogal
      @gitogal Год назад +2

      @@ArtsiRosi haha I fully understand. My brain 🧠 just loves to wonder hah

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +3

      Same!

    • @madhabitz
      @madhabitz Год назад

      Same here -- TV in the background 24/7/365. I've recently had passing thoughts that maybe I am dealing with ADHD. I took a test (a legit one, lol) and it said 4 out of 5 chances you do have ADHD..... go see a doctor. Gads. I'm 72 years old. Do I want to mess with that now? I dunno -- mostly I'm just glad that maybe there are actual answers to some of the ways my brain works. Like writing 30 words when 5 would do. :)

  • @starshinesoldier
    @starshinesoldier Год назад +5

    I love the Canson XL mixed media paper and the Strathmore Visual Journals watercolor paper. This was so fun to watch! I love seeing all the sketches and paintings you've made throughout the years!

  • @Jendollla
    @Jendollla Год назад +1

    Oh my goodness. Some of the paintings I can remember the videos related. It's l walk down memory lane for me too. How fun. I've been watching you for some time now. Thanks for sharing. It's like going through a friend's photo album. 😊

  • @susanhammitt7080
    @susanhammitt7080 Год назад +1

    I can't believe how much you remember about each of those. Loved hearing about it.

  • @MirandaWatsonArt
    @MirandaWatsonArt Год назад +3

    Okay, I'm only 40 seconds into the video and I already think this is a GREAT idea! Now on to watch the rest of the video...

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      Thanks! How man do you have?

    • @MirandaWatsonArt
      @MirandaWatsonArt Год назад

      @@thefrugalcrafter Ha, I have no idea! But since you and Becky Tregear basically released the same video on the same day, I definitely am going to find out now and maybe even do my own video on it, lol. I love sketchbooks and have so many. It's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one with a huge number of unfinished ones!

    • @MrsBarnabas
      @MrsBarnabas Год назад +1

      @@MirandaWatsonArt I'd love to see that, Miranda! 😊

  • @bookishindian
    @bookishindian Год назад +1

    i love whenever you let us peek over your shoulder while you flip through your sketchbooks.... I could watch and listen all day! :-) also, really really ADORE the fall/sunset landscape in that toned tan paper sketchbook at 12:30!

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад

      Thanks, that from my 30 days to better painting class!

  • @eBookHoarder
    @eBookHoarder Год назад +5

    I think accordion books are great for a dedicated project or theme because you can transition the continuous pages.

  • @chrisgregore359
    @chrisgregore359 Год назад +1

    Maybe for the big $25 book you can use it for acrylic paintings, only colored pencil, or collage. Thank you for sharing all of this info with us. It is fascinating to see all of these papers/books and your art is always so wonderful. 🙂❤

  • @atxroque
    @atxroque Год назад +13

    I know this is going to be fun!! I just grabbed a drink to enjoy this!! Signed up for the watercolor class as well!! 😮😮

  • @deborahbloom4624
    @deborahbloom4624 Год назад +3

    It's so fun to see you go through these sketchbooks. It's like a trip down memory lane for us, the viewers......seeing all the sketches again that we've seen in past videos. I keep saying to myself....Oooh! I remember that sketch!

  • @sandrarahimi5688
    @sandrarahimi5688 Год назад +1

    That was fun. I appreciated seeing your doodles. swatches, scribbled and works you didn’t like as well as works that you liked. It is heartening to see that even someone as experienced as you has bad moments.
    You should be happy about how most of those sketchbooks have been more or less used. I love sketchbooks and have a bunch, but they are all empty. I bought gif world watercolor month, inktober, 100 head challenger, etc. etc. Bug all of mine are empty because I feel that i should only put “good” art pieces in the sketchbook, but as a beginner my “good” art work is few and far between. So when I do anything I eventually turn to a pad of paper so I can rip out the “bad” stuff.
    This Inktober you have inspired me to stick to the sketchbook I bought for it, good or bad.
    You are a great role model even in excess lol

  • @creeksidehomeschoolers
    @creeksidehomeschoolers Год назад +1

    I very much enjoyed this! I certainly know more about sketchbooks than I did before!! I personally love to see to whole spectrum of art in a sketchbook from the messy not so good to the fabulous hang it on the wall. It's shows the progress and it like seeing a little glimpse of the life of someone taking the time to grow and learn with caring about the bumps along the way!! To me it's more beautiful than every "perfect page" as it tells more of a story and feels more fun and playful as you "read" through the sketchbook.
    Drawing has always been a challenge for me. So a few months back, I bought your drawing class, but only did the first lesson because painting kept calling my name...lol! But seeing all those sketches from the class has me intrigued again!! I will start them when I'm done with 30 days to better watercolor! I'm so glad you made the classes a lifetime thing!! I wish all artists did that! You're amazing and so generous!! Thanks for sharing your time and skills with the world!!

  • @KevieG
    @KevieG Год назад +4

    I'm so excited, I bought your course, 30 days of painting watercolor! I know I am going to enjoy your classes! I have never bought online classes! I'm so thrilled to try and paint so beautiful paintings! Thanks from Texas 😊

  • @jessicabaca5186
    @jessicabaca5186 Год назад +3

    I could watch you do this all day. Love ya

  • @yelsyels
    @yelsyels Год назад +8

    I have enjoyed going through and sorting out your sketch books! So much inspiration! ❤❤❤

  • @ArtsiRosi
    @ArtsiRosi Год назад +3

    UGH!! LOVED THIS SO MUCH!! You can also put pages you tear out into a purchased art storage book, the one with the sheet protected pages. I didnt see any new sketchbooks in these piles. I am sure you have a few new ones from me. 😂😂😂

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +2

      Haha, yup, ui think I have about 21 never used sketchbooks! Insanity! Yours will get used tho! Every page!

    • @melissaaldosari8024
      @melissaaldosari8024 Год назад +1

      Hi Rosi!💜💜💜

    • @ArtsiRosi
      @ArtsiRosi Год назад

      Hi, Melissa!! Fancy meeting you here! 😙@@melissaaldosari8024

    • @ArtsiRosi
      @ArtsiRosi Год назад

      well that's great to hear! 🥰@@thefrugalcrafter

  • @OhJodi69
    @OhJodi69 Год назад +3

    I have a tip! If a sketchbook doesn't have a permanent label, write the brand and type of paper inside the back cover, or if there is a removable label, stick it to the inside back cover.
    It's disappointing to be fond of a sketchbook, but have no idea what it is.

  • @thethriftyapprentice
    @thethriftyapprentice Год назад +4

    I loved this video. I have just as many so I was glad to see your stacks on stacks 😂. I have to also throw out that I have purchased your watercolor crayon, alcohol marker, drawing, landscape, 30 to better painting, hand painted holiday, and now 30 to better watercolor courses. (Over a 4 year period) Each one is absolutely amazing, and I have grown so much with them in my corner! You really should have been a professor in a class room. I think my design school experience would have been much different with instructors like yourself leading the classes.

    • @eBookHoarder
      @eBookHoarder Год назад +1

      I am growing my collection of classes too.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад

      Aww, that is so kind of you to say. ❤️

  • @carolmikolj5134
    @carolmikolj5134 Год назад +1

    This was great. A mini review of all different kinds of sketchbooks, combined with a chance to see again many of the artworks we've watched on your videos. Best of all, it inspired me to go and do some painting! Many thanks.

  • @joymiller9668
    @joymiller9668 Год назад +7

    I love all those pictures they are so pretty some realistic and some playful, I always aspire to be able to do what you do someday.

  • @susanbaker3078
    @susanbaker3078 Год назад +10

    I'm part way in and love seeing your many various sketchbooks, artwork, and hearing your thoughts!
    Question - How can you tell if the paper's sizing is breaking down? You've commented on that a few times. Thanks, Lindsey! 💚

    • @juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051
      @juicytulipboutiqueandartis8051 Год назад +1

      ooh, I wondered that as well

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +3

      The watercolor soaks right into the paper and won't blend and washes will look patchy or spelled. You can use this paper for dry media or gouache tho.

    • @susanbaker3078
      @susanbaker3078 Год назад

      @thefrugalcrafter Thanks Lindsay!! Hugs!!

  • @luvurobert
    @luvurobert 2 месяца назад +1

    I DO enjoy these really long videos, Lindsay, because I have you playing while I fart around in my sketchbook, LOL! So you keep me company! Thank you!! 🥰

  • @brigitteitg
    @brigitteitg Год назад

    That was very interesting, you have an impressive stash of sketchbooks!! Well done for sorting through them (and it was lovely seeing some of your artwork again that you created on your channel 😊). I have about 30 sketchbooks, but half of them are just thin ones. I label all of them on the spine or side and they look nice that way. The only one I finished was one for colour pencils but I was following a book with 101 drawings! The other ones nearly finished are my “Messy” sketchbook and the Paul Rubens one - the reason is that they are not precious to me! 😂

  • @alistewart3451
    @alistewart3451 Год назад +1

    I'm so glad you made this video. I have a number of WIP sketchbooks and lots more waiting to be started. Yet I *still* have to tell myself "You don't need another sketchbook!" every time I see them in the wild. I actually took a photo of my shelves-of-hoard to keep on my phone to prove to myself that I don't need the new sketchbooks that try to jump off the store shelves and into my hands. I love your snowball approach to finishing, and actually applied yesterday it to a doodle/Zentangle book that I started back in 2017. Also love the discounted class! Thanks for that. I'm going to do a sketchbook inventory this afternoon, and then start your drawing class. One of the benefits of being an art supplies hoarder is that I have all the stuff the class suggests.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад

      Yay!

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym Год назад +1

      Hahaha……I can relate to that, too 🤪😂
      W e don’t even need to worry about looking at the suggested ‘supplies’ list….’cos we know we will have them all 😂😂

  • @gwensimmons_gigi1629
    @gwensimmons_gigi1629 Год назад +1

    I did not know sizing disappears Lindsay, oh no! How can you tell? Great sketchbook review; beautiful paintings! 🤩🎉❤🙏🏾

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +3

      I think I'll do a video on this as I've had so many questions about it!

  • @phillipstroll7385
    @phillipstroll7385 Год назад +2

    I love the beinspired paper. I like that it is bright white and smooth. I grew up using charcoal, but I never used real charcoal paper. I grew up using office paper. So this Beinspired reminds me of a fancy version of my childhood lol. I love it for fast life sketching, practice, doodles at night, etc.
    No, I do not like accordion sketchbooks nor a spiral bound. I also do not like hardbound sketchbooks UNLESS they lay flat. Therefore, I usually prefer to make my own sketchbooks.
    I LOVED the strathmore 500 cotton watercolor travel journal, but I'll be dammed if I can find them anymore. It's as if they were there one day and gone the next.
    Come to think of it, if you have any pool with Strathmore can you PLEASE 🙏PRETTY PLEASE ask them to bring that travel journal back.
    Right now I'm addicted to Langston Prestige rough 100% cotton watercolor paper and their pads.
    Oh and yes, the video was entertaining and helpful.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад

      Thank you! Unfortunately I have no pull with strathmore.

  • @NancyH25
    @NancyH25 Год назад

    Thanks for keeping me company while I finished my Tim Holtz vignette I made for my son for Halloween. Spooky ! I’ve collected mixed media things for years & tossed them in a drawer & finally made something. I had so much fun! It was surprising to me how many of your sketches I recognized from over the years. You are so talented & I enjoyed you sharing your sketchbook collection. Take care!

  • @MLyonArt
    @MLyonArt Год назад

    It's interesting. I don't really consider a lot of the spiral ones to be sketchbooks. They're paper pads to me. I only consider it a sketchbook if it's bound and has a sturdier cover. So those are just paper options I use depending on art medium I want to use and paper size I need for something I don't intend to keep in a sketchbook.
    I love bristol for gouache and that Strathmore vellum is beautiful for it.

  • @lynnephelps2370
    @lynnephelps2370 Год назад +1

    I am a fan of really cool accordion sketchbooks that other artists, mainly urban sketchers, have filled in!!!🎨😂👍🏻

  • @MedaHalmaciu
    @MedaHalmaciu Год назад

    I folded 2 loads of laundry while watching this. Loved looking through your sketchbooks.

  • @thecraftyrn
    @thecraftyrn Год назад +1

    I would use your sketchbook that has just a few pages used. It would give me inspiration. So if you want to get rid of one ,let me know. I gearing myself up to start 30 days to better watercolor. Hope you have a good weekend! Hugs from Florida.

  • @veystone2580
    @veystone2580 Год назад

    I dont know about other people, but I found this video soooo relaxing to watch.
    I had some rising anxiety when I started it (I suffer from severe anxiety and panic attacks) and while watching you classifying, and explaining, I dont know, but it calmed me down. ❤ Thank you.

  • @sheilacym
    @sheilacym Год назад

    What an amazing, fantastic and fabulous video, Lindsay !!!!
    Just brilliant 🎉🎉🎉🤗🤗🤗💕💕💕🥳🥳🥳

  • @NelaDunato
    @NelaDunato Год назад +1

    I've been using this "snowball" method for the past few years to complete my sketchbooks. I work at a much slower pace though, so it's a loooong process and might take years to go through them all. I think I'm down to 14 active sketchbooks. I'm not allowing myself to start any new ones until I finish at least a few more!
    (Also, I'll never buy another spiral bound sketchbook, they always annoy me.)

  • @sonyaoart
    @sonyaoart Год назад +1

    yes, I did enjoy it and I watched all the way to the end. I don't think accordion books are for me, either. I made one once and never used it. I have three sketchbooks (watercolour, mixed media, pencil), one Canson XL spiral bound watercolour block and a couple more glued blocks on the go. I'm sure I forgot at least two.
    I'm looking forward to seeing your first finished sketchbook from the whittled down pile :D

  • @Marianne_C_O_Art
    @Marianne_C_O_Art Год назад

    I've consolidated old incomplete journals, it was quite cathartic and really got me back on track with finishing what I already have.

  • @GrandmaMuggy
    @GrandmaMuggy Год назад

    This is such fun to watch. I have a couple I’m working on. I absolutely adore Rosie’s sketchbooks. I always treat myself to a couple each year! I love the 4by4 size!

  • @jennw6809
    @jennw6809 5 месяцев назад

    I'm kind of a watercolor paper snob and I don't love the Strathmore cellulose paper, but I love the 100% cotton (unsized) Mixed Media Visual Journals. They are great for gouache and even watercolor if you don't want to blend your edges out (a stylistic choice, that I really love). Other media too. I usually think Mixed Media paper means "bad for everything," but not that one!

  • @cj_kirby
    @cj_kirby Год назад +1

    I know this was a long video but it was fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it . I also got three loads of laundry done while watching. I'm glad we could help you sort your sketchbook collection. I think we need a followup a year from now to track your progress. And we've learned Lindsay loves sketching/painting garlic. 😀 (Me too. Throw in a couple onions and it's perfect.)

  • @kayclark4406
    @kayclark4406 Год назад +1

    Fun to see your artwork 😊my weakness is yarn and fabric!

  • @susanjerrell9220
    @susanjerrell9220 Год назад

    You should do a giveaway live show. You could include a paint palette and some brushes. Ooh, and include a painting in the book. 🤣 All those you didn't like as much have gorgeous paintings in them. But seriously, I'd love any of the ones you call iffy. When you rely on Social security , art supplies become 2nd and 3rd and 5th on your list. I did like this video and remember seeing you paint many of the paintings.
    Gosh, the girls are in 2nd or 3rd year of college now!? I remember when they were 15 or 16! Anywho, enjoyed the video cuz I'm nosy. 😂💖

  • @LovinglfDesigns
    @LovinglfDesigns Год назад +1

    What a fun video. I love the tassel painting along many others. It looks as good as you thought it was.
    Lindsay I'd really love to see some of these paintings in a calendar. Lang does gorgeous calendars with a high quality linen type paper. I would jump on a Lindsay calendar or weekly planner. Look at the Kelly Rae Roberts weekly planners and wall calendars. I would definitely buy something like that with your paintings.

  • @bonnerdebbie
    @bonnerdebbie Год назад +1

    That was fun, seeing old works of yours.

  • @mjpete27
    @mjpete27 Год назад +1

    Hullo Lindsay, SO many choices and I am not a fan of the fan/accordion sketchbooks! I wish you lots of luck and plenty of patience with this project of finishing a few of these books off! I did enjoy seeing your progress and your completion is just around the corner! Go Get 'em Lindsay!

  • @starr-starr
    @starr-starr Год назад +1

    I love that litte Art Creations sketchbook, I use watercolor in it. It’s a bit wrinkly, but not bad. My average time on sketches in it is now 10 minutes, and I love it. It’s my warm up book. Stillman and Birn lives in my Art Toolkit pack, it is so lightweight and I really like the feel of it. I’ve got a Bee Creative cotton book that is really nice, by accident it has turned into something I’m working through 30 tutorials from a book. I’ve filled a couple of Kilimanjaro books from Cheap Joe’s- those are really nice too. I keep finding nice books on Amazon, I have a bunch and they are all quite good.

  • @eBookHoarder
    @eBookHoarder Год назад +1

    I put bookrings on my Bee Paper pad from Walmart. It is floopy but I like it. I put 2 together using the backs as covers. I had to remove 40-50 sheets.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +2

      You removed the bindings?

    • @eBookHoarder
      @eBookHoarder Год назад +1

      @thefrugalcrafter Yes, I'm a floozy, but it is one of my favorites right now.

  • @JoAnneSmith-di8ok
    @JoAnneSmith-di8ok Год назад +1

    I found this whole thing interesting. Thank you. Now I have a better understanding of the types of paper.

  • @recoveringsoul755
    @recoveringsoul755 Год назад +1

    02:50 oh my goodness!! I think those mylar balloons of 2020 was the first tutorial of yours i tried to follow when i started trying to learn watercolor. I did it on December 31. 0f 2019
    I changed around some of the colors but I was surprised at how well it turned out me being a beginner. I thought no way it's going to look shiny or 3-dimensional.
    It's sort of an optical illusion

  • @michemman
    @michemman Год назад

    Dear Lindsay,
    Here is a few suggestions;
    1) Use post it notes on the front! Post its are your friend, (and they help to sort out all palettes too!) Keep post it notes near where your sketch books live. Make some labels with your craft kit, for the front or sides of the book. Add a piece of paper to the inside front, with a short list of contents, just in case you want to pull one to frame or photograph.
    "For this ____media..."
    To take here....
    7 pages to go!
    This paper is smooth like .....
    2) You can cut the white pages out, so even if it is a sewn book, cut next to the sewn side, then hide the cut with washi tape. Instead of keeping full paper ones, why not keep your watercolours in it, and cut the white out to use as scrap, swatches, so you finish it, contained with 3 done pages!
    3) Tape off one sketchbook if you have about 5 pages left. Good for squares.
    4) Use a compass to put 3 circles on some larger pages.
    5) Here is what you can do for all new ones!
    classify by topic!
    eg
    colour, designing pages and spreads with swatches in a unique way
    illustrative (I use a compass, and set a page)
    nature journalling. See John Muir Laws. ( I see. I wonder. It reminds me of, maps, &arrows, notes)
    plein-air
    W.W.M
    Inktober
    Calmtober
    Fall
    In the kayak
    sweet foods
    savory foods
    Colours palette notes you would like to use together eg with cards from Sarah's box
    Collage base then watercolour on top.
    watercolour and pencil on top.
    Derwent book supplies
    Jane Davenport girls.
    An inktense book.
    Just pencils!
    Dry media only!
    Wet media washes.
    6) Put a clip or a ribbon at the final drawing, or 1st new page.
    7) Sketch books are heavy energy. So tape areas off, so you don't see the past!
    8) Pick it up once, touch it, deal with it, so assign it while you look at it,
    eg next time you do this. Set aside one more day to pick it up, and deal with it, place a note on it! Take a photo of these notes!
    9) Make up a pack for the local school, or senior centre. A pad, some colours, a few brushes, tied with string. Send some to some contacts in countries that find it difficult to get supplies.
    10) Add a fountain pen, with a sticky pen holder with the elastic.
    11) Try app "Cam Scanner" on i phone to copy all work! So easy, can do it in bad lighting! You can use Cam scanner for all of your important documents, eg passports driver's license so you have them when you go away for safety sake. It has amazing technology so you can straighten the edges by pulling into the corner, so you can take something skewed overhead in bad lighting and it magically fixes it. You can add a signature that you have taken on a scrap, to add to it digitally. It is so worth the paid product.
    12) The other thing I do is I bought a dish rack from Aldi, and this makes a great vertical holder for sketchbooks, as you put each book into one of the wires!
    Horizontal sketch books that are seen are very heavy in energy. So all books, pads, sketchbooks, DVD's need to be vertical, so this gives a better energy!
    One of my favourite sketch books is the Etchr landscape in white linen, comes in a 3 pack. So I have these for each topic. It is mixed media, 240 gsm, a lovely texture. Creamy paper. Well made. I agree with you sometimes it is simply the wrong shape. It took me years to figure it all out.
    The problem is real....
    In kindred spirit,
    Eliza Most Beautiful Day is Today!
    1st of October 2023, 5:28pm
    Sydney Australia
    PPS: Turned 50 on the 12th of September!
    Just after my birthday had 5 procedures for endometriosis, with a general anesthetic which scares all heck out of me. (Would rather hold a venomous snake...) My 5th laparoscopy!
    Great to be alive!

  • @smitachengappa
    @smitachengappa Год назад +1

    Really enjoyed looking through your sketch books Lindsay. It's also fascinating (and reassuring!) to see how your art had changed over the years!
    I think you should repeat this next year and see how many are complete and how many more new ones you've got😂

  • @K_rye
    @K_rye Год назад +1

    This was so much fun! I loved seeing all those past projects. It was the perfect thing to watch while hemming a dress.

  • @99zanne
    @99zanne Год назад +1

    You did such a good job with this very difficult project! I am very impressed. From the sound of your future plans, I think you will be able to turn your almost done ones to done ones in pretty short order. I was fascinated to see all the different projects spanning those different time periods, too. TFS!

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 Год назад +2

    I remember so many of these 🎉 thanks Lindsay 💜

  • @mostlyvoid.partiallystars
    @mostlyvoid.partiallystars Год назад

    Those arteza maroon hardback books are what I use for my watercolor doodling haha. I like them for “scratch” or doodle paper!

  • @TimChuma
    @TimChuma Год назад

    Due to the media I work in I only use one side. I don't tend to skip around unless I change media. Strangely enough I only do marker pens on palm leaf plates after seeing someone do drawings on paper plates. For some reason I do not have any particular attachment due a particular sketchbook due to having to send drawings to people a lot so they have to be able to be removed from the sketchbook easily.

  • @rachelyork4485
    @rachelyork4485 Год назад

    THANK YOU ❤ for taking the time to show us your sketch books! This was fascinating to me, as I always worry/wonder about quality of paper on the market. Do not feel like it’s a waste. So many people benefit from your attention to detail and willingness to review the products for us. Honestly, watching you brighten my experiences with art.

  • @SketchesnScrubs
    @SketchesnScrubs Год назад

    This was so inspiring Lindsay! I will do the challenge too lol, I'm in denial about how many sketchbooks I have lol love the idea of a sketchbook snowball! Thank you for the inspiration, so much beautiful art! Lol I get comfort from the fact there are 53 in progress lol, I feel seen :P xx

  • @jrm2716
    @jrm2716 Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed this. It refreshed my memory about types of paper. I might be in minority, but I use one book per purpose until I finish it. I keep my new books together and grab them once I finish.
    I love your longer videos and will probably watch this one several times.
    tfs.

  • @bethcrane5780
    @bethcrane5780 Год назад +1

    Hi Lindsay, well this was a fun one revisiting some of my favourites of your pieces and getting a glimpse at your life sketching work. The life sketches are amazing and I wish we could see more of them!. I've been wanted to get a Stillman and Birnes sketchbook but couldn't figure out which on was best for my watercolor work, so thanks for illuminating that. Really fun video, I was listening, watching while also finishing up a watercolor painting. Thanks for bringing us along!

  • @almis4396
    @almis4396 Год назад

    I’ve made artist’s books with accordion format, but normally you bind them once you get all the art done. Otherwise, I agree with you, they’re cumbersome to use. Lovely video, I enjoyed watching your art and listening your thoughts.

  • @jessicabaca5186
    @jessicabaca5186 Год назад

    I used to watch nothing but makeup reviews and decluters. This is more up my alley now

  • @GinaBadeaux
    @GinaBadeaux Год назад +1

    i have been buying the nice small 3 packs of artisto books ,spiral bound 30 pages i filled 17 of them up already ,i need that 600 page book lol,i loved this ,im tired now got up way to early ,it was a great art day

  • @renee1292
    @renee1292 Год назад

    I can so relate!!! I have tons in progress and a box full of new, as yet unused.
    I have boxes filled with completed sketchbooks. I have no idea where to put them or what will become of them when I leave this life. Oh my poor kids!
    I do love Stillman and Birn Beta series

  • @theartofetta
    @theartofetta Год назад +1

    So fun to see so many sketchbooks at once. Brilliant video

  • @junepatterson7928
    @junepatterson7928 Год назад

    Only seven unfinished sketch books. In the last two weeks I have finished up two, so only five. Being a beginner it is amazing there is anything I like. But some of the drawings don’t suck. Go me. The best thing for me is can see I have improved!

  • @karenhankerson330
    @karenhankerson330 Год назад +1

    This was as fun and informative. You did a great purge. I have one sketch book from Walmart. I've never had an accordion style book. I was my little sketch for designs for flower arrangements, jewelry, swatches for my stamps. Tyfs this has really helped me. I'm working on getting back to basics from elementary. Any suggestions? Yeah for you.🎉🎉😎

  • @jam4441
    @jam4441 Год назад

    Such a great video showing all your work . I love the long video format. Your bird painting are a standout for me , as well as many other subjects. So much variety in you work with is great to see . Good luck filling and repurposing the books.

  • @sabinemetscher6449
    @sabinemetscher6449 Год назад

    Well done, Lindsay some of your favorites are my go-tos 🙂
    Stuck with you & I’m glad with my few in some of the categories 💗🏵🐾🐾🐾🐶Frame the dog art

  • @ValGermain-q5c
    @ValGermain-q5c Год назад +1

    What a fun review ! I really enjoyed it!

  • @wanderingstar5673
    @wanderingstar5673 Год назад

    Enjoyed all of the insight on the various sketchbooks as to what media works best. For something to go between pages - I purchased the thin food cutting mats at the Dollar Store and cut to fit various standard sized sketchbooks using regular household scissors. By increasing the dimensions by 1/8 to 1/4 inch it prevents bleeding over the edges. A budget friendly item that has worked well for me. 😊

  • @susansacco7583
    @susansacco7583 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the great flip through of your sketchbooks!💕 So fun to see. Good idea to finish sketchbooks first💕

  • @olderendirt
    @olderendirt Год назад

    This was interesting and it was pretty cool to hear about the different paper qualities, too. It was fun to see some of your older work that I remembered the videos for, too. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @melissaaldosari8024
    @melissaaldosari8024 Год назад +1

    This was so much fun! It was also really helpful! Thank you!

  • @MeganDeeMarie
    @MeganDeeMarie Год назад

    I use the Stillman and Burns Nova series mixed media books and they are delightful! I love all their books

  • @melissam946
    @melissam946 Год назад

    I'm in love with all of your artwork. The ones that 'didn't make the cut' I think are gorgeous!!!!

  • @le2382
    @le2382 Год назад

    This was so much fun to watch! Loved seeing your sketches, paintings and experiments in your sketchbooks. It was actually really inspiring because now I feel like I want to spend the whole weekend painting in my sketchbooks.

  • @elizekohler6199
    @elizekohler6199 Год назад

    Wow. Don't feel bad I have the same problem. Wish I knew where to start getting my craft things in order, in a way I can see it.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      I think declutter first and then organize is the way to go.

  • @brendawalsh8254
    @brendawalsh8254 Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed this so much

  • @madhabitz
    @madhabitz Год назад

    - It was pretty fun to watch someone else deal with this stuff and to know I'm not alone with the hoard. :)
    - It would be a bit of a project, but if it felt important to someone, they could feasibly disassemble their spiral-bound books. Once that's done, sort out the keeper sketches into one book and condense blank pages from several books into one full book. Sort ike-with-like, meaning hole sizes, shapes (square/round holes), hole spacing would all need to be the same. You could have different size papers in one book if the holes match up. Some wire rings will open up and some will "unscrew" from the block of pages.
    - Is that last hefty monster the Big A$$ Sketchbook? LoL...... I've had that sucker in my cart for years. lol..... oh man, I'm glad I finally saw one here -- I can finally move on from the idea. I do love a fat book, but oh man, it would take up a third of my table and I have zero shelving for it. lol
    - I wanted to jump on your 30 Days watercolor class so bad, but I've had my heart set on finally sucking it up to learn to draw. I had found a class, and was going to do that one this month, but when I saw the samples for your drawing class, I couldn't believe it. Every single one was something I'd actually love to learn to draw and that is rarely the case and partly to blame for not making the move. I love graphite, so this looks perfect. The fact that I can also afford it is a twofer.

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      Yay! See you in class!

    • @madhabitz
      @madhabitz Год назад

      @@thefrugalcrafter Headed over to sign up directly after I play YT Catchup.

  • @E4Alabbasy
    @E4Alabbasy Год назад

    I've been finishing a few of my older sketchbooks and honestly the thrill of finishing a sketchbook feels so nice that it drives me to do it more 😅 so O definitely felt your excitement when you realized you actually finished that sketchbook 👏🏼

  • @rk3476
    @rk3476 Год назад

    I really enjoyed seeing your sketchbooks.
    I have the Sanjoki markers, and one of their dark browns gets yellow ALL OVER the facing page, and the next couple pages in either direction. It’s the only one I noticed that, and none in other brands.

  • @jojoblablabla
    @jojoblablabla Год назад

    thanks for sharing its nice to see not only the finished drawings but also the unfinished/ experimental sketches. I feel inspired to paint some garlic now :)

  • @averymorgan1369
    @averymorgan1369 Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed this video!! Going through my sketchbooks now too!❤

  • @laracraft82
    @laracraft82 Год назад

    Your painting is beautiful well done enjoyed seeing inside all the gems sketchbooks hugs 😊❤

  • @deborahbloom4624
    @deborahbloom4624 Год назад +2

    Lindsay, what is the name/brand of the sketchbook that had sketch paper alternating with watercolor paper? It was the one that you didn't realized that you finished....#13....

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      Canon Montvale feels sketchbook, I think. It's a decade old, so im not sure if it's still available.

  • @katarinaholik
    @katarinaholik Год назад

    I use watercolor in art creation sketchbook, and it works surprisingly well

  • @melissaaldosari8024
    @melissaaldosari8024 Год назад

    I wonder if you might consider testing ways to resize some of the watercolor pages that are going off. Maybe something like Teoh did.? It worked really well for him! I would love to learn more about that!💜💜💜

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +2

      I think it's a glue economy. I tried to make a diy sizing and nothing I tried worked well andcommwrcailsizing is expensive and I don't like the watercolor ground that much. I'd rather just use dry media and gouache rather than resizing.

  • @marytesta3003
    @marytesta3003 Год назад +1

    Are you kidding Lindsay😂 I wish I could do a workshop with you live! I feel like I'm hanging out in your studio! No sleeping😂

  • @nadeaner.cowley513
    @nadeaner.cowley513 Год назад

    Fun video!!! Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @lamargot2201
    @lamargot2201 Год назад +1

    I have that 600-page sketchbook and the exact reason I purchased it was to do what you mentioned.... keep it on the coffee table as a sort of guestbook. Then COVID happened. Hrm. It may be time to revisit the idea!
    Comment va ton apprentissage du français? Tu doit avoir hâte pour ton voyage !!

    • @thefrugalcrafter
      @thefrugalcrafter  Год назад +1

      I have fallen behind in the French, I need to get back at it!

    • @MrsBarnabas
      @MrsBarnabas Год назад

      @@thefrugalcrafter 🫂

  • @jessbutterfly1934
    @jessbutterfly1934 Год назад

    I like the Paul Rubens little sketchbooks, but over in Australia they start at like $35 + each

  • @rebekahmckeithan6132
    @rebekahmckeithan6132 Год назад

    I feel better about only having 4/5 finished sketchbooks! Great video Lindsay ❤