Travel sketchbook flip through - Come sketch with me in Hawaii, Australia and Thailand
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2023
- Holiday or vacation sketching is pretty high on a lot of artists list. Who doesn't want to come back from a trip whether at home or abroad, with a travel journal full of lively sketches of your destination? They dutifully pack a few (or a lot) of supplies. And guess what? The supplies come back with a great sun tan, but haven't been used. I want to share my travel sketchbook, not because it is perfect in anyway, but it shows what can be done in a short time to capture lots of wonderful travel and holiday memories. I hope it inspires you to do a travel sketchbook or your own on your next vacation.
This sketchbook is a mix of urban sketching, nature journal, a diary and notebook. Most sketchers were done from life, but some were done from photos. Most are line and wash, as I find that the fastest way to capture my impressions of a place.
I've just returned from a six week trip to Hawaii, Australia and Thailand (I know, I am incredibly lucky) and was determined to keep a travel sketchbook to remind me of this amazing trip. Sketching your surroundings is a brilliant way of improving your mindfulness, getting to know your destination better, improving your art, making your memories stronger and meeting new people. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
But this trip was for my husband, so I didn't want to hijack it and so I kept most sketches to 20-30 minutes and did one every other day (ish). I thought that was pretty fair.
I took as few supplies as possible:
Etchr watercolour sketch book
Stabilo Point 88 pens - black and brown
Pigment fineliners - black and sepia - in a range of widths 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.8mm
Waterbrush
Spritz bottle
Derwent line and wash paint set with a few added colours
No pencil or eraser - no time to erase mistakes!!
Here are some films you might also find helpful:
Make your own sketchbook to take on holiday - • How to make a watercol...
Review of Etchr watercolour book - • Which is the best sket...
Painting the cover of the Etchr sketchbook - • Painting the cover of ...
Make your own travel palette - • How to make a mini wat...
In the near future I will put together a film about my top tips and hints for travel sketching, so please watch out for that. Each week I do a short film to share a technique or subject, so please like and subscribe and hit the notification bell and you will know when the next one is out.
I also run a lovely, friendly Facebook group which is a great place to meet up with like minded artists, to share your work or to ask questions. You can find it here: groups/watercolourstudiowithlizchaderton.
#lizchaderton #lineandwash #travelsketch
If you want more in depth training, I have pre recorded courses available at www.lizchadertonstudio.co.uk so that you can study whenever and wherever you like. - Zábava
Oh wow Liz. What a wonderful sketchbook of your travels. Thank you sooooo much for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed ‘travelling’ with you.
My pleasure!
That was very enjoyable. Thank you for sharing your beautiful travel art.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a marvellous trip and I am so impressed that you posted this video when you must be suffering from jet lag. Many thanks
This is all I’ve managed this week. Hoping to get back in the studio next week!
Hi Liz, thank you for sharing your sketches of what must have been a varied geographical and culturally exciting adventure for you and your husband. Now you are back in Blighty in am looking forward to your future videos. Take care x
Glad you enjoyed them and yes it was really varied. I thought I would find Hawaii the most interesting (been to Thailand before), but I found Australia fascinating, not only geographically but because we have so much in common, but are so different
I really enjoyed your paintings and your storytelling! I'm going to send this to some artists' friends who love to travel. I know they will enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you for sharing your adventure. I love seeing new places, even if it's through another eye...very talented eyes!😊🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
Thank you!
I was looking forward to this and it did not disappoint! What a fun trip! ❤
Yes it was!
Amazing work! I'm glad you had such wonderful adventures. I really love the koala you painted on your sketchbook. Looks great!🐨💕
thank you. you might like this koala tutorial czcams.com/video/BeF-eanDL9g/video.html
I love how you made a diary out of it! I don't think I could ever do this because we are always on the run on every adventure we've ever been on. The only time it gets a little slower is when we are on a cruise and it is an at sea day. That's when I met a wc artist on board who showed me her sketchbook and the water brushes. I got a lot of info from her in the hour or so which turned me on to wc! I'm a photographer first so I always have had a keen eye for subjects and always shoot several thousand pics while on a trip of 14-21 days. I have my shots of Sydney also and the Blue Mountains. We cruised to Figi and Vanuatu and other islands in that string. I should go back through all those and paint some. You should have gone to New Zealand while you were in the area. It's most beautiful! 😍
Would love to go to NZ, but in four weeks we barely touched Australia!
LC..hope you had fun,like I did viewing the art you did while you were having fun..🚴
Thank you so much 😊
Yes I did enjoy seeing your sketchbook Liz, what a lovely keepsake. I should do more but I never seem to have the time when I’m travelling.
I did one 20/30 min sketch every 2/3 days, so it didn’t eat up lots of time!
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
I just discovered your channel! I love your style. I will continue to watch you and hope I can learn from you. ❤ from Prescott, Arizona
Thanks for watching and welcome!
Lovely!
Thank you. it was an amazing trip
Do you know, what I 've been thinking while watching? I thought, what a big gift it is, to be able to see colours,paint what you see and capture the very essence of the places you 've been to! It felt like I 've been transported to the times before cinema, before photography, before all those gadgets,that are around us today. Imagine, sitting in your salon, dainty sipping tea and showing your sketches of the far, far places, where not many people even now can get to, but imagine, how would it be then! In those times your trip would take maybe a whole year! Probably, longer... And all your guests (us, lucky viewers) would have a chance to have a glimpse of the world far far beyond and listen to your stories and be totally amazed at all wonderful and strange things you 've seen and recorded in your sketches!
New subscriber here, just saying hi and thank you for your films, each and every one of them is an invaluable gift , I started at the very beginning and catching up with modern times now,learned a lot, and just want you to know,how grateful I am for your gifts of knowledge and experience and all what you do on this channel!
What a wonderful and thoughtful comment. In the olden days, I would have probably never left my village! it is such a privilege to be able to travel and a pleasure to share the sketches.
@@LizChadertonArt
There is nothing wrong with never leaving the village as well, the beauty is where we find it!
Since I started drawing, it came to me that people who draw( or paint) see the world around them more vividly, they are more present in the moment. Snapping a photo doesn't (usually) take a long time and sometimes people don't even take another look at what they took a picture of, just snap! and go, sort of... When you sit and try to put it down on your page, all sorts of things start to pop up suddenly, because you are not only looking,but seeing also!
Maybe, the result is far away from the Idea in the head, but it's not the point. Many years ago me and my little daughter went to the zoo, and instead of camera we took a sketchbook and a pencil. We would go to the animal enclosures and take 3-5 minutes to make a sketch, taking turns. Now, those imperfect hurried sketches are among my most treasured possessions, I wouldn't trade even the most scribbly one of them for photos. ( There's nothing wrong with photos, it's just some people prefer handmade with a personal touch)
I feel deep gratitude to people like you,who take time of their day to teach others and show them the way it could be done, so I wish you lots and lots of good karma and all the best!
@@ellenp7455 YOu are so right - sketches helps you really be in the present. I love that you have your sketches from your daughter
`Liz I did so enjoy you travel sketches , I have a sketch book in my handbag that ai drag out when i have to wait somewhere , i love sketching people and getting some interesting people , all the way from Australia .
perfect! you get the gold star ⭐️. Missing Australia. I rather fell in love with it
Wow, you did cover a lot in a few weeks. Fastinating to see your sketches. It took us 3 years to cover that plus a southern part of western Australia.
sadly, we didn’t have three years! It is so vast, we would love to return
Thanks!
Thank you!
Your sketchbook looks so gorgeous! Wonderful!
Thank you so much!
A wonderful group of sketches to remember your adventures. I love thé koala on thé cover. Thanks so much for sharing!
I so appreciate all your lovel comments and encouragement ☺️
How lovely to see Australia through your artistic eyes ... ❤. At this moment I’m sitting on my balcony at Mullaway beach which is just a way up the highway from the ‘famous’ Windmill ... the kettle would’ve been on had I known you were nearby☺️. It is such a pleasure watching your videos, so informative and relaxing, and I continually learn from you. Thank you.
oh you are making me jealous! We loved seeing the turtles off the jetty too and had a great Ethiopian meal! Next time for the cuppa!
Thank you! I love sketchbook flip throughs! ❤
thank you so much!
Welcome back Liz and many thanks for sharing your trip through your wonderful sketches - beautiful!
My pleasure 😊
Hullo Liz, thank you for sharing this wonderful video of your trip! I am doing very little traveling these days and it was a nice experience to go along with you on yours! I hope you have a few references that you “snapped” and will be creating some amazing artworks in the near future! See ya next video.
I have some ideas for studio paintings! Glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely lovely travel sketches! Thank you for sharing your trip and your captured memories!❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you! Thai architecture is inspiring, but it was so hot, I could only manage very quick sketches!
Wow it looks like you both had a wonderful vacation trip! I really appreciate your sharing details of the trip & the sketchbook with us. Fantastic detailed draw on tge cover of the sketchbook as well as inside the sketchbook. I really do need to start a second one soon! Thanks so much! 💕😃
Glad you enjoyed it! we were very lucky
What a fabulous trip! I have been to the exact same spots in Hawaii. LOVED our visit there several years ago now. Itching to go back. I have always wanted to visit Austrailia but am soo terrified of all the creepy ickies...snakes, scorpions and the like. haha!
Such a lovely sketchbook tour. Thank you soo much for sharing. ❤
Toni
We only saw one big spider…harmless and two snakes. One was a python, utterly harmless, and one unknown (we were in the car). ignore those and think about koalas, kangaroos, possums, emus, turtles etc etc
Thank you so much, Liz. Just what I needed on a wet evening in Lancashire.
Glad to share a bit of southern hemisphere warmth with you!
Delighted your back Liz what an amazing trip you've had, thanks for sharing xx
@@joankennedyartist thanks Joan!
Liking this but I’m going to try a quick bit of painting this morning following some of your tips.
Have fun!
@@LizChadertonArt Thanks but house chores and grandchildren stopped play 😟
@@TerryMcGearyScotland Life does get in the way of play sometimes! There is tomorrow
HI Liz - at the start when you are talking about the equipment you used you mentioned you like to use and therefore took some Stabilo 88 water soluble pens. I have bought some of these and am keen to have a go - are there any of your videos where you specifically use these please?Thanks Martin
Take a look here: czcams.com/video/r1zkqZvt_LM/video.html Hope it helps
@@LizChadertonArt thanks Liz much appreciated 👍
..do you think is it possible anybody to paint in watercolour in 30 minutes? I have only 30 minutes in the evening. But if i do i feel tremendous pressure of time not fun. Also most of the 30 minutes go in planning and preparing
Pure watercolour in 30 mins is tough, line and wash is very possible. The fun depends if you see it as a challenge or a constraint... Also choose your subject carefully.