How to create a SKETCHING HABIT. INKTOBER Survival!! 😆

[@jasonmullins4826]

I really like Following the White Rabbit, She's taught me to create my own sketching habit . Watching her videos more and more, has taught me to create, to imagine, to explore. Each video she posts is new and fresh, and Following the White Rabbit is simply the best! GREAT VIDEO Anne-Laure!

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

So lovely, thank you so much Jason! You too have a special cape! 😁👍😃🙏😘

[@hidilley]

You paint, you sketch, you sing, you play guitar, you dance, and you are wonderful with words and video! Multi-talented, wonderful artist, so happy when I see a new video from you in my notifications! :) Thanks for sharing with us!

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you so much for your adorable compliments Heidiology!! 😃 I am very excited about sharing the whole cheerful thing with you 😁 even if I now you are most interested in painting. 😊 I am so glad you like my videos! 🤗 😘

[@desiree_delamater]

Once upon a time, i thought you were a crazy lady (said lovingly) but after a few minutes of watching one of your videos (how to make your own portable painting palette i believe) I was absolutely hooked and I watched all your videos, well as many as I could until my husband told me to to get off the couch and make us supper :D You bring a joy to my life, and inspire me constantly! I love you, please don't every change!!

[@moma-b]

Your bunny avatar is HILARIOUS!!!! I love it!!!! 😂💖👌

[@tudibelle]

I can’t believe your sketches would be crappy! I think they are beautiful!

[@jeffpennington8610]

I'm from GA, USA. I found your videos a couple months ago on my quest to improve and grow my art skills. My teen daughter occasionally watches with me and she loves your accent. Thank you for sharing the delight you find in the world around you to make your wonderful art. Your joy is contagious as you teach and always makes us smile. Thank you also for the glimpses of beauty you show in your videos of your surroundings. We are learning to appreciate the everyday things around us as well. :-)

[@heathershaffer6148]

When I think of France I think of art and the picturesque, but this video teaches me that parking lots look the same all over the world! LOL

[@MsYellowsubmarine]

These are my FAVORITE videos to watch. an artsy vlog style. Some adventure, some drawing. Perfection!!

[@ginettelachance3280]

Merci Anne Laure pour ce charmant vidéo! ✨✨✨🎨

[@LeslieNikulka]

I love it when you sing and play that gorgeous guitar during your adventure videos. Thanks for sharing. oxo

[@ArtbyMarciaFurman]

I have been in a sketching slump lately. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@teddyoggin]

Glad I discovered your channel. You make art fun :)

[@ninart5899]

Fun and informative as always!

[@izzikiddo]

You are so cute and talented! Thank you for the inspiration :]]

[@lindyashford7744]

I love Brel and so much appreciated your interpretation and your lovely voice. Your natural drawing style also inspires me especially your advice to start easy. Thank you so much.

[@MrOzzMo]

Thanks for the great tips. The lovely music also, such a pleasure.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Ozzie! Thank you for the lovely compliments. 😌😘❤️

[@mariepeillon2037]

Bonjour Anne Laure, encore une vidéo à ta façon, atypique, tout ce que j'aime. Toujours pétillante ! Continue c'est un vrai plaisir de te suivre. Bonne journée. Bises

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Oh, merci pour tes jolis compliment, Marie !! 😃 😳 😊 Je me demande toujours si vous allez trouver cela vraiment trop déjanté / partant dans tous les sens / pas assez concentré sur le croquis pur.... ☺️ Du coup, cela me fait extrêmement plaisir que cette video t'aie plue. J'aimerais bien vous emmener plus souvent dans ce genre d'aventure créative. 😊

[@mariepeillon2037]

C'est original et j'aime beaucoup, mon avis, il faut alterner les types de vidéos, tu touches le plus grand nombre de cette façon. C'est ce que tu fais déjà si je ne me trompe !J'aime aussi les vidéos plus didactiques si je peux dire. Merci pour ce que tu partages.

[@franseymore4958]

Je viens de vous trouvé. Merci des bons tips! Bonjour du Texas, USA.

[@chantalbazire8222]

J’adore ce que vous faites ❤😊

[@ilostmytwsbi7683]

❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@eyeguy13]

Fun video! Guitar, sketching, vocal AND tap. Fun!

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you Doug!! I am glad you liked it all!!! 😃 😝

[@mouch1954]

Mais où s’arrêtent tes talents? Merci pour ton enthousiasme et ton inspiration 😘

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Dominique, merciiiii pour ton gentil commentaire ! Je ne peux pas m’empêcher d’essayer toujours un nouveau truc! 😆

[@crimejunkie1]

I love love love your video's, you are an inspiration to all, keep doing what you do, however you want to do it.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you very much for your enthusiasm in what I am doing LoveArts!! 😃 I admit I am not always sure that people will like it so much when I mix it all so it really does some good to hear it from you! ❤️

[@vivcreative627]

Thanks for this lovely video Anne-Laure! I always enjoy your outside and sketchy video's.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you Viv! 😊 I am glad you like these kind of videos 😃 especially as they are so time consuming to do!!! 😅 I like to make them too though. ☺️

[@annelogged]

Thank you for your encouragement and enthusiasm! That is such a wonderful sketch of the bridge scene.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you so much Anne!! 😊 I am glad you liked the sketch. I hope this will encourage you to sketch more!! 😃 😘

[@nonameiknow2389]

I like your singing!

[@susanjerrell9220]

I think you're right. I used to draw all the time. Probably every day. Life got in the way and now I paint and craft more. However, I get way better watercolor results when I sketch first. I need to get back to drawing.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thanks Susan! Yeah, life always gets a bit in the way but staying creative makes us happy persons. That's nice that you keep being creative with painting and crafts but you're right, drawing is a skill that, a bit like a muscle, require exercising. 😅

[@karenjohnson6487]

Thanks for the video. Very timely. I am hopeful that after completing Inktober I can keep the habit up. Your tips on sketching whatever you can see at the time is a good one. One I will try to do. Love traveling with you and I like you music also.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Karen! Congrats of completing half Inktober!! 👍 That's nice to start thinking about keep it up afterwards too, indeed. I am happy you liked the video and the tips. Thanks for your compliments! 😊

[@craftydegrasse3679]

Thanks so much for this! I needed it! So glad I found your channel 💜 I found your channel through the frugal crafter💜 Take care,hiya from Seattle 🤗

[@slowfootlabeef704]

Excellent!

[@GuenevereSchwien]

Thanks for the encouraging video. I have wanted to make a sketching habit for years but I often forget to do it and then don't pick it up again for to long.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Guenevere Thanks for your comment! 😊 I really hope the video will make you start a sketching habit for real!! 😃 🤗 😘 Good luck, I'm with you!!! 💪 👍 ☺️

[@o8rufus]

You are always so inspiring, the sketches were great.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thanks a lot for your compliments o8rufus! 😃 😘 ❤️

[@HeikeX]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I like your sketches so much :-)

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you Heike ☺️ 🤗 😘

[@조은나라-e4g]

Belle chanson! j' ecoute bien

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Merci !!! 😃 🤗

[@stephaniereed8869]

Not sure where you live, but my time in Paris and Chomping pion I never saw that much space

[@teddyoggin]

By the way, you are very inspiring with all your creative activities and you have a lovely voice.

[@maryalgar8779]

You are very talented. Your singing voice is lovely also. Does creativity run in your family?

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you so much Mary! ☺️ 😘 Yes, I am so lucky I was raised in a creative family. My father does photography, my mother used to paint watercolor but she is mostly into artistic collages and wire, driftwood and paper sculptures these days (I will have to show you, one day! 😃). My 2 sisters are quite creative too. 😁 A few years ago, we made a family exhibit, featuring all our creations together, it was radical! 😆 ❤️

[@maryalgar8779]

Wow - that's a lot of creative genes! Would love for you to show us some of your family's art work.

[@MissRuthina]

Beautiful voice, I live that you made it background music! exec celeb mr idea. Awesome tips, as well. Thank You :)

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you so much! Yeah, I had this idea the other day, as I want to try to mix my creative practices more in the videos, that the music playing or singing could be background for the sketching. 😊 I am happy you liked it! Thanks for your compliments. I am not sure what exactly means « exec celeb mr idea » though. 😅

[@MissRuthina]

@@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit omg. It means nothing, I meant to say "such an excellent idea". Completely messed that up! But yes! I'm a massive fan of well rounded creativity! Tap dance? You'll have to show us more little updates on that! I would be very interested to see. Also, I agree- brilliant idea to put your own singing behind it. Partially because your voice is unique to you, but also because it's so life giving to have more than one artistic pursuit. It gets to be a subtle way of including more of those things you enjoy doing!!! Yaaassss. You're legitimately my favorite channel right now. So excited for your next video! :3

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Ruth! Thanks for your compliments! 😊 I am so happy you like the mixed content with several things together 😃 as I also think that my content can be richer and more interesting that way and I am too creative to do only one thing anyway. 😅 😁 😜 I will try to keep you updated for the tap dance, but I am still practicing it with the flooring on my carpet so that the noise is really soft so I am not sure it's the best way to make progress, unfortunately... 😟 It's difficult for me to work on creating defined tap sounds and sticking to the rhythm that way. But I will do my best and will try to include a bit from time to time if it seems suitable in the vid (I don't want people to have the impression that I try to show off too much with the things I do... 🤔) . See you!! 😃 😘

[@MissRuthina]

@@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit I enjoy it so much because that's they way I create too. Like, when I'm sick of one thing I jump to the next and to the next. It goes around in circles. It makes everything new and different! Definitely more interesting to watch as well! You're so gifted and skilled it's so inspiring and because you present everything so well it makes it accessible for people! It's a shame there's so much tall poppy syndrome to make you feel like you have to limit the things you show of yourself in fear of being called a show off. Hopefully you can find a good balance. Everything seems to come back to that, tbh. Balance schedules, balancing mindsets, balancing a drawing composition. I could go on forever! It aloud be nice to be able to do it all, with no fear of it all toppling. What other instruments can you play? You've sung, there's the guitar- you mentioned you play piano?

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Ruth, yeah, I know we are not the only ones being that way, multi-creative persons so that's also why I want to offer this diverse content with things mixed together. So that people like us can get inspiration and feel it's ok to want to do it all and alternate passions as, as you said, when you are sick about something, you jump to the next ! A don't know about the show off, maybe that's just my lack of self confidence of fearing things that may not happen. 😅 I only have positive wonderful comments in here so probably, I don't need to worry so much. ☺️ I am thinking a ton about balance too!!! 😝 😅 Improving my work-life balance, balancing my content, handling my energy. It's all about that but that's a tricky thing!! 😁 I am also playing a bit of piano but I am not as at ease with it as with the guitar. I mostly play the chords with piano too when singing and I think I can only remember the beginning of Beethoven Letter for Elise from the music I learnt. 😅 😉

[@elainemagliacane]

Wonderful tips and so inspiring. Loved the guitar music and the singing... so did adding the extra layer of flooring help your neighbors with the tapping noise? Did you ask them or did they complain about it? At least your painting, video editing and photography couldn't possibly bother anyone.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you Elaine! 😃 Eh eh, I remembered you asked about some guitar and singing so I was hoping you would appreciate it. 😉 The neighbors didn't complain because I barely practiced the tap dance with the shoes so far. I figured out by myself that it would be way too noisy so I mostly practiced it with normal shoes or lately with my tap dance shoes but on my carpet so no tap at all, so frustrating! 😬 😅 Even now, I put the flooring on my carpet so that I can hear a bit of the noise but it does almost no sound... 🙄 Yeah, indeed, with visual art, you are sure not to bother the neighbors, which is not the case with the singing and tap danse! 😅

[@ianjackson5834]

you should paint you ovation guitars from a interesting angle with some nice ink sketch line work added to it, daily sketching is a great thing to do, thank you

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Ian, thanks for the suggestion!! 😊 There is something with the guitare lines, though, arrrgh, each time I tried to sketch it, I was a massacre!!! 😅 🤣 I may try it with watercolor or pencils rather than with ink. 😁

[@ianjackson5834]

so if you find it difficult to do a good line draw several wiggling lines to represent a string

[@TheBabs000]

Lovely video!!

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank yoooou Blueberry Eyes! 😃 😘

[@amysamin]

Wonderful video, very helpful tips. I also loved the singing and guitar music. Are you a professional singer?

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Thank you so much for your compliments Amy! No, I am not a professional singer. 😊 Just a creative person who like to sing a lot. 😁 ❤️ I am happy you liked the music included in the video! 😊

[@chrissargent7857]

Lovely video. Where do you live in France? I live in England and know northern France down to Bordeaux well. Nice memories especially Leroy Merlin.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Chris! Thank you. 😊 I live in Douai, near Lille in North of France. 😊 Haha, glad Leroy Merlin brought back good memories!!!! 😅 🤣

[@Mbhil]

Where can you get water soluable ink - most ink is waterproof

[@bixnash1]

Yes I failed to catch up in Inktober due to taking on too many commitments but I did do one which incorporated 8 days of prompts by telling a story which worked great. I may just have to do that again to catch up. B

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Yeah, I guess you can make your own project with these kind of prompts! 😊 One more sketch is still a win. 8 more is a victory!!! 💪 ✌️👍 😁

[@HerradaJulio]

Thanks

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

You're welcome, Thank you Julio! 😊

[@laurahale5774]

Really enjoyed your music with your art. The animated rabbit---not so much.

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Laura! Thanks for your compliments and feedback! 😊 I use the rabbit when he can play a special role, for example in here, I used it only 1 time to be able to create a dialogue. It's rather difficult to create a dialogue with yourself if you know what I mean! 😅 Previously, I also used him when I forgot to record some info. When I record the rabbit voice, there is no need for a good light or nice setting. 😉 Plus, I also like that it can play the role of the viewer if I like, asking question and making the content more dynamic. I promise I won't overuse it, though. 😊 I am sorry you don't really like it. Just think that it's not a kind of useless thing, just meant to be funny, but part of the hopefully helpful content of the video. 😊

[@naturesketches126]

What paper do you use for your ink sketching? Thank you 😊

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Hi Aneta! I am sketching on Clairefontaine 160 gsm paper. 😊

[@Yorky222]

When I am determined to finish a project I make my aims clear at the start on wetcanvas such as my A59 project www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1344789. Once I have committed myself I feel obliged to carry it through.

[@Mbhil]

what ink do you recommend

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Here is my video with the waterproof inks review and my recommendations. 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5OymGWmhJybY8U

[@barbhayes5613]

Love your videos, but not loving the animated rabbit so much. Cute the first time, but I'm over it.

[@kookatsoonjan]

strangely, it is bothering me too Barbara...but seems like Anne Laure likes it, as do many....oh well...the evolution of a channel...ca la vie

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

Barbara, Kootkatsoonjan, thanks for your feedback! I use the rabbit when he can play a special role, for example in here, I used it only 1 time to be able to create a dialogue. It's rather difficult to create a dialogue with yourself if you know what I mean! 😅 Previously, I also used him when I forgot to record some info. When I record the rabbit voice, there is no need for a good light or nice setting. 😉 Plus, I also like that it can play the role of the viewer if I like, asking question and making the content more dynamic. I promise I won't overuse it, though. 😊 I am sorry you find it annoying. Just think that it's not a kind of useless thing, just meant to be funny, but part of the hopefully helpful content of the video. 😊

[@barbhayes5613]

@@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit I understand your reasoning -- please know I did not intend to be mean with my comment. I just feel you have so much valuable information and insight into the creative process to share, there is no need for gimmickry. Thank you always for sharing your passion. Cheers

[@FollowingtheWhiteRabbit]

No worries, Barb, I am always glad to receive feedback. I didn't think you wanted to be mean. 😊 I will do my best to try to please everyone with my videos but that's easier said than done!!! 😅 😁 😜 See you soon! 😌