In this episode of “Sketchbook Stories”, Susan Yeates guides viewers through a relaxing sketching exercise using simple leaves as her subject. She shares pages from her sketchbooks to show how concentrating on leaves can become a meditative practice and a gentle way to connect with nature through art. The video editing is crafted to be calm, inspiring and visually focused on the sketching process. The video effectively helps viewers follow along at their own pace and fully engage with the sketching practice, creating a immersive, instructional experience.

Skills Used:

• Storytelling/tutorial video created through structured content editing

• Clip overlays

• Clean audio editing and noise reduction

• Video quality enhancement and noise reduction

• Background music selection

• Moving animations

• Colour grading

• Subtitles creating and syncing

• Transition effects for a seamless flow

• Custom Animated 10 second Intro

• Export optimization for YouTube

• Branding incorporation (logos, colours, fonts)

• Title card and end screen

• Custom text overlays

• Advertisement for requested products