80 Sketches In A Week | Studio Vlog

Mushroom foraging, big deadlines & climate action - all in this week's studio vlog.
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[@AmandaWiley]

I can't imagine doing a project that large in such a small amount of time!! I would love a video on how you manage your time, because that is super impressive!

[@BiancaHaeckDesigns]

Quentin shots just make my day! 😍

[@annajenkins8029]

I just sent off my first quote for illustrations to be used on packaging for a client- I hadn't had to charge for a license fee before and it really gave me anxiety trying to figure out how much to charge. After doing a lot of research I feel like I settled on an industry standard and fair price. I feel really happy and confident with what I charged-hooray! And if the client isn't happy to pay that then I feel I can stand my ground within myself and know I shouldn't/wouldn't work for less. You inspire good things Holly! x

[@voyance4elle]

I miss you and your videos 😌💕 I hope you are well and happy!!!

[@sadcottonballdog]

wild mushrooms are absolutely beautiful to me. they look stunning and just give off this mystical forest-y vibe! seems like you had a great time foraging for wild mushrooms!

[@angelahampson391]

Just what I needed on a wet miserable night . You are wonderful and so creative ✨

[@cherryberry2423]

I love your videos so much they are always so relaxing. The little pug coat made my day. You can tell he feels really good in his coat :)

[@kristafernald6940]

I just discovered you a few days ago and I have been binging on your videos! your voice is so soothing and nice to listen to while I work^^

[@hollyexley]

Krista Fernald thank you! Glad you are enjoying my channel :)

[@cozeydaze]

My takeaway from this video was today I prioritized my health and fitness and went for a swim! I have been drowning in work load for a couple of weeks and I have not been getting any exercise which is starting to effect my physical and mental health so I put this first today and feel a lot better for it...although I haven't got much work done today! Also this is a beaut vid with lots of interseting things! Thank you

[@hollyexley]

good for you Suzanne! I know how you feel, I've been feeling the workload in my body too. Gotta keep prioritising our health, something I struggle with every day!

[@mpsensha]

It's five in the morning, but watching these mushrooms sizzle makes me hungry.

[@hannahswanson544]

Holly, you do such an amazing job being honest and making great vlogs! Thank you! Have a great week :)

[@celia.m]

You are so thoughtful Holly! And I really appreciate how honest you are about your anxiety and the courage it takes to do things despite of it. I enjoy you videos so much.Thank you for sharing.

[@monkeymintaka]

I love your vlogs Holly! Mushroom picking, dogs, vegan food, art advice and saving the world all in one place! Today is my 1 year vegan anniversary and it was watching you (and other vegan artists on YT) help me to start this journey, and I have never felt happier and more at peace with myself. Thanks for always being so generous with your views and advice!

[@hollyexley]

wow congratulations! this comment really made me smile, thank you :)

[@monkeymintaka]

@@hollyexley thankyou 😊

[@thejoydecision724]

I hope every time you sit down to work you feel inspired and unusually efficient 💖

[@jillianclemmons]

Midgey having a think made me smile. Love this video.

[@jennygregory3885]

Hi Holly. I was holidaying in the Peak District last week. It was amazing. Wyming Brook Nature reserve have got a fungi walk on the 30th of October. I thought of you when I saw their poster. Then the beginning of your next video was about mushrooms! Crazy! Tis the season!

[@josiewallace4478]

Loved this vlog so much! Thank you for being you.

[@MsJesseHN]

Thank you for another chill vlog! And QUENTIN!!! He's so cute!!! That workload you've got sounds amazingly intense, hope it goes smoothly as possible!!! Ah! This might be a question for your cookbook or just in case you might know: do you have any go to vegan recipes that are amazing as leftovers? Like a casserole or something easy to reheat in the microwave? I get so impatient most of the time when I really want to get back into my work, but I know I need to eat something, so I was just wondering!!!

[@paulinefollett3099]

Anyone who stands out from the crowd can be a target for those who don't want to think about things that are too confronting. It is important that we continue to push this message and hopefully others will soon follow.

[@hollyexley]

Pauline Follett i agree Pauline, and I can only hope others are waking up

[@polinapoluektova2341]

Ahhh, what a lovely surprise to make Monday better! ✨

[@azzuparis]

I always enjoy watching your vlogs!

[@shanslam1970]

Quentin is so darn adorable xx theres some beautiful countryside where you live

[@imeldaegreen]

Great (and unexpected) video, thank you Holly! I so know what you mean about not hearing back from clients once you give your price. Has happened to me twice this week. It’s sad, really.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

First of all, Quentin is so precious in that jacket! Thank you for sharing your experience of the climate strike. We had a bunch of people from a Christian group turn up to ours with signs saying that climate change is a hoax and it’s ‘sin’ that is the problem. They got mobbed by a bunch of students from a local LGBT group who threw their rainbow flag over their signs. It was kind of hilarious but it’s scary to think that there are so many people who still think this way. I don’t know what it’s going to take to change people’s minds.

[@fayeberrie9088]

I save those horrible trays and sit my baby plants in them when I water them ☺️ sometimes I keep art supplies and paper scraps in them too.

[@joaoserrano986]

Portugal, yay!

[@MarinadeJoslin]

Quentin‘s little noises 😩

[@Madelelion]

I imagine that those women who tutted at you don't even do basic things like recycle etc or understand what is happening (and sadly, don't even care about it due to complete ignorance.) I remember before actually learning about XR and meeting people who run groups etc that I had the impression that they were quite extreme/aggressive (obviously don't hold those opinions now). I can't remember for the life of me why I thought that, might have been a misleading article when they first started. So it might be that kinda thing. A lot of people don't like having scary things/facts pointed out to them either. There will sadly always be people like that (in the same way that folk use the bacon argument against veganism.) Good luck with your deadline, make sure you look after yourself during the next few months

[@intutivetarot7596]

Most photogenic pug pic ever.

[@MrsQuam]

Based on the title of this video I was hoping we’d get to see you draw some of those 80 sketches ;)

[@bajaboolie]

There will always be people who don’t agree. My hope in these situations is that maybe I am (and protesters are) planting seeds of ideas that people will eventually come around to. I had a “debate” this weekend with someone who posted something offensive against gender neutral people on FB. She told me she doesn’t care who she offends, and I respectfully educated her on the dangers of spreading intolerance against a discriminated group. After her reiterating her indifference, I can only hope she will think twice before hurting others in such a way. Maybe she will even find compassion in the future, or those who read the debate will think about it. So...you’re planting seeds. It’s a perfect way to frame this for climate change!

[@hollyexley]

Julie, well done for confronting -even in a respectful way it can be pretty daunting to do. I don't always manage to speak up. I agree, we're planting seeds :)

[@szpaqus]

The strike was not small at all! Amazing attendance! You were watching Jazza, weren't you? :D About the mushrooms - in Polish we have different name for the white ones (pieczarki) and for the wild ones (grzyby) and the proper names for the wild ones are also widely known :3 It's a tradition to go mushroom picking (and in my mom's case also tick picking as she brought 4 with her -.-). You are so right about the prices for somebody's work! Keep fighting. Maybe being more open of how much people should charge would help? In on of 10 Hundred's video he explained what is his process of calculating the price of a mural so maybe something similar would be good, like the one you did about negotiating?

[@LittleBrisby]

Good lucky with your deadline! And never mind the angry woman, she probably had nothing intelligent to say and that's all she could come up with. It's easier to be stupid than bothered.

[@r.hunterpatterson9787]

I have exactly the same anxiety how strange to hear someone else admit it.However as i get older I have got better.Love your videos and artwork and kindness with our little furry friends,I also do not eat meat.

[@aliciarojo5568]

💙

[@arioctober7867]

I'm afraid of the same thing... every time something tastes off I panic a bit ahaha...

[@Aquarellina]

anyone can make a mistake even experts. Just don't eat the ones that have the potential to kill you. I've just read about poisonous mushrooms the other day cause I live near a forest too. But seriously be careful even if you just want to paint them maybe pick them with gloves

[@hollyexley]

The expert - his education and expertise is fungi identification. So I felt pretty safe! He said in the 8 years he's been picking in our local area, he's never come across a deadly variety. So not so common in our neck of the woods :)

[@elisamilan]

Urgh, the artist getting paid very little really makes me angry! I agree in standing strong on that price point! I do have to say it's discouraging for little baby artists like me who are still trying to develop an audience and no one is willing to pay a fair price for my work...I'm going to stay strong though! Love that you speak on these things ♡ I'm also really excited for your vegan cook book! I hope that curry is in there cause gosh dangit I love curry.

[@Goldzzombie]

Vlogmas????

[@ruszomalkuko]

0:52 DOG FARTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hollyexley]

false alarm! just pug snuffles :)

[@jennymay4720]

Lovely and interesting video Holly, hope you had a great time in Porto, Portugal is so lovely to paint, it's what I've been doing this summer. Climate Strike! Yea! Wish people instead of paving their driveways and buying that extra car would simply plant them in the Uk instead of always pointing the guilty finger elsewhere. Good luck with the sketches, and thankyou Holly.

[@lachartgallery]

Love your videos! Maybe they get angry when protestors block roads (not you) and drivers (who have to drive, let's face it we have to) are stuck in traffic with engines running, kind of defeating the whole purpose. I agree that's really silly, and it's unnecessary! Protests can be made without making things protested about actually worse, surely, ha. So maybe you wrongly got tarred with the same brush. Your protest looks much more sensible and your banner was great. V clear. Weird though isn't it about others' instant anger! Agree. I like the illustrators' brainstorming call thingy. I'd like to do that too. Useful.

[@hollyexley]

LachArt Gallery it’s inconvenient to block roads & cause disruption, but civil disobedience is a strategy that works, it’s worked throughout history. I will be joining those inconvenient protests next week because our government has refused to take the issue seriously. We’ve signed petitions, we’ve held marches, we’ve donated to charity, nothing works. The UN has stated we have 11 years left before we will face irreversible & deadly climate change (which is already escalating as emissions rise). I hope you can see that I am someone who doesn’t set out to disrupt others. I am a peaceful person, and yet I feel desperate. It is because I care about others that I will be taking part in action. I care about children’s futures, I care about ecosystems, I am scared for my own future. Please think of this when you see media coverage on the protests. Also know that during both the Manchester & the London shut downs- air pollution went down, not up.

[@LillySchwartz]

Agreed Holly! To me it‘s funny when people complain about protests disrupting their everyday lives. That‘s the whole point! And I‘d say having 40 degrees C weather in regions where this NEVER happened is way more disruptive than the blocking of traffic. I read this joke over the summer: So, this is the hottest day of the past 100 years? Well, I‘m a glass half full type person, so I‘d say it‘s the coldest day of the next 100 years! Pretty much spot on.

[@hollyexley]

@@LillySchwartz Exactly, the disruption to come from climate change will be worse than a few weeks of us on the streets. We have to do this.

[@lachartgallery]

@@hollyexley I think, respectfully, you missed my point, Holly. I was saying about causing vehicles to sit in traffic with the engine running, thus exacerbating the cause, surely. A cause with which I agree, as said above. Also said above is that i understand this is not what you did at all, but perhaps the aggressive person you met wrongly assumed you might do the same as others have done? I admire your presence at these protests, honestly I do. Misunderstanding, I think.

[@lachartgallery]

@@LillySchwartz Hi Lilly. My point is not about disrupting people's lives, it's about situations we see where protestors cause jams where drivers are sitting with the engine running! Surely this planning can be improved, since many drivers with engines polluting is just making the situation worse. There must be a better way. And again, I say, I had not implied that Holly had done this at all, merely that the aggressive person might have mistakenly thought the protest would cause that? Just guessing at the person's aggression, simply and all.

[@PetitFlorals]

People are usually angry because they feel threatened. As if recycling, changing your eating habits to a reduced meat diet, or just picking entertainment that is clean makes you look better than them. Change threatens people's way of life and makes them feel guilty. For instance, we are having an air show with old planes from WWII here in California this weekend flying over the beach. I personally don't want to see it or be involved. It attracts over 100,000 people to our beach who leave trash that goes in the ocean, and in addition, this year they are flying the planes over the ocean. This also is problematic to me because it pollutes the air and the ocean.... I don't need to see the planes flying. I can enjoy them in a museum where they don't pollute the earth. However, people don't want to think about this stuff. Protesting forces them to see it and to face it. It takes away from the excitement of the event or mars the beauty of every day life; it forces them to think of alternative entertainment and clean ways of life that are inconvenient for them to adapt too. Most people I have found don't like things that are inconvenient. My husband and I also visited Paris for our anniversary and the taxi man told us that taxis drive visitors around this homeless encampment because people don't want to see it. Unfortunately, this is the way people think. They just don't want to see the problem.

[@hollyexley]

Andalee Hyatt that’s really sad 😔 ignorance is bliss 😪

[@PetitFlorals]

@@hollyexley I apologize if that was a mini rant on my part. I just understand what you meant in the video. Thank you for sharing Holly.

[@ang.giselle2024]

If it’s a large client why are they so darn cheap? That company stinks and should know everyone needs to eat, pays bills, have a life like everyone else. 🙄 Thank God that woman didn’t attack you if she was so verbally abusive.

[@bluebellink2221]

When I have been irritated by protesters it's generally been when they have been aggressive about it or when they have done it in such a way as to block off streets/deliberately inconvenience/shame people. I don't just mean climate protest, anti-abortion protesters setting up outside or as close to abortion clinics as they can to harass women and staff is one that particularly irritates me. It was interesting seeing your video about a protest a while ago because it looked much like a festival. Watching it is probably one of the few times I have felt positive about the idea of protest and I appreciated seeing it from your perspective.

[@Hmina]

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