SKETCHBOOK TOUR! | Strathmore Mixed Media Sketchbook | Acrylagouache, Coloured Pencils, Gouache

This was my first Strathmore sketchbook and I loved it so much that I bought a new one as soon as I finished. There is a mix of different subjects in this sketchbook including all the sticker designs for my animal sanctuary update and a lot of experimentation with the neocolor ii crayons!
I am mainly using Holbein acrylagouache, gouache, caran d'ach neo color ii crayons and Polychromos pencils throughout this sketchbook.
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[@ImaniTolliver]

Sweet! Your colors are so dreamy!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thank you so much!

[@cubiiful]

I’ve been loving your landscapes and interiors soooo much! Still love your derpy animals - the colours and lineart are just so adorable - but I think you’ve got a way with more complex compositions, I just love the colours you choose and how you put it all together 😍

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks so much Mina 😊 I have really been enjoying drawing the landscapes and Interiors and I want to do lot more!

[@KatieCannonDesigns]

I love sketchbook tours. I need to get around to finishing a few so I can do my own. I have way too many unfinished sketchbooks. I love the little buildings and the interior spreads.

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Katie! I love them too, it's always nice to see how other artists work 😊

[@twofaceddesigns]

Every single page was delightful!! 💛

[@monkeymintaka]

Ahhhh thankyou! 🥰

[@ysabellaperez3377]

absolutely wonderful! Love the colors and style!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou!

[@Eversew139]

My first visit to your channel and instantly adored your illustration style and color palettes. Then down the bunny trail to your Etsy lol 😆

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks so much! I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the videos too 😊

[@ALLJArt]

I love your sketch style with the colour laid down first and then the lines added with the coloured pencil after! I am pleased to see this since I was waiting for it for so long! haha

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Amanda! I'm so happy you liked it! I love a sketchbook tour myself hehe 😊

[@alescographiks]

I think the papaya spread would make some really fun fabric!

[@monkeymintaka]

Ohh that could be fun! I haven't finished this yet though 🙈🙈

[@CrissTea]

I love the way you choose colors and your chickens are SUPER cute! Lovely tour 🥰🥰

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou :) glad you liked it!

[@GummiBearzchan]

I LOVE your chickens!!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou!

[@RadishTheFool]

I just love your art so much. Thank you for the amazing sketchbook tour.

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@BethDooner]

Really loved this, it's very clear to see the increase in energy of the pieces when you start to really enjoy the sketchbook. I particularly love your landscapes and interiors, you capture a sort of romanticist charm and warmth to them, even on your more snowy ones. Also your animals are so cute!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Beth! Yeah, I really started to enjoy it, I'm glad it shows :) I'm using the same Sketchbook again which I hardly ever do 😊

[@BethDooner]

@@monkeymintaka I recently got a Strathmore Mixed Media and am similarly loving it!

[@helenkosmicki3283]

I really like the stickers. Very cute

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou 😊

[@feverfrolic]

I adore everything about this video! Im so inspired to start a sketchbook again!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Emily! That's so nice to hear, I love my sketchbook so I always hope other people love theirs too! But I know that not everyone enjoys them. Happy sketchbooking!

[@herinternest3958]

So lovely! I think the ducks/geese and the horses are my favourite! But I love most of your sketchbook, your style is just amazing!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it 😊

[@XStephandOliviaX]

What a beautiful sketchbook! My sketchbook is always a massive mess! hahaha!! Beautiful! 💜👐💚

[@monkeymintaka]

Ahhh thankyou!

[@fuzzydragons]

beavers! love them 😀 such a colour book 😀

[@monkeymintaka]

🥰 thanks!

[@SashaFitzgerald]

Your sketchbook is so inspiring! I love the bunnies, landscapes, and.... everything xD

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Sasha!

[@ZitaChristie]

I also love the sitting cow, so cute❣️

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks! That was the one of the first pages I think 🤔 I didn't know cows could sit until I drew those!

[@Janartable]

Wow…i love it all. I especially love your tiny landscapes. Many artists i watch love that sketchbook. It’s in my near future. Thanks for sharing.

[@monkeymintaka]

It’s a nice sketchbook :) You have to crack it a bit to make it open fully but apart from that it’s cool

[@lienekepost]

I love it! so colorful 😍

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks!

[@Primavera_it]

Love your sketchbook❤

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou!

[@kookieskookie3729]

Hehe I think that frog is Kero Keropi 🥰

[@s.m.fryedesign1381]

It's always so interesting to me to see others sketchbooks! My favorite is the mini paintings of houses on min 12:35. I'm in love with them 😍😍 If you ever decide to make them into prints.. you just let me know ;)

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Sarah! I want to make something with those sketches and also the interiors. I'm not sure what they will be yet though 🤔

[@s.m.fryedesign1381]

@@monkeymintaka yes!! So many options. I feel like they would look amazing blown up... like poster size as a set😍

[@JessicaLynnIllustration]

Love me a good sketchbook tour! I've been away for a lil'bit so I have some of your videos to catch up on. Glad to hear you really enjoyed this sketchbook as I have one sitting on my shelf to be used. I think my favorites were the mini houses, landscapes, and interiors because it fills the page with so much detail to look at. I still love your adorable (sometimes derpy) animals though 💖

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou! I love doing the interiors and houses, i am really into them lately 😁😁

[@NatashaNewtonArt]

Your sketchbook is FABULOUS! So many amazing ideas.

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks! I really like this Sketchbook because I started getting I to landscapes in it, and now I'm on a landscape kick!

[@HarmonyHardin]

Wow, 19 sketchbooks, that is impressive stuff! Inspiring video! Your sketches are so fun, super cheerful. It makes me finally want to just get silly in a sketchbook, not something that is usually how I approach my art :).

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Harmony 😊 I'm so glad you liked the tour. Yeah, I think it's 19 😬😬😬 sometimes I lose count and number books the same. But I don't think it's that important how many you do, I just like being able to get a rough chronological order. I hope you can get silly in your Sketchbook soon 😊

[@fionasimagination]

The frog is "Keropi" by Sanrio 🙂

[@moonspiritartbycindyhill1084]

Love

[@brendasanchez3624]

The simplicity and color palette are wonderfull 💖 love It!!!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thank you so much!!

[@WhstlblwrBlastingEpsteinsPals]

So cool! I love the journal! ❤ Thank you so much for sharing it with us 😊. VERY inspiring 🎉

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ItsLizV]

I love so much in this sketchbook! All the animal sketches, all the landscapes, the houses.... but I think my favourite page is the forest landscapes you did during Bia's sketchbook hang out thingy!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Liz!

[@cossetpineda464]

Me encanto!

[@charmriver4845]

I love how you colored the animals, so cute!!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou 😁

[@junekoarts8]

Thanks for sharing your art book tour! This is so inspiring 😍

[@monkeymintaka]

Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@tonkable]

So cute!! I absolutely adore your use of colours!!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou 🥰

[@Andyapolis]

Don't worry. I don't like Pokemon too. :) I love all the ones with the houses so much!

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Andy!

[@emmaneary6120]

So many fun and varied pages. I really like that I saw you create some of them on Twitch 😁

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks Emma! It's really nice to look through it and remember what I was doing when I sketched them, it's like a little memory book as well 😊

[@powergirls1466]

Such a colourful sketchbook. Loved the landscapes. New subscriber here!!!👌

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@powergirls1466]

😊😊😊😊

[@JustynaKucharska]

I really like your drawings 😍

[@monkeymintaka]

Thanks!

[@debbie9095]

Your sketchbook is so lovely! I think that frog is Keroppi (a Sanrio character) :)

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou 😁

[@lookingup4505]

Beautiful artwork. I have the smaller size of thr Strathmore Mixed Media, and it simply will not lay flat. Wonder if that is more the case with the smaller size?

[@monkeymintaka]

I remember having to crack the spine A LOT to get it to lay flat.

[@ajwspjs2]

How did you get your gouache paintings to be so light and pastel looking, almost like watercolor but not have it look streaky or runny? I am just beginning to use gouache and I find a lot of the colors dark to use...but when I add white...they don't look bright like your paintings did.

[@monkeymintaka]

Hi :) Some of these painting will be acryalgouache which is a bit brighter and more pastel-y in general (all the animals which I turned into stickers use this paint) And then the landscapes are done in gouache and are a bit more desaturated. I am just starting in gouache myself so I don't have many wise words sorry. You could try a different brand of gouache if you are finding yours is streaking. I also mix A LOT of water with these which helps give it that watercolour look. So you can try those and see if it helps! Have fun :)

[@DrawYourBliss]

I’ve totally fallen in love with the restaurant/library/grocery spread ! It’s so colorful and even if it doesn’t have any character they’re so alive ! If you ever consider maki by some postcard of them or something like that I would buy them for sure ! Such a pleasure to see what you’ve created !

[@monkeymintaka]

Thankyou! I really like how they turned out too 😃 I am planning on doing something with them, but I'm not sure what yet 🤔

[@MissTopDJ007]

What size sketchbook is this? :)

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