Mixed Media Drawing

This is some of what we'll be doing in my Mixed Media Drawing workshop www.eomega.org...

[@eunicefarrington5779]

Oh my! Jane! I just now found you and I'm so happy I did! You are such an inspiration. Now I know what to do with all my empty notebooks! Haha! Watching you and listening to you is so inspiring and liberating! I can't wait to see more of your videos! Thank you so much!!! 🤩

[@Catefn]

I love the reminder to lay down pages and continually add to them. And to use the sketch book to experiment and not have it need to lead to something else. And the blind self portrait! What fun!

[@jenniecallomon164]

So good so good…I will revisit this . Many thanks ! Also great to see your sketch book

[@catherinesheffield1175]

Wow. Love, love 💙💚❤️

[@SingYourselfWell]

So fantastic, dear Jane, thank you. Such variety and in different stages of "finish." Very valuable to see this sketchbook of yours.

[@ulrikeselleckart]

So good. Thank you Jane!

[@patriciahoumdi1178]

For me, even getting started on the creative journey is daunting. I see that working on sketchbooks as you do is a great way to begin! Thanks for sharing your process!

[@karlabritfeld7104]

@@patriciahoumdi1178 even scratch paper is good to practice on.

[@jdaviesVT]

Absolutely! Sometime "real" paper or a sketchbook is intimidating. Using scratch paper takes away that barrier.

[@suzbart2084]

Love this. Thank you.

[@CousinAAE]

Really love the Mixed Media notebook you created. It's very spontaneous and inspiring.

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank you. It's all about the process, so I keep a number of sketchbooks in the works all the time. Do you have a sketchbook practice?

[@forwhenimabitboreddm8964]

Thank you for your video and advice. Experimentation is so important in all art forms, like a crucible for the birth of new forms, a process of proper creation...a "letting go" of expectations ❤.

[@jdaviesVT]

I agree. Probably every art form has its version of a sketchbook.

[@theianyx6394]

so inspiring!!! and motivating!!! ✨💖

[@bethanialima4996]

Dear Jane, marvellous, contagious and inspiring. And generous, as usual! Thanks a lot!

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank YOU! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@fionnchamberlain9963]

I love that. Different medium interact differently with one another..it's so useful.

[@isabellewood2381]

So inspiring! I have to learn to unleash my creativity, it’s a healing journey for me.

[@jdaviesVT]

Yeah, for all of us!! Maybe think of it as Making a Mark, rather than Unleashing your Creativity. That might seem more doable. Just make marks. Who knows what will show up?

[@alisonlyons4691]

Hello Jane its lovely seeing you pop up on here. I always love to see you paint, or as on here your sketchbooks. They are inspirational as are your words. I look forward to more....thank you.......Alioban ❤

[@jdaviesVT]

Oh, thank you! Glad this offered some inspiration. Will try to do more. I have a few short tips and techniques videos in mind as well.

[@barbaravoss7014]

Love your work and your approach to artmaking

[@elisabethrice-taqieddin6361]

Thank you so much. I found your KZbin channel at exactly the right moment. I’m feeling inspired again.

[@jdaviesVT]

So glad to hear this!

[@aurasounds2180]

Your videos are always so freeing and inspiring, thank you for sharing 🙏🧡

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank you. So glad you get something out of them.

[@donnasedevie8102]

I really like your idea of using color and marks, layering as you go and paging through adding things spontaneously.

[@jdaviesVT]

It is interesting to go back through a sketchbook, or previous explorations, and find what I can do with them NOW. It frees me to make marks without having to 'finish' anything. Just see what different marks have to say to each other, and leave it open ended. Come back a few weeks later (or longer) and I might let a new mark join in the conversation. Very exploratory, and I think it keeps my creativity limber. I think, anyway.

[@riteasrain]

Wonderful! And those people sketches and the colours are sooo good, thank you 😍😊

[@jdaviesVT]

Thanks! I sometimes want to focus on a particular THING. Like the people sketches. Figures or faces. And I think: what if I did 100 Faces, or 100 Figures? I'd love to do this in a group. Can't seem to muster the focus to do it on my own.

[@annavernick1490]

Simple action, inspirational effect. Love your drawings and freedom❤

[@paulasteffen9854]

Lovely 😍 -- thank you!!

[@jangolden3040]

You are such an inspiration!!! thank you!

[@jdaviesVT]

Oh, thank YOU for taking a look.

[@darlenesassmann9418]

Jane, I just loved this! Thank you for taking us through your experiments!

[@jdaviesVT]

Sure! I love sharing the stuff I'm excited about. And so it is really rewarding when people actually enjoy it. Thanks.

[@LynnLBE]

Oh I love this video❣️. Thank you so much. And you are a good teacher too🦋🦋

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video.

[@gailierunninglynx7310]

Very cool and Super inspiring!! I can certainly feel myself starting a sketch book like yours to warm up with every morning! Thanks so much!!

[@jdaviesVT]

YES YES YES!! And if a sketchbook is hard to start, use copy paper. Or something in your recycle bin.

[@135talmont]

Again, you have inspired me to experiment. I know I don’t need permission to let go, but my habit of achieving something believable and understandable to others, even in MY sketchbook, drives me right back to representational and acceptance. I want so much from art for me, not for anyone else. I have several sketchbooks that are not full so now I will move through them in this new direction. I can have other sketchbooks with representational creations, which I use to improve my skills and to see my progress. It’s slow, but rewarding. However, I love the notion of freedom, too, so maybe this is how I should begin my art practice to loosen up. 😊

[@jdaviesVT]

That's great that you have a sketchbook practice focused on specific skill-building! Drawing from what you see IS a valuable skill - it makes you more attuned to seeing things in your environment. You can also practice SEEING what you can do with materials. What kinds of lines, marks, patterns, smudges, can you make? What kind of expressive qualities are possible? It's not an either/or proposition. Do both! I'm guessing that practicing mark making with materials will significantly enhance your drawing-from-sight skills. And possibly vice versa.

[@135talmont]

@@jdaviesVT Thanks for the feedback. Honestly, it is meaningful. I already pulled out some Inktense blocks that have been sitting in my supply cabinet for some years. I was discouraged by them when I first bought them, but this morning I water washed some watercolor paper and then dove in with random marks and found it quite satisfying. I’m excited for the possibilities. 💖

[@sequoia4520]

Always a pleasure and inspiring to see your pieces.

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank you!! It's nice to know that it gets passed on. I certainly need inspiration, and I get that from looking at what other artists are doing and how they think and create.

[@allakimbo55]

Thanks, Jane! So good to hear your voice and wise words.

[@jdaviesVT]

Thanks for showing up to watch the video. I hope it inspires new ideas.

[@amherst88]

Always inspiring to see what you're up to ❤🧡💛

[@jdaviesVT]

Oh, that is good to know. We all need a little inspiration now and then.

[@DeezyTreezy]

Inspiring. It motivates me to start a sketchbook of the sort

[@jdaviesVT]

Oh, please do! But if the book form intimidates you, or you're having a hard time starting, just use sheets of cheap drawing paper, 9"x12", or even cheap copy paper. It's the process that matters. Hope you will!

[@treezydcm]

​@@jdaviesVT ❤ I ordered a cheap mixed media notebook from amazon just after watching this video so that I can start something like this!! No, I feel inspired, I just tend to use small journals, but I think that's a constriction. Larger format will allow me to scribble better.

[@kcollinsart]

This was so helpful for me. Thank you so much. And if I could attend your Mixed Media Drawing workshop I would be there!

[@jdaviesVT]

I will try to do that one online sometime. Maybe 2025. It's good content for artists of any experience level - it is a course that offers learning on many levels. Maybe I should call that "Layers of Learning". Anyhow, when I find a way to teach on multiple levels, it's really fun, and rewarding for me.

[@robinaanstey3734]

I love your sketchbook pieces. I also do the same..I have literally 50 or more sketch books filled with abstracts, collages and representational work. Some are hideous, some are pretty good imo. Art is Life. :)

[@jdaviesVT]

That is awesome!!

[@glendawakeham3205]

Sound advice Jane. Thank you.

[@jdaviesVT]

Thanks for watching!

[@dagmargebhardt6637]

So inspiring! Greets from Switzerland🙋🏻‍♀️

[@jdaviesVT]

Thank you so much!

[@jackiemarren8387]

wonderful Jane.Thank you

[@eldorado5123]

j'aime beaucoup ce travail dynamique ,merci

[@jdaviesVT]

Merci beaucoup!

[@Trescaracterescomominimo]

❤

[@artiste335]

Love this!

[@MadiHunt-pq3rs]

I get this process, and your sketchbook is drool worthy!!! There has to be a better word, I'll find and edit LOL

[@jdaviesVT]

I like 'drool worthy'. I'll take that as a complement. So glad you appreciate the process!

[@xxjones]

Thank you!

[@treezydcm]

Love it!

[@aprilroseman6696]

Thank you

[@priscillawrites6685]

Cool. I did a blind self portrait. Felt my face with one hand and drew with the other. The result: I looked like the Buddha.

[@RobinGayl]

I ❤ this so much….this is what I want my art practice to be like….loose, experimental and free! Do you choose a selection of paints and mark making tools and pull them out before you start…or just go grab them as you go? Also, what is the sketchbook you are using…it looks like it can take a good bit of media.

[@jdaviesVT]

That's great! I don't necessarily select my tools, I just put my box of crayons on the table, my box of paint markers, bucket of colored pencils, miscellaneous charcoal, graphite, ArtGraf chunks, paint, ink, etc.... My favorite sketchbook is this one: www.peterpauper.com/collections/sketchbooks-and-drawing-pads/products/studio-series-mixed-media-pad It only comes in one size, 8"x10".

[@RobinGayl]

@@jdaviesVT sketchbook looks great….going to get one, pull out all my fun supplies and go at it…thanks!

[@karlabritfeld7104]

You have to do this to progress as an artist.

[@jdaviesVT]

Well, I have to do this to progress as an artist, or even to tread water as an artist. It doesn't have to be in a sketchbook, but taking time to play, fool around with materials, focus on process, experiment without trying to 'make something', these are essential. And in my teaching experience it seems that this letting go and letting yourself play is one of the hardest things to do.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

@@jdaviesVT yes, I learned that from you years ago and I still practice every day, usually on scrap paper. It's been so freeing and my art has gotten so much better. Thank you.

[@lcomfort8683]

What brand is the fat chiseltip paint marker?

[@jdaviesVT]

Zeyar www.amazon.com/dp/B095KCQZXF?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder_k1_1_10&amp=&crid=U239MMWBV7XL&sprefix=paint%2Bmark&th=1

[@briceduncanartworks3790]

What’s this particular sketchbooks size and paperweight etc? Have a link? Thanks

[@jdaviesVT]

Sure. I use this one: www.dickblick.com/products/bienfang-mixed-media-pad/ in 9"x12" and 11"x14", and this one www.peterpauper.com/collections/sketchbooks-and-drawing-pads/products/studio-series-mixed-media-pad which is 8"x10', and has each page perforated so that you can remove them individually, just in the event of an accidental masterpiece.

[@briceduncanartworks3790]

@@jdaviesVT Thank you so much, Jane.

[@allakimbo55]

Thanks, Jane! So good to hear your voice and wise words.

[@lcomfort8683]

Thank you!