My Sketchbooks: Early Teen Years

[@MorningMage]

It never ceases to amaze me how some people can do things like this at young ages. I started learning how to draw earlier this year, haha. I would like to see more :).

[@nialler3296]

Dang this was 4 years ago how is it going now?

[@angryscrappy8857]

I loved your face at the part where you said AGH I CANT DRAWWWW

[@juliannawagner8303]

So great!

[@juliannawagner8303]

So great!

[@yourlocalscenekid5957]

Angryscrappy Beauty

[@coolcucumber201]

Yessss I know!

[@owlstreet]

You always mention such interesting things in your videos! I literally paused the video and did 15 solid minutes of research on the novel of bambi.

[@novastart6510]

I want to be a professional artist. I am 15 and I started to take my drawings seriously 3 years ago. I go to a school where the art teacher doesn't really help or doesn't exactly challenge me the way I want to. I try to practice everyday by watching your art videos to be inspired because you really inspire me❤️ I gave up on the idea of trying to rely on someone else to help me get my style and what I want to do, but when I clicked on your "draw my life" it really opened my eyes because you were also struggling with teachers, but you eventually found one that really helped. I'm attempting to try self teaching to open my options:) I also struggle SO much in math because I can't focus because I always am caught doodling! Is that normal for aspiring artists? I really like your videos! Thanks❤️

[@juliannawagner8303]

+Rachel Pascoe I'm a teen with this prob too! we should start a group...

[@paulac2206]

+Jumping for joy films illuminati lmao

[@catherinecoffman5237]

Emii64 I doodle in math too! Math is not my forte, (I totally suck) and doodling actually helps me pay attention.

[@st4rjam]

Emii64 oml i always get caught dopdling!!!

[@torinstudley5351]

Emii64 if you want to be a professional artist, try different styles with different tools like charcoal, or color pencil. Try at least 5 or 6 different styles and see which style you feel comfortable doing, or which you like best.

[@sociallyawkwardburrito4860]

This made me feel a lot better about my art. you normally see so many talented artists on KZbin and instantly want to draw like them but seeing stuff like this reminds me that everyone starts somewhere.

[@TheBoogaloo2011]

I need to see more ! This has already given me so much inspiration! Thank you. 😊😊😊😀😃😄

[@ArtalaCarte]

Claire Locker LOL I will be posting another sketchbook video in the next month or so. :)

[@marymasonphotofilms3]

The Match Girl is really beautiful. But, it brought tears to my eyes at certain parts.

[@moon.phoenix3]

It is always nice to see the progression of an artist. Especially as a newbie...to see that you are not the only one with the struggles you are currently having. To see that someone else had the same struggles and overcame them. Thank you! These are AMAZING!!

[@arabentley7979]

Thank you for sharing your art and for creating this channel!! I have enjoyed your videos so much and my daughter does as well!

[@ArtalaCarte]

AWw you are both welcome! Thanks for watching

[@twilightsparkle1412]

Please show more of your sketches. It's so cool to see a person's story through their art.

[@randicommand2453]

It's cool to see the beginnings.. I have almost if not all of my old sketchbooks starting from my early 20s (I'm 68 now) and I go thru them occasionally. It's amazing how the results go up and down and all around, but usually a bit more up each revolution. I'm looking at your stuff and thinking I can surely see the sprouts of your beautiful work now. I definitely saw your up and down and all around too! What fun!!!

[@liberty3310]

I LOOOVVEEE seeing your sketchbooks!! I especially loved the drawing of the girl with braided hair pulling back the curtains.

[@aleMARG]

your vois is beautiful and its the first time i see one of your videos!

[@ArtalaCarte]

male reyes Thank you for watching!! I hope you enjoy my other videos too! :)

[@mdeer124u]

That's great, thank you... I just took up drawing last week.. and have like 13 pages of drawings.. it is a new journey for me.. thank you for sharing yours.. :) .... I am teaching myself to draw because I have the best magical dreams... walking through a cave when a child unicorn runs past me and laughs.. kind of dreams.. that I want to capture... .... then yesterday 2 symbols upon the ground lay... a coiled snake... and a curved M.. I am going to add them to my sketch book, since you showed the value of saving them....

[@coolcucumber201]

Good luck! 😉

[@mdeer124u]

@@coolcucumber201 thank you! the journey has grown exponentially.. Five years later, which was last weekend I was looking through my sketches, at a dream in whoever I was talking to had a very interesting mermaid necklace that I had drawn upon awakening.. last weekend I got out my paints and painted the picture over the line, and it came out completely magical.. It looks like she is in a doorway that leads out into the universe.. your comment is so well timed.. Thank You!

[@AddyAddyO]

Love them! Keep putting more up,... It's so inspiring to keep chugging along.

[@cardsbypanda]

This has To be my favourite video from your channel. It gives me hope of learning to draw. Thanks for sharing your early stuff with us!!! Xxx

[@gilanisaniya9987]

this is really inspiring. Thank u for sharing your sketchbooks with us. I have recently started drawing and to be honest right now i am at the basics and not very good. so seeing ur sketches motivates and inspires me that practice makes perfect. Someday i also want to be a great artist like u

[@cptcookies5693]

Really enjoying your videos and lot of Laughs with you 😀. I admire your talent very much. Thanks for all the vids 👍

[@CarolMaynard-OhMyInkyFingers]

I LOVE your comical attitude!!! "Feel the BURN!!!!" You crack me up! Love, Love, Love your videos!!! Thanks for being an inspiration to all!

[@emilylee5423]

Seems like you were a kid or a teenager in the 90s? What were some of your favorite bands? I'm interested in a lot of 90s bands, so yea, I'm just curious :) thanks

[@ArtalaCarte]

I have always been a fan of movie soundtracks and Disney was my jam in the....always 😄

[@SakibMiah-pw7rs]

+Art ala Carte your videos are amazing/////////////.........

[@popstarangel1196]

Art ala Carte hi how would you suggest to learn how to draw anime / manga body's for beginners.

[@user-mi5pn6mk2h]

adeja roriguez I'd recommend screenshotting some poses, copy them, and add clothes and hair. This way, you're drawing, and learning anatomy at the same time! :D

I have started drawing, and after a year I decided to get a sketchbook, but I haven't been keeping up with it. I love drawing animals! As a reference for a drawing of a kitten, I took pictures of my cat, and felt his shoulders as he walked, since that was going to be a main part. I didn't do the drawing, but I am planning to! I'm not really good at keeping up with these types of things, but I really enjoy drawing. Although I can't draw humans. That's a no-no, friends see my animal drawings and ask me to draw them, and I just reply with, "So, do you want an eggplant of an arm and the muscles of a cat?" I am picking up manga though, and it's really fun!

[@cinnamonstix8196]

Haha I try to draw humans... Then the drawing go bye bye, The only drawings I throw out... shh don't tell Art Ala Carte

[@Luna-yo3xh]

You sound exactly like me cx I feel as if I'm experienced at cats, wolves and animals in general but humans... euuughghghh!

Hahaha, drawing humans are such a hassle for me.

[@MignonPrider]

Loved this, it was so interesting and inspiring to see. I have only recently discovered your channel, I'm really enjoying going through all your videos. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to seeing more. =)

[@ArtalaCarte]

Thank you Mignon. I so glad you are enjoying them!!!!'

[@jenniferwatterson8131]

Oh thank you so much for sharing! I now have hope as my current horses look similar to your earlier horses so if I keep at it - I will get better. I try to draw at least one thing every day, if not more. I will definitely be keeping my sketchbooks and when I feel as though I am being defeated by a particular subject I will go through and review my progress. Again, thank you, you are a great teacher - even if you are an entire ocean away! (I might draw that?)

[@ukiyo8089]

All of this drawings are so pretty I got so inspired to go back and redraw one of my first drawings and compare what I've improved thank you

[@ravenheartedgirl6427]

I love seeing artists old sketshbooks, like the really old ones from early teen years. Im only 14 and sometimes get a bit disapointed when my art doesn't turn out the way I want. Aaaanyway, seeing that artists I admire werent always so good. Really makes me feel good of myself and gives Ideas of what to draw.

[@emc4408]

Thank you sooo much! You have helped me make great things and you are SUCH an inspiration and its just, so much help and you are slow when you do the how to other than people who are like this and this and oh yeah *THAT* really fast and you make it better and easier for me to try to draw with you other than pausing and then unpausing, you have been such an inspiration for me so thank you so much!

[@rachelwilson4958]

I think your drawings and scratch books are very inspiring, thank you for making these videos for your subscribers

[@marijamitrevska2136]

Omg need more!! Btw I love listening to your voice

[@huxdroid]

This was so much fun to watch! It's so refreshing to know every great artist was once an amateur, it is hard not to compare my own art to the greatness if others but that is what keeps me motivated to do better :)

[@oliwiamilczarek8912]

I am your big fan. Your pictures are fabulous and I just love them

[@hannahhall227]

Hi, I love your videos, your such an amazing drawer!! Can't wait to see your next vid... u r so talented!!!!!

[@jonathan-rv6vs]

Thank you, you are such an inspiration to me, after this I will never throw away my drawings again :3 thanks.

[@meadowguard101]

I really the sketchbook videos!! Very inspirational! Love you Art ala Cart!!😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@Kleemakes]

Lol "feel the burn" I LOVE IT! I have so much good ideas but I can never find the time to draw besides they never come out right but I love your sketch books!

[@jada4434]

1:12 cracked me up. Bad.😂😂😂😂😂

[@tctcdrone79]

I really enjoy your art journals they are really neat.

[@biz_markie9189]

Haha! I totally enjoyed your "frustration" sketch!!! It shows us all how an artist does make mistakes, and yet gets better and better over time with trial and error. :D

[@kandss1]

that was great! gives me hope! love your sense of humor!

[@scrapgirl14671]

Val, You are too hard on yourself. Even your very old stuff is better than my current stuff and I am 48 yrs. old today (Happy Birthday to me!). You obviously had a natural talent from the beginning and have continued to grow as an artist. You do beautiful work now, and you did beautiful work back then! Thanks so much for sharing, it was really fun to see what you liked to draw. I LOVED the fairies! Hugs and prayers, Maureen

[@aztalents1]

Wow .. huts are so beautiful and shading of horse is awesome too 😊

[@staceyfell7666]

I know this video is old but its new to me I juat found you. I juat wanted to say that this was such a fun video to watch. ;)

[@velador4]

Was referred by simple art for adults ❤️ she gives you high praise! So happy to be here, I can’t wait to see what all you have to teach me ❤️ I am a newbie and appreciate every single video you all share! Thank you in advance 😉

[@ArtalaCarte]

Thank you for joining the fun!!!

[@mishadraws5461]

do more sketchbook tours!! i love having them on as a background while i draw!!

[@lanajantz2240]

I am so glad to hear this, so true. I wanted a rip pages out, things were awful. Trying to learn to draw!!Thank you for this information. Now lets watch your show your stuff!

[@galazychocolate6393]

your very inspiring, I'm going to keep my art books from now on THX 😀 😀😀

[@dudejayfood]

I always doodled on everything! I ended up ripping the good sketches I liked (at the time) out of my sketchbook and threw them into a binder haha! I plan to pick up sketching again!

[@bridgeteatherton491]

Please make another I enjoyed this so much!!!!

[@rhondamagee7459]

more please! Unfortunately...all of mine, are gone :( Water damaged

[@pinkvelociraptorplays3186]

You look so perfect! Perfect lipstick color by the way! You are an AWESOME artist! You deserve 1,000,000,000,000 Subscribers

[@JDvorak2009]

Oh I LOVE your RED HORSE! such a beautiful drawing!

[@skullchimes]

xDDD FEEL THE BURN And I would totally like to see more of your sketchbooks It's nice to see how you improved through the years uvu

[@ArtisticAlpacaStudios]

This video is actually what made me put effort into keeping a traditional sketch book and not just my digital collection. I filled up my first one last year even if it meant pasting in doodles i had on loose leaf paper and I am fairly close to filling another. I actually love how your anime girls look very Ah! My Goddess like I think if you had married the two styles of that and Disney it would've been beautiful!

[@kelsey2506]

Ive been looking for 1 specific artist to help explains things to me and your are it ive,only been watch your videos for an hour and I already fell,in love keep it up

[@vintagekitteh2233]

you have amazing advice :) honesly, i am very picky on everything and i would always throw away all my "terrible" drawings. so this video helped me to keep my drawings. and with your advice i can look back to drawings from years ago :) thank you! subscribed.

[@sarahswenson4534]

i love ur sketchbook reveiws plz make another! !!

[@levimlp5575]

you make me so happy everytime! you know... i think i can draw good too and everytime i look at your drawings i can draw better! everytime im bored i just look at your videos! and you make me very happy! you are an artist! keep drawing! :)

[@ArtalaCarte]

WhiteAngel AJ Thank you!!! Super glad you enjoy them! :)

[@mochimelon8126]

Is it just me? I HATE coloring in my drawings. I only use pencil to color in my drawings and people don't like that I do that but idc!! Like if u do it too

[@avaklett615]

Valleycat 223 my sister does the same her art is really good she has no time to color her drawings because she's in collage

[@jokeyy1116]

i only like colored pencils for things i have to color like school work but i hate coloring my own drawings because they will be my favorites and then they just look like a mess

[@khajakhutbuddeenahmed9977]

Valleycat 223 ummmmmm I don't do that

[@violeteeyore1143]

I do the same thing! I feel like when I color something... I just ruin it!

[@leebruyere7934]

Valleycat 223 Same! I end up ruining it when I colour it.

[@vanessaantonio20]

I love your videos so much👍😊💖 you are such a great artist🎨

[@SickBungo]

This was so fun go watch i would definitely like to see more

[@sunn7045]

You share a LOT of really good advice!!

[@wispie1577]

I think it would be cool if you re-did some of those drawings!! Especially the one from 6:10 (the first in the second sketchbook)

[@KittyWitch27]

Omg u where so good from the start, I'm can't even draw that well now lol

[@ai-leenchua2691]

Your drawings are awesome!!!!!

[@tgphwritingacount7603]

this is the first time I've seen one of your vids and even at a young age you draw really good

[@horserider8166]

Your such a good artist and ever since you where young I Wanna be a really good artist like you

[@trinitybradosky4292]

Please make more sketchbook videos, i really enjoyed it! :)

[@sairajames6977]

Your voice is very hypnotic!!!!!!!

[@leonie_cutix_220]

I love you and your drawing's💗

[@legolaslelandlover15]

beautiful!!! want to see more

[@elise_edits2112]

I love your videos and your art I neeeed more of these vids because they are soooooo inspiring

[@amieparamore6442]

I love this video! Its so encouraging for me to keep drawing :-)

[@yoshikagekira1237]

I think your old drawings are amazing! but you got better as you grew,so your new art is better

[@CowsforGalsOffical]

I have improved drawing horses wolfs and deer now I really wanna be an artist when I grow up!

[@Kat-gp1so]

You deserve 10,000,000 subscribers! I love your videos! :)

[@alyssavelez]

I want to see all of the sketch books!!!

[@deepekakumar8358]

wow your drawings are so GOOD!!!

[@Mokojin33]

I collect Breyer model horses and base some drawings off of them, too! I only have two vintage ones but that is fine. I AM ABSOLUTELY HORSE CRAZY!!!

[@TwaxerX]

That was great! Thanks for sharing!

[@nakitavita]

You were born the same year as my older brother, you have the same first name as my mother, and, like me, you also draw. I have deeply (not really) connected you to me in three ways, so you have a new subscriber! lol

[@ArtalaCarte]

+Nakita Williams I am like a combo of your family! Woohoo! ❤️

[@waikuenchan2778]

totally loved it!!

[@watchthepicture3686]

I really liked this you gave me soooooo many ideas.

[@DeBora-nh9dv]

Amazing drawings

[@davidbadgermuddog5557]

Thank you for sharing, helps in so mini ways. Because of life, i had stopped drawing for about 30 years, always thou wanting to get back into it. Now that i have some free time, i have. You've. Been a hugh inspiration for me. Thanks again. Dave Badger.

[@sketchysharry2787]

Aw I love your horses and fish :)

[@RANTGIRLandstuff]

I loved all the drawings. The thing I have the most trouble with is perspective and fluency and I was wondering if you could give me any tips for how to better this.

[@commandertrololololola113]

All the pictures in your book are great also that mermaid is big :3

[@lillian.catherine]

4:57 Omg I was laughing sooooo hard once I saw what u did to it XD But the rest of your drawings weren't too bad! You awesome at art and very inspiring :) keep up the great work!

[@EpicBreyerBerryBush]

Thank you so much for sharing, it's really inspiring! And more sketchbook videos are always good! :)

[@victoriatruong9605]

I love your hair and your very pretty ❤️❤️❤️❤️ and awesome video :)

[@spiritofthehorse7526]

so you collect Breyer Horses too?! I have about fifty of them, I don't collect them anymore because I like the company Schleich better. but still awesome! i love all your drawings and sketches, love to see more!

[@hasfafazl5238]

This video got me really inspired please do more!!!😊😊😉

[@kyranortje4125]

I also feel like a sketch book is like a personal journal,I don't like when other people look through my sketch book because it's personal and I'm more of a well I draw how I feel and some are quite sad/dark especially a few of them from last year when I was in a dark place and I hate it when people/my brother steals my sketch book.

[@eleanorduffy7936]

I really loved this intro 😍😄💗

[@demsterwoldelf]

you had a verry pretty handwriting though, looks great, I love doing caligraphy so i noticed

[@nikkivanzanen]

around how long were you drawing with these sketchbooks?

[@4gr8kidz]

I love listening to you! You're so funny! I wish you said what ages you were, not just year, but it was neat to see the progression!!! Very nice!

[@ArtalaCarte]

4gr8kidz Thank you! Most of those sketchbooks, I was 9years to 15 years.

[@meisje009]

Art ala Carte 1977 to 1992 isnt 9 years old, its 15, 1992 was the earliest sketchbook you showed us, so it is not 9 to 15 but 15 to 22.

[@sarachirilov6251]

Do any of you look through the comments while listening to the video

[@doctorkwack101fan]

Me owo

[@naymaorny3058]

Meow

[@crystalsnowstables6205]

You collected Breyer!!!! OMG I collect schleich and have one Breyer! Plus your drawings were great then and they are great now! :)

[@mtndanielle]

My cousin collects Breyer horses also

[@crystalsnowstables6205]

Cool

[@cowwithswagg]

cool I collect schliech and breyer also (some collectA horeses)

[@pawlettersbyelvis5815]

You are so talent!

[@joezakariya]

you are really talented please do more??!!!