Sketching the World

Sketching the World

Writer, artist, traveller... sketching the world

I’m a beginner sketcher/illustrator who loves drawing on location (urban sketching) and travelling. I share my drawing process, art hauls, product reviews and everyday life.

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  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArts8 сағат бұрын

    fantastic video, watched and enjoyed till the end ☺☺

  • @Kreative_Rainbow
    @Kreative_Rainbow3 күн бұрын

    Great comparison!! 🥰 The $ was very intriguing!! 👍 I have seen someone cut off the back end of one of the woodies. Half of the shaft is just wood, no crayon. Additional plus for the neocolor IIs is that if you sharpen the neocolor IIs, you can place the shavings in a container or watercolor palette and use it as watercolor paint. It would also let you create your own colors that way. With the woodies, you would have to sort out the wood to do that.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat2 күн бұрын

    Thanks. I never thought of that because I never shave the crayons but yeah, I know a lot of people do.

  • @Kreative_Rainbow
    @Kreative_Rainbow2 күн бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat You're very welcome!! 🤗😍

  • @tarabooartarmy3654
    @tarabooartarmy36543 күн бұрын

    I have not bought the Woodies because the colors are too saturated for my taste. I prefer pastels and muted colors. That’s why I love the Neocolor II, because they have both saturated and muted colors available, along with some lighter tones.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    The colour range of the neocolours is a real selling point.

  • @krissy2321
    @krissy23213 күн бұрын

    That was interesting, I’ve got some NeoColours but have never tried the Woodys. Thanks for the comparison Kat.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @marielouiseweeksb33attitud33
    @marielouiseweeksb33attitud333 күн бұрын

    This was a great review and answered the questions. Thank you.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinho3 күн бұрын

    Nice comparison Kat! If I had to choose would definitely prefer the neocolors, but love both for different purposes 🤭

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    I totally agree!

  • @linda5809
    @linda58094 күн бұрын

    I was on the edge of my seat till the end! Seriously, thanks for the comparison video.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @serenityjewel
    @serenityjewel4 күн бұрын

    The Woody crayon only goes down half the shaft of the stick, so you get half as much crayon with the Woody vs the Neocolor. Edited to add: Thanks so much for this comparison. I appreciate your effort.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    What? That's such a rip off!

  • @kathyhackney7950
    @kathyhackney79503 күн бұрын

    I had no idea. Thanks ❤

  • @serenityjewel
    @serenityjewel3 күн бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat Yep. The Frugal Crafter bit the bullet and cut one open. I think it’s fraud.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat3 күн бұрын

    It's really deceptive!

  • @ritawilbur6128
    @ritawilbur61283 күн бұрын

    I think it's a bit much to call it a fraud. I think the purpose is that you will be able to use all the crayon inside and still have a chunk of wood to hold on to at the end. If the crayon went all the length of the wood, then you would get to a point where you physically can't sharpen it any more even with a knife, and you'd have at least an inch of unusable crayon inside. But it is true that you get less crayon in the Woodies compared to the Neos, and since the Woodies are already more expensive....

  • @s.courtneywalton1737
    @s.courtneywalton17376 күн бұрын

    what journal are you using?

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat5 күн бұрын

    It's one of the cheapo Jackson's Art ones. I think they are less than $2.

  • @s.courtneywalton1737
    @s.courtneywalton17376 күн бұрын

    Very inspiring!

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat5 күн бұрын

    Glad you think so!

  • @jojojo8835
    @jojojo88359 күн бұрын

    ❤4:44 wow I LOVE your patterns series!- not just individually but being able to glimpse them all in relation to each other! Is there a flipthrough post or something I can see?

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat7 күн бұрын

    I don't. I think I filmed it for an insta story at one point so I'll see if I can find that.

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArts9 күн бұрын

    This is fascinating, I love Matisse 😊😊

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat7 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much

  • @paulalovesart4545
    @paulalovesart45459 күн бұрын

    What fun, Kat! I really enjoyed watching you share the book, your experiences, and your practice exercises! Love it. Paula

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat9 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinho9 күн бұрын

    Collage is so much fun! 🤩 really like the first drawing of the plants with the Matisse colour palette inspiration 👌

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat9 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀It was really fun to sketch too.

  • @templemoore3799
    @templemoore379910 күн бұрын

    Palette not palawan 😣

  • @templemoore3799
    @templemoore379910 күн бұрын

    Oh and the color Palawan the 1st plant painting was chefs kiss 😍

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat9 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @templemoore3799
    @templemoore379910 күн бұрын

    Oh this was fun!. Thank you so much for taking us with you. Luved the book flip too. Kat I really enjoyed how you modeled an approachable way to explore a new influence, working through multiple steps to extract what you enjoyed into your own art. I like all your works & especially luved your cut outs referencing your own life drawings and the city sketch. I think there is value im taking multiple stabs at the same sketch/work. You really got a lot out of this latest trip. Thanks again & take care

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat9 күн бұрын

    Thanks. I agree on revisiting old sketches. It's something I should do more of.

  • @marielouiseweeksb33attitud33
    @marielouiseweeksb33attitud3310 күн бұрын

    Love love love the plant and door paintings. Your process got me to thinking how I could redo some of my own. Thank you for these videos. They are food for my creative appetite

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat9 күн бұрын

    I'm so glad! Enjoy reworking your paintings.

  • @Apple_Beshy
    @Apple_Beshy14 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @paulalovesart4545
    @paulalovesart454514 күн бұрын

    Hello Kat! I love your sketchbook. I appreciate how you describe what you did even when things aren't "perfect" for sketching. Like getting sick, and what you did sketch even then. I loved the Japanese trees, cherry blossoms, and how you said they waited for you! How happy you must have been to be able to sketch those. I like that you mentioned using markers, and which pencils, neo colors, etc. I enjoyed the castle, buildings and various outdoor spaces. If you do a self portrait in the armor, that would be so fun! Thank you for this. Paula

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat14 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @marielouiseweeksb33attitud33
    @marielouiseweeksb33attitud3315 күн бұрын

    This is one amazing sketchbook. You absolutely nailed it with the colour and material choices. (Limited palette) so inspired. Now I want to go out sketching.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat15 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀 Have fun sketching!

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinho16 күн бұрын

    Amazing Kat! I love your looseness and seeing your sketchbooks always inspire me to go sketch outside which is very hard for me 🙄

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat16 күн бұрын

    I'm so glad! 😀

  • @cheesim
    @cheesim17 күн бұрын

    Love Japan and love these! Did you get a chance to visit their art supply stores?

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat17 күн бұрын

    I sure did. I have an art haul video I posted a few weeks ago :D

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinho21 күн бұрын

    Great selection of colours on your kit! All my 'dark' browns in Luminance range are scratchy 😬 hate that, must be related with some pigment...including my brown neocolor is not as soft as the other colours!!!

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat21 күн бұрын

    If you don't have it already, try the chocolate in the Derwent drawing pencils. It's as smooth and creamy as real chocolate, not nearly so delicious though.

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinho21 күн бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat added to my list!

  • @EmmaWoodthorpe
    @EmmaWoodthorpe22 күн бұрын

    Great video x

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat21 күн бұрын

    Thanks Emma :D

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies128 күн бұрын

    Another great little video, totally understand the food problem on the airline, I had the same problem with Emirates I'm allergic to mushroom, fish and wholemeal items (this one serious like nut allergy) gave the airline 9 months notice and still they gave me eggs & mushroom then fish and brown rice, the return flight ended up getting no food apart from a bottle of water not much bigger than a mixer , that was 12.5 hours no food 2nd flight back from Dubail 8 hours wasn't much better. Ill be going either BA/JAL Lufthansa/ANA,, KLM, Air France next year and they all goto Japan via USA the opposite direction than emirates

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat27 күн бұрын

    Yeah it's such an issue because you are stuck with no food. Sometimes i think its easier to fly budget airlines and take your own food.

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies127 күн бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat true, love for a budget airline in UK to fly there, maybe one day, I think China Eastern is the closest to low cost from Edinburgh via Shanghai is my option

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkat25 күн бұрын

    Yeah I flew Qantas because they are the only airlines that fly direct from here.

  • @rossiej100
    @rossiej100Ай бұрын

    I love these paints. I have only been using them since April and have given them a good run to the point I have purchased more..

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    That's good to hear. I really want to try them on location.

  • @linda5809
    @linda5809Ай бұрын

    Love the painting! The paints behave similar to Inktense paint pan colors and Stockmar opaque watercolors. For travel sketching I tend to use the Inktense paint palette no. 1 straight out of the pans, even though they mix well. If I didn't have a ban on buying new art supplies, I'd try a set of the Kuretake. Thanks for sharing your travels and sketches with everyone!

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    I've got a few of the inktense sticks but very rarely use them. I think because I put them in a box to protect them and that box is buried away somewhere. They are good because you can use them as crayons or paints.

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArtsАй бұрын

    This looks wild, I might have to pick these up myself to give them a try ☺☺

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Just shop around because the prices seem to vary wildly.

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinhoАй бұрын

    My favourite watercolours 😍 I have a basic set of 12 that I should use more! Loved the sunbeams hitting your sketchbook 💛 and when you talked about Luigi waking up in mornings 😂

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    They are fun to use. Luigi is a good boy but he goes from 0 to 100 so fast, but luckily back to 0 just as fast.

  • @linda5809
    @linda5809Ай бұрын

    This video was even better the second time! Your travels and sketches inspire me.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thanks so much

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinhoАй бұрын

    I really like this kind of vlogs, art and travels ❤ best combo! Thanks for sharing Kat 😊

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Yay, thank you!

  • @fionagray9319
    @fionagray9319Ай бұрын

    It feels like a dream trip to just go somewhere and sketch whenever I want. Very inspiring. Can I ask, how easy/difficult is it to do the things you want, buy the food you want if you don't speak any Japanese?

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Nowadays it's pretty simple with stuff like Google translate and that other google app where you take a photo of something and it translates the text for you. Around Tokyo, especially tourist places, most things are in English. Once you go off the beaten path, you might have some issues but that's where I'd use Google translate.

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArtsАй бұрын

    This is so good, thank you for taking us on your adventures ☺☺

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies1Ай бұрын

    Great little video, need to check out onibus coffee place in Naka meguru, Michigan looks great, ill be on shinkansen next year from Hiroshima to Tokyo

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    It's a great little spot. Sounds like a fun trip :D

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies1Ай бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat it is, I'm hoping to fly into Osaka, cover Kyoto, Kobe maybe Nara then Hiroshima finish in Tokyo, take my sketch book and camera not sure who to fly with to get there, it won't be Emirates.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    It's great around the Kansai area, so much to see all close together. If you are into Japanese sake, there are some great breweries you can visit in Kobe.

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies1Ай бұрын

    @@sketchingtheworldwithkat never tried Sake, I will give it a try when I get there! and hopefully some beef!

  • @ArtDreamPainting
    @ArtDreamPaintingАй бұрын

    This is so good, what a fantastic haul

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thanks so much!!

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies1Ай бұрын

    Lovely goodies can't wait until 2025, when I go myself, UK GBP pound forget is better than us dollar, today it's 197 yen to £1 GBP, last week it was 215 yen to pound, great video!

  • @thepeoplesmovies1
    @thepeoplesmovies1Ай бұрын

    My hotel last November was close to making at tawaramachi as I used Miramar station a lot

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Lucky. The AUD is at a good exchange rate but not at 'spend like crazy' levels! You'll have a ball!

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArtsАй бұрын

    This is so good, what a fantastic haul ☺☺

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thank you!! 😊

  • @oficinacaracolinho
    @oficinacaracolinhoАй бұрын

    So many goodies 🤩 Iove the Kuretake paints, I have the basic small set! Hope you are feeling better by now Kat 👋

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    I haven't even swatched the Kuretake set. I might do that today 😃

  • @haejinchung8105
    @haejinchung8105Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for posting the prices in yen ❤

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    You’re welcome 😊

  • @linda5809
    @linda5809Ай бұрын

    Do you sketch when you're laid up in your hotel? Every one of my travel journals has at least one sketch of the room from my sick day.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    I do. I even did a still life of all my cold meds, lozenges etc. Do you often get sick when you travel? I always do when I go to Japan.

  • @myklia1
    @myklia1Ай бұрын

    I did my first zine fair last month and preparing was like a second full time job on top of my full time job that pays the bills. I learned a lot. I have applied for another zine fair and I will find out in a week if I get in. I have decided to make one zine a month no matter what, at least get it to the ready to print stage.

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    It is so much more work than you expect, right. Doing a second zine fair would be easier (hopefully) because you'd have a lot of stuff already prepared.

  • @jennifernichols8403
    @jennifernichols8403Ай бұрын

    Great video❤ i love doing plein air with my Neocolor II's. They are so very versatile 😊

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Yes they are! Fun to use too.

  • @paulalovesart4545
    @paulalovesart4545Ай бұрын

    Hello Kat. I am SUCH a fan of your travels and sketching! This is a wonderful view into your trip and art, and I really enjoyed it. Very well done, and I hope to get to see more! I could watch your videos, all day. Love the coffee breaks, and views, and seeing the shops and sites, etc. Well done, Kat. Thank you, thank you! Paula

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thanks, I've got a monster sized tokyo vlog of cafes and art and random stuff coming up.

  • @janegrew9485
    @janegrew9485Ай бұрын

    Loving your colour combinations. 😀

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArtsАй бұрын

    This is so fascinating, thank you for taking us with you on your adventure ☺☺

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @janey3420
    @janey3420Ай бұрын

    this is awesome! what card scanner app did you use?

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    I didn't use one.

  • @sketchbookscheming
    @sketchbookschemingАй бұрын

    Loved all your footage and the art you made!

  • @sketchingtheworldwithkat
    @sketchingtheworldwithkatАй бұрын

    Thanks so much!