solo travel sketchbook tour 2023! ✈️✨

Lemme know if you had any favorite pages! ♡
My name is Julia and I'm a concept artist & character designer working (mainly) in animation. I had the absolute privilege of taking some time off and solo traveling earlier this fall and, of course, I took my sketchbook! It's incredible how many stories unfold when you can take a moment to observe them. I hope you enjoy this chatty sketchbook tour!!
✿ ART SUPPLIES ✿
Talens Art Creations Sketchbook - 5.8" x 8.3", Landscape
Various Tombow Dual Brush Pen Art Markers
Kimberly Graphite Pencils - 5B/ 6B
Random assortment of cheap gel pens
✿ SOCIALS ✿
- Portfolio → julia-kartcheva.com/
- Instagram → / fancysmudges
- Tiktok → / fancysmudges
- Email → [e-mail]
✿ MUSIC ✿
- yeiku. - カフェ, ( • yeiku. - カフェ (free bgm) )
- Love Struck by E's Jammy Jams
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0
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Music provided by FreeMusic109 / freemusic109
- 부구미 BuGuMi - Jazz Music _ Enjoy every moment ( • [No Copyright Music] J... )
- Produced by Beatbauerjonas - SAMBA X BOSSA NOVA X NEO -SOUL TYPE BEAT / CURACAO

[@twocreativehands]

I'm 63, retired, and live in Oregon. I love your sketchbook tour. I use mine for documenting my life about my travels, camping, plein air, urban sketching, food, things, people, and landscapes. I work with watercolors, ink, Caran d'Ache Neocolor ll, and soft pastels. My first sketchbook was of me practicing drawing. After finishing a couple books my grandkids always wanted to see them when they came to visit. It was then that I realized that they are going to fight over who got to keep G-ma's sketchbooks after I was gone. It was then that I decided to fill my sketchbooks up with as many experiences I have had. From nature sketches, to places we camped (so they could explore those areas too when they were adults), political stuff, covid stuff, environmental stuff, people (including sketches of them), etc. Basically these books are my visual diaries. I wish I had ancestors who left me their sketchbooks. The insights of their lives. I would have loved that. One of these days I will share mine here on KZbin. Meanwhile, I've subscribed to your channel.

[@fancysmudges]

That's lovely!! Thank you for watching and for sharing! I think being able to draw and record things in a sketchbook is such a beautiful way to observe the world (and as result, yourself).

[@datrianna]

Wow! Your comment about crow’s feet being the result of smiling so much made me smile. That’s such a beautiful way to frame it 😊

[@fancysmudges]

That makes me so happy to hear!! 🧡

[@WWS322]

Wow, you really drew the human form well!

[@elizabaum]

I'm really impressed at the sheer quantity of observational sketches in here. I always feel weird drawing people in public, but I want to learn to do better.

[@SugarPlumFairy9]

I feel the same way because I'm very shy, but I always think it's so cool when I see someone drawing in public ✨

[@fancysmudges]

Thank you!! The real challenge is trying not to make direct eye contact with with people when drawing them LOL

[@ameliaroseillustrations]

I love your art style and the way you fill your pages! Also your background is so cute, I love the mushroom plushy! ✨🍄✨🌷

[@CleiberArt1]

I love Sketchbooks!!

[@kati-mari5368]

🇧🇬 love randomly finding bulgarian artists 😊

[@ricebeane]

Wow I loooove your lifedrawings, they look so so good!!

[@Eovielle]

I can't decide which page I like most, there are so many! thanks for sharing!

[@fionahannon_art]

Great sketchbook, your observational drawing is sooo good, you’re a natural ! Thanks for sharing, 🙌🙌🙌👍🙏

[@fancysmudges]

Tysm!! 💕

[@fabiwijnschenk5773]

I will definitely take the solo travel advice!

[@capturemoon7527]

really love this! soooo inspiring. wish to see more videos from you❤

[@fancysmudges]

tysm!! 💕

[@sketchbookscheming]

Love your Amsterdam sketches.

[@RaspberryColors]

Lovely sketching and travel story. Thank you.

[@melissamartinart]

It looks like you captured your travels perfectly! Thank you for sharing :)

[@sugarsnail2881]

Heyy! I am an artist from Plovdiv and I really really loved the sketches from here! They are so beautiful and I felt appreciated for my country and city🫶 (even tho it’s not a big deal cus you have family here, but still!)

[@fancysmudges]

Thank you!! And yesss, I loved Plovdiv at night especially!! 🧡

[@jenm8709]

Really loved your video. Your observations are great and your art is wonderful! Very touching and inspiring. Thank you

[@fancysmudges]

Thank you so much for watching! 🧡

[@hioki_.]

Your art is absolutely amazing!

[@fancysmudges]

Aah thank you!!!

[@j3tus15]

I love your life drawings of people, they look so good!

[@felprk2000]

Lovely your sketches. For your marker and pen sketches do you use pencil before?

[@fancysmudges]

ty! I generally don't use pencil, I like how marker and pen sketches force me to be fast and confident with my lines ~

[@Floof1122]

I actually enjoy your philosophical approach to your art and that’s what drew me(no pun Intended ) to your videos. I enjoy the longer videos as well and the rants should def stay in the videos☺️.

[@Mxrphi]

Hi! I just discovered your channel and I love the vibes you have 💖 also your art is amazing!!! Love the way you use your sketchbook, I love the messy look! Pls continue with the amazing work ໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིა

[@fancysmudges]

Aah thank you so much for watching!! 🥺🧡✨

[@mellomakes]

What does it mean to render?

[@fancysmudges]

It's a bit of a broad term but it's when you finalize a piece by adding lighting and shadow to make it look more realistic/3d ~

[@KhrunTV]

Hello. I really like your sketchbook. and yes, you're right, map of europe is terrible. Ukraine looks as if russia has captured Kyiv. must to blur