Lots of sketchbook painting! Watercolor & mixed media art 🎨

[@nicolajewell5584]

“You don’t have to create a whole new masterpiece every single day”.. proceeds to create a new masterpiece every single day.

[@KatieMoody]

🤣 Hahaha too kind, thanks Nicola 🧡

[@ChantelleArts]

I've recently been getting into mixed media because of you and it's honestly SO FUN!! I've also loved using junk and mixed media to collage 🥰

[@KatieMoody]

Yay!! So happy to hear that! 🥰 I've just watched your journal with me video for the under the sea theme, I love the watercolour page base and the texture the tissue paper gave!

[@melissaamyx2196]

I love life when it's a Katie video day!!!

[@KatieMoody]

Aw this made me smile!! Hope you enjoy 🥰

[@kristin.1124]

Uh, these Watercolours look great. I really love the yellow on your last spread. And the tree from the garden is so gorgeous - all these fantastic green, absolutely love them 🤩

[@KatieMoody]

Aah thanks so much, Kristin! I'm so pleased with these spreads, and I couldn't resist using all the greens I had for the tree!! 😄

[@creativewah]

Wonderful sketchbook pages! Thank you for sharing! 💛💛💛

[@KatieMoody]

Thanks so much, so glad you liked them! 😊

[@mirabella_makes_marks]

You're so brave in this video-- painting outside, painting on location, going to the cafe! I always feel so inspired when I see someone pushing themselves outside of their comfort zone. Thank you for sharing! Your work is so lovely. :)

[@KatieMoody]

Aw thank you so much Mirabella! I'm so glad I pushed myself, it makes the next time I do it feel easier already so hopefully I'll keep up the momentum! 💛 Thank you for your lovely comment 🥰

[@liz-anna2365]

You have inspired me so much to sketch loosely, especially when I’m sketching outside.

[@KatieMoody]

So happy to hear that! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@canadakaren1131]

Absolutely lovely Katie! Really love your process. I’m so uptight and nervous about being out and about and having people ‘see’ what I’m doing. This video is very inspiring and it may just make me head out this weekend! Thank you 💕

[@KatieMoody]

Oh thank you so much!! So happy to hear this has inspired you! I found it easier when I first started drawing outside to find a quiet spot - usually with a wall/hedge/building behind me so that people couldn't come up behind and surprise me! If you wear headphones too, most people will see that you want to be left alone as well. I wish you all the best if you do head out this weekend - let me know if you do and how it goes! 😊💛

[@valeriecarter5475]

Love that you are using watercolor. It's the medium of choice for me. Thanks for the tip of limiting supplies when traveling it will come on handy. My favorite is the Cafe. Everyday things are all good to sketch. Blessings

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much, Valerie 💛 I can definitely feel my confidence with watercolour growing! It surprised me just how fun it was to draw the drinks and food! Really appreciate your lovely comment, thank you for watching 🥰

[@ViviGonzalezArt]

Thank you for share your process! Everything looks so beautiful and vivid ❤️❤️😍

[@KatieMoody]

Aaah thank you so much 🥰

[@evaellis4644]

I loved this video, Katie. Your pieces are gorgeous, and the description of your feelings around making the art is inspiring and so helpful. You hit the nail on the head about making art part of our daily routine.

[@KatieMoody]

Oh thank you so much, Eva 🥰 So glad you enjoyed and found it helpful too 🧡

[@traceyelliott6891]

What a lovely set of pages in your sketchbook giving you a visual reminder of life and for us so many inspirational ideas.

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much! I know I will love flipping through these pages in the future 🥰

[@ireneurban3599]

Wonderful and inspiring!😍

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@jessicastrideart]

Such beautiful artwork Katie! I love the room you stayed in for your anniversary, what a gorgeous view of the garden! x

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much Jessica 🥰 So glad I took my paints with me to capture it! 💛

[@Jos-P]

Happy Anniversary!! This was so enjoyable to watch. I needed some inspiration (it is winter here in Australia). I think you are very brave getting out of your comfort zone. All of the art turned out so beautifully

[@KatieMoody]

Aah thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 💛🥰

[@miiaproductions]

What a lovely and inspirational video 😄💖 Really fun seeing what creating can look like for you on different days. I really love your mix of journaling and paintings, it looks so good and I definitely want to try that in my sketchbook 😊 So smart that you drew that sketch in the cafe and then finished the rest later, have never thought about that. I’ve always wanted to draw at a cafe, but like you never done it. But just doing a sketch for my first time seems way less intimidating!

[@KatieMoody]

Aw thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🥹 It's so fun combining the journaling with art, it feels very natural to me so I've been doing it more and more this year! 😄 Oooh I definitely recommend just doing the sketch first if you want to give it a go! It feels much easier to just get a pencil out to draw rather than paints, but hoping I'll build up to that 😊💛

[@catherinetindall4034]

Very enjoyable. You even had me looking up the New Forrest and Brokenhurst. What an interesting place.

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much for watching! I feel very lucky to live so near 🥰

[@melssashelton3484]

Oh my! I just found you today!! This is like an incredible gift! Thank you, Katie. I can't wait to use my lessons!

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much and welcome!! So glad you are here and thank you for watching and commenting 🥰 Happy creating!

[@impish22]

I can never resist a sketchbook tour !!!

[@KatieMoody]

💜 I'll be doing a flip through of the first half of this sketchbook soon - one of my faves so far I think!

[@martinakuroneko5962]

I would really love to go to the cafe for an art date, but I'm not feeling confident in my skills yet. But the time will come, I'm sure. When I watch your videos you instantly make me want to create something. That's your secret power :)) Thank you so much for sharing. Warm greetings from Poland.

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much Martina, I really appreciate your lovely comment! I'm sure it will - confidence is a muscle so you could start small and maybe go with a friend to keep you company! I'm hoping to practise more so it won't be so scary next time 🥰 Thank you for watching 💜

[@karendirmish2696]

Perfect Birthday Present, going back to a special place! I always learn from you, and I thank you for sharing! I know I need to purchase some watercolor brushes t BF at hold water. I will definitely purchase some of the Derwint ones! Thank you for always sharing your talents! Karen Dirmish , learner!

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much Karen, always my pleasure to share! I'm so glad it's helpful to watch too. Definitely recommend the Derwent water brushes, they have a great range of sizes too! 😊

[@artsy897]

Those flowers are pretty good yet. If you cut the bottoms about 3/4” at a slant and put them in fresh water they will revive for another week.

[@KatieMoody]

Exactly what I've done, and made up some more flower food for them too! The sunflowers are lasting really well!

[@suzannemarshall7458]

Just wonderful work. So enjoyable to watch. I love mixed media too and take tons of stuff with me when I’m out. But I’m often glad because I do use it The pancakes looked so yummy. Happy 1 st anniversary!!

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much, Suzanne 🥰 Yes I'm much the same, often I'd rather take it with me than not have it!

[@deeh9563]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@KatieMoody]

Thanks for watching 🤗

[@KathleenMcKinstry]

Yeah! I enjoyed this video Katie! It was great to see a bit of your beautiful country and go on holiday with you 🥰. I loved everything about this video, watching you pack up your supplies and watching you paint. I don’t even have a favorite, I couldn’t choose if my life depended on it!! I understand about you being a little nervous sketching in the cafe never mind if you tried to paint there too. 😮. I am way to shy myself to even consider pulling out a ✏️. Very brave of you, you are young enough though and I know you will become more comfortable in the future with at least sketching in a cafe or such. Sitting on a bench in a public garden with Mitch is a heck of a lot easier, as you said. I know you can’t often make videos like this one but take us along whenever you can!!❤

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much Kathy 🥰 I'm glad I could take you along with me and show you a little part of my world! It felt good to conquer my little fear of drawing in the cafe, and maybe one day I'll be brave enough to paint there! Yes, as you say I think it'll get easier! I used to be too shy to paint in public gardens too and now I don't think anything of it! 😊 Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching! 💕

[@KathleenMcKinstry]

That is progress Katie, being comfortable painting out in a public garden and not giving it a thought! For someone like me, that can be shy myself at times, it would be impossible to do. But there’s nothing wrong with it, and I would think you get more pleasure and joy by painting or sketching in a beautiful garden, than not. Especially having your husband by your side. ❤

[@LulybelleLullaby]

Lovely work

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@oficinacaracolinho]

Every spread is so different but they are simply gorgeous and your signature style shines through them all 🧡 what a beautiful week Katie! Would love to know your opinion about the Distress crayons 🤗

[@KatieMoody]

Aw thank you Teresa! I had such a fun week with all these spreads 🥰 I'll be sure to share my thoughts in a future video! 💜

[@GreenSharpieScience]

Thanks for sharing!

[@KatieMoody]

Thanks for watching! 😄

[@deathbychai]

Love your videos so much! I will say - I have the same problem with waiting for watercolors to dry and I'm a huge fan of just keeping a hair dryer to speed up the process.

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much! Oh yes good idea, I always forget to use mine but it would definitely help my impatience 😆

[@deathbychai]

@@KatieMoody Yes I just leave it in my art room in one of my desk shelves otherwise I would never use it.

[@MeganDeeMarie]

Before you add the pencil and make them flowers, the shrub on the right page with yellow centers, looks like a fried egg tree 🥰 and I love that

[@KatieMoody]

Hahaha yes I see it! So funny 😆🍳

[@doodler-dabbler8469]

As always, I love your videos and look forward to whenever a new one is up. I gotta ask - how often have you dipped your brush in your tea and dunked the biscuit in your paint water? 😅

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much! Hahaha, luckily never!! I've dipped my brush into an empty teacup before but never with tea in it... hopefully I've not jinxed myself now 🤣 Plus the biscuits never last long enough to worry, they get eaten immediately 😆

[@sheilacym]

@@KatieMoody…😂😂😂

[@juditszepessy8936]

Beautiful threads, Katie! It is a joy to see you create! What brand of watercolour pencil was the yellow and the blue in your cafe page?

[@KatieMoody]

Thank you so much 🧡 The blue is the Dark Indigo 639 and I also used the Raw Sienna 036 shade for the sketch, both are Caran D'Ache Luminance. The yellow I used for some of the shading is just a cheap no-brand yellow pencil! Neither are water soluble but layer great on top of the watercolour 😊

[@juditszepessy8936]

@@KatieMoody, thank you so much!