Painting the sketchbook cover; so easy and so much fun!

[@gailzaranek6958]

The cover is so pretty!

[@vivekagudmundsson9624]

Hi this was owsome they look Great and vimsical. Love them.😍❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Viveka, THANK YOU ... such a kind comment 🥰

[@deannahall2032]

I can't get enough of your joyous, bubbly spirit and the astonishingly creative work which flows out of you, Gaynor!!

[@gaynorpattle]

AHH this is SO kind....makes me think I better keep going then ! .....thank you 😍

[@deannahall2032]

@@gaynorpattle Please don't stop!!!

[@meltemashley1808]

❤beautiful work❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you! 😊

[@lauren2527]

Ah what a ray of sunshine. Another funny, lovely, thought-provoking video. Loved ALL of this week's colours.... Watching you paint is therapeutic for me! Looking forward to your next instalment already. 💗

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Law, ONLY just seen this - from 3 months ago !!!

[@dismith73]

Thank you for your joyful creativity

[@gaynorpattle]

You are so welcome!

[@janinafisher101]

I love watching your process, Gaynor! (How many times have I told you this? LOL.) I love your sketchbook covers and I enjoyed you talking about your various sketchbooks, and the paper, style, etc. It's always funny for us in North America hearing you talk about A4, or A5, or all your A's, because it's not a term we use here, so if I want to find out what size it is I always have to look it up. The terms never seem to "stick" - have to look it up every time! Oh goodness - I'm definitely getting old! Sending great thoughts from Canada.

[@gaynorpattle]

Crumbs...I never knew...I will get googling that !! Have a wonderful week in Canada XX

[@itsjudystube]

Loving these

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Judy X

[@angelinamichelle8474]

I love how your vids span days and ideas and projects. Thankyou once again for sharing yourself with us !

[@gaynorpattle]

It is a pleasure 😊

[@frankiecarboni]

I an't believe I never thought of this - I usually glue some kind of image onto the cover but from now on I'll have a go at painting. I've been caught on leaves v pages too. Just discovered your channel today, I watch a lot of art videos and yours are so good, you come across as authentic and genuine, it's as if we are in the studio with you. Oh and the charcoal drawing is fabulous!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Frankie and a big welcome to the channel. I really like to hear from new viewers, it's good to read what other artists are up to. There is something really special about the painted covers ..... they keep the memory of time and place as much as the work inside the sketchbook. Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a very lovely comment. XX

[@PaulWalesArt]

Wow! You've been incredibly productive in moving multiple things along. So lovely to watch someone else's progress Gaynor! Another wonderful video and I look forward to seeing your perspective on using the Art Journal / Sketchbook. Be well!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi D C so pleased you liked the video, I hope you have a wonderful week 🥰

[@kimcragin4929]

Wow Gay or....I love your work! I love your willingness to share your process! I just love your free spirit... You are my new daily watch!!! Thank you so much❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Kim, Thank you so much for watching and leaving this lovely comment, I really appreciate it XX

[@anitajones7804]

Good morning Gaynor, Your enthusiasm is infectious, your use of colour, your playfulness with the paint. I've been trying to master oils and I love oil paint but I haven't been happy with anything I've done, it's a long learning curve for me I need to loosen up. I am however so enthused by you I am going straight to my studio getting my acrylics out and painting my teapot! 😀 have a lovely day X.

[@gaynorpattle]

SO PLEASED....have fun 🥰 A big help for me in loosening up was just learning to enjoy the layers....and to give the painting time by working on other things.

[@cristinaj3994]

I just received an Ohuhu 9x12, 120lb heavy paper. It's described as marker sketchbook but reading reviews its can handle all media. I'm giving it a try today. Appreciate your generosity with sharing.

[@gaynorpattle]

Sounds interesting... will take a look X

[@patriciadavis2545]

Funny you should be talking about sketchbook cover. I made two concertina books, one medium size, and a mini one! You are right about the covers. I started working on the mini and realized that I was starting at the wrong end. So you see, if I had made a cover, I would not goofed up right away. I’m taking your advice though and moving on. I am allowed to have glitches! Thank you for your cheerfulness! Much appreciated.

[@gaynorpattle]

We all GOOF Up ..... it's what keeps things moving !! Thank you for watching and commenting and have a fantastic week 🥰

[@2youngbon2]

Your sketchbook cover is beautiful and you have convinced me about starting a sketchbook. Thank you! From Pennsylvania, USA

[@gaynorpattle]

So pleased....have fun with it XX

[@sharonalkenbrack2871]

Thank you so much. I love your paintings, just so much fun.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Sharon, I am grateful for such a lovely compliment 😊Have a great week

[@donnam6099]

This video is so lovely Gaynor 😊for me it conjures up the title of the book by Brene Brown ‘Daring Greatly’ it’s so brave and bold and gorgeous! I love that you paint your sketchbook covers - it seems to me another act of self care, it says that our art matters 😊 I have heard good things about the Stillman and Birn sketchbooks there seem to be several to choose from at Amazon, a little bit more expensive but good reviews and a couple of other artists here recommend them. Thanks again, every Thursday I make a coffee and watch your videos and feel so inspired by them all 😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Donna, I feel really blessed to have such great support 🙏such a lovely comment and I will look at Stillman and Birn....thank you. Have a great week 🥰

[@JulieToye-gy6ij]

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[@headlessviolin]

I loved it all today especially the snake painting love it, thank you so much for the joy you spread with your work. When I’m not able to play it’s so good to watch you, good luck for your hunt for your sketch book, have you tried cass art shop probably you have. Best wishes xx

[@gaynorpattle]

AHH SO KIND...thank you. I am gathering a little collection of alternative sketchbooks ! I will look at Cass Art again though - just in case 🥰

[@joannecormier6767]

Hello from eastern Canada! I truly enjoy your videos and your work! You inspire me to paint more! Than you for sharing!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Joanne, all the way away in Canada ! Lovely to hear from you and thank you for a very kind comment. It makes my day to read that you are inspired to paint more - fantastic 🥰

[@loribeetler591]

Great idea on painting sketchbooks. I am doing all mine now!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Lori, SO pleased to hear it 🥰

[@clairemanktelow1128]

Thank you again Gaynor for a great video. Your one of reasons I am using sketchbooks more and had never seen a concertina till your channel. I immediately went out and have bought two. Loved the cover painting and the snake plant painting you changed.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Claire, so pleased to know that you've discovered the lovely concertina and having more than one is a great idea, especially if you want to have different themes for them. I am really grateful for your feedback and thank you for taking time to message 🥰

[@giovannascottart593]

Thanks for another inspiring video Gaynor. I’ve been in a painting slump since about October last year (burned out I expect) so your joy and infectious enthusiasm helps me regain some of my own joy. Thanks again xx (btw in Brisbane Australia it’s 39°C a million % humidity so your cozy jumpers are making me a tad uncomfortable 😅)

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Giovanna, so pleased to know you are reconnecting with your creativity and I laughed out loud at your jumper comment - sorry about that ! Thank you for taking time to comment, I love knowing where people are from.......my husband spent a few years in south Australia....so your message sparked up a conversation 🥰

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Lovely to see your work again Gaynor. Greetings from Ireland☘️

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Rosemary, so glad you liked the video and its very kind of you to say so ! Have a lovely week 🥰

[@andreatorraca8755]

Hello from Dunedin Florida,US,interesting style,wonderful!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Andrea, it is so exciting to read where people are from - a real buzz ! Thank you for taking time to comment, I am really grateful🥰

[@andreatorraca8755]

Look forward to more🌺

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Andrea.....so kind, thank you😊

[@gardeniainbloom812]

What a lovely start to my day as I procrastinate. Your enthusiasm and joy is infectious and I want to go and play rather than proceed with my Van Gogh master study. Re sketchbook you could try the Fabriano Venezia. It's a little posh but not too precious. 200g/m2 48 sheets, 96 pages.

[@gaynorpattle]

Oh Thank you Gardenia in bloom - I will seek out a Fabriano 🙏Why not do a bit of both - set a timer - some play - some Van Gogh ? Enjoy your week and thank you for a lovely message🥰

[@guitardee1]

Ive recently downloaded some bookmaking videos and am going to make my own sketchbooks (with hard covers). This will allow me to choose the paper I use for the inside pages

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Denise, I LOVE your plan .... a great idea 🥰

[@grantwickens9274]

Hi Gaynor I like your charcoal teapot. Have you thought of using some brown charcoal to inhance some of the lines?

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Grant, How are you? Lovely to hear from you and I'm glad you like the charcoal. I like the sound of brown charcoal....will put that on my shopping list. Hope to see you at the Society when the boiler is fixed !!! 😀

[@taketimetoseait396]

Tour a mushroom museum, on Flock Finger Lakes...wow the shapes and colors R an artists opportunity 2 experience. Painting a "nothing" the other day turned into a snake plant painting....had the visions of all the filming Y have shown in my thoughts...while painting. Can't believe I painted it

[@gaynorpattle]

I might have to quote you....'painting a nothing and it turned into something'...JOYOUS 😃

[@taketimetoseait396]

Yes, it was a great experience, Ann from Florida (Space Coast)

[@gaynorpattle]

@@taketimetoseait396 Hello Ann 🙂

[@andreaorourke]

I just found your channel the other day and have been binging your whole back catalogue!! Loving loving loving your videos. They are just what I needed to move on from my funk. Just wondering, do you do something to seal your charcoal drawings? And do you find your acrylic paint sticks in your sketchbook or do you do something to prevent this? Thank you so much, wishing you well from New Zealand.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and Welcome Andrea, I'm sending you a virtual Medal for watching all those videos - especially the early ones where I try just about every editing effect 🤣 I use a charcoal fixative for the charcoal work, and the pages only stick if I haven't left them to dry really well. I will work elsewhere while waiting to pages to feel bone dry. Heartfelt thanks for watching and leaving a great message 🥰

[@SimoneWhippArtist]

I enjoy seeing all the different mediums you work with Gaynor! Painting your sketchbook cover is such a great idea! I can't help you with where to find the A4 Canson sketchbook but I can help you with wanting to use rice paper with the gel plate as I mentioned last week. I tried it for the first time today and put a video about it up here on KZbin if you want to see the results! I hope you have a lovely creative week.😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Brilliant... I have found my buried rice paper roll and will definitely take a look, thank you......all this creative fun 🥰

[@lindaellis9349]

Another Thursday and so much to enjoy watching you Gaynor! Just so damn inspiring.....what tape did you put over the back covers...can you show what you did please...love it! 💞

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Linda, The tape is Hockey Tape, and it really is the stuff you might have wrapped around your hockey stick! I will be sure to record putting the tape on as I am still faffing about with the back cover 😂Have a lovely week 🥰

[@lindaellis9349]

@@gaynorpattle thanks Gaynor..thought you said Hockey tape..not heard of it.. didn't play hockey either...two left feet ... ha!! Have a joyful week xx

[@fionawhitfield925]

Hello Gaynor. Have tried 3 times to leave a comment and for some reason it’s not showing up. I can’t wait for the sketchbook video(thank you for mentioning me. I’m really shy in person🤦🏻‍♀️😂) You asked about help with a new sketchbook though. I personally asked Cheryl Taves (I’m doing the course you have done previously and mentioned) and she suggested a Jacksons lay-flat hardcover sketchbook. 100gsm, 72 sheets, A4, portrait. I painted my cover and like it immensely, although I haven’t had the pleasure of trying a Canson to compare. Really looking forward to delving into yours in next weeks video. Hope it’s a long one 😂😂💐 Have a good week

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Fiona....the tech side of things drives me nuts !!! Sometimes messages come in that were written days ago and I hate to imagine that people think I've ignored them. Thank you for the Jacksons recommendation, I will take a look. Please bear in mind that a lot of the writing is personal and I feel embarrassed to share everything but I hope you will see how the A4 works for me. Cheryl Taves gave me a way in and it has developed to suit my style - I am sure this will be the same for you. I particularly enjoyed her prompts and the importance of asking yourself questions. Have a lovely week and thank you for persisting with sending a comment ..... I will probably receive all three in a months time 😂🥰

[@fionawhitfield925]

Ha ha, you are probably right although I now suspect it was because I included the Jackson art link. Apparently comments don’t like those which I hadn’t realised. Don’t share anything you don’t want to. That wouldn’t feel right. I love everything you do so I am sure it will be an inspiring video non the less. Thank you. 💐

[@taketimetoseait396]

Jerry's Artaroma, Cheap Joe's, Blick Art, Hobby Lobby. Do U sand down and gesso the covers first? The teapot series leads 2 a study of art history, each county and generation has unique styles/ colors and so much interest can B added provoking thoughts... Every kitchen has an area 4 a teapot painting ...

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you ! No sanding, just gesso and a couple of layers of white paint. My Dining Room currently has three teapot paintings !! And I agree there is plenty of material to explore here.

[@hannemarielorenzen3428]

Canson that is!

[@gaynorpattle]

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[@user-zu7gk9ol9f]

I’m not sure if any of the below are just right but I wanted to share what I found. Good luck! I hope one will work out for you!!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello L ....the below bit is missing but I appreciate your kindness and thank you for taking time to help me. 🥰

[@ArtistRebeccaLS]

Hi 👋 lovely video 😊 I love everything g to do with sketchbooks and can totally relate to not being unable find replacements when you find one you like. You can contact Canson and they give you outlets for your country , be specific with them and they may give you direct shop links - Hahnemuhle for example, are very kind for me in France , when I could not locate more D&S sketchbooks they gave me direct shop links. Have you tried the Hahnemuhle D&S sketchbooks in landscape ? I paid around €18 and you get 180 pages (not sheets) at 140g it’s for drafting end sketching - ive a sketchbook tour of my first one in my channel if you are interested 😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you for great advice, I will message Canson and see what comes ! I loved your trailer - dreams do come true 🥰Thank you for sharing the Hahnemuhle D & S sketchbook - I have compiled a wonderful list of alternatives to try. 😊

[@ArtistRebeccaLS]

@@gaynorpattle you are very welcome 😊 have you tried the Royal Talen Art Collection sketchbook range? Before I discovered the D&S range I was using the royal Talens student range (art creations) 140gsm paperweight as standard and very reasonable affordable pricing for the sketchbooks that have 80 sheets as standards = 160 pages - they do warp if too much is applied though. I’m currently using my Hahnemuhle D&S with Caran D’Ache Neocolors ii watercolor crayons. The paper does not warp hardly. The books open flat. Same amount of pages as with the Art Creations range and same paperweight but you get lay flat stitch binding, far less warping. C Grain paper by Canson is lovely to use 😊 Ha! My trailer 🤣 I had no idea what to do with it.

[@mmac4421]

Hey I hope not too late for this to get seen . I had a canson as my first sketchbook years ago in the uk, loved it , but I moved on to thicker paper . I am now in New Zealand and art materials are very pricey, postage via amazon etc is expensive . But check out Helen Wells she is a lovely artist online , has a utube and a book about sketchbooks , she uses the Fabriano Venezia , the larger one, it is bigger than an A4 ( slightly, I think its because the shape is more square and I dont have the measurements to hand but lots of space ) the paper is brilliant for anything you throw at it and feels like a dream , you do have to push it to get it to lay flat, but its Italian, it can take it . I am a sketch book addict and my life is unmanagable ( too many of them ) But I love well made paper things and I think you deserve to treat yourself to one and then maybe have a cheaper one ? Or a seperate note taking one. Also try Artway a uk site that makes good well priced sketchbooks . Daler rowney ae also good as are the Hahnemühle. But their paper is off white , just a wee bit . The others mentioned are white . I hope you find one . Thank you for your creative vlogs and great insights , and art inspirations .

[@gaynorpattle]

Never too late ..... so many great suggestions....thank you 😀I will definitely check out the Fabriano Venezia. It is good to hear from a sketchbook addict 🥰

[@erinpalfrey7339]

I LOVE the Fabriano Venezia Sketchbook! The paper is thick, so you can used mixed media such as acrylic and ink. No need to paint the cover, cuz it's got a great design on it, although you could, to make it your own. Loved your sketchbook video and I agree, I would love to take a peek inside.

[@hannemarielorenzen3428]

Rice paper : it works the best if the paper weighs around 40 GSM.

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you ..... for some reason I bought a roll, quite a while back, I'll check it out, now I've found it !!!!!😊

[@dulcieogilvie5786]

Quetter paper…lol😅

[@user-zu7gk9ol9f]

This one is from Blick’s : Item #:11879-1085 I think it says 110 pages, but only 65lb… $11.12!

[@gaynorpattle]

Found your 'below' !!!! I will have a look - THANK YOU 🥰