Hello! In today's video I am starting a new personal project - painting and identifying native plants in my area - particularly weeds and pavement plants! I fill a mini sketchbook with my watercolour studies, make a vegan omelette and chat about the Black Lives Matter movement and a new book I just finished reading. Hope you enjoy :)
@eireannClover
4 жыл бұрын
Hey ! I never mentioned it before but I am a botanical illustrator and I am currently about to end my studies in botany, so happy you shared this book and congratulations !
@viennajoanna
4 жыл бұрын
13:34 what is this book called? (with all the plants in it)
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
@@viennajoanna 'The concise British Flora in Colour' by w.Keble Martin
@itscarolinemary
4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate how you addressed everything regarding BLM and what's going on, and how you didn't make it about yourself but shared resources. I like hearing your thoughts in general - those books look good. :)
@susan_brehm_art
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you for this video! So many good resources, omg so helpful. I so appreciate your you tube channel. 😊
@KimberlyCrick
4 жыл бұрын
This is such a lovely idea, great sketchbook spread! Thank you so much for sharing all the beautiful wildflower footage. I take pictures of the itty bitty flowers that grow in the grass and between the sidewalk outside my house all the time. It's been a pleasant activity during this no-travel lockdown. Some of them are the most beautiful blooms you've ever seen :)
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
So true! I love wild flowers. My favourite discoveries have been wild orchids - I keep seeing them on my walks and I never noticed them before.
@ArtbyTuna
4 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite videos from you holly!! it's hard to make assumptions via the sliver of life you share with us, but you seem to be more relaxed, more empowered, and more confident than ever. I hope you're doing well and thank you for the book recommendations!
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@Fesgtrsa
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Lovely video and I love how the sketchbook turned out!
@LanaGoesArt
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! Just wanted to mention, that i love your videos and your activism - also your pups are adorable! :)
@LindaReadsBooks
4 жыл бұрын
I clicked so quickly when I got your video notification! A lovely video as always Holly! I'd love a print of your mini sketchbook illustration (if you ever make one). I love wild flowers and insects.😍🌿🐞🦋
@Fesgtrsa
4 жыл бұрын
Seconding this!
@MaryZoles
4 жыл бұрын
Your Illustrations turned out looking so beautiful. Great work Holly 🤗🕊
@sandramuoio6756
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing these resources and using your platform to educate others and promote equality. Also, your make up looks beautiful!
@rach.2489
4 жыл бұрын
I looove your vlogs, they're so relaxing. your plant watercolours turned out beautiful, as always!!
@anonymousjdg
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely video and I adore the illustrations! Beautiful. I'm also excited to see your studio renovation...I'm nerdy like that :-)
@Angela10277088
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video. Thank you so much for talking about BLM, black trans lives, the climate, all of this! Thank you!!
@HoneybunchofOnionTops
4 жыл бұрын
I am SO keen to read that book now, I really valued you talking about it in more depth. What an important read x
@rominagalotta5966
4 жыл бұрын
First of all, thank you for being so eloquent and taking the time to explain how you think, the books you read, what you learned. It is really inspiring. Secondly, that painting is beautiful! You inspired me to do the same with plants and birds in my area. Please do more if you can, it is so very interesting because your plants are very different from what I see here (South america). I know this was not meant to be a monetized project, but that strip of illustrations would be a perfect washi tape design!!!! Or a pattern. You paint very beautiful flowers!
@lizastevens8291
4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sketchbook! My foster son and I have definitely become so much closer to nature during lockdown, including growing veg from seed for the first time. Watching fledglings; seeing different plants come out...it’s been wonderful to slow down and focus on our little space in detail. I think as adults we forget to zoom in on detail because we get so tied up in bigger things. I’d love to make a similar sketchbook from wildflowers in my area. Thank you xxx
@angelaschlagel5829
4 жыл бұрын
So excited to see tour studio renovated! I’m sure you have been dying to get that done for a long time. I’d love to see these plant and flower illustrations end up in your Etsy shop someday 🌸🌱🌺🥀☘️
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
yep, so excited! It's going to be a great space, and especially needed since Craig works from home now too.
@JennHoffmann
4 жыл бұрын
Omg, I NEED to read that book. Lately I’ve felt so anxious and your description of that book sounds just what I need right now. I can’t wait to read it!
@waakkeuppp
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning eugenics. Very important part of this system that we find ourselves in. From a black woman’s perspective, you may find Dr. Jewel Pookrum’s KZitem videos on melanin studies enlightening. She also talks about her experiences with racism as a research scientist and M.D. and how information around melanin sciences are being highly controlled.
@TwoFourJoy
4 жыл бұрын
Love love love the sketchbook! Absolutely beautiful and a great format as a field guide. Thanks for sharing x
@voyance4elle
4 жыл бұрын
You are such an inspiring person ✨💖✨ it's amazing how you use your platform 🙏 Thank you for always keeping me company while I paint 🥰
@andsowebegin430
4 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely, inspiring, informative video, thank you Holly! x
@debsllewelyn230
4 жыл бұрын
Insanely beautiful sketchbook xx
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Debs!
@Bunnybeebee531
4 жыл бұрын
I think your illustration would look great like for a perfume bottle. It’s really nice. 👍
@lyndaslattery8773
4 жыл бұрын
What a good idea! I've noticed that parking lots and sidewalks where I live are getting really weedy too!
@MrsQuam
4 жыл бұрын
😱😍never saw those under arm tattoos before!!! Tattoo tour please?
@CaffeineQueeen
4 жыл бұрын
...yes please seconded! 🤗
@lindyashford7744
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this, a nice project and incentive to find out more. Especially liked the moth as it is important to remember that the plants we encounter are something or another’s dinner probably! I have had a different print run of the book you have slightly vandalised for many years now it is great for anyone who wants to identify what they see in nature. These are times of great extremes aren’t they, it is hard to know what will come out of them, but it’s important to remember whatever it is will not be an end in itself, and may not always be progress. We just don’t know, we are communal collective animals and what we aim for as individuals is always tempered by the whole - and thus not always what we want or feel is best for the world. Bringing people to a point where things tip in the right direction is sometimes the best we can do, so it is good to sort out our own red lines and not to be disheartened what ever happens.
@katylouise6497
4 жыл бұрын
I saw you paint that red and black moth and thought to myself "Gosh, I've not seen one of those in years!" Will definitely be keeping an even closer eye out. Thank-you Holly, for such a beautifully varied educational video xo
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
I know, I remember seeing them all the time as a child! Only seen two so far this year.
@EmmaCarpenterIllustration
4 жыл бұрын
I’d be scared to mess up a tiny sketchbook like that but your paintings look beautiful in it! I love your composition too. I don’t know if you were planning on doing anything else with them but if you printed mini zines of them I’d totally get one. Also can you send me a vegan omelet please 😂 not joking 🙃
@sigrunella1
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Holly as always for your thoughtful videos. I was wondering, since your subject today was the plants in your area, whether you had heard of the Perpetual Nature Journal. It is an idea from Lara Gastinger (she´s on instagram). I really recommend this project, I have been doing my own nature journal for two and a half year know and it has made me become more aware of the nature around me noticing all the little changes all year around. You take an empty sketch book an allocate one spread for each week of the year, 52 spreads altogether. Every week you draw one thing that you notice in nature, I've been drawing plants, bird, insects, skycapes, whatever that has to do with my surroundings. Some people add notes and stuff too. Every year you add more pictures on the spread of the week until you fill the pages. It is a beautiful snapshot of different times of the year.
@laetitiadiouet8940
4 жыл бұрын
Very much enjoyed this video. Will definitely be looking for that book How To Do Nothing at my local library as well as a native plant book (Wisconsin, U.S.). How your mini sketchbook turned out was major inspiration! Thank you for this.
@carollangman1163
4 жыл бұрын
Love your little sketch book, what a lovely idea to paint urban plants xx
@alouna2342
3 жыл бұрын
Beautifull live your Word,big blessing
@nathanprideart
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video, Holly. I like the balance you provide with sharing your art and what you are reading, thinking about or experiencing. I personally love researching about species of plants and trees I come across on my walks. This mini sketchbook (side one) turned out amazing and what a wonderful thing to have in your pocket. Cheers!
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nathan! Its so rewarding isn't it, to notice your knowledge improving.
@mistymint7983
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this chat, thank you, you inspired me to stop this video in the middle and go and buy two of the books you mentioned 🦋
@lottiehuckle756
4 жыл бұрын
Your sketch book is so beautiful, Holly. I would like to try and do the same for identifying bird in my area, which I have noticed more and more this spring and summer.
@r.hunterpatterson9787
4 жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful little book.Have you thought of maybe doing a pocket plant guide for us to buy.I would love one.Hope you are staying well and as happy as you can be in these trying times.Let's work for a better future for us all, if everyone was as thoughtful as you I think that would be achievable.What a great start to my day thank you.
@NaNa-wh4pm
4 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely little sketchbook. It came out so beautiful! It would also be a special gift for a nature enthusiast.
@oksanatymoshenko8770
4 жыл бұрын
What a lovely botanical sketchbook! and I was fascinated by the soundtrack you chose for the process - if I could choose the air I breathe, I'd have it composed of this music. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We do have a lot of pondering to do yet.
@lisahaas6774
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely idea and beautiful result 😍
@pdbowman
4 жыл бұрын
onward!
@ladazimina
4 жыл бұрын
I have been thinking the same about our disconnection from nature and natural cycles.. I’m glad to hear this idea is in the air, thank you for vocalizing it as well as other important things. I really enjoy hearing your opinions, especially because you manage to make a confident statement without anger or judgement and are always very respectful to people on the other side. And obviously, beautiful botanical book! The format is mind blowing :)
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I appreciate this comment a lot, interesting to hear how I come across!
@ladazimina
4 жыл бұрын
holly exley Not at all! I’m happy my feedback was useful 💕🙂
@VanderBastard
4 жыл бұрын
I love your hair!
@fionasimagination
4 жыл бұрын
Made me get "How to do nothing" it sounds a lot like what I've been thinking about lately :)
@ChrissieNicely
4 жыл бұрын
Aww, thank you for sharing this lovely sketchbook with us - and ALL your thoughts! I always learn something from you! 😘😘😘 PS: I hope you tagged or will tag @hahnemuehle_global and @hahnemuehle_uk on IG. They should commission you with something!
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chrissie, thats a good idea! I will be sure to
@Barbara4ox
4 ай бұрын
😍
@buchi968
4 жыл бұрын
*sending virtual hugs! Lovely video as always ✨
@HoneybunchofOnionTops
4 жыл бұрын
sorry, hold up hehe - the music painting sequence around 20:30 is SO beautiful! do you have the name of that piece?
@ismailrammo4564
3 жыл бұрын
🌹🌹🌹
@izzybrowne2310
4 жыл бұрын
Ahhh I love your vlogs :)
@Dillidee
4 жыл бұрын
Holly this was an excellent video. Thanks! I've been reading more since this lockdown. Sometimes I feel like we are in the Twilight Zone. You Tubers like you help motivate me. I've ordered ""How to do Nothing". I'm looking forward to reading it.
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean! It's going to be strange for a while longer. Thank goodness for books hey!
@beautifulscarsband
4 жыл бұрын
What was the book about weeds and plants called?😊🌸☀️
@KimberlyCrick
4 жыл бұрын
I caught a glimpse of the side binding and it says "British Flora in Colour" around 13:34 I couldnt see the author name, but that might be enough to find it :)
@hollyexley
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry I should have said! It's called ' The concise British Flora in Colour' by w.Keble Martin
@viennajoanna
4 жыл бұрын
13:34 what is this book called? (with all the plants in it)
@jackfairy666
4 жыл бұрын
Is that coffee or tea? ☕️
@jillianclemmons
4 жыл бұрын
petitions signed
@HoneybunchofOnionTops
4 жыл бұрын
sorry, hold up hehe - the music painting sequence around 20:30 is SO beautiful! do you have the name of that piece?
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