3 Sketchbooks Every Artist Needs

[@ProkoTV]

How many sketchbooks do you use for your creative process? Let me know in the comments and don’t forget we’ve got a sketch challenge going on right now! Don’t miss your chance to win a course - proko.com/challenge

[@jazap9327]

:0 i was just checking the channel! Thank you for this series, it is very inspiring!

[@fig1852]

I use three too😂 One for painting Another for figure drawings And one for both and anything else 😅

[@legitreason3973]

Hey Faith, real talk? As someone who hates everything they make, THANK YOU for showing us the sketchbook with drawings you don't like. Even though I thought they were all great, it felt comforting to know that feeling is universal when it comes to practice sketches.

[@tiredpunpun]

I want this series to stay forever man 😭

[@fandeandreaarruti]

Don't we all?

[@Sonoftutuchoppy]

THE Faith Schaffer?!?! 😱😱😱 I BEEN FOLLOWING HER FOR YEARS SHE FUCKIN RULES

[@ProkoTV]

Yeah, she does!

[@d1did1dim]

Thank you for being vulnerable and showing off your rough sketchbook. It was super ripe with some really creative ideas! Personally, I have about 4: a practice one, a tiny travel one, a watercolor practice one, and a try-your-best-and-make-it-look-amazing book.

[@alexthien5544]

I have multiple sketchbooks going at a time but I am no where near this organised and intentional about how I use them. Fascinating watch!

[@Sol_Mooney]

Yay. I love Faith's work and have been folling her for years now. Am really greatful to see her process!

[@prns2290]

Her travelling sketchbook is so grt

[@mf--]

So cool to see Faith Schaffer. I always enjoy seeing her work and her Swordtember challenge always results in some great pieces.

[@stormlord1984]

Her art is SO beautiful! So expreesive and full of life!

[@beans9288]

As is she, the art really matches the artist here! Love her work and the way she explains it here , very relatable lol

[@Preasured_Andy]

I've been loving this sketchbook series. Such an inspiring set of videos!

[@marktheshark7588]

Wow!Her sketches are amazing🔥

[@arlekenomalhela]

I still don't get used to the travel sketchbook but I always have three in use (one cheap and small for doodles thoughts, a big one for visually pleasing sketch and the third is mix media) without counting the sketchbooks intended for a whole month (challenges of 31 or 52 drawings)

[@nickgarter7389]

You should totally start streaming. Vtuber or actual, does not matter. I like your art, your vibe, and just the joy and passion you radiate when you talk about your art and your workflow

[@TheGuitarsWill]

Cheesy Potato Explosion of Despair. laughings off camara jasjdajsda awesome.

[@tzisorey]

Drawing instead of (or as well as) taking photos is something I wish I'd started doing earlier - makes you pay more attention to stuff. Started at this lake near a castle in Colorado

[@nicolevazquez9159]

I use one sketchbook for everything lol. Ideas, sketches, studies, drawings, etc. However, if I want to create larger drawings or use specific mediums, I have seperate papers for that like bristol or toned paper.

[@ProkoTV]

Solid plan! 💪

[@mohamadXezri]

I love the personality of the artist❤

[@imjinaah]

I love her personality the most. 😆 Also, her first sketchbook reminds me of Yoshitaka Amano's style. 😄

[@AlexMint]

I occasionally dedicate sketchbooks to a project or a class, but I have to ensure I have a plan to use up what remains of the sketchbook because there are few feelings more rotten than seeing a pile of half-finished sketchbooks too far back to justify continuing them like "2018 and also late 2024".

[@jamiececilielange5249]

I've actually done that. Written a new date and continued. I mostly use the rest for studies and quick sketches.

[@threnoidia]

@jamiececilielange5249 I did this too. I pressed a sketchbook so the paper that wasn't for watercolour could flatten... it was indeed flat when I came back 6 years later 😅. I just had to sort out and label the years of the first half and draw a thick line (since I came back mid-page) to separate the new stuff to make sure I explained to myself why the first half was totally different in quality.

[@AlexMint]

@jamiececilielange5249 oh there's nothing technically stopping it, I just try to keep my sketchbooks to a logical date range of progression.

[@jamiececilielange5249]

@AlexMint That's fair :)

[@Robynnnvm]

5:56 that sketch is amazing, I'm a sucker for pen sketch.

[@gamerheroine]

OMG that's brilliant about drawing at the muscle girl bar! I currently live in Japan and I've had a few friends invite me to that bar but I've been worried it'd be awkward. Next time I'm definitely going now that you've given me this idea of asking them to pose so I can draw them

[@jamiececilielange5249]

I have multiple sketchbooks, but they're divided by mediums mostly. One for pens and markers. One for colour pencils (which was meant to be for watercolor). Loose sheets for watercolor, and then scrap paper for random stuff. The rules aren't strict, I switch it up a bit.

[@ProkoTV]

That's a fun way to divide it up. Definitely good to give yourself the space to mix it up sometimes like you do, though.

[@oliviajones4588]

Inspiration intensifies 🔥🔥🔥

[@angimauri8092]

Yeah Faith!!!

[@StephanLorse]

Her work is so amazing! QoQ

[@aangangel333j]

i much prefer the planning sketchbook! i love seeing messy mixes of things and ideas

[@ProkoTV]

It's always great to see the thought process drawn out like that.

[@polinae5408]

thank you for sharing it is very very helpful!

[@gargleblasta]

Very inspirational, thank you

[@demikus]

I love sketchbook tours, which is a bit sad since I don't actually use a sketchbook myself I mostly work digitally. I really should try and work in a sketchbook, the closest I would count to that right now is I have a remarkable 2 paper tablet that I essentially use as a sketchbook.

[@brooklyn5755]

Never would have guess Proko would make a video about this. Usually, it’s Smaller KZbinrs

[@ProkoTV]

With sketchbook tours? We've been doin' em for years!

[@breakingthehoop]

Hola, mi ingles no es muy bueno si tienen habilitada la opción de pista de audio podríamos usarla 🙏 en español

[@ProkoTV]

¡Hola! No tenemos acceso a la función para pistas de audio en varios idiomas. Pero actualmente permitimos subtítulos en varios idiomas.

[@Taka_Takata]

what are these great Japan colors, alcohol markers? water-based brush sets? "a bit of everything"?

[@anibal5845]

Was that first sketchbook a Midori notebook? I recognize the second grid one.

[@ProkoTV]

That first sketchbook is from a brand called Life.

[@anibal5845]

@ProkoTV sorry, then what are the other two brands?

[@ProkoTV]

@@anibal5845 Apologies! We went off the visual being shown when she said what she was starting with. That was actually her second sketchbook shown. We're not sure about the first one. The second (gridded) one is from Life and the third (travel) one is from Mitsou.

[@yaghobshojaei]

Very nice ❤

[@socratesthecabdriver]

You could look at the ,Fallen Aviators Monument... it's of ikarus in Athens .

[@kathysunshine699]

What would a mermaid do with a feathered wing at the end of her tail?… I’m Not being rude,I’m just so fascinated by that pic and I love all aspects of the sea and also write fantasy sea stories about things that fascinate me. ( I never share them,I just do it for fun..I am over 70 and maybe my great grandkids, will be surprised if they or their parents find my journals,after I am gone ( Hopefully …someday on a far away time🎉)

[@ProkoTV]

Faith might have something she envisions for that. As a writer, chase what you see that being used for! 😀

[@HiddenHandMedia]

I use printer paper because its cheap

[@chidiugoagwu8127]

Me too

[@xayano590]

Same

[@JH-pe3ro]

Fold it and add some staples or glue stick, and you have a zine! It's very easy to make small custom sketchbooks. My next one will probably use a manila folder as a cover.

[@moatazartt]

as an artist who had too less time to draw :( sadly, i dont use a sketch book which makes me feel like im missing a lot ,i feel guilty :)

[@VIKRAM-yc9kp]

Fist comment

[@sabjimandi2167]

Fist

[@KJ-dx2jq]

👊

[@ProkoTV]

Like FIFTH lol 💀

[@HiddenHandMedia]

And you blew it !! Ha ha

[@alvinarenas5396]

First???

[@muntumsutu8404]

How fast was I