June 2016 Roundup

The book I enjoyed the most this month is Manabeshima Island Japan by Florent Chavouet. It's really a charming travelogue that evokes the wanderlust in me. Being able to travel, visit new places and place, and record it all down in words and art is a whole level of fun in itself.

Tatsuyuki Tanaka's new book Cannabis Works 2 is excellent too. I love that guy's work. His line art is just amazing.

Oh yeah, I have not reviewed The Art of Finding Dory. That will come soon, hopefully. Oh, and there's the Warcraft movie artbook too.

Books

1. Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook
2. Sculpting from the Imagination: ZBrush
3. Ballpoint Art Pack: Creative Techniques and Explorations for Drawing with an Everyday Pen
4. Pen & Ink: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Techniques
5. The Art of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
6. The Art of Sketching: 400 Years of Travel Diaries
7. Violent Pink
8. Watercolor Masters and Legends: Secrets, Stories and Techniques from 34 Visionary Artists
9. Manabeshima Island Japan: One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots of Shochu
10. How to See Color and Paint It
11. Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
12. Figure Drawing for Artists: Making Every Mark Count
13. The Art of DOOM
14. Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun
15. A Geek in Thailand: Discovering the Land of Golden Buddhas, Pad Thai and Kickboxing
16. Beginner's Guide to Comic Art: Characters
17. Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes and Cityscapes
18. Cannabis Works 2 by Tatsuyuki Tanaka

These are the Craftsy video courses that I've featured this month. For those who like urban sketching, check out Paul Heaston's course.

Video courses

1. Sketching Your Point of View with Paul Heaston (Craftsy)
2. Realistic Textures in Colored Pencil with Cynthia Knox (Craftsy)
3. Luminous Landscapes in Graphite & Colored Pencil with Amy Lindenberger (Craftsy)
4. Simple & Stunning Watercolor Techniques with Mary Murphy (Craftsy)

Art products

1. Best 27-inch monitor for designers & photographers
2. Best Windows Tablet Apps for Artists
3. Derwent Graphitone (Watersoluble Graphite Pencils)
4. Koh-I-Noor Magic Pencils (Jumbo Triangular Size)

The list of Youtube videos this month is much shorter because I fell sick. I had sore throat and was out for almost a week.

Youtube

1. Review: Painting What You Want to See by Charles Reid
2. Pen & Ink with Watersoluble Graphite Demo
3. Cafe Sketching at Flor Patisserie (2 June 2016)
4. Mixing Watercolor for Redheads (Fun and Exploration)
5. Fun with Whimsical Lettering (4K)
6. Review: Derwent Graphitone (Watersoluble Graphite Pencils)
7. How I fill watercolor pans (DIY)
8. Book Review: Hand Drawn Halifax by Emma Fitzgerald
9. Review: Bijou or Whiskey Painters Watercolor Palette Box
10. Mixed Media Sketch at Ann Siang Hill
11. Review: Koh-I-Noor Magic Pencils (Jumbo Triangular Size)
12. Little India Sketch Timelapse (19 Jun 2016) (4K)
13. How I make a variegated watercolor wash (4K)
14. Dell S2817Q Unboxing (4K Monitor) & First Impression
15. Painting with Non Favourite Colors or Lesser Used Ones
16. Review: Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolor Paper
17. Drawing on One or Both Sides of Paper in a Sketchbook
18. How I Wash Watercolor Brushes

Patreon

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Thanks to all the money I've save on Patreon, I managed to book hotels for my upcoming trip in Manchester. Yes, I'm going to the Urban Sketchers Symposium that's happening in Manchester, England. I really appreciate the monetary support. It reduced a lot of stressw trying to raise money for this trip. And as you know, things are not cheap in UK. Unfortunately, I changed my money before Brexit and suffered some losses but I shall not think too much about it -- Oops, I just did again.

Anyway, thanks a lot. By the way, for those who are supporting me at the $5 tier, you're supposed to get free downloads of my ebooks. If you haven't downloaded them, please message me through Patreon because sometimes I do forget to send out those links.