How did I not know about mapcrunching until now?
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2023
- Today’s video is all about MAPCRUNCHING! How did I not know about this until right now? It’s just like urban sketching, but you can do it at home and you can jump to any location in the world that google street view has recorded. How exciting. I felt like I was sitting on the side of the road, studying the landscapes of places I’ve never been to.
I show you two locations that I have watercolored in my sketchbook using images found on mapcrunch.com. One is from Flanders and the other is from Slovenia. Of course, I don’t make a true-to-the-reference-photo painting. Rather, I take artistic license to change what I want, moving around houses and trees willy-nilly and changing the colors in the landscape to suit my palette.
Thank you for clicking on this description! At this very beginner phase of my “content creation” experience, it is very exciting just to imagine that people watch my videos. I do a metaphoric backflip for each new subscriber. I know, I’m new. (360 subscribers at the moment I shared this video)
There are amazon affiliate links sprinkled around in here. These are items that I have found to bring joy to my life and I hope they do the same for you. If you click on the link and actually buy something (anything!) from amazon, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you - and that helps to support this channel.
Materials I used in this video:
Arches cold press watercolor paper: amzn.to/41cwLNC
Stabilo pencil, black: amzn.to/40cZjG8
Pin Fineliner Drawing Pen: amzn.to/42romGz
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Favorite supplies that usually appear in my videos:
1. A porcelain plate or tray from the goodwill makes a great palette. So does a plastic lid from a yogurt container.
2. A used talenti ice cream cup is perfect for swish water; also a great way to buy art supplies when you “have to” eat the contents first.
3. A cheap Robert Simmons Expressions brush is perfect. The one I’m using here is an E85 Round, size 12. You can buy one at Blick Art.
4. I use a glass bottle that used to contain facial toner for my spray bottle. The toner was expensive, but it has a very pretty label. The spray is a fine mist and the bottle is the perfect size for using at home and also for taking out on location.
Some of my favorite art books:
Breaking the Rules of Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: amzn.to/3IoJLZL
Taking Risks With Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: amzn.to/3SMqCV8
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards: amzn.to/3kIwiDd
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What I use to film and edit my videos:
Small, flexible tripod with screw-on grippy attachment that holds my GoPro: amzn.to/3mEEGUU
Desk mount device that I use with the screw-on grippy attachment that came with my tripod - the desk mount (in combination with the grippy attachment) holds my GoPro 18-inches above my table: amzn.to/3L81XbK
Blue yeti microphone: amzn.to/3Fw1IE7
Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor - this is what I use to connect the blue yeti microphone to my ipad for voice over editing: amzn.to/3ZNxuUE
GoPro Hero10: amzn.to/3TFnvyU
It takes some getting used to, but for filming on hikes it is much better than using my iPhone.
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Hey Kendra this video just popped up and thought I'd watch and how lovely to hear you recommending me and the Creative catch up crew! Thanks for sharing your sketchbook pages and process and a very relaxing voice over! Look forward to watching more. 😊
Hi Melanie! Wow, what a delightful surprise to see your comment here! :-) I absolutely love watching (or listening to) all of your content… thank you so much for making it and sharing your creative side on youtube. I’ve watched all of your recent videos and I’m working my way through your backlist. :-)
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well hello there! I stumbled onto this video, very happy I did and I've subscribed 😀
Waving hello from Canada (west coast BC) thats literally on fire
Heather
Thank you for your kind comment! :-) Oh those fires! I’ve read that we’re on track for the worst fire season in BC ever. It’s a terrible thing to live through… wondering if the smoke will ever clear and especially traumatic for those facing evacuations. I remember the smoke in Portland in the fall of 2020 - it was reddish-gray and it smelled so bad outside.
First time watching...from north Texas. Nice job!!
Thank you!
Hi Eva, thank you for your kind words! Welcome to my little corner of youtube. :-)
Great video! Thanks!
Thank you!
Very cool idea thank you .
If you haven't seen any of Katie Moody's videos, I bet you would love them. She was the first artist I heard of map crunching and from around the same area as Mel and Kriksis.
Hi Kelcey! Thank you for your comment! Katie’s channel looks like a lot of fun! I’ve just subscribed so that I can put her on when I get my paints out… maybe even tonight. :-)
I've really been enjoying your videos. I especially enjoy that you share your thought process so well. If possible, when you mention other artists could you put their names in the video description. It is likely me age, but often I can't catch the names and I would like to "check them out". TFS
Thank you for your kind comment! :-) You’ll love having a look at Kriksis, Melanie Chadwick and Natasha Newton. They all have youtube channels and then together they publish a podcast (Creative Catch Up). They share so much delightful content and with such cheerful voices!
@@klwebuga Thanks!!
Thanks for mentioning this. I go back and forth to try to catch the names. Thanks for adding them for us. Much appreciated. Love the videos, always click the LIKE button. ❤❤
I do the same thing! I was already out searching for "Prixis", "Natalie Something", and "Marilyn Chadwell"!! Thank you, Kendra, for including their names - I would still be out looking for the wrong folks, otherwise!🤪
Thanks, too, for the names of the "three ladies from Lizard Peninsula" I was searching and replaying and had the names spelled all wrong! Thank you. Love your videos!
Greetings from Slovenija
Hello! :-) Have you had the opportunity to drive along that bucolic country road? So beautiful!
Thank you!
Thank you CZcams for suggesting your video. I enjoyed watching your process. Also, that pink drink looked so refreshing😅
Thank you for your kind words, Stephanie! Hmm, I think that pink drink must have been an ice tea that I’ve been making for myself lately. I use the Stash Pomegranate Raspberry and add ice and agave. Now that I know you’ve noticed my drink, perhaps I will share my various favorites in future videos! :-)
Lovely to find this channel. I’m also in Portland, Oregon ❤
Hello neighbor! :-) Thank you for your kind comment!
I love this painting and the calendar idea.
Thank you! I very much appreciate your encouragement! :-)
Wow! Your AmAzInG 🤩….. I just found you channel, viewed several of your videos, subscribed, and came back to this to work along with you! Girrrrl, this was so much fun! I thoroughly enjoyed your teaching and making this piece! Thank you so much for sharing. Now I’m FIXEN to pull up another one of your videos and make something else. 😊
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Awww, thank you for your kind words! :-) I can feel your enthusiasm - what a lovely energy!
I like the watercolor pencil technique! Haven’t seen that before. Thanks also for mapcrunch!
Hi Shawna! Thank you for your kind comments here. :-)
That's very cool! I also follow them and have been wanting to try mapcrunching. It always sounds so intriguing. Love your work, btw!
Thank you for your kind words! I totally encourage you to try mapcrunching. It’s a great sketchbook exercise and I find it pushes me to look through my “artist eyes.”
I've watched a lot of watercolor videos and I appreciate all of the artists I've watched and I have to say that this is one of my favorite ones. I like your use of unconventional art tools. Loved the painting and I will be watching more of your videos.
Wow, Debbie - this is a HUGE compliment! Thank you! I’m still super new to this… to youtube, and even to making watercolors. Hopefully my enthusiasm will shine through for many videos to come. :-)
I'm so GLAD I found you! Your artwork is just what I am trying to develop, away from years of painting flowers. Thank you, thank you so much!
Hi Beatrix, oh wow, thank you for your kind words! I hadn’t really thought of it much, but when you say “years of painting flowers,” it reminds me that there are so many books and tutorials out there about how to watercolor flowers. I like painting flowers, too, but they are oh so many more subjects that catch me. :-)
This is so beautiful!
Awww, thanks! :-)
Love you painting, thanks for sharing
You’re journal is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your ideas and the info on mapcrunch.
Thank you for your kind comments! :-)
Brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing… 🙏🏼💕
Thank you! :-)
I just found this wonderful video. I really enjoyed this video and the three artists you mention. I'm not sure if you've heard of Sarah Burns, but if not, check her out. She is an amazing artist, living in Scotland.
Hi Chris! Thank you for your kind words and the recommendation to Sarah Burns! She’s new to me and I’ve just subscribed to her channel so I can “get to know her” when I get my paints out. :-)
Thanks for this video….. I know it requires a lot of time and attention to create …love the simplicity and strong color in your painting. And thank you for the link to mapcrunching. Sometimes I want to paint the ocean in California where I grew up…but I live now in gorgeous Montana. God bless you💕
Hi Cathy, thank you for your kind words and appreciation of the time it takes to put it all together. :-) I imagine that you’ll have specific ideas of spots on the CA coast that you can “go to” in google street view. I’ve recently looked back at addresses where I’ve stayed while traveling - with street view, I can walk those same streets again and see what’s changed.
really like your color choices and mixes! and great reminder about glazing. enjoyed watching your process and seeing your beautiful sketches. thank you.
Hi Alice - thank you for your kind words! :-)
From childhood, all my life. I always wanted things I created to be in 3s. Even with photographs. I never wanted subjects to be in the center and/or have something else interesting in the same part of the image. One photo in particular that I remember had my brother in it but I made him peek out from some flowering bushes. 😂😂😂😁
I love this story! There is a magic in 3’s for us humans.
I love your style, this is a lovely landscape
Hi Anthony, thank you for your kind words! :-)
Lovely colours & composition . Enjoyed seeing your process & that you made your lovely book! So helpful.
Thank you for your kind comments! :-)
Beautiful painting! I love the texture using the stick. ❤
Hi Teresa, thank you for your kind words! :-)
It came out beautiful ❤ I really love the results of desolved Stabilo pencil and Your stick scratches 😍
Thank you for your kind comments! :-)
Thanks for sharing all the 'new to me' ideas!
I’m so glad you like them! :-)
This glows!
Awww, thank you! :-)
This is so fun! I haven’t heard of it either. I can see myself doing this for hours ☺️
Thank you for your kind words! Yes! Mapcrunching is so fun and I love being able to see and then reinvent places from anywhere in the world… at least anywhere along a road or path where google has gone… :-)
Thanks, fellow Oregonian (Kendra)! Just starting my foray into watercolor. Thank you for sharing your art and the tip about map crunching. I'm looking forward to trying some of your techniques. Warm wishes to you for a peaceful weekend.
Hi neighbor! :-) Welcome to the world of watercolor… you are in for a treat.
This has been such a game changing video for me in so many ways! I love surfing around on the globe but never thought to paint about it. Your use of the Stabilo pencil is so useful, as is your handmade sketchbook, the color card, and glazing color over dry color. Funnily enough, I also enjoyed the little piece of film where you had your "Done" list accidentally in the frame. I make those too. :-)
Thank you for your kind words! I’m definitely a list-maker… it seems like a chore “doesn’t count” unless it also gets a tick mark for having been done.
awesome idea
Thank you! :-)
So inspiring!
Thank you! :-)
Kendra, you're a wonderful teacher! Thanks for sharing your tips & inspo, very generous and appreciated! 🥰❤💙💚💖
Awww, thank you for your kind comments! :-)
Thank you for sharing, learned something new💕
Thank you for your kind words! :-) Welcome!
Thank you! Liked and subscribed. I started following Natasha Newton a year ago, but never saw one about map crunching. I'll have to look further back then.😊
Welcome! Thanks for subscribing! :-) I think Natasha finds some of her house shapes by mapcrunching. It’s such a great idea.
Wow! Checked this out………amazing! Google on steroids!
It’s so fun! :-) Thank you for your comment!
I just subscribed. I love this style. I am a great fan of Natasha Newton's. Thanks for this great painting and for the info on Mapcrunching!
Hi! Thank you for your kind words! I also love Natasha’s content! :-)
Great technique with stick. Love the painting.
Thank you! Yes, I bring that stick out quite a lot - that one and a bamboo one, too. They make such interesting textures. :-)
Love this so much! 😊 I enjoy painting landscapes (Watercolor or pen and ink) so I love watching others paint them and see how they approach them.🖌️
Thank you for your kind words! :-) I love watching others, too - picking up ideas here and there, trying things out - the pleasures of a creative life!
Very true! Sometimes seeing the way others approach the subject can give fresh ideas and even tips 😊
Beautiful spread!
Thank you!
First time watching & I love your formula & your work, hope to watch again soon💜
Hi Anna, thank you for your kind words! :-)
Really beautiful. Simple and gorgeous!
Maria, thank you for your kind words!
So happy to have found your channel from Southern Oregon ☺
Hello my neighbor to the south! :-) My grandfather was born in southern Oregon along with many generations before him. We live in such a beautiful place.
Thank you for your video, Kendra!
I will definitely be watching more!
Thank you for your kind words! :-)
I’ll definitely have to check out mapcrunching. This is lovely.
Thank you! Mapcrunching is such fun.
What a delight to discover your video! I admire your style here.
Hi Pam, thank you for your kind comments! :-)
Thanks. Fun to explore. Stay inspired!
Thanks! :-)
Really enjoyed watching, will have to check out the artists mentioned and map crunching ❤
Hi Amanda, thank you for your kind comment! :-) I think you’ll love seeing/hearing from the Cornwall women I mentioned and yes, map crunching! There’s so much inspiration out there for us.
Very interested in map crunching. When I watercolor sometimes I forget mixtures too. The color swatches with the formulas is a super ideas. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind comment! :-)
I'm wondering if you have, or will have, a store somewhere with, e.g., the calendar you plan to make and/or other products or prints with your images?
Awww, thanks for this encouraging question! I don’t have a store, or merchandise, yet. But I think that direction is in my future… :-)
Great video, so well narrated, good learning curve for me, beautiful art. Thank you! Editing to say how much i love your sketchbook, i make my own also, i appreciate the design. ❤
Hi Patricia, thanks for your kind comments! :-) I love that you also make your own sketchbooks… there’s something magical about being able to choose the size, the type of paper, the number of signatures, and of course, the type of binding. I’ve come to love how the Coptic binding allows my sketchbooks to open out flat.
@@klwebuga Absolutely agree about the coptic binding its the only method I use, its an ancient method that still cannot be matched, and quite relaxing to do. Thank you for replying, keep up the good work you have a great channel.🤗
Yes! Learned about mapcrunch from Kriksis also! Nice sketch!
Thank you! It’s so fun to catch new ideas from all of these amazing creators on youtube. :-) I love it.
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I just found your channel and subscribed! What a fabulous idea about map crunching! I've always wanted to paint scenes from other countries. I'm from the central coast of Oregon and that picture is from Devil's Punchbowl looking south. I live in the prettiest place in the world! You video is amazing!
My neighbor! :-) Thank you for your kind comments! I agree - the central Oregon coast is spectacular. We try to get to Florence every summer to meet up with friends who have a home there. We’ve also camped our way all the way to the Redwoods; beautiful memories. I’m glad you’re here! I’ve been having such fun sharing what has been inspiring me and then when I get comments like yours, ahhh, it’s a full circle of joy. :-)
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I enjoyed watching you paint this lovely scene. I live in Cornwall too! 😂 I have a photo I took of the poppy fields and it's on my list to paint. I doubt I'll put it on CZcams though. 😊 Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words! Oh my, I think a field of poppies would be a delight to draw/paint. Do you share on instagram?
@@klwebuga No, I show friends only but you made me think. 🤔 😊
Thanks for this video, I had seen several artists using this mapcrunching app while they were painting live, but they didn't say what app they were using!
I’m so glad you can go there now and perhaps find inspiration! :-)
Thank you for this beautiful video. We just returned to the east coast after a trip to Oregon. Your photos make me nostalgic.
I can’t quite make out the colors on your swatch card. Even with photo editing...
Hi Rita! Thank you for your kind comments! I like that you asked about my colors - on future videos, I’ll be sure to share a close up view. For the scene in Slovenia, from top to bottom, the colors are: quinacridone gold, Prussian blue & Quinacridone rose (mixed), Pyrrol red & opera rose & quin gold (mixed), my orange (that’s the previous mixed color) & cerulean blue (it turns out to be a great brown color), then quin gold & cerulean blue (a nice green), Davy’s gray, Prussian blue, and finally, Cerulean blue. I mostly use Winsor & Newton watercolors, although sometimes a tube of M. Graham sneaks in. :-)
This is so perfect and helpful. Thank you for your generosity of time and spirit.
Hihi from Bend, OR! I’m so glad I stumbled across your video as I am diving into the world of water color; just recently. I really enjoyed your video and what a joy to discover map crunching from you.
Good morning to Bend, Oregon! Oh my, you have opportunities for gorgeous landscapes right outside your front door. :-) Thank you for your kind comments!
@@klwebuga Yes, so blessed! I've been going nuts with 100s of paintings since I was last on here. I've watched and enjoyed many of your vids!
I loved your video ❤
Thank you!
@klwebuga l love wave watching at shore acres..in oregon.
Beautiful! I love the effect of the pencil bleed.
Thank you! :-)
@@klwebuga I ordered the pencils. I tried using your link. I hope it worked.
@@crystalromaine7281 awww, thanks. :-) I think you’ll have such fun playing with the Stabilo pencils!
What brand of watercolors are you using? They have such a lovely earthy muted look to them. I love the style of this painting.
Thank you for your kind words! The brands I generally use are Winsor & Newton and M. Graham. The specific colors are written out on that little palette card, but I didn’t notate the brand next to the color names. I try to purchase “single pigment” colors as often as possible, but the yellows are blends.
2:21 I have truly enjoyed your videos and your emerging new style. As a lifelong 70+yrs of Oregon I was going to suggest you visit Oregon Painted Hills. When you are there walking the pathways in and around the main hills it truly feels like a abstract art museum + a lot of the colors you enjoy are there.❤
Hi Karen, thank you for your kind words! :-) You are so right about the Painted Hills! I’ve been there and those colors are surreal!
I just happened upon your channel…❤ what a cool idea , map crunching. I love your explanation and really enjoyed watching you paint ( new subscriber 😊). I love your book, did you make that yourself….it looks a good size for me 🎨
Hi Michelle, welcome and thank you for subscribing! :-) Yes, I stitched that book together with a Coptic binding and used some 156# cold press. One day, I’ll have to share what it looks like to buy a whole big roll of arches paper and cut off pieces for different projects.
You seem to know what you’re doing. Nice harmonious colors.
At around 2:55 you ran your hand down the left side of the left page of your layout, and it almost sounded like sandpaper. It made a cool ASMR sound! What causes that? Is it what happens after a watercolor dries?
What size of Arches cold pressed watercolor paper did you use? I hope you don’t mind such nit-picky questions, but I really like that sound and would like to be able to achieve it! 😁
Thank you for your kind comments! :-) Your questions are easy: the book I made is about 6-in x 8-in, so the 2-page spread is 12-in wide x 8-in tall. The paper is Arches 156 lb cold press. I bought it as a whole roll (around $200) and then I cut pieces off the roll as I need them. I love that it’s thicker than the regular 140 lb weight of most watercolor papers (although I use those as well). As to the sound… I don’t think the watercolors factor in. It’s probably just the paper and perhaps my hands were a bit rough from spending time in my garden! :-) I went back and listened, and it IS a great sound!
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Basically travelog without being able to travel when you are stuck inside in pandemic.
Yes! Some people used it that way. I think it must have been such a comfort for people who lived in places with serious lockdowns. Here in Oregon, we were never prevented from leaving our houses and I’m really grateful for the daily walks we went on.
so nice ❤😍 new subscriber
Thank you for your comment and subscription! :-) Welcome!
WOW! CZcams put you in my feed and am I ever so glad! Your ability to share what you know is incredible. I learned so much from this video. Thank you! Would you share the artists you are enjoying from Cornwall? Always love to meet people from others! Love your intuitive style! Thanks again! 💖 Was able to find the two artists, but with captions still couldn't understand the name of the first one or the name of the trio? No biggie...will enjoy the other two! And more of your videos! Have a wonderful weekend! 🌞
Hi! Thank you for your kind comments! Yes, they are Natasha Newton, Melanie Chadwick and Kriksis. Together they have a podcast (here on youtube is where I listen) called Creative Conversations. It’s so calming/delightful/interesting to hear them chatting with one another.
@@klwebuga Thank you so much! 💖💖💖 Looking forward to enjoying more from all of you! Happy summer. 🌞
I really enjoyed watching this!
What do you call that tape you put around the edges?
And I never thought of using a stick! How brilliant!
I am very new to watercolors so I am just learning.
Hi Sarah, thank you for your kind comments and question. :-) I used washi tape to make that clean line around the borders. You can use painters’ tape, too, but I find the colors of that to be distracting. Some art stores also sell white tape for the same purpose.
I have a dozen nice ceramic palettes but i find myself saving and using white lids, too! Mine are cottage cheese
Ah, a kindred spirit! :-)
Think Natasha Newton is in Suffolk or Surrey. The Lizard is further south. I only know as I follow all three also and love their work. Your watercolour is lovely. I am much further up the country in what we call gods own country Yorkshire.
Hi Tracy! Thank you for this comment! After seeing it, I looked up a map of counties in the UK (for the first time ever, possibly)… and woah, they do live far apart. I think I made an assumption after hearing that Natasha had travelled to Cornwall and met Melanie in person - I thought, oh, they must not be far apart. LOL.
@@klwebuga Your very welcome. I like watching them all. I live up north in West Yorkshire.
is there a color list somewhere?
Lots of neighbors here in the comments :-) thank you, I especially like your incorporation of the Stabilo. I always think of that pencil is too saturated and too black to use with color. Great way to mute down bright colors for landscapes.… Also provides a great foundation making it easy to see.
Well said, i was also surprised when I saw the Stabilo, but what an awesome result.
Thank you for your kind comment! :-) I found the Stabilo after noticing that I was always using my black watercolor pencils down to the nib. For sure it’s so much more pigmented than the other pencils, which is most of its delight.
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I'm a bit hard of hearing and I was SO sure you were saying 'stubby little pencil' instead of Stabilo until about 17 minutes in. Lovely vid with or without my misinterpretation!!
LOL, it’s funny but also perhaps that’s how they named the pencil “Stabilo.” I think you’ve cracked something here! :-) Thank you for your kind comment.
4:37 that’s a Stabilo All chinagraph pencil.
do u have a video making your journal
Hi Natasha, nope, I didn’t film that… but check out Sea Lemon for some awesome tutorials on how to make sketchbooks and stitch the Coptic binding. She does a beautiful job of showing us how.
Very inspiring ❤
Are they your teeth in that jar 😂
LOL, I’ll have to look back through the video to see where it looks like teeth in a jar!
What is "mapcruching"?
Hi Melody! You can find the answer my watching at least the first part of this video and also checking out mapcrunch.com :-)
So my first problem is I’m a horrible drawer
I recommend Betty Edwards’ book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. She has several (really wonderful) interviews on youtube that I’ve really enjoyed.