it's a very hot day, here in hastings

it's sunday

yeah, it's probably like 3 pm

and today, i have a very chill

and relaxed day

i am quite sleepy, actually

i might

i might make some coffe later

aah, but

i wanted to just like, spend the afternoon with you guys

because

i don't know i just want to

hang out with you and like,

not talk about anything

i mean we're still gonna talk a lot about nothing but,

[laughs]

so, i think guys

that the good thing

about having someone that is

helping me during the week on my shop

and

uhm

packing stuff and going to the post office

is that i finally have time

to, i don't know like draw for

draw for pleasure

and update my instagram more frequently

and today i think i just wanna draw

and create content for the upcoming week

for my instagram

i take instagram in a very weird way

because instagram is sort of like

my hobby?

[giggles]

in the sense that i, what i draw

is for pleasure. i draw whatever i want

because instagram is not my job

so i can basically do whatever i want

but i like to take the time to create

meaningfull content, for me and for you guys

so, i want to spend this sunday afternoon

not only filming and spending time with you

but also drawing so,

let's go to my living room

like i said, today we're going to work together

on a couple of illustrations

these are very casual illustrations

by the way guys, ah

so this is my sketchbook, i don't know if

i've ever shown you my sketchbook

in this channel before

yes i have

this is something i usually do for my patreons

there's a bunch of kids yelling outside

anyway, it's summer. let the kids enjoy the good weather

[laughs]

so this is my sketchbook, i am almost at the end

of my sketchbook, guys can you believe it

and

so this is how it looks like

usually when i work on my illustrations

that i upload on instagram

i use the copic and

promarker pens? markers

this is like my portable to go pencil case

these are the markers i use the most

and as you can see i have a very defined color palette

i don't know if you can tell, but they're mostly

pinks and purples, blues

and

grays

a couple of yellows

i mean maybe i can show you the last one

so this is the last illustration i updloaded

to my instagram

ah, ed and i had a really nice conversation

about leg hair

[laughs]

i mean you can see the whole thing on my instagram

but it was so nice that you guys

liked that illustration

usually when i go out

i draw with my trusty old prismacolor color erase

this is a classic guys

you maybe sick of me talking about these pens and pencils

because they are the same i use

over and over again

i–i haven't mentioned this before guys

but i'm trying to use more erasable pencils

from other brands

this is the erasable ah,

staedtler

in the shade

aaah–no there's no shade

but it's the red one

[laughs]

the quality is very similar

to the color erase, to the prismacolor

so if you can't have access to the prismacolors

because i know they're h–they're a pain in the ass to get

you can get the staedtler ones

because they're really good

ah, and also for outlining my illustrations

i use this muji pen, which is my favorite one

and yeah, today i have no plans

i have no ideas, i have no idea what to draw

but we'll figure something out

[white noise]

[sometimes interrupted by sound from a tv show]

[white noise]

what can i say about the process

behind my instagram illustrations?

i try to, do my best

in terms of colors

so, as you can see my color palette is very–

when i say defined it doesn't mean

it means that i tried to be as restrictive

as i can with my color palette

because i've noticed that everytime i try

to use ALL the copic markers i have

or–or old promarkers i have, the illustration

doesn't have a cohesive look

so what i try to do is restrict my color palette

as much as i can, and from that point onwards

i paint everything i can

so for example, even though this is not

my ah–color–my exact hair color

it's the one that i use for my cheeks and my elbows

and my hands,

for my shoulders sometimes

so i try to do all the details that i can

with the least amount of colors possible

and i've found guys, that this is the best

advice i can give you color wise

because you won't ever have

all the copic markers in the world

ah

that is an advice that i try to

[snickers]

that i also try to follow when i am painting

in photoshop

so for example i always like to have a color palette–

a restricive color palette

in photoshop as well, because in photoshop you have all

colors avaible. but i've found that the illustrations

that i like the most

they have a very restrictive palette

like from other illustrators

i think the last time

that i purchased copic markers, i tried to go

for a more,

lilac purple palette because i'm trying to find

the best shades for shadowing

i don't know if you can tell

but this time this illustration does have shadows

which is something that,

shadows guys, they always freak me out

because once you do a shadow

with markers, or with watercolors. there's no way back

[laughs]

so i don't know if you can tell but

ah, every once in a while i do swatches

in the lower part of the page

so i make sure the color that i'm choosing, for example

ah, the base of the color

which is the best purple that matches

that color

so what–what is the best purple for shadowing

that particular color

i make sure to write down all the samples

and all the swatches of the colors

so i make sure the next time i already know

which is going to be the best shadow for

that particular color

and i make a mental note

and i hope you enjoyed this process

i know, uhm, i haven't done one of these in a while

let's draw something together and i really want to

go back to let's draw something, because

i really wanna draw with watercolors again

with you guys

so, let's make something fun

tell me what to draw and i will draw it next time

this will be a small challenge for all of thus

all of thus?

all of us

so i will go back with watercolors

in all the splendor

i'll make sure to paint this painting this weekend

so, just like write in the comment's section

an idea that you would like to see for the next video

thank you so much if you have visited my shop

in the past few weeks

i really--really guys, appreciate all the orders that,

uhm, we are receiving right now

and, going to the post office

is the best thing ever

thank you so much for going to the shop

thank you so much to all my patrons

because,

you guys, allow me to sit on this chair

and film this video, and

do awesome things like buying art supplies and paper

and, the watercolors that we're going to try next week

ah, i'm really excited about that AAAH

ok, aah

so have an amazing day, an awesome weekend

i can't wait to read your comments, and

i will see you next week

bye bye guys

[giggles]

[hums while posing]

oh, look at all of these beautiful twinkle lights

and this box

yeah, so

glamorous and yeah

that

[laughs]