Painting and drawing with ink ✶ Inktober recap (weeks 1 & 2) + current fave supplies

[@KayNymanArt]

That first ink wash painting is so glorious. The effect of sunbeams coming down...just amazing!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you so much!

[@RobboJ30]

Just LOVE your big ink wash pieces! So free and expressive. Thanks! Jill 🇬🇧

[@Cerydwyn87]

All the work you’ve shown is amazing but those ink washes are just incredible 😍 *chef kiss*

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Aw thank you! Those are SO much fun!

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Wow, I love your large ink landscapes. So atmospheric!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you so much!

[@CallMeGailyn]

I so love ink! That is funny that you are doing this now, because I have only just started playing with some shimmer inks. Fun! Love your dramatic skies!😀

[@claricek2653]

I absolutely LOVE your work!!!! Thanks for sharing. One day I will make art that I can actually put on my walls, Thanks to you and other amazing artist who so kindly share your work freely.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you very much ☺

[@philipdown3147]

Thanks greatly Sarah for sharing your amazing and so inspirational video's, enjoyable as always which was explaining calmingly how you've planned with minimum colours but with great results. Thanks greatly appreciated stay safe and healthy

[@moma-b]

Peter Draws ❣... another favorite channel I just open up whenever I feel a bit down. You both cheer me up in a different way. He is like Rowan Atkinson but he can draw too. 😎💜

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

His videos are sooo good! Relaxing. Informative. Funny!

[@moma-b]

@@SarahBurnsStudio His mind is a gem and we can see it sparkling. 😂💖

[@hildybean]

I’m another lover of the R&K Lilly ink! Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@bentheben1145]

I very much enjoy the fact that you’re using fountain pens:)

[@c.f.callier]

Thank you for sharing! That Rotring Isograph pen will find it's way onto my wishlist.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I love it!

[@samantharankinstinamisan5583]

Got to have them sheeps!! 🐑🐑

[@MrsBarnabas]

I love seeing the varied ways you're using the ink, especially the sun's rays, with the white! I play with black Indian ink and brushes occasionally, and perhaps, when I have a few centimes to spare, I may get some white ink. Also, I really enjoy using pastel pencils (particularly Conté a Paris) and inks in the terracotta earth colours of sepia and various depths of sanguine (but not ink and pastel in the same picture!). In this picture, at 5.02, I've spotted the long-nosed dog (maybe a spaniel?) with his long ears and his stumpy tail in the air, watching the oversized gerbil watching him. There's also a faery house on the left side of the path where it comes into the picture, and a gnome's padded gilet on the path. I guess seeing pictures in things may be considered a weird habit, but as a child, I had a lot of puzzle books which have those where you have to find the 'hidden objects' and also, lived with big skies with wonderful cloud formations. Living in fenland with those huge skies with magnificent cloud formations for most of my life, I've always played at 'cloud pictures' - where you look at the cloud formations and see various things. Children will do this a lot, until the gift of imagination is squashed out of them by non-remembering adults and / or being made to 'keep inside the lines' when colouring. With me, it also crops up when I'm looking at abstract paintings, or rock faces, or tree shapes. etc. The trees in the garden across the road were amazing for this in Autumn last year, when there were a lot of 'faces' as the leaves began to fall. However, it's not deliberate and doesn't happen all the time!!! A friend in the UK also has this imaginative gift, and it was wonderful to have someone who loves this as much as I did! Anyway, to reassure you, I don't see them in all your work, Sarah!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes.. "Children will do this a lot, until the gift of imagination is squashed out of them by non-remembering adults and / or being made to 'keep inside the lines' when colouring." exactly! I wish more people kept their childlike wonder and curiosity and didn't let others bring them down

[@petrapijl-hamelink5195]

So cool to see how you paint the sun shining through the clouds! That is something I’d like to try myself. Thank you for your beautiful videos😍

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Let it flow! I posted a tutorial on my Patreon if you feel like trying it the way I do it.

[@dryingshift]

Your videos are always so refreshing and inspiring! Thank you for sharing! I'm following along with your inktober themes, and it's been far more enjoyable than the usual prompt list. Architecture + urban this week is also something I really need to work on as a subject, so we'll see how that goes haha

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yea architecture is a challenge for me! I always feel so stiff when I draw buildings so I'm trying to loosen up.

[@wendyhepting6056]

I’m keeping up so far with inktober using your themes as inspiration, my first time trying and I’m learning a lot. Thanks for your great videos and commentary!😁

[@phedran]

I'm a big Lamy Safari fan, and I love the R&K SketchINKs, especially Lilly & Thea. I feel like I've already "failed" this art month challenge but hoping the next few weeks are better.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Don't feel that way. Draw and paint when you can, and only what you love

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

Big Lamy and Twisbi fan with R&K inks! Hello :)

[@rinske4714]

I don't really like the lamy and twsibi that much. For me they don't give an ef line to my work. While they should be. I use most of the time the steadler fine liners. But unfortunately they are not so eco friendly.

[@SUSSDUE]

I have had a really trying and tiring day and watching your video when I finally had a moment to wind down was absolutely the best thing that could be to turn my mood into cheerfulness and to become full of inspiration, thank you!! I am looking forward to your review of the Etchr Slate mini as I have the big satchel and while it is great it is sadly a bit too heavy for me, even when empty, it is clearly made for strong big guys, so I have been thinking of getting a mini Satchel instead but as it is an investment I am not altogether sure yet, so your review will be much appreciated! Thanks again for making my day so much better!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Sorry to hear you had a tough day. When I have a crazy day I also watch videos to relax! ☺ I'll definitely share my "review" of the Etchr Slate Mini, I want to give it a few weeks of solid use so I can properly discuss the pros and cons

[@fuzzydragons]

great job with the textures on the rock formations 😀 I really should take my sketchbook to the coast more and draw, maybe after winter tho lol

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Its so inspiring on the coast, but yea that that wind can bite!

[@deborahmeyers7839]

Awsome video thank you for sharing Sarah 😘

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@carolinefairs2912]

Such a wonderful inspiring video, your ink sketches are amazing and I love the way you paint the sunlight coming through the clouds - I definitely want to try this!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you!

[@beejensen]

I just love your voice it’s so soothing and your appreciation for your surroundings. I will def check out Peter draws for one suggestions

[@majeddraws5104]

we need to talk about your music and songs in your video! :)

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

how so?

[@majeddraws5104]

@@SarahBurnsStudio how and why you choose it, because it's beautiful! 😊

[@PamOrl]

Gorgeous work! And what gorgeous scenery.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

@@majeddraws5104 I see, well I just have a "feeling" I want to share, so I look for a song that fits. Sometimes it takes one minute, other times it takes hours lol

[@jenniferhopkins1078]

I dug the music too!:)

[@katesamostudio]

Beautiful ❤️

[@patriciavazquez4596]

Sarah, the big stone in the sea seems like a elephant head.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

🤣

[@followdrow]

Hi, Sarah! Have you ever try Lamy Crystal Ink, Obsidian colour? I bet you'd be delighted.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Not yet!

[@laughsdaily]

I started out well with #inktober2021sb weeks 1 & 2… but week 3 I have only one sketch of a sad looking tent… Tomorrow I have high hopes of sketching a cabin… Thank you for this modified inktober so I do not feel like a complete failure 🤗

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

It's Ok, just do it for the process, the discovery, and inspiration (if it's there). I don't like sticking to it strictly, especially when I have a flood of inspiration to paint something. That is, after all, my purpose!

[@firdyk]

I thought my red Lamy was the only one that did that appear and dissapear business .🤣

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Haha...evil things!

[@angiewright-artist8246]

Hi Sarah, just wanted to tell you how much change and growth I've seen in your artworks since you've started plein air. It's been super cool being able to see it unfold a few years from when you were a little uncomfortable until now. I would like to try plein air again, I'm a studio artist. Last time I tried with watercolors and I dropped my paints along with other tools and started crying from frustration as I didn't have a good set up. I'm trying to figure out a versitile set up cause like you I use all mediums. I'm still uncertain about oils outside because of clean up. I did see a few recent videos on your fast plein air setup VS the full set up in oils. So I'm definitely going back to check out the easiest way. PS. I'm looking forward to your review on the slate mini... I was learning towards the thumbox or the cigar box the next biggest up. I think it looks a little better than the you go plein air easles. I'm not sure... Lol anyways thank you for your videos. They help my inspiration, I think well if you can figure plein air, I can too right haha have a great day from North Bay Ontario Canada!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you so much! Trust me I've dropped my supplies more times than I can count 🤣 I've seen other artists oil painting outside and their whole easel is knocked over by the wind. It happens! There's not one perfect setup, it changes based on medium, location, mood. I have lots of setups and I just go with what feels right in the moment.

[@angiewright-artist8246]

@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you for the advice, much appreciated 🙏😘

[@essietangle9931]

I have enjoyed your journey. Now that you are in Scotland do you mainly search art supplies at Jackson’s Art supplies? Just curious.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes I love Jacksons. Cass Art and Artifolk are also great

[@pyromancyglassart8975]

Hi what is the white highlighter of what ever the white color is that you have around the Rock ??

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Posca pen, link in description

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

You seem pretty prolific, how do you defeat artist's block?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

There is endless inspiration in nature!

[@NazarFawzi]

❤🌹🙂

[@HappyBecker]

How do I become a patreon

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

The link is in my description. :)