10 tips for starting your sketchbook - and keeping it going!
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So glad I found you… I used to sketch at faculty meetings, mostly feet, legs, hands rather than faces as that felt too obvious. I’ve sketched at church, sitting in the back row & drawing profiles, backs of heads and people on the stage preaching, singing, praying. I’ve sketched musicians at small local events. I’m retired now and this reminded me how much I love to sketch people just doing their thing and wondering why I stopped. It just seems I got out of the habit. I started sketching people’s faces during zoom meetings a while ago, also just a few things around my home. Now I’m feeling a pull to sketch out in the world more. I take daily walks - next time I want to remember to bring my sketchbook and sit a bit before heading home. Instead of taking photos with my cell phone, sketch what I see. And I agree - I’ve told my students the more you draw the better you get at drawing (wasn’t an art teacher, but I always encouraged illustrating their work). It’s so true. Thank you, great appreciation for you!
Amazing that some of us need reminders not to be afraid to make mistakes when it comes to art, but we do! I need that encouragement just to get started. Thanks, Danny! I’m glad to be here.
I’m glad you are!
Same 💯
Thanks for the motivation, Danny. Just fixed my breakfast to eat as I listen to your video, but then stopped myself from eating it right away. Instead, I grabbed one of my least intimidating sketchbook and sketched that yogurt and fruit bowl. Now, that was even more satisfying than my breakie!
Perfect!
Thank you so much Danny🫶🏻🙏🏻 I love your videos and watch each of them many times! They inspire me and help me act whenever I lose my confidence! Thank you again and again …😍🙏🏻🍃🌸
Absolutely agree
Am trying to build a "frankenplanner ", part bullet journal, part deep thinking , part commonnplace book, part schedule AND part sketching book- so I'm trying a mix of different papers and templates in my ring binder/ disc binder. Blending all the different ways of capturing information and experimenting about what works for me 😁
Never heard of a frankenplanner until i’ve read your comment. This sounds good for aspiring multipotentiolite/polymaths to organize their various interests and their life!
I follow all these points! Especially agree about drawing from life... once you start you can never go back to drawing from photos. The sketch from real life just has so much more emotional charge!
I sketch on subways. People are engrossed in their phones and don't notice me
Love your channel. Awesome tips, I've returned to Art after a long hiatus and I'm loving it Been getting back into my pencil drawings, and enjoying the process of learning again. Thanks for sharing and keep creating and inspiring us. Have a fantastic day 🙏🌈📕🎨📜
You are a great motivational speaker. After I’ve listened to, or read, your thoughts on drawing/painting, I can’t wait to get started.
I don't worry about my bad art anymore. I use to want to throw it away, now I start again and fogure out whay I liked or didnt like snout it. It really lets you see your progress
Hi Danny. Thank you so much for your content. I've been in a kind of drawing hibernation for a few years, and full of self doubt. You're gradually breaking that down. It's like you're in my head. Got a couple of your books on the way, too. Both yourself and Koosje Koene have got me looking at the world with fresher eyes. I'm in my late 50s, and in a bit of a rut, so that means a lot! There's so much more than drawing to be taken from these videos. 😊
I started a sketchbook habit four years ago and it gives me such delight to look back on the journey… it’s funny how each year is so very different from the years before… first one was more or less weekly, now it’s calling me daily. And the first one was very cartoony but colorful while this year is more writing and drawing. Who knows how I will see the world next?
This is really pure genius worth listening to again and again. I only wish somebody had taught me this 30 years ago in art school. You're making a huge difference and I thank you ❤️
Wow, thank you!
Danny, I could not agree more. I always have some kind of notebook or sketchbook with me…”just in case.” Just in case an idea hits me. Just in case I want to scribble down a fragment of a scene or jot down a reminder. Just in case I have to wait around for an appointment or my plane or the rest of my friends haven’t yet arrived. And just in case I have to do something that drains my energy-I pull out my sketchbook (blank pages or lined notebook) and I entertain myself. All of your advice is spot on.
I used to draw people from on the bus to wandering through the mall. I don't know why I got out of the habit. I still people watch. Maybe it's time I start sketching them again. I've learned so many things from people interacting and speaking to each other, like matching facial expressions and posture to moods.
That's amazing! People don't stand still. It's so hard when they move. I'd love to be bale to do that.
Here's another tip: set the stove timer while sketching and cooking! I keep burning/over cooking meals! Ah haha or better yet, maybe I should sketch the thing I'm cooking 😅
Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration Danny, always look forward to your posts 😊
Love that!
I’ve always been interested in drawing but gave up in an early age. Now I want to start again and this time I’m more serious about it. While searching for videos about drawing I found your channel and wow it’s absolutely what I needed, your videos are wonderful and I enjoy watching them one by one
Thanks Danny
You can do it!
14:38 ...THERE'S NO !!!!
Thanks, that takes the pressure off, I think.
Going back to childhood, a kid will produce the most abstract scrawl and present it to a parent as a gift...
Absorbed in the moment & beaming with pride of the magic of expression & creation, of mastering the tools (in their perception).
Not a flicker of performance anxiety or shame of failure or competitive anguish...
Then 5mins later they are doing something totally different, moved on to new experiences & sensations.
Art should feel like that.
Totally. All kids are born artists but criticism kills that talent as we get older
4:07 Message is inline with The Artist's Way workbook and messaging from Rick Rubin. Certainly something I've been focused on implementing. Gotta take action on those ideas as they come or they'll find another vessel to be materialized.
Great tips. So inspiring. I love using sketchbooks.
I've only done one sketch, outdoors, sitting at a cafe on vacation. But, you know what?, it was one of the most memorable artistic sketchbook moments I've had. What's stopping me? Fear of not being good enough, producing a crappy drawing...who cares! Thanks for the motivation Danny, as always.
Thanks Danny .... all your tips and suggestions are motivating!!
So inspirational. Thank you.
Danny
Do you have a sketchbook that you gravitate to the most?
And why?
I’m also curious how often you refer back to them. You have so many.
I'm relatively new to drawing and watching your video has inspired me to get out that scary empty sketchbook and try some drawing. I noticed all the writing in your sketchbooks as you flipped through the pages. Do you use them as a sort of journal or do you write about the item you're drawing?
I admire your discipline
Sheets of paper half filled sketch books drawings on newspapers
There's got to be a publisher who'd print your sketch books
Brilliant and inspirational
Mesuline we promise not to draw you
Wonderful
I’m so thankful I watched your video ☺️ I needed to be reminded to just art . So encouraged getting a smaller sketchbook no excuses. Thank you
I'm so glad!
Thank you Danny, you are such a great support, your enthusiasm and tips are very helpful!
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Hello,
I’ve been inspired by your podcasts, and refreshed by your relaxed demeanor for almost a year now. I live in central Wisconsin, and am an artist rediscovering the joys of drawing.
Your podcasts have been invaluable to me, and I probably owe you the same dollar amount that I paid my alma-mater as an art major ; because your empathetic approach to keeping people motivated and cultivating a safe online atmosphere to explore artistic mediums is remarkable. Hats off to you for that !
Please keep doing what you're doing ; and please don’t stop, because thousands of people depend on you for the reasons mentioned above.
I don’t make very much money, but I’d like to donate just a little bit. What site do I go on to do this? I don’t see a “Donate” button anywhere.
Take good care, and thank you again.
Joe Arts
This is one of my favorites of your TH-cam videos, Danny. Great content and I love your sketches.
Thank you Danny. I have to tell myself that my art is first, for me. If someone sees it, thats fine. But it is a journey for me. I am expressing myself.
Thank you so much, you are an inspiration for me today, I just subscribed I just discovered you💕🙏
Loved the tips! Thank you!
So true and so motivating!
So much motivation. Feeling little stuck nowadays - this is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks, Danny❤😎😃
Awesome video, thanks Danny
Great advice Danny
You are such an encourager ❤ Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Love it! Thanks!
Always inspiring to hear you! Thank you!
Great collection of advice. Thank you
This is my favorite video from you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for sharing all these tips, you inspire us. ❤
Thank you for this inspiring advice.
Thank you! This helps me a lot.
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the pep talk! I needed this today!
Any time!
Merci beaucoup, vous êtes très motivant, chaleureux, positif, merci de partager, il faut faire face à la vie quand c’est difficile, avancer, le dessin est un moteur, merci, et belle journée à vous 😀 Christiane, de France.
Great presentation. Loved the tips. You have inspired me to start drawing again.
Thank you for the motivation, inspiration and encouragement!!!!!
Thanks for this video...Inspiring
This was sooo inspiring.🌠 Thankyouuu Danny 😄
Thankyou for all that inspiration, and good advice, you have encouraged me to draw in my sketchbook.
So awesome, thank you so much.
Love the advice. Thank you for the motivation. ❤👏👏
You are so welcome!🤗
Thank you so much for this inspiring talk! Everything you said is very motivating and longs to be put into practice. I learned some important mindsets that I have to adopt when I work in my sketchbooks. 💜
You got this!
THANK YOU 🙏🏾
You rock. Great tips. I have started so many sketch books. Not a daily habit yet!
You can do it!
Excellent ideas! And thank you for sharing this with us. It has been so encouraging and inspirational. Though I do need some help, the problem is there is too much around me and I need help focusing in on specific things. Are you able to do like a 12 month prompting video? each week you choose a prom for 52 weeks something like that? Or each month have a different prompt to focus on. That would be super helpful because I just don’t know what to choose. I get so distracted and overwhelmed by that.
i have made myself so many art journals ,i just paint at my kitchen table everyday
I really love your lettering. That is a syle you created, right? Do you have any videos or classes on how to letter or create a similar lettering style. Thanks, Danny!
What brand of sketch book do you recommend....I like to paint watercolor and ink
I got all kinds of supplies I just suck at drawing I don't even write that will because I'm blind in one eye and I'm going through cancer so my hands shake constantly I drew a little bit when I was a kid and enjoyed it but it's getting harder and harder
My job is cleaning homes and I see a lot of art by kids. I've taken many pictures of their art for inspo because kids are all over the place, outside the lines, crazy colors BUT amazing nevertheless! You don't have to be amazing, just do what you do. If you can put pen to paper, some paint, then YOU are an artist :)
Thank you, I needed this. I am very new to this and i get a little frustrated.
Easy to say when you're an artist...
Thank you! You always inspire me!
I'm so glad!
My sketchbooks are a mess. Now I prefer working on single papers this way I only keep what I like and throw the rest 😅.
Which sketchbooks do you use?
My problem is that some days I’m brilliant and other days it seems like it’s the first day of learning to draw. Not sure how to get past that
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What if you don’t sketch that good.
Try not to see your sketches as something to be judged at all… not good, not bad, but a wonderful practice in finding peace within the chaos of Life… Keep doing it, and the most amazing thing will happen - you will notice that your skills will improve over time…. 😊
Hmmm as someone who is a waiter, please don't draw people without permission- the idea of someone observing and drawing me sends me into an anxiety attack! As a women I Definitely don't want that type of attention either
An artist can get discrete in his sketching and remain unobtrusive with skill
I didn't consider this when live sketching in public. I appreciate you sharing this. The number of likes on this comment seems to indicate this is a shared opinion.
As an artist, you want what you're drawing as natural as possible. If you were to ask someone if you could draw them, you'd get a different version of them - more posed, rigid, unnatural.
Certainly is a balancing act between observing and staring. I try to capture the general vibe of a person and their pose in a gesture, then go about my business filling in the details as I remember them or imagine them. I'm not staring to get every detail and proportion true to the source.
Do you have a suggestion on how to approach this, or is this a strict "Don't do it" for you?
Are there Observation Police out there? I think sketching someone or groups of someones is less threatening than photographing someone… and I’m not using those sketches to make money…
@@SandyBanks-vk5dlThere are people who are willing to be drawn, and others who are just trying to go about their day. The problem isn't someone making money off of my likeness (although that could also crop up I guess), but the idea of someone staring at me for who knows how long, all the while they're trying to keep it secretive and discrete - it gets to be feeling weird. Of course from an artist's standpoint, sketching from life is the best, especially moving life. But we also owe other people in the world their own semblence of privacy. Please do continue to draw folks in public if you want, but I think this point of view should at least be considered while you do it. Especially because if ever confronted by a person, going "I was using you as an art study" isn't always going to cut it as an excuse.
If you’re out in public and in full view of everyone, then it shouldn’t matter if someone is sketching you. You can’t control what their brains are thinking about you, what their voices are saying about you, or what their hands are writing / drawing. We can’t control other people to that extent.
Lots of good advice but...we know youve written books and we know youve travelled the world. Very innocent Im sure but, I dont need reminders youre successful and moneyed.
I make art about my life. I’m not “moneyed” whatever that means.
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