How did I not know about mapcrunching until now?

Today’s video is all about MAPCRUNCHING! How did I not know about this until right now? It’s just like urban sketching, but you can do it at home and you can jump to any location in the world that google street view has recorded. How exciting. I felt like I was sitting on the side of the road, studying the landscapes of places I’ve never been to.

I show you two locations that I have watercolored in my sketchbook using images found on mapcrunch.com. One is from Flanders and the other is from Slovenia. Of course, I don’t make a true-to-the-reference-photo painting. Rather, I take artistic license to change what I want, moving around houses and trees willy-nilly and changing the colors in the landscape to suit my palette.

Thank you for clicking on this description! At this very beginner phase of my “content creation” experience, it is very exciting just to imagine that people watch my videos. I do a metaphoric backflip for each new subscriber. I know, I’m new. (360 subscribers at the moment I shared this video)

There are amazon affiliate links sprinkled around in here. These are items that I have found to bring joy to my life and I hope they do the same for you. If you click on the link and actually buy something (anything!) from amazon, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you - and that helps to support this channel.

Materials I used in this video:

Arches cold press watercolor paper: https://amzn.to/41cwLNC

Stabilo pencil, black: https://amzn.to/40cZjG8

Pin Fineliner Drawing Pen: https://amzn.to/42romGz

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Favorite supplies that usually appear in my videos:

1. A porcelain plate or tray from the goodwill makes a great palette. So does a plastic lid from a yogurt container.
2. A used talenti ice cream cup is perfect for swish water; also a great way to buy art supplies when you “have to” eat the contents first.
3. A cheap Robert Simmons Expressions brush is perfect. The one I’m using here is an E85 Round, size 12. You can buy one at Blick Art.
4. I use a glass bottle that used to contain facial toner for my spray bottle. The toner was expensive, but it has a very pretty label. The spray is a fine mist and the bottle is the perfect size for using at home and also for taking out on location.

Some of my favorite art books:

Breaking the Rules of Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: https://amzn.to/3IoJLZL
Taking Risks With Watercolor by Shirley Trevena: https://amzn.to/3SMqCV8
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards: https://amzn.to/3kIwiDd

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What I use to film and edit my videos:

Small, flexible tripod with screw-on grippy attachment that holds my GoPro: https://amzn.to/3mEEGUU

Desk mount device that I use with the screw-on grippy attachment that came with my tripod - the desk mount (in combination with the grippy attachment) holds my GoPro 18-inches above my table: https://amzn.to/3L81XbK

Blue yeti microphone: https://amzn.to/3Fw1IE7

Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor - this is what I use to connect the blue yeti microphone to my ipad for voice over editing: https://amzn.to/3ZNxuUE

GoPro Hero10: https://amzn.to/3TFnvyU
It takes some getting used to, but for filming on hikes it is much better than using my iPhone.

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