Thank you for another beautiful video! Love seeing your sketchbooks and materials.

I love the one that looks like it was inspired by a Van Gogh meadow. In kindred spirit, Eliza Most Beautiful Day is Today! 28th of September 2023; 5:03pm bed office PS: New sheets, quilt cover today, had a lovely (short) walk at Oatley Park, Sydney, after a week of bedrest after surgery! Found your channel, through Kriksis, via Natasha for quite a while... Good luck at your show, I think it is terrific that you are all friends, and collaborating together!

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

I like that one too! Thanks for watching.

The colours Kriksis put together for you are beautiful. It was lovely to see your work in this colour palette!

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Natasha 😊She did a good job! I do like using the gouache warmer colours for a base to work on top of.

Feast for the eyes all the way through, especially love the sherbet y colour swatch, delicious e colours for Autumn 🎨🍬🍭

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊 🍂

While you did some swatching at the end, the page of the other finished sketchbook that you'd graciously showed us to view had seized my attention so well. Well enough to help me daydream and truly relax as it aided me. Sincerely, Thank You! As this was an amazing gift that you'd bestowed upon us and including me. Am looking forward to the next KZread video.

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! Glad to hear 😊

I especially love the wild and rugged looking coastlines you paint/draw. Just stunning!

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Me too I definitely feel most connected to the landscape when I'm drawing those views!

Hi Melanie, I love your drawings! Really enjoy this video as well as the others. Thank you for sharing with us 🙂💕 Rita

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thankyou Rita

I was completely entraced by this video. ❤ Your paintings and your calm gentle voice were so soothing. Subscribed.

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear thankyou 😊

Thanks, it was fun to watch! Inspiration!

@MelanieChadwick

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

These are stunning -- a tribute to your love of nature and your deep sense of place. I watched this on an afternoon when I wasn't feeling well, and the views and commentary took me out of myself in the best way. Thank you for your art and generosity.

@MelanieChadwick

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Barbara and I hope you are feeling much better. Will be sending out your calendar order this week. 😊

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You art is so complicated and so beautiful to look at 😍😍 also interesting how summer is a lot more colors thats why we love summers 😎

your sketchbook looks so pretty! I love how vibrant all of the pages are 😊

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thankyou!

Hi Mel, I love your sketchbook tours! The sketches and colours look beautiful. Seeing you paint the beautiful places we have walked too makes me very happy:). The gouache colours of Kriksis are great. I would like them too. Cornwall is just the most beautiful place to fill a sketchbook. The first walk we did in February was from Porthallow. Wonderful quiet place. I'm packing my painting supplies for our holiday today. We have booked a cottage, this time in Coverack. Your exhibition is not so far away from there I think. I'm looking forward to lots of walks and filling my sketchbook with some new drawings from Cornwall. I'll have to check again when your exhibition starts and where exactly. Thank you so much for your wonderful work. I always watch to the end too:)). Take care. Bye, bye, Gabi

@MelanieChadwick

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful to hear Gabi. Yes Coverack is just along from St Keverne where the exhibition is. There is a route we do from Coverack to Roskilly and back along the coastal path and inland, which could include a visit to the exhibition. The gallery is at Roskilly Farm in the Old milking parlour called Coast Colour Canvas. It starts Saturday 7th October and finishes Friday 13th October. Open 11-4pm. I will be there Saturday and in the week. You can always leave a message below to let me know when you think you'll be coming.

@gabischmidt2753

8 ай бұрын

Hi Mel! Thanks for your message. We have saved the route from Coverack to Roskilly to our other walks we want to do. I will definitely come, just can't say which day yet. Maybe you'll be in the gallery then. That would be nice:-)). Have a lovely day. Gabi@@MelanieChadwick

@MelanieChadwick

8 ай бұрын

Great! I will definitely be there Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 😊

@gabischmidt2753

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you. Then I'll probably come on one of the days next week. See you soon😊@@MelanieChadwick

Your painting is so wonderful and your videos bring calm. Thank you ❤

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Beautiful Melanie. That’s for the peek in your sketchbook and for the amazing inspiration. ❤

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Beautiful work, a pleasure to watch as always Mel, very inspirational ✏️🌳🌸

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

Lovely! I just stumbled across your channel a few minutes ago and saw your latest video as well. New subscriber here and thank you for sharing.

@MelanieChadwick

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

I loved this. Beautiful ❤ I kept staring at that picture with the pond. a little hint, I think when you were swatching you misslabeled some gorgous Luminance as Neocolours? (at the start, not sure if that bothers you). Thank you for the video and the prompts

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! And yes I did mislabel the luminance as neocolor hopefully people will realise it was a mistake! 😅

Remarkable! Incredibly inspiring as ever, Mel! ❤ My goals for Autumn are simply to sketch MORE and show up in my sketchbook at least once a week, whether inside or out (preferably outside, but with work, it doesn't always happen). Did I miss the “special word” that proves I watched until the end?? I'm going to watch it again, just in case 😂.

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

You can do it Wendi! Haha I forgot to add the special word, but I know you watched till the end. X

i wish i could use these linear prompts (meaning they are presented to me like a planned way of exploring art), but it feels terrible every time i try it. I simply get bored after the first few prompts and feel itchy and constricted even if i choose them randomly. My prompts come from my curios daily explorations of what truly delights me in that moment and then i follow it. If for example, i chose a linear prompt like pebbles but my sheer interest is found in butterflies on that day, then i just cant bring myself exploring pebbles artistically, it just feels crushed and my spirit freedom is taken away from me. Anyone else feeling the same?

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

I understand what you mean, which why it is important to follow your impetus to draw what you feel drawn too and I would say ditch the prompts if it restricts you actually creating. These prompts are really to use as a base and an idea to get you going, to get outside and see the landscape around you. However, sometimes it is good to draw something you wouldn't usually and prompt lists can help push you to explore things you maybe wouldn't usually draw. Which then leads to asking questions of why am I not connecting? How can I approach this differently? How can find joy in sketching this? As an illustrator I often am given briefs that I wouldn't necessarily want to do but through process and discipline have found they've been the most satisfying to complete as I've persevered through it. Just because it feels uncomfortable doesn't mean that its a terrible thing to do. Try pushing through that itchy, constricted phase and you may find a way to freedom through it.

@dumitriudaniela

9 ай бұрын

@@MelanieChadwick i totally understand and receive your point of view. I think the main difference here is that i cannot do things i dont love, no matter how much i analyze my disconnection to it, because is just a matter of heart and sensory connection. I am glad this works for you though. For me, the pushing over my comfort zone lead me to burnout and autoimmune disease, which is why now i pay very close attention to where i feel the pull and nourishment instead of forcing myself to sit with something that doesnt feel exciting. I also learned that when i follow the delight with curiosity it leads me to more magic and opportunities. Maybe is just the way we are built and maybe we function better in certain ways that for others may or may not feel right.

@MelanieChadwick

9 ай бұрын

Certainly agree and we are all at different stages of life and experience. I discovered sketching after burnout and so enjoyed the freedom of drawing what I saw compared to client work and deadlines. I think there is a balance to be found and work out. Space is needed for happy accidents and play and if prompts are hindering then another way should be allowed and found! 😊 wishing you well

@dumitriudaniela

9 ай бұрын

@@MelanieChadwick thank you! glad you found your sweet spot and it works for you.