9 Figure Drawing Books That TRANSFORMED My Art + Sketchbooking

Today is a fun art studio vlog day! We will be talking about going back to art basics, I'm going to share my favorite figure drawing books or both animals and humans and my favorite creature design and character design books. Then, were going to paint the cover of my new sketchbook, I'll give you a sneak peak of my garden, and then we will so some limited material sketching of characters using a dip pen as one of the materials! So get yourself something cozy to drink, and come on in, and let's chat for a bit!

Other things I talked about:
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Art Books I Talked about today:
🎨Pocket Anatomy by Warren Martin: https://amzn.to/3G8suWD
The Morpho series:
🎨Simplified Form: https://amzn.to/44wqSxO
🎨Clothing Folds and Creases: https://amzn.to/4kjdRxH
🎨Mammal Anatomy: https://amzn.to/44bZuGC
🎨Joseph Sheppard Anatomy a complete guide for artists: https://amzn.to/44bZuGC
🎨How to Draw people by Erik Barett: https://amzn.to/40BTzZ5
🎨Fundamentals of creature design by 3d Total Publishing: https://amzn.to/44LROLl
🎨creating stylized characters by 3d Total Publishing: https://amzn.to/3Ia2kDq
🎨Imagine a forest by Dinara Mirtalipova: https://amzn.to/4lBZVQc

Art Supplies used/ talked about today:
🎨Lilac Royal Talens Art Creations Sketchbook: https://shrsl.com/4x6fj
🎨Arrtx 90 set acrylic markers: https://amzn.to/44wh1YK
🎨Blackwing pencils: https://shrsl.com/4x6fm
🎨Daler Rowney FW ink in blue: https://shrsl.com/4x6fo
🎨Brause Steno dip pen nib: https://shrsl.com/4x6fq
🎨Nikko G dip pen ink: https://shrsl.com/4x6ft
🎨Stabilo Woody pencils: https://shrsl.com/4x6fv
🎨Tombow marker: https://shrsl.com/4x6fw
🎨Caran dache Luminance pencil: https://shrsl.com/4x6fz

Timestamps:
0:00 Start of video and overview of everything I will be covering
01:34 how I realized I wasn't making art I actually liked and going back to basics
04:17 books I recmeend for getting back to basics with drawing humans and animals
14:32 A sneak peak at my garden!
15:17 Painting the cover of my new sketchbook
19:20 dip pen and limited materials character sketch

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My every day supplies:

Invisible Glove Barrier Cream (protect your hands from your supplies!): https://amzn.to/3Tl9JRC

Oil Painting:
Michael Harding oil paints (my favorite oil paints- the best of the best):
Six tube set: https://amzn.to/40vYN6Z
Ten tube set: https://amzn.to/3lcjVz2
Gamblin oil paints (my runner up paint and a little cheaper):
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Winsor and Newton Winton oil paint (Best inexpensive but good quality paint for beginners)
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Liquin (thinning medium and speeds drying):
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Liquin for fine details:
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Liquin Impasto medium (for thicker texture):
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Gamsol (oderless paint thinner and cleaner):
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Watercolor:
Daniel Smith Watercolors:
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Arches Hot Press Paper:
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Pastel:
My favorite pastel surface is ClaireFontaine PastelMat:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3iWcRWx
Blick Art Materials: https://shrsl.com/3w5on

Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils:
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Blick Art Materials (sets and individual pencils): https://shrsl.com/3w5ph

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