Sketchbook tour - drawing from life and planning painting compositions

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[@randominternetuser2]

This sketchbook was filled with gems! Amazing work!

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@sharonpahalan]

Love your work!!! Your ability to simplify shapes, values and colours is truly eloquent, and inspiring!! ❤

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@c.s.102]

Ridiculous beautiful art in your sketchbook. Love love your art! This is really a sketchbook instof finished 'art' book. Thank you for sharing this is really inspirational.

[@christinakentart]

Aw thanks :) So glad you found it inspiring! Happy sketching!

[@artbyty]

Really liked that "foggy day" study. Very inspiring, thanks for sharing!

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@ElidaNikolovArt]

This has been such a good sketchbook tour! You're an incredible artist and it's reminded me I need to do some more value studies in my sketchbooks ❤

[@christinakentart]

Thank you! Happy sketching :)

[@AngelinaKrunic]

Hello, I first noticed your art on instagram, and i recently found out you have a youtube. I really appriciate longer form content so i can see the thinking of an artist. As an artist myself its inspiring how much you go into value studies- as in simplyfing process to really think about simplifications of what you see, before u do any paintings. I am genuinly more impulsive and never really sketch, so when i see someone thinking and sketching beforehand im always inspired. Really loved your sketcbook tour and way of approaching art>3 keep it up🦋

[@christinakentart]

Thank you! So glad you found some inspiration in my process! Happy sketching :)

[@satpalkadole2374]

Wonderful artworks! Thank you for sharing

[@christinakentart]

Thank you so much 😀

[@nicoleperron3315]

Here I am trying to figure out how to get more shapes and clean lines in my sketches. Your sketches look so elegant and crisp, I really like the look, I also love shadows and shapes, I was thinking maybe outlining what I draw.

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@bluedogbluey6742]

Thank you so much for sharing your sketchbook with us. I really enjoy seeing this part of the process and see how valuable it is to an artist.

[@christinakentart]

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@recreepy]

My screen has never been happier.

[@jerrifreeman7034]

This was very helpful for providing a goal for developing a practice of life drawing and value studies. You’ve given me such direction and inspiration. I’m also excited to share this with my granddaughter. Thank you!

[@christinakentart]

Awesome, so glad you found it helpful! I hope your granddaughter likes it too :)

[@renabas8314]

thanks, Christine, this was mind-opening to me. I am not very good to do studies but you sure inspired me to do so in future; you are very generous.❤️ looking forward to your second appearance in LFI24👏🙏👩‍🎨🎈

[@christinakentart]

That's awesome! Yes, do give the studies a try, I hope you find they are a great benefit to your practice :)

[@AltoonaYourPiano]

So many really neat drawings. This is so cool! The first two houses look like ones I'd see in a town in Pennsylvania in the urban part near downtown or in the outer fringes of downtown.

[@RubenGarcia-kc3op]

That is so funny that you are tying to do more lines… lol I am trying to do more shapes 😅…. Your skill is great, they way you see the world is amazing

[@christinakentart]

Thank you! Yeah actually over the past few years, I began moving away from lines and towards more shapes. But I think I've gotten so far into shapes that I want to explore lines again haha

[@user-gt8oj1bc2z]

Very nice sketchbook. I love the simplicity of your value studies. They are inspiring.

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@gioargentati7802]

Awesome work, Christina! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@merlitajensen1677]

Thanks!

[@christinakentart]

Aw thank YOU!!

[@KuldaevaWatercolor]

This video is very inspiring, Christina !! Thank you for sharing your sketches with us, they are artworks in and of themselves ✨

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@triciabennetts6578]

Thankyou for sharing your sketch book and your process - full of gems!❤

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@alexwhite5724]

This was an amazing video … the fact that you share your ideas and thoughts is so humble of you … you are adorable

[@alexwhite5724]

Most artist will hide this

[@christinakentart]

Aw thank you! I hope to share some inspiration and joy :)

[@Johannasmat]

I really appreciate the value studies 🎉 I want to do more of those myself

[@christinakentart]

Yes, they are a great practice! Happy sketching :)

[@dM-ij1we]

Stunning!

[@christinakentart]

Thank you! 😊

[@SvetaMyak]

❤❤❤

[@debsllewelyn230]

Thanks, loved your colour and tonal studies xx

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@Giza_77]

Bellissimo taccuino. Gli studi a colori sono meravigliosi 😘

[@christinakentart]

Grazie mille!

[@helenmelton]

I love seeing your sketchbooks and your progression as a artist. It's been really inspiring. I would like to suggest for a future video your thoughts on how long it takes to do some of these small sketches and the large paintings.

[@christinakentart]

So glad you liked it! And thanks for the question. For a short answer, the sketches can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, while the large paintings can take anywhere from a day to a couple weeks (once I actually start the painting process, not including the prep leading up to that)

[@ruthiesexton5199]

Loved this. So informative on the hows & whys if your sketching. Thank you. I have been subscribed now for past year. Thank you !

[@christinakentart]

Glad you found it informative, and thank you for following my videos this past year! :)

[@Smallishdude]

Very well done

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@annekarts8451]

Wow Christian, such an inspiring sketchbook. I find this as I picked up oil painting that I don’t use my sketchbook so much anymore. But you really expire me to pick it up again. ❤ May I ask: In these sketchbooks, do you predominantly work from photo references or from life? If you ever run out of video ideas you could do a video on your take on drawing/painting from reference vs. life.

[@christinakentart]

Hey Annek, thank you! I think sketching is a great practice and it will support your oil painting :) As for your question, in this sketchbook it was a mix, I'm trying to do more sketching from life though. And that is a great video idea, thanks for the suggestion!

[@annekarts8451]

@@christinakentart Great, thanks so much! I really appreciate that you take the time to answer all of the comments.

[@devernepersonal3636]

incase it did not send. i love what you have done in the sketchbook and i love how passionate you are about it. i am surprised non of it smudged really. did you spray them? Your sketches are making me want to photograph this city. very cool.

[@christinakentart]

Thanks DeVerne! I usually don't spray them, and they smudge a bit over time, especially if I did a lot of blending in graphite. If I do want to keep them pristine, I spray them with workable fixatif.

[@devernepersonal3636]

Ooooh got ya. Thank you for that.@@christinakentart

[@intergalacticpeachpatrol]

gosh, your sketchbooks are something else. they're not the typical "social media" sketchbooks - and i really appreciate that, actually! thanks so much for sharing with us :- )

[@christinakentart]

Aw thank you!

[@MadisonBriggsArtchick]

The later portrait studies are very much like you

[@christinakentart]

Thank you!

[@marwan1766]

I like your lines , do u have a video about how can an artist improve his lines?

[@christinakentart]

Oh thank you! I'll make a video with more details on my sketching process soon :)

[@bexter72]

I’m curious why you reduced the size of your sketches to what feels for me like an already tiny sketchbook. I’m trying with this size, but it feels too small. Also, why across the centre of the fold rather than turning on its side and using a whole page? Super interesting inspiration; I just feel like you're limiting yourself when you start with a small box in the middle of the page.

[@christinakentart]

Glad you found it inspiring! I like keeping my sketches small, it helps me to simplify and focus on overall shapes rather than getting too into the details.

[@bexter72]

Thanks for the answer. I’m always too much in the details - I will steal your tactic!!

[@Artstudiovaneijk]

Sketchbook contains sketches, what you show is an effort to make art, not sketching.