Iced tea... Witch? DRAW WITH ME Ep 15

[@goldeneggmeggs3286]

Backstory(enjoy!): Nyra, a young witch in training, has never been very good at witchcraft. She was jealous of all the other kids at her school who seemed to master every spell they were taught while Nyra only new how to make tea that instantly puts people to sleep. One day, in witchery school, her teacher taught a new spell; the Lucid Liquid Dream spell which turned your most memorable dream into a reality, and all you need is some water. Nyra loved this idea, so when she landed in her yard, she jumped off her broom and sprinted through her garden and to the house, almost tripping on the strawberry vines. She prepared a cup of water then had the grandest idea; let’s use the sleeping tea for the spell, what a treat that would be! So she instead dumped out the water in the cup into her favorite teapot. She boiled the water and turned off the stove. She tossed in some oranges and strawberries, both grown in her own garden. She let the fruits steep then added a handful of ice. It was ready! She prepared her workspace, adding candles and a pentagram of salt on the floor. She placed her bowl of freshly brewed sleeping tea in the center of the candle circle. She closed her eyes and chanted the spell. After a few seconds, she pried open one eye; nothing. She was disappointed and she got up to walk away. Suddenly, a gentle poof noise startled her. She whipped around to see the tea floating out of her bowl. She stumbled backwards and tripped over the spoon she decided to toss to the floor before starting the spell. After standing back up and patting off the back of her dress, she looked up and saw a dragon! But not any normal dragon, this dragon was made from her sleeping tea. She was amazed and terrified at the same time. The dragon seemed friendly, and if she remembered correctly, the dragons she dreamed of before were always kind and gentle. Nyra danced around with joy as she now knew how to pull of two spells! What fun! While dancing she suddenly realized that her feet were no longer touching the ground. She frantically looked around to see her and all of the other items in her humble abode floating. The dragon was flooding her home with sleeping tea! “Shucks! How do I stop it?!” - End, please feel free to continue it if you’d like! Hope you enjoyed!

[@elizelhoty]

awhhh this is so sweet i love it

[@hans-sniekers-art]

This is an amazing story, would be the best short animated story actually :D

[@edenbarnes1345]

Love it 😍

[@goldeneggmeggs3286]

Eliška Koželuhová Thank you so much!

[@goldeneggmeggs3286]

Hans-Sniekers-Art Thank you! It means a lot!

[@haiweec]

This is so cute and amazing! To me the story behind it is this witch was working on a tea drink when something went wrong! And the drink came to life as this cute creature!

[@DinaNorlund]

Aww she definitely too much of something in there... sugar.. spice? Everything nice??

[@Amittan7449]

You should make a series of combining animals and food

[@elizabethynostrosa6565]

YESSSS

[@cannedcanary7996]

O: she should!

[@tanyakwankis]

Dude she should! (Ps thanks for giving me an idea, I was having art block)

[@Amittan7449]

@@tanyakwankis anytime! Death to art block! Its literally the worst thing in the world. One second I have an awesome Idea, next thing I know, it looks like a hippo with hypothermia.

[@lala-kc3br]

Kasey Golden already did that :)

[@coralblake9868]

This little colourful witch would make a great label for a range of drinks. From iced tea to frozen granitas. So enchanting.

[@KatieZebra55]

Backstory idea: Bubble (nickname) makes iced tea potions for the villagers to enjoy and be healed. One day however, she wanted to try something new and so she added an extra ingredient or two. As she stirred the tea potion started to rise, she stopped stirring but the potion kept rising and swirling and slowly a tea spirit emerged. A tea spirit created by her never documented before. From then on the tea spirit helps Bubble make more creative and more effective iced tea potions. Hope you like ^^ feel free to expand.

[@annsofie1616]

Yaaaaaaaay! This is the perfect break between studying for my exams

[@fyofyoriosity2350]

Good luck with your exams!!!

[@annsofie1616]

Fyoriosity thank you so much!!! 💜💜💜

[@mayak9086]

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!! study hard but not too hard 😂😂

[@annsofie1616]

Maya K thank youuu 💜

[@countingcrows7595]

i feel like dina would really enjoy the tea dragon society by katie o'neill if she hasn't read it before the dragon designs r super cool and reminded me a bit of dinas work

[@DinaNorlund]

I’ve read it! It’s the cutest thing and I would die for that plushie haha

[@TheMetatronGirl]

The witch is adorable! Super cute. Thank you for sharing!

[@hans-sniekers-art]

Dina, you've pulled it off again! You've managed to create one of your best art pieces yet by doing this most magical theme, the theme that truly fits you as a person! I love how it looks and how you made the witch look, it's major goals and I definitely look forward to all other things you produce since your art is so wholesome and nurtures my soul in every possible way!

[@janemaguire3761]

I was about to watch spirited away..... Dina is magic and physic!

[@milenacampos4314]

idk how you appeared to me, but im just LOVING all of your videos!!! i've already seen almost all of them. you inspired me a lot in my sketches. kisses from brazil!

[@mollym3100]

Your line weights are so special; they make your lines look like they're flowing like liquid. Really beautiful :D

[@paperbag9235]

This is one of my favorite pieces of yours this looks geourgeous! It's so fun and colorful and the character is adorable!! Maybe you could have her mix the spell thing on a glass teapot instead of a normal girl not bowl but either way I love it

[@katiebugray]

Oh my God this is so cute! It flows so well and has amazing color to it :)

[@relicsong]

Spirit of tea leaf reading

[@fogsmog9325]

I hope your convention experience is lovely!, I always love the colors, the execution went far beyond my imagination for tea witch

[@queenhalalie8266]

YES IM SO EXITED TO HERE ABOUT A SKETCKBOOK TOUR!!!!

[@avatarluvr1654]

oh yay! i’ve been having a hard day so far, so i’m so glad that you uploaded. love your videos, dina! ill grab my sketchbook right now!

[@wolfpawdrawsstudio4253]

I love your art and vids u inspire me every time u post live u Dina never give up

[@David-fd8on]

-When you come early but the wifi goes solwly-

[@kagehina2115]

Your art and personality just makes me so happy for some reason- I love all your drawings!! 😊

[@baysart7863]

This is so fun and bright. I adore the colors, it really does scream summer.

[@rachelriddickromero7873]

Reminds me of the movie “Mary and the Witches flower”

[@kerykora9339]

omG, she is so cute I really like her. Somehow she reminds me of me whit that red skin, I get a sunburn sooooo fast. I am glad u went with the red

[@DinaNorlund]

Tell me about it! Two days after I drew this there was suddenly summer in the uk and behold... burnt Dina xD

[@marienacraig0393]

This is one of my favorite illustrations from her. It's pretty creative and cute🍵🎨🍓👒

[@terrelljohnson6922]

It’s so amazing and awesome how u just make your own creatures from the top of your head and this is the reason I love doing art bc u can make whatever and I love all your drawings and u just inspired me to just draw things form the top of my head and I thank u ❤️❤️🙂

[@tuesdayyangel]

dina! this is amazing! all your vids are like a cozy blanket and good tea. they are so calming and make my rough days so much better; tysm for being so inspirational!

[@miroslavpetrov4009]

I love the idea and the final piece. I've been watching your videos for a while are really enjoy the ''random creature'' ones. Your work is inspiring to me. Thank you!

[@polinavanhulsen5156]

Wow this is great!! Ahhh ur such an inspiration :) I was drawing with u all through the video

[@TheArtAcademy1]

Extraordinary art Awesome drawing

[@mochisan7147]

Awww the witch is such a cutie

[@TealKorby]

I LOVE how colorful this is!

[@mjpete27]

I do not know how others draw while you work. I have to pay attention to you and what is going on or I have no idea what is happening! Maybe I am just to old eh? Well I am enjoying your work and your such a lovely person, so very talented too! Thanks for sharing with us and I will continue to enjoy your videos even if I have to pay attention! Have a lovely day!

[@forests_grove7009]

Me, last night after getting mint and lemon tea wax cubes: I wanna make a witch that smells like lemons and sweet mint Dina the day after:

[@DinaNorlund]

Omg do itt!!!

[@Chaos_man64]

She could be getting ready for a party when her tea comes to life and needs to figure out a way to get her tea back to normal or find an alternative to the tea (Idk also ur art is 👌👏👁👄👁)

[@angellamorgan111]

You should do a series of food themed witches!

[@damiencato6758]

Backstory == Her name is Kori-Ocha Korudo {Kori = Ice , Ocha = Tea, Korudo = cold } and she is from a Japenese family in Tokyo, {Set in more of a Ponyo art style}. There is magic all over the world, but there isn't any in America, so no one talks about America. Her mom is American though and tells her that the only special thing over there is people with ears like hers. Kori-Ocha {nicknamed Kori} learns about a school for the gifted, which teaches magic to anyone in the region, so she decides that she wants to go there, but her family poor and can't bring her to the school. She decides to go to the local library, w/ free admission, she checks out a mountains worth of books, maybe more. " Oh maaan, how could I ever learn magic if i cant understand anything these books say in the first place... " She sighs as she looks at the first books contents. She looks at all the books and see one that stands out. Its title was "The Art of Water / Liquid Magic: Fluidity of the Mind" " That looks interesting, but long... Still.. I kinda wanna read it... Oh, well I have time" as she looks at the clock on the wall... "3 P.M. , It's okay.... " She opens the book and a wave of wind came over her. She feel down and feel asleep. Dreaming a strange dream. She looks upon a lake, with reflections of her past memories. She sees herself, her mom, and her dad, who's been dead for years. She starts to tear up and closes her eyes. She hears a voice, far away, fuzzy, closer, closer, here, next to her. She opens her eyes. "Sweetie, are you okay, you fell down and then started crying in your sleep. Is something wrong? Is it dad, honey?" She wipes away her tears and says "Yeah mom I'm fine, just... Sleepy is all." "Okay ya sure, i was worried for a sec .... " "yeah mom, I'm fine... I love you, goodnight. "Goodnight"... She opens the book again after her mom leaves. She flinches, nothing happens... She notices there are words now, instructions. She reads everything, and to her surprise, it's easily understandable. "I could never do it in the past, maybe I can do it now" She says determined to do it, to cast a spell and be a witch... With a year's practice she learns many things in her books, checking more and more books out, returnig them a day later. She's ready to become a witch!! She cast many spells and she was ready to prove herself. She had gotten a bike last week and was ready for the entrance exams to the school, as now she had transportation and her family was more wealthy. The exam was written and example, which is where you cast your biggest spell. She got there, tired having studied a lot the night before, and anxious knowing she didn't know as much as others, but determined to be the witch she had dreamed to be all through her life. She passes with a 64% on the written exam. She's even more anxious now. She goes in with determination and passion, she's nervous but she can't go back now, not now not ever. The drawing is the spell, it's called "Sugar Frenzy" { this isn't a thing where you say the name of the spell while casting it}.. The drawing is the moment, the surprise, it's the moment, it's way she got into her dream school! *My GOOOOOD This could be an anime*

[@aylin2721]

Dang this deserves more likes I mean the amount of detail in this backstory is incredible I love it

[@damiencato6758]

Thanks, I just like telling stories!

[@aylin2721]

@@damiencato6758 Have u ever thought about maybe writing books?

[@damiencato6758]

I’ve thought about it lots actually, I started one when i was 7 but it was trashy, it turned out to be Narnia to haha! But I’ve been thinking of writing another one on the computer on the computer... (my handwriting’s trash haha 😆)

[@aylin2721]

@@damiencato6758 wait how old are u

[@steliosstanis2125]

Thats Interesting Drawing!!!

[@cannedcanary7996]

I just got a new sketchbook so I'm just binging these for inspiration lol

[@tabletopfriends694]

The movement of the witch is really nice 😁

[@yoongithesadrat1431]

You always upload at the perfect time, right when I pull out my sketchbook 💜

[@ravizzle]

So cute!

[@zahraswn4562]

I love your style, i love your creature design, I love the color, so inspiring. I love 💜💜💜

[@bellamoon9289]

this is so cute but now I’m craving ice tea! thanks Dina 😂

[@TheSarcasia]

I love this! So cute, and super inspirational :)

[@caedogeist]

I LOVE IT!! I cannot express how excited I am for this months Patron postcard and creature card

[@soggyfroggy2104]

I was so confused when I saw the words iced tea and witch but I loved it

[@tabletopfriends694]

same! 😆

[@sadyechester6934]

All I could think of was “witches brew”

[@MsLilmonsterr21]

I think even if there isn’t a backstory it’s still a nice concept and sometimes it’s just relaxing to just do a piece just for the sake of doing a finished piece and then maybe the backstory will pop into your head later and you can tweak things if you’d like 💕 I think it’s adorable story or not. I don’t know what it is but strawberries make me happy- and I also am a sucker for iced tea so I’m all for this 🥰

[@danazwart1134]

Was eating dinner when this was posted but now I'm here ☺️

[@Miggeamakes]

I'm so excited for this postcard!! It turned out so sweet!! 😍😍😍

[@aillow216]

I really like how this turned out!

[@OMGegee]

It turned out so cute OwO

[@quietzest]

I love drawing along with the prompts so much! Keep up the good work

[@nya6730]

I literally love this-

[@DandyGirl16]

Awesome !!!

[@clitic1831]

I like how the hat has a pineapple texture! x)

[@DinaNorlund]

Omg that makes me feel much better about it haha!

[@clitic1831]

Awsome! ❤😄

[@DariaFairytale]

This is so cool!!!!!!

[@honeyblue1438]

You should try drawing zodiac animals that will be cool for you to draw.

[@unheilbargut]

You are just an amazing artist!

[@del_eris]

immediately thought "Ice-T as a witch" & now I can't stop thinking about it. not sure if blessed or cursed.

[@xeternaleclipse]

Eris OnWheels *BLURSED*

[@daniellapalencia205]

I loveeee the colors!!!

[@krissmapp106]

This is so freakin' adorable.

[@SammaLlamas]

Omg it looks amazing! I wish you draw more human characters! Btw new fan From Bergen!

[@magicbeeillustrations3573]

just honestly so incredible ! x

[@arcticlillyjamaa6917]

This was amazing!

[@chanidrawy2022]

Im exited to the skechbook vidéo !!

[@evie4602]

when she said iced tea dragon i immediately thought, "The Tea Dragon Society" :) (if you don't know what that is it's a wonderful comic book by Katie O'Neill)

[@dreamingoflimes5253]

It looks so cute!!!!

[@magda23792]

the hat looks like a waffle. she is so cute

[@zenlilystudios2753]

She's adorable and very summery lol

[@tanukit]

idk why the first thing I thought was: salad. they're strawberries goshdangit Ashe.

[@victoriapyles7752]

AHH I love yours 😍😍 and I actually participated lol but mine is the one at the end, not the second last

[@victoriapyles7752]

As much as I'd love to take credit for @perozu's art I can't 😂

[@DinaNorlund]

Oh no I messed up D: omg sorry... I keep doing this

[@patriciaflores845]

I like ur creativity i wish i can do that

[@MsNikkieMichelle]

I don’t know why you were being so hard on yourself about this piece because it’s absolutely adorable! Sometimes art doesn’t have to “make sense” and if we want to draw little iced tea creatures then we draw iced tea creatures! Lol. Amazing 🤩

[@vroomvroom724]

So cute😍😍😍😍❤❤

[@WinterRedRose94]

Love love this 😍😍

[@kssunboxingandmore169]

It would’ve been cool if they did an ice tea builder instead of a water bender a iced tea Bender

[@noradraws0]

Love your videos a lot!!

[@jaaaaaaaaaack]

what are them kind of paint things that you use, cause I’ve been using colouring pencils and they don’t shade in and make it look good for me 😊

[@indesomniac]

• trash • dina uses schmincke horadam watercolors!

[@mintmelville2687]

I can’t find “Chris Haung” does anyone know who she’s referring to? Also great work! Love it ❤️❤️

[@DinaNorlund]

Chris Hong art! :D

[@mintmelville2687]

Dina Norlund thank you I’m a big fan I love your work ❤️❤️

[@napstablook3809]

Your style is so cute

[@Pamini-xt5kn]

Early! Im soo happy 😭😊

[@RoyallyDivine]

Beautiful! What pencil are you using to "ink" or outline with and you are able to place watercolor over with out smearing? =D

[@JamesLikesMusic15]

Nice video!

[@sharonlopez2773]

Heya, guys

[@nerdyalanah1999]

I'm watching this while my mom and her boyfriend argue about how to put on siding for the house lmao. Where is my uncle when we need him

[@no-ve5cw]

Hii dina! im finally early lol

[@_goldencoon_5876]

I’m curious as to why you use a pencil for outlining? Especially when your medium is watercolor. Does it work better than lining with pen??

[@voyagingmoon3439]

This is amazing!!!!!! Keep up the Amazing work!!!!!! Also, I'm the 11th comment!

[@unicornkittykittymew8220]

What’s that outlining pencil you use called?

[@lq.bleach1230]

Was it the 8B pencil you used for the line art? And Is that a Faber castel pencil? Because how did it not smudge? I am amazed. This looks stunning!

[@katschmidt1540]

What camera equipment do you use for the view of your sketchbook??

[@dawg1313]

Okay...that’s me.

[@SquireOfTragedy]

I'm actually early, yay

[@calmthyself8947]

Got here in 3 minutes

[@Ohmygodtheykilledkennyy]

I think wow she is so good at drawing hands. Then I hear this 9:58

[@EverwoodWondering]

I know the description says 8B jumbo pencil, but what brand is it? Is that the same pencil she lines with before she watercolors?

[@jaey2k2]

it looks like a Faber Castell to me

[@DinaNorlund]

Oh gosh I guess I forgot to put in the details like I have in other videos! It’s a 9000 8b Faber castell Pencil ;)

[@sususus777]

Hola weys

[@oasispond2591]

In my head she was going to make some nice ice tea and accidentally added a magic ingredient and made the dragon

[@averageclamenjoyer1267]

tenth! wohho