The anxiety pushing to have another sketchbook ready is like that drive to stock up enough food to survive the long winter. Art is a need for many of us, so we want to be prepared to meet the need. One early blank sketchbook is about as far from hoarding as you can get, lol. Maybe consider getting an extra sketchbook or two and letting them wait on the shelf? Who knows, maybe you will realize that working two at a time is your happy place. Also, perhaps go learn more about your anxiety, because stress over illogical things does not add anything positive to our lives. Good luck!
Oh I have at least a dozen right now waiting with about 6 of them in use at the same time. Maybe more. I just mean that I feel this way about this particular sketchbook because I enjoy using it. 😂
Ya, I agree Pete , it seems unfinished for you 😂. Christine’s art is lovely and fun too! Of course I understand your insanity for needing another sketchbook before the one you have is finished, I have a craft room filled with that logic lol 😂
You should do what you feel... if you really needed to add the lines, you should've. You are the one creating the art, you are the one dictating when is done and how is done ;) :).
I agree, but I would always go back and forth on whether I should add them or not. This one is being left as a reminder that I should always add the details. 👍🏻
So...confession time... since january ii have purchased 30 small (3" x 3") to medium sketchbooks in all paper varieties...only 2 are large-ish ( 9 x 12)... in addition, sulphite paper, yasumoto stone paper. Japanese rice paper... and 8 other sketchbooks in use all at the same time ... what's my deal? experimentation & prolific ideas, collage and mixed media, gelli prints, zentangle, gouache...throw in some origami...ii figure art is my support & variety apparently is the name of the game...
I like to have different sketchbooks for different mediums because I find mixed media sketchbooks kind of meh (unless I am creating an actual mixed media piece, that is). It’s really ok to have a bunch of sketchbooks, as long as you use them! I personally don’t mind if my art supplies outlive me. I would be really happy for them to be passed on to friends and arty kids, or gifted to art therapy units. I am multidisciplinary so I have to have a selection of things (I also work with sound, video and sculpture) available at all times in my workspace. So by necessity, I will not use up everything all the time! But I need it to be there so I can work
I also have different sketchbooks for different techniques and mediums. There's no problem with that. Whatever inspires you to create is the key. The stone paper and rice paper sound very intriguing. I'll need to look into those. 👍🏻
I get anxious if I can't finish a painting in one sitting or if I can't paint every day. I'm afraid I'll quit if I don't accomplish something daily. It happened to me twice before. Once I quit for 5 years and another time I stopped for over 4. I have so much paper and stuff that I have more anxiety over having too much than not having enough. I like your work.
Thank you! Have you tried planning a day not to paint for one day on a calendar? If you tell yourself you are just following the schedule you might be able to stop for a day and pick it up the next day. Just a thought. You know yourself better than anyone. 🙂
LOL…I understand about “putting the lines in”. I miss them in this picture..although it’s also great without, but prefer the lines. So no, I dont’ get too anxious over stuff anymore, like running out of something. I use to, but getting old changes a lot of that stuff!! Now I figure time is too short to get too anxious over stuff. Gosh I use to be AWFUL, would really get myself in a dither. Finally learned, that kind of stuff would give me a heart attack…I’m much more zen 🧘 as an old person.😂😂😂😂
I miss the lines too. I know I shouldn't get anxious over it, but my body responds as if I'm anxious even though I cannot even find a reason to be anxious over it. It's a strange internal conflict. 😂
I am exactly the same way as you about the sketchbooks. My favorite sketchbook is coming to a close and now I can't draw in it because I'm afraid to run out of it lol. And I think that's ridiculous on my part because I really wanted to finish that sketchbook but I'm afraid to because I can't afford to buy another one right now. I personally think that I am just being silly. However I understand that it is a real thing because when you're unable to acquire another sketchbook of the same material that you truly enjoy it is crippling because you know that you can't continue your journey in the same way without it.
I agree. Usually when I find a sketchbook I enjoy I try to immediately get another to keep on the shelf but I have so many that are still only half done that I'd hate to waste the money buying another one that just sits there. For now I will deal with it and try to use up what I have. 👍🏻
Interesting about the wax, I've never put anything on my watercolors, never even thought of it. 🤔 I just matted and framed behind glass the ones I liked. I did use spray fixatif on charcoals and chalk pastels but they are still very messy. Nice guest art.
I should have clarified that I normally don't put anything on my watercolor but if I do, it's this wax. I don't even have any of my work hanging in my house which is a little strange. I do have a pastel piece that I put behind glass so it doesn't get ruined. I used fixative on a pastel one time and it ruined it so I won't do that again. Mostly I put a sheet of glassine over the top to store those. You're right, it's still messy. 🙂
Totally sketchbook supply anxiety here!! But it’s a very real problem for me. ALL the sketchbooks and pads I’ve been using have completely changed their paper multiple times in the last couple of years, sometimes every batch. I showed a shop assistant a couple from her shop, both bought early this year, and she was shocked how different they were. Different colour, texture, thickness, and one had perforations- but the covers and descriptions were the same. Whenever I find one I like I rush to the same shop to buy another, but often they got a fresh batch already😢. This is even with relatively expensive artists brands like daler rowney, winsor&newton etc.
That seems to be an issue in the mills with supply chain. A lot of brands are made in the same facility with a different name. Sometimes the brand doesn't even know there was a change.
I’ve thought about getting this but also, I keep my framed pieces behind uv protected glass. So not sure if I need this. But if I paint anything on treated open canvases, I know I’ll have to apply this wax. Tell me Pete. Does it attract dust once it’s cured?
Well, I don't think it attracts dust very much. I've had this displayed since I created it and this was the first time I've wiped anything over it. There was a little dust that came off but not bad at all. When it dries, it doesn't feel sticky, it's pretty smooth. I probably should've mentioned that I usually don't put anything on my pieces but if I did it would be this. You definitely do not need this if you are using glass. 👍🏻
Am I supposed to respond to what your comment this way or I do I click "reply." I really don't comment all that much, so I don't know what I'm doing, but I will say that, just like adding the extra lines, the background is "extra" I suppose--your colors are so interesting I just thought it would pull the whole piece together; well, much like the lines can and do. Or how about shading? Some lines being thicker to indicate depth or is that getting away from abstraction? Well, maybe I should go to my table and pull out some gouache and see what I'm talking about.
Replying like this is just fine. 👍🏻 When I use the brush it's to add different line qualities to the later detail lines since they bounce off the brush marks. It's just another form of texture. That's all. 🙂
You got other sketch books? But you don't have this brand? I don't see a problem stocking up. I get anxious too so buy a couple next time, the anxiety won't happen as quick next time. I got little/big sketches all over the place. I've put a lot of them in portfolios (expensive) or piled up on shelves collecting dust--some of these I would like to rework and then I can't find them. I admire anybody who would have the control to use a sketch book in the first place so if you're getting anxious, go buy a couple. Adding lines to your work, well, that's you, maybe don't add so much. Your perspective might be changing toward your art because you asked the question. It might lead you to something interesting, i.e., you didn't use lines in this one, but I noticed the colors were lighter--maybe adding a background color(s) would have finished off this piece more so than adding lines or not so much. I would like to see what would happen if you would do this. r.
It's possible. Years ago I did animal portraits and I would add a background. Then I decided it took away from the main piece too much so I just used a single color in the background. Then one day I just stopped putting them in. Sometimes I like it and other times I don't. I go back and forth on this so on occasion I'll add a background if I feel into it. 👍🏻
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YES, I GET THAT KIND OF ANXIETY!!!!
The anxiety pushing to have another sketchbook ready is like that drive to stock up enough food to survive the long winter. Art is a need for many of us, so we want to be prepared to meet the need. One early blank sketchbook is about as far from hoarding as you can get, lol. Maybe consider getting an extra sketchbook or two and letting them wait on the shelf? Who knows, maybe you will realize that working two at a time is your happy place. Also, perhaps go learn more about your anxiety, because stress over illogical things does not add anything positive to our lives. Good luck!
Oh I have at least a dozen right now waiting with about 6 of them in use at the same time. Maybe more. I just mean that I feel this way about this particular sketchbook because I enjoy using it. 😂
Its comforting to know that other people besides me have anxious thoughts. I love your larger than life personality!!
Thank you! I appreciate you. 🙂
Ya, I agree Pete , it seems unfinished for you 😂. Christine’s art is lovely and fun too! Of course I understand your insanity for needing another sketchbook before the one you have is finished, I have a craft room filled with that logic lol 😂
😂 Thanks! I'll try to work through it.
You should do what you feel... if you really needed to add the lines, you should've.
You are the one creating the art, you are the one dictating when is done and how is done ;) :).
I agree, but I would always go back and forth on whether I should add them or not. This one is being left as a reminder that I should always add the details. 👍🏻
So...confession time... since january ii have purchased 30 small (3" x 3") to medium sketchbooks in all paper varieties...only 2 are large-ish ( 9 x 12)... in addition, sulphite paper, yasumoto stone paper. Japanese rice paper... and 8 other sketchbooks in use all at the same time ... what's my deal? experimentation & prolific ideas, collage and mixed media, gelli prints, zentangle, gouache...throw in some origami...ii figure art is my support & variety apparently is the name of the game...
I like to have different sketchbooks for different mediums because I find mixed media sketchbooks kind of meh (unless I am creating an actual mixed media piece, that is). It’s really ok to have a bunch of sketchbooks, as long as you use them! I personally don’t mind if my art supplies outlive me. I would be really happy for them to be passed on to friends and arty kids, or gifted to art therapy units. I am multidisciplinary so I have to have a selection of things (I also work with sound, video and sculpture) available at all times in my workspace. So by necessity, I will not use up everything all the time! But I need it to be there so I can work
I also have different sketchbooks for different techniques and mediums. There's no problem with that. Whatever inspires you to create is the key. The stone paper and rice paper sound very intriguing. I'll need to look into those. 👍🏻
What is the rice paper sketchbook? Do you like it? I love rice paper and have not seen that. Thank you.
I get anxious if I can't finish a painting in one sitting or if I can't paint every day. I'm afraid I'll quit if I don't accomplish something daily. It happened to me twice before. Once I quit for 5 years and another time I stopped for over 4.
I have so much paper and stuff that I have more anxiety over having too much than not having enough. I like your work.
Thank you! Have you tried planning a day not to paint for one day on a calendar? If you tell yourself you are just following the schedule you might be able to stop for a day and pick it up the next day. Just a thought. You know yourself better than anyone. 🙂
nearly spat my coffee out when I heard my name mentioned, hahaha. Thank god I was not painting at that point or talk about ruining work! 😂
😂 Good thing.
Really cool guest art!
Such a fun representation! 😅 I was entertained and educated at the same time! 10/10, Highly recommended ❤️
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
LOL…I understand about “putting the lines in”. I miss them in this picture..although it’s also great without, but prefer the lines.
So no, I dont’ get too anxious over stuff anymore, like running out of something. I use to, but getting old changes a lot of that stuff!! Now I figure time is too short to get too anxious over stuff. Gosh I use to be AWFUL, would really get myself in a dither. Finally learned, that kind of stuff would give me a heart attack…I’m much more zen 🧘 as an old person.😂😂😂😂
I miss the lines too.
I know I shouldn't get anxious over it, but my body responds as if I'm anxious even though I cannot even find a reason to be anxious over it. It's a strange internal conflict. 😂
I am exactly the same way as you about the sketchbooks. My favorite sketchbook is coming to a close and now I can't draw in it because I'm afraid to run out of it lol. And I think that's ridiculous on my part because I really wanted to finish that sketchbook but I'm afraid to because I can't afford to buy another one right now. I personally think that I am just being silly. However I understand that it is a real thing because when you're unable to acquire another sketchbook of the same material that you truly enjoy it is crippling because you know that you can't continue your journey in the same way without it.
I agree. Usually when I find a sketchbook I enjoy I try to immediately get another to keep on the shelf but I have so many that are still only half done that I'd hate to waste the money buying another one that just sits there. For now I will deal with it and try to use up what I have. 👍🏻
The level of identification I felt with the sketchbook story. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
Great info as usual. Thanks Pete. This time period has us all anxious, don’t you think?
@@Ann-ey1tw That's very true.
❤ enjoyable as always,thank you
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. 🙂
I also like the detail work. It feels unfished to me, as well. But i love hearing you complain about it. 😇❤️😂
😂 I do that a lot. Thanks Linda!
Interesting about the wax, I've never put anything on my watercolors, never even thought of it. 🤔
I just matted and framed behind glass the ones I liked.
I did use spray fixatif on charcoals and chalk pastels but they are still very messy.
Nice guest art.
I should have clarified that I normally don't put anything on my watercolor but if I do, it's this wax. I don't even have any of my work hanging in my house which is a little strange. I do have a pastel piece that I put behind glass so it doesn't get ruined. I used fixative on a pastel one time and it ruined it so I won't do that again. Mostly I put a sheet of glassine over the top to store those. You're right, it's still messy. 🙂
Totally sketchbook supply anxiety here!! But it’s a very real problem for me. ALL the sketchbooks and pads I’ve been using have completely changed their paper multiple times in the last couple of years, sometimes every batch. I showed a shop assistant a couple from her shop, both bought early this year, and she was shocked how different they were. Different colour, texture, thickness, and one had perforations- but the covers and descriptions were the same. Whenever I find one I like I rush to the same shop to buy another, but often they got a fresh batch already😢. This is even with relatively expensive artists brands like daler rowney, winsor&newton etc.
That seems to be an issue in the mills with supply chain. A lot of brands are made in the same facility with a different name. Sometimes the brand doesn't even know there was a change.
I’ve thought about getting this but also, I keep my framed pieces behind uv protected glass. So not sure if I need this. But if I paint anything on treated open canvases, I know I’ll have to apply this wax. Tell me Pete. Does it attract dust once it’s cured?
Well, I don't think it attracts dust very much. I've had this displayed since I created it and this was the first time I've wiped anything over it. There was a little dust that came off but not bad at all. When it dries, it doesn't feel sticky, it's pretty smooth. I probably should've mentioned that I usually don't put anything on my pieces but if I did it would be this. You definitely do not need this if you are using glass. 👍🏻
@@IllustrationsByPete Ok, awesome Pete! Thanks so much!😎
Am I supposed to respond to what your comment this way or I do I click "reply." I really don't comment all that much, so I don't know what I'm doing, but I will say that, just like adding the extra lines, the background is "extra" I suppose--your colors are so interesting I just thought it would pull the whole piece together; well, much like the lines can and do. Or how about shading? Some lines being thicker to indicate depth or is that getting away from abstraction? Well, maybe I should go to my table and pull out some gouache and see what I'm talking about.
Replying like this is just fine. 👍🏻
When I use the brush it's to add different line qualities to the later detail lines since they bounce off the brush marks. It's just another form of texture. That's all. 🙂
Is that Gambling the same as Dorland's Wax Medium? 🤔
It might be. I have never used that brand.but it sounds similar. 👍🏻
I’ve used Dorlands and it works very well.
@@Ann-ey1tw Thanks for the info. 👍🏻
@@Ann-ey1tw Yes, I know. I have Dorland's. I'm asking cause the Gambling is more affordable where I live.
You got other sketch books? But you don't have this brand? I don't see a problem stocking up. I get anxious too so buy a couple next time, the anxiety won't happen as quick next time. I got little/big sketches all over the place. I've put a lot of them in portfolios (expensive) or piled up on shelves collecting dust--some of these I would like to rework and then I can't find them. I admire anybody who would have the control to use a sketch book in the first place so if you're getting anxious, go buy a couple. Adding lines to your work, well, that's you, maybe don't add so much. Your perspective might be changing toward your art because you asked the question. It might lead you to something interesting, i.e., you didn't use lines in this one, but I noticed the colors were lighter--maybe adding a background color(s) would have finished off this piece more so than adding lines or not so much. I would like to see what would happen if you would do this. r.
It's possible. Years ago I did animal portraits and I would add a background. Then I decided it took away from the main piece too much so I just used a single color in the background. Then one day I just stopped putting them in. Sometimes I like it and other times I don't. I go back and forth on this so on occasion I'll add a background if I feel into it. 👍🏻
I really prefer the lines…..The painting looks more complete to me. I UNDERSTAND the need to put in lines.
I've been using cold wax for a couple of years without issues. Do wear gloves please. As far as lines/no lines; it's your art do what you like.
I think I figured out what I want to do from now on. 👍🏻