I've seen several artist vlogs lately where the creator mentioned feeling down (myself included). I hope we all have a better September!

As someone who cannot draw landscapes to save a life, it's super cool that it's absolutely your jam. They look SO GOOD. I especially love the first big one - the colors + textures are so inspiring to look at. Also, I'm not a fan of bugs but those oil pastel beetles that you drew? Amazing. The iridescent (?) look really comes through and dare I say the bugs look beautiful?? Anyway, hope your mood gets better this month

I used to struggle with this for my own art/fashion style growing up. Something my mom told me that has always stuck, “They can copy your style, but they can’t copy your creativity”. Glad to hear you’re branching out. It will still always keep you one step ahead and keep you unique.

i looovee how your large paintings look/seeing your process with them - I always have difficulty painting on a large scale and youre def getting me inspired to go big!! :)

Love you, Leigh! Yay for the boundaries, music-less dancing, new haircuts, and just being Leigh. Sad to see the originals tier go but excited for all the things you will do, now that you have that time back (I just feel that I need to put the disclaimer, that this should necessarily be art stuff--you do you, boo.) 👻 💕🍰

Love the haircut and all of the art!!! Would love the beetle you did in pastels to be a sticker, I think I would buy ten. Happy to see you setting boundaries for yourself

I especially love this second montain yellowish painting! I’m sad so many people seem to be copying you and how much it (rightfully) affects you. I don’t understand how they cannot see the limits.. Thank for inspiring us by sharing your process, your motivation spikes, that traditional art is stil fun, that using bold or nonrealist colors is cool. I always got from you that I should just draw, regularly, and be less afraid of trying things (despite not being a one-style illustrator , I always catch myself shying away from experimenting even more because I’m afraid I’ll get bored of it before using it for professional projects x) ). Sending love!

I am glad you called out the copycats. I was dumbfounded recently when watching an artist I've followed for years. I thought I was watching you as her mannerisms and talk sounded way too much like Leigh. :) I hope you stay inspired to continue the landscapes. You make them fun and cool! Oh ya, I love the hair!

i love the little beetle between clips... he's making me very happy :)

Hercules drinking from your cup just made my day. I love him, and Toadie, smother them both with kisses and cuddles from me! Absolutely love your landscape paintings, the colours are beautiful. Boundaries are so important, I've learned this the older I've gotten. Love your hair cut! I cut mine the other day, it's so liberating having short hair. Although I cut it a little too short in places, lol! But the thought of going to the hairdressers stresses me out, I've never liked going to hairdressers. Hope you feel better this month, glad you're doing more art, Love seeing anything to do with you guys decorating your house! Much love and hugs from Scotland 💗🤗💖

any video with toadie, grace, or james is just guaranteed to be amazing

Gosh I LOVE the big paintings. I always love your landscapes, any size, tbh. I adore how expressive and filled with thoughtful colours they are, and yet there’s so many beautiful details and a really wonderfully-composed picture there too.

OMG Leigh i am so glad you said it 😳 i too have been seeing tons of copycats mimicking your style on insta. i see them. i don’t follow them. like wtf

omg as someone who also had such a low-energy august, it was a heavy month (i think i managed to creatively make something only once), so i’m sending u all the good energies 💗💗💗 also my dog sat right beside me while i watched, enjoying a patch of sun (she does the same thing as ur dog, patting me, asking for pets)

Your landscapes are just 😍😍😍 !!! Also love when you film your walks. The gardens in Cincinnati are insane. 🐝💐🌻

Hope you have a stellar Friday, Leigh! I love being here when you drop a new vlog!!

I’ve followed you for so long, love to see you. you’re glowing, you look amazing!

ive seen a ton of these copycats on my feed, but don't let it cause you to think negatively about your art. when i see your work its very clear its yours, people can try but they will never have the genuine feeling of your work

I love your art and your vibe so much! Thank you for always sharing your creativity and just being such a wholesome person 💕

That rainbow bug is everything and if it were to become a sticker or something it would make my life!

Your art is such an inspiration! Thank you for sharing the good and the bad parts of being an artist, I hope you feel better! Don’t let copiers bring you down!! 😊❤️

Leighellexson landscapes = chefs kiss. The art copying is a bummer, but we love you + your art, not just your art. Loving that they’ve spurred on a bit of art growth for you, they won’t be able to keep up :P Patreon original idea - maybe just 1-2 originals, a bit more detailed & more $.

Yes, I totally agree that you and landscapes are just made for each other. Love, love, love your landscape pieces.

Early access Patreon puppies rise up 😗✌🏻

That first big painting is AMAZING. Also, premium Herc content, thank you.

I hope you are doing well, Leigh. Your vlogs have inspired me to pursue art in a less critical way.. if that makes sense lol we are are own worst critics after all. Your fun-loving, caring nature has helped me understand that yes, being good artist takes work buuutt the process doesn’t alllways have to involve “work”. Hope that made sense :) keep up the great work! Sending good vibes your way ♥️ also, yay for boundaries 👏🏼🥳

Can I just say as an intro I am so used to her saying "Hey it's me... Leigh." Even tho it's been years, I still hear her say that. I miss that 😂

I like your big paintings ! You are so good at painting landscapes

That is a beautiful painting! And thanks for being so real and so vulnerable!

starting my saturday with a video from Leigh. great weekend already 🌟

I love seeing your large painting progress 🥺💖 super inspiring!

1) Your haircut suits you SO well omg! 2) Kudos for addressing the copycats (def have unfollowed at least one before because they were just too clearly a rip off of you) and I hope you keep your heart up about it! Your style is beautiful and not "just anyone" can do it. You have grown your craft to reflect you and you will keep doing that, and that's something to be proud of.

My son (8 months old) and I LOVED watching this! Everything about. Your art is always so inspiring!

Love love your vlogs and art and vibe! Oh! And also thank you for some herc action!! 😍😊🦜 keep doin you girl

I was watching an old sketch video from drawingwiffwaffles and she had your channel in the tab, and now I absolutely adore your content ! You inspired me to paint for the first time in a hot minute. Thank you, and God bless!

This was such a chill vlog! I love how creative you are, the way you paint and make art :) You’ve inspired me to paint landscapes, which is something I am terrible at haha but want to have a go again. Also, I love your hair!

WE LOVE YOUR LANDSCAPESS!!!! I hope one day you make large prints of them, they are always so gorgeous

I always look forward to your vlogs!! The music was so relaxing 🎃🎃🖤

Those large artworks are so beautiful Leigh 💖✨👏🏼 I always love your landscapes, so good 💓

The larger paintings all look so beautiful!! TRULY a match made in heaven 💕💕 I hope you feel lighter and brighter soon though! Many creatives seem to be having a little mood lull right now 😔

omg Leigh, you + this haircut = perfect match!!!

So happy to be here! Pls don’t copy artists it’s so important! Also love seeing your home get renovated Leigh :D

Love it all! Great video and excited to see what more you create and evolve ❤️

your hair is looking FANTASTIC ✨✨✨

The flowers on your walk were beeyoooootiful! Explosions of colour

I love your bird! I'm still trying to coax mine to hang out with me when I work.

why do i love ur art so much

me *hasn't been here in a hot minute*: I LOVE THE HAIR. I'm currently doing a landscape for a drawing class and I am FIGHTING it every step of the way, so it is nice (in a way) to see that you were also working on one! I like to listen/watch your videos while I work on art so I don't feel too lonely and this was a nice coincidence :)

Love the new haircut! Fun vlog! 🧡

Is that really how Toadie asks for pets 😭 i’m dying! I love the bigger paintings, it definitely shows that landscapes and you are a match made in heaven! Have you considered turning them into prints?

When Leigh is painting something beautiful on your birthday ! big time heart eyes. wow.

I loved this so much and the grin your little dance at the end gave me was so big :D

The meta of youtubers watching youtubers while they make youtube videos is never lost on me. lol

Love your whole vibe. This is the first video I have watched of yours and it isn't all hyper and chipper in my face like alot of other channels seem to be lol.

Ooh Leigh I also just cut off all my hair and it feels SO GOOD. I love the look for you!!

Absolutely love love loving your landscapes 😍

l LOVED this vlog Leigh! loving the big landscapes and all things Hercules. so sorry to hear of the copycat accounts that SUUUUCKS agh

such a lovely vlog to watch while packing =u= love the boundary setting, love your art so much, and i hope september brings u gentler days!!!!

So I’m just sitting here taking a break from work with a movie on in the background, randomly watch your vlog for the first time in months and IMMEDIATELY DIE BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH WATCHING ONLY YESTERDAY 🤣🤣🤣

Yayyyyy eagerly waiting !!

I love! those large landscape paintings!

you. are an inspiration. thank you. Literally so much. Thank you.

Go in and "feel the paper........😁" I love your wall color. It looks like one of the salt water Taffy colors. Also, I love your new bigger paintings.

Gah!! I love love lovvve that big paper landscape painting. So peaceful

Notes: 1. Thank you for the shoutout to the copy catters out there-- we should really be pushing people to find their own creative voice and i thank you for using your 'following' to bring attention to that 2. Love Turk footage.. always.. and movie footage, those underground gems i'm always looking for. Wrote down 'Only Yesterday' oh and House footage, that bathroom tho! 3. Your landscape painting makes me feel like I want to take a deep sigh, beautiful

Love your channel and originality... art and style uniqueness... go with the boundaries and calling out the copycats! It really has gone crazy out there! I'm an older generation KZfaqr but much newer than you and already am experiencing the same and where at first it's ok, it does become discombobulating! They say, imitation is the biggest form of flattery but I absolutely disagree. So well done for calling them out! Oh, and can I please pet Toady... it's weird, but, I'm obsessed... xxx

There was an artist that seemed to copy your art in many many aspects, so I also noticed the copycat situation. I follow your art since 2019 and even tho we have brutal style differences, you are stil my biggest inspiration and I learned how do choose colorful palletes because of your art.

I loooove that first big landscape you painted! My buddy just gave me a huge roll of scrap paper and I want to paint on it but haven't done anything BIG since high school. also need new paints 🙈

Omg new haircut is SO cute, aghhhhhh! 😱😱🤩🤯💓

Your art is beautiful ! And I love this type of vlogs :)

Im so glad you spoke up about the ‘re-creators’ or copycats id rather call them… i have come past a few on instagram also and thought i was losing my mind? I really thought i was being too particular because some of these people are seen as established artists too with quite a following??? Like how and why, its got leigh splattered all over it. Anyways, i love hearing people set boundarys! Well done

I LOVE THE NEW HAIRRRRRR

Even I have noticed the amount of Leigh-esque accounts, it’s kind of crazy!! It’s sad that they are missing out their own journey really.

Looooove this two!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Love these big pieces! Too cool, Leigh 🧡

giving herc his water ;o; I'm also very big on the sketchpage spread you did!! always a fan of those delicious lines

Obsessed you Leigh but I’m totally here for Herc and toadie 😭❤️‍🔥

Loved this lovely vlog

About the copy cat art accounts. I have also noticed them and thought it was real wierd about how many of them there are mimicking your art style. When ever I see them I think it's your art but then I see it's some other account. And unfortunately I think your art style has kinda become like a trend/aesthetic. And it's really sad that this is happening but I do think its happening bc ppl know that your style I guess is what sells? And those copy cats are just trying to make money instead if actually enjoying and growing in their artwork

Your art makes me happy 🦎

If I keep growing, they can’t keep up. Powerful.

that hair style looks so goooood on you

Im a fan. I love your videos. Keep inspiring! 💗🌷

Keep being awesome, Leigh! xx

Love the hair!!

I hope Herc at least left a tip for such quality service.

You look good with the new haircut!!

This Haircut is bomb!

Those hearts at the end are hilarious... so friggin cute! :)

Ok you look amazing with short hair Leighhhh also your 1st painting’s colours make me feel so good 💙 ps. I also feel low this summer, I feel you🤝 ok bye

That haircut is beauteous ❤️☀️

Your hair looks sooo cute 😍

Lovely painting!!

I know this vid is a few months old, so I'm late to the party on saying this - but way to set boundaries Leigh! I can see how it would be simultaneously flattering and annoying to have so many copycats, however, I wish more people would "take after you" more in the way of your example of work ethic/consistent practice over a long period of time in order to discover your personal style :) every artist copies at first for the sake of learning, but that shouldn't last forever, much less be adopted as theirs. Love you!!!

ooh I like the paintings! I love doing big paintings too :)

Hi Leigh, thanks for sharing your process. I really love your vlogs. Maybe one day you can tell us a little about your professional trajectory, how you finally stablish your own business... It seems so difficult... Thanks for your lovely art.

The big paintings are so good! I think the biggest I’ve ever worked is 11x14, I gotta get some big paper!

I like the big painting! Very nice 😊

Love those big paintings 😍 If you sell prints of them at that size I would buy in a heartbeat

Boundaries YAY, Leigh!👍 “People of the internet.”😂