Two How to Draw Daisy Videos

One day, I was looking at some flowers, and imagined how to draw them. I decided to try to draw daisies based on the real ones I had in front of me. I tried sketching them in different ways with different mediums, filming my attempts. My favorite version of the daisy was the one I drew with pen. I edited the footage of me drawing the pen version into a how to draw video, and posted it on YouTube a few weeks ago.

I was going to post photos of other versions of the daisies I drew in marker, acrylic paint, and colored pencil in a blog post similar to the one I made surrounding my clay strawberry video. As I looked for places in the daisy footage to save photos from, I realized I had enough clips to make a second video. I am not sure if the repetition interested my viewers or not. At least it gave a larger glimpse at the other drawings I had made than photos could have. Here is the daisy video with multiple mediums:

I post videos to YouTube on every other Thursday on my channel Varietygirl1. You can watch more how to draw videos there. Please comment below about what you think about two videos on the same subject, or tweet me @Varietygirl1.

Exciting News: I am Starting an Uploading Schedule on YouTube!

It has been six months since I uploaded a YouTube video. I had been filming videos, but until I downloaded Adobe Premiere Pro, I was struggling to edit them. Also, uploading YouTube videos requires a lot of time (unless the internet speed is very fast) and data. I could only upload in places with unlimited internet access. Recently, I not only got new editing software, but I also got the feature on YouTube where you can schedule posts. Now I can upload multiple videos when I have good internet access, and schedule them to publish at different times! Watch the video below to know how often I plan to publish videos:

What do you think of videos like this where I just talk to you? I was thinking of doing ones like this more often, as well as asking questions on social media (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and YouTube under the name Varietygirl1). You can also leave comments on these blog posts.

It's the One Year Anniversary of my First Post!

One year ago, on May 20, 2014, I created a post on this blog for the first time. 

Link to first post: http://miriamsketchbook.blogspot.com/2014/05/first-post-first-video.html

       I promised to show readers what was not shown on camera in my YouTube videos. I think that goal was met, considering two posts had to do with artwork not shown in videos. Other posts showed water damage to my lace drawing, and part of the process of creating the fake food that had to be cut out of the video. I do not know if this blog has inspired anyone, though it has gotten more views than I expected. 

       For the second year of this blog, I hope to engage with my readers more. This does depend on you to comment, or share on social media. I would like to know what you think of posts, and what you would like to see me make next. I have redesigned my blog recently so the links to my social media pages are more easily view-able. The part that depends on me is the posts themselves. I have only made five posts in the past year. I want to start posting at least once a month, if not once a week. This will encourage me to draw more.

       I know I have not uploaded YouTube videos in a while either. It was November 2014 when I last uploaded. I was having trouble with the editing software. I was using two programs that came with my computer; Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink Powerdirector10. I liked both programs at first, and had made my first sixteen YouTube videos with them, as well as videos for school projects. Lately, the programs have constantly crashed when I was using them, as well as blur footage that was not blurry before editing. This may be due to them being older versions. The other day, I purchased Adobe Creative Cloud. I have been using Adobe Premiere Pro at school, and have two videos half edited. As soon as I download the program to my computer, I will be able to edit videos at home again. Now I can edit over this summer as well. New videos are coming soon. The pictures below show three pieces of artwork I am currently editing videos based on:

How to Draw a Daisy:

How to Draw a Knitted Scarf:

How to Draw Realistic Eyes:

How to Draw a Jack-o-lantern:

(I will probably upload this one closer to Halloween.)

First Post, First Video

Hello Reader,

    My name is Miriam Sachs, and art is my passion. In 2012, I started the YouTube channel Varietygirl1. My first video was How to Draw a Five Petal Flower, which went live on November 29, 2012.

   Since then, I have uploaded eleven more videos, and am currently editing five more. I enjoy using my camera to capture the process of making pieces, but a camera can't capture everything. This blog will allow me to share artwork I made off camera, and give viewers a chance to see behind-the-scenes sketches and the thought process that went into making the videos. It will also allow me to infuse another one of my passions into my artwork, writing.

  

  I hope both my channel and blog will inspire and teach. Enjoy.

My YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Varietygirl1