I have a suggestion about the sketches on scrap paper, loose paper...I have discovered creating "glue books", journals that are made up of ephemera/ labels/whatever you want . Often the loose pieces are attached with a glue stick. You could have an inexpensive journal in which you glue stick in your odds and ends drawings. I also use the blank spaces on the page for notes.
I do this. I find a sketchbook awkward and scary to use. I use loose paper for sketching and ideas. If I like something, I cut it out and glue it into a sketchbook. I'm free to do whatever I want on the paper and recycle my practice pages.
I have sketchbooks that are full of images drawn on what ever and then glued them into one collection. No reason to ‘make’ myself use a book. No need for pressure. Just draw!!!!!
I like the idea of keeping them in a box and that way I can use them in a spread on the table, when deciding on a collage then photographing it and putting it in my notes in my phone.
In high school I passed around a sketchbook among my friends. We all contributed to it in our own way. I loved getting it back and seeing what everyone did. Then in my 20s I started a new sketchbook with more adult skill. In my 50s I am doing more sketchbooks, but this time I'm putting pretty art in them for my kids to have when I'm gone. I've got a sketchbook for each of them. I write little notes to them in it, and paint things I think they will enjoy. I also use my sketchbooks to paint small ideas that I can later refer back to if I want to do a large painting to be hung on the wall. Finally, I use the books to do art everyday since I don't always have it in me to get seriously involved in a big painting.
I like your "postcard" comment, because that's how I started Urban Sketching... I didn't have money to afford postcards, but I did have paper and pencil. So, I drew my own. :) Even now, 20+ yrs later, I still find joy in pulling out an index card, drawing on one side and recording my thoughts on the other.
I've been intimidated for years by the instagram type sketchbooks that are perfect. I have never seen a real sketchbook. I didn't even know I could do my own type of sketchbook based on daily life. Great discussion.
All those everyday mundane sketches of daily life are the actual historical records for tomorrow of everyday people. They are such an important documentation.
I have taken Jason’s classes in Sketchbook Skool’s Spark program. He is one of my favorite art teachers. My creative horizons expanded from participating in the Improv class. His observational classes helped me look deeper at my subjects which enabled me to parse out the unnecessary details while keeping my sketches loose and informative. My confidence in producing art dramatically improved. Thanks to Jason for sharing his talent with us.
अप्रतिम विडीओ स्केचिंग व सातत्य,शिक्षक, अनुभव स्केचिंग बुक्स, शैक्षणिक व सामाजिक किलक,प्रेकटीस माध्यमातून केलेल्या पेंटिंग रेखाटन सुंदर.आभार सहमत धन्यवाद.❤❤🎉😮😊
What an nice interview. Very encouraging. And Danny you are the best host- you actually let people talk and completely share their views. So refreshing because that isn’t always the case I’ve noticed with hosts and those invited to talk. So thank you. 🙋🏻♀️
A sketchbook is a visual journal of a sort. My sketchbooks are the place I put down ideas or observations. It’s a place for experimenting and trying things. Social media has made a sketchbook into this place of perfection and finished work, it absolutely isn’t that! They are a place to see my growth as a visual artist. I flip through them and laugh and marvel at how my skills have evolved. Sketching allows me to test concepts for a piece. A lot of time my sketchbook allows me to simply enjoy the act of creating an image out of lines, color splotches, or whatever. As a creative person it helps me map out ideas and designs, as well.
Recently all my artwork has been in sketchbooks, but I had a lot of old artwork from school and college etc that were on loose sheets. I put them in 12x12” scrapbook albums in plastic pockets. Some of my college artwork was too big, so for those pieces I printed large photos of those so that I can still include them in the albums. So much easier to flip through the albums rather than having all the random sized loose pieces in a big unwieldy portfolio (now the portfolio only contains the originals of the really big pieces)
Most important takeaway here, perhaps: Don't get stuck in your thinking about the sketchbook. I keep four or five going at once, most on different themes. Two of them currently are loose-page; we'll see how that goes, but one of the things you can do with a loose-page sketch is to leave it some place public. One local coffee shop often has little glass jar bouquets of fresh flowers on the tables. I can sketch one, color it quickly if I like, date it, initial it, leave it-- hope it helps someone's day. I just took an online sketchbook class with Louis Rossignol (on another art site. Sorry, Danny & Co., but we "onliners" travel around a bit...). Louis' class is all about being VERY loose in your sketchbook, but with an eye toward composition. I'm happy with my finished short sketchbook, as it brought me into a really-let-go, maybe-I-can-still-become-Dali frame of mind.
Wow. Great video. I have way too many art supplies and blank sketchbooks (I keep promising that I'll fill them at some point) but I also LOVE drawing on junk mail, especially those things that come in colored envelopes. And yeah, I think some of my best works have been on the back of an envelope. I usually cut them out and glue them into whatever sketchbook I'm currently using. Oh and I just love Jason's comment: "If it sucks, I know how to un-suck it." Yeah, few lines here or there and some color and I can usually turn it around. I use my sketchbooks to practice, but I think they might be too big. I like them, but they're not that portable. See this little one you're using, makes me wonder if something that small might work for me. Guess I'll have to try.
Thank you, this was very interesting and gave many thoughts . Lovely that the connection to music was mentioned; I'm a musician and daily am trying to feed the practices of making and practicing art in the two mediums. They come closer to each other through small A-Haa moments 😊
I've filled a number of sketchbooks over the years. Most of them I tossed out, just keeping what I liked. Lately I have moved away from sketchbooks, and much prefer loose paper. I have some really cheap large printer paper someone gave me. And also a quantity of slightly better paper that I bought a few years ago. I use the printer paper for doing drawings of things I'm really bad at. I lately have decided I don't draw hands well. So I drew lots of hands on this cheap paper. I also had a very old high school yearbook I was going to toss. But looking thru it first, I decided to do a fairly quick drawing of everyone in my senior year. It brings back memories good and bad, and lets me see people I didn't know. As Ive done them, naturally my portrait drawings have improved. The other paper which is slightly better is for things I'm better at drawing. For things I want to make more finished, I draw on better quality paper. I think its a mistake to draw anything but what you are really bad at on cheap paper. The other thing it's useful for is putting down a really rough idea quickly. Decent drawing paper isn't actually all that expensive, and it's not really possible to make a good drawing on really cheap paper. At some point, I'm fighting the material, and that isn't helpful. What I like about loose paper is its so flexible. If I want to arrange my drawings chronologically, its easy to do by simply dating my drawings. Or if I want to arrange them by subject matter, I can do that too. I can easily bring loose sheets with me If I want to draw away from home. I just fold or cut the paper into an appropriate size and put it in this really nice legal pad carrier I got from who knows where. It's worth buying a good one, since it will last years. Lastly I never sketch, I always draw. There is a difference . I'm going to pushback on the idea that its useful to draw whatever is around you. If that interests you , go for it. Draw what interests you. If you are not interested in an old garbage can, it's a waste of time to draw it. Michaelangelo loved drawing the male form. Thats what he drew. Van Gogh was more interested in drawing from his daily life, so thats what he drew. Everyone is different.
Tossing any sketchbook is sad to me. When you pick up that old sketchbook again years later, it's like your diary and forms a mental image of what was happening at that time in your life. Just fyi
Steven Reddy buys spiral bound canson sketchbooks, takes the spiral out and enjoys the loose leafs and then puts the spiral back in when done I love everybody’s ideas, there are no rules! Everyone does what they like and want and it is amazing how many ways you can slice n dice a “sketchbook practice”
Bless you and your dear husband. Your pup looks like a Papillion. I have a Papillion and they are so sweet and loving. Mine is a Diva too. Hugs and much love. Nanu nanu
I got a kick out of your mentioning the idea of sharing sketchbooks. I have a five-year-old granddaughter who loves to draw, and uses it for her version of illustrated storytelling. She has a wild and wonderful imagination. Koko has access to lots of different materials to draw and paint with, including a sketchbook identical to mine. A couple of days ago I was doing a quick sketch of her drawing. She asked to look at it, and then insisted that we trade sketchbooks. I was given instructions on what I need to do to color the face that she had drawn. She took my sketchbook, added some color to her hair, and then proceeded to draw in her father and her mother. Making sure she always has materials to work with has been a priority in our lives.
I bought some pad glue from Blick. You take lose pages, slap a stiffer "cover on them, clip them together along one edge, spread two layers of glue on the edge I want bound and VOILA!! a bound book. I also just bought a saddle- long reach stapler to make quick and simple sketchbooks out of. My favorite sketchbooks are ones I make.
I have plastic sleeve portfolios to keep loose work in. I also have separate sketcheers (sketchbooks) for different genres from urban sktch, Nature Journal, portraits, etc. I'm known to take the best out of the sketchers and putting in portfolio sleeves pages, too. Still getting used to carrying a sketcher and drawing whereever/whenever the mood strikes.
Drawing food with labels because logos and designs change. Sports teams, pancake syrup. Stuff changes over the years. Ir disappears entirely. I admire John Muir because he made a trail and document with drawing. Also the man who started Boy Scouts. Lord Baden Powell. They both drew pictures because cameras weren't a thing, or at least not a common thing. Even in the Dances with Wolves movie he was keeping a journal with pictures
I have been drawing about ten years and I have yet to "find my style". I'm finding it frustrating. I've become quite good at drwaing cartoon characters, that I view, but drawing my own, or changing a photo into a cartoon/. I get lost. I start my day every day now that i'm retired sketching for an hohur or two in front of my laptop with all different sizes of sketches. I guess I feel guilty when I get complemented on my drawings knowing that it's someone else's work and I'm basically copyiing it! Where do I go from here?
Im retired. Can i sketch everyday. This is weird that im almost asking for permission to start doing art 🎨. Ive done some art out of old art course books e.g pastel still life, pencil sketches, apples 🍎 with coloured pencils or graphite, charcoal still life. I find it hard to see my mistakes. I can see how i can fix things once im finished. I also think i need to do a course.
@@SketchBookSkool Danny, do you reply to your newsletter? Or is YT better? I want to know where I can get a book you wrote 7 deadly sins? and where O get some of your sketchbooks??
I can’t sketch but what I do is write down ideas, facts, book notes and then doodle around those ideas…I guess that’s art? It’s funner and easier to read this than boring cursive.
I have a suggestion about the sketches on scrap paper, loose paper...I have discovered creating "glue books", journals that are made up of ephemera/ labels/whatever you want . Often the loose pieces are attached with a glue stick. You could have an inexpensive journal in which you glue stick in your odds and ends drawings. I also use the blank spaces on the page for notes.
I do this. I find a sketchbook awkward and scary to use. I use loose paper for sketching and ideas. If I like something, I cut it out and glue it into a sketchbook. I'm free to do whatever I want on the paper and recycle my practice pages.
I have done this for years. I save lo my doodles. I have a “junk” journal with thoughts and drawings scrap drawings I keep. I love this .
Amazing idea
I have sketchbooks that are full of images drawn on what ever and then glued them into one collection. No reason to ‘make’ myself use a book. No need for pressure. Just draw!!!!!
I like the idea of keeping them in a box and that way I can use them in a spread on the table, when deciding on a collage then photographing it and putting it in my notes in my phone.
In high school I passed around a sketchbook among my friends. We all contributed to it in our own way. I loved getting it back and seeing what everyone did. Then in my 20s I started a new sketchbook with more adult skill. In my 50s I am doing more sketchbooks, but this time I'm putting pretty art in them for my kids to have when I'm gone. I've got a sketchbook for each of them. I write little notes to them in it, and paint things I think they will enjoy. I also use my sketchbooks to paint small ideas that I can later refer back to if I want to do a large painting to be hung on the wall. Finally, I use the books to do art everyday since I don't always have it in me to get seriously involved in a big painting.
That’s such a cool idea! We used to create stories one line at a time. Wish I still had some of those!
I started doing this for my grandson. This reminds and inspires me to get back to it.
Oh, this would be such a nice thing to have from your relative ❤
I like your "postcard" comment, because that's how I started Urban Sketching... I didn't have money to afford postcards, but I did have paper and pencil. So, I drew my own. :) Even now, 20+ yrs later, I still find joy in pulling out an index card, drawing on one side and recording my thoughts on the other.
I've been intimidated for years by the instagram type sketchbooks that are perfect. I have never seen a real sketchbook. I didn't even know I could do my own type of sketchbook based on daily life. Great discussion.
They aren't t what I call sketchbooks at all. Maybe art books?
All those everyday mundane sketches of daily life are the actual historical records for tomorrow of everyday people. They are such an important documentation.
Lately I've been drawing nostalgic stuff from my childhood incorporating colors and patterns that were popular then. Fun.
I have taken Jason’s classes in Sketchbook Skool’s Spark program. He is one of my favorite art teachers. My creative horizons expanded from participating in the Improv class. His observational classes helped me look deeper at my subjects which enabled me to parse out the unnecessary details while keeping my sketches loose and informative. My confidence in producing art dramatically improved.
Thanks to Jason for sharing his talent with us.
अप्रतिम विडीओ स्केचिंग व सातत्य,शिक्षक, अनुभव स्केचिंग बुक्स, शैक्षणिक व सामाजिक किलक,प्रेकटीस माध्यमातून केलेल्या पेंटिंग रेखाटन सुंदर.आभार सहमत धन्यवाद.❤❤🎉😮😊
What an nice interview. Very encouraging. And Danny you are the best host- you actually let people talk and completely share their views. So refreshing because that isn’t always the case I’ve noticed with hosts and those invited to talk. So thank you. 🙋🏻♀️
I love finding this ……I’m that artist that needs to get back to sketching like I did when I was 8🙌🙌🙌thank you
A sketchbook is a visual journal of a sort. My sketchbooks are the place I put down ideas or observations. It’s a place for experimenting and trying things. Social media has made a sketchbook into this place of perfection and finished work, it absolutely isn’t that! They are a place to see my growth as a visual artist. I flip through them and laugh and marvel at how my skills have evolved. Sketching allows me to test concepts for a piece. A lot of time my sketchbook allows me to simply enjoy the act of creating an image out of lines, color splotches, or whatever. As a creative person it helps me map out ideas and designs, as well.
Recently all my artwork has been in sketchbooks, but I had a lot of old artwork from school and college etc that were on loose sheets. I put them in 12x12” scrapbook albums in plastic pockets. Some of my college artwork was too big, so for those pieces I printed large photos of those so that I can still include them in the albums. So much easier to flip through the albums rather than having all the random sized loose pieces in a big unwieldy portfolio (now the portfolio only contains the originals of the really big pieces)
Most important takeaway here, perhaps: Don't get stuck in your thinking about the sketchbook. I keep four or five going at once, most on different themes. Two of them currently are loose-page; we'll see how that goes, but one of the things you can do with a loose-page sketch is to leave it some place public. One local coffee shop often has little glass jar bouquets of fresh flowers on the tables. I can sketch one, color it quickly if I like, date it, initial it, leave it-- hope it helps someone's day.
I just took an online sketchbook class with Louis Rossignol (on another art site. Sorry, Danny & Co., but we "onliners" travel around a bit...). Louis' class is all about being VERY loose in your sketchbook, but with an eye toward composition. I'm happy with my finished short sketchbook, as it brought me into a really-let-go, maybe-I-can-still-become-Dali frame of mind.
aw, that's freakin' cute.
Imagine the stranger's joy when he finds a lil piece of art.
Love it!
Same here, but usually not themes. Just different sketch books that I need to fill, usually random stuff.:D
Yep, I call my sketchbook the bin. Takes away all the pressure. And scrap paper is awesome.
I feel that the pressure just dissipates when I use a sketchbook - there's no pressure to produce a perfect piece or something specific
"Shareability of the sketchbook." Love this idea! My three year old has certainly contributed some scribbles into my sketchbook. 😂
Wow. Great video. I have way too many art supplies and blank sketchbooks (I keep promising that I'll fill them at some point) but I also LOVE drawing on junk mail, especially those things that come in colored envelopes. And yeah, I think some of my best works have been on the back of an envelope. I usually cut them out and glue them into whatever sketchbook I'm currently using. Oh and I just love Jason's comment: "If it sucks, I know how to un-suck it." Yeah, few lines here or there and some color and I can usually turn it around. I use my sketchbooks to practice, but I think they might be too big. I like them, but they're not that portable. See this little one you're using, makes me wonder if something that small might work for me. Guess I'll have to try.
Thank you for the video 🎉
Just came across your channel after I bought my son a bunch of ary materials for his 11th birthday. Going to get him to follow you as well 😊
Welcome aboard!
Definitely inspiring for quickly capturing the day.
Cool! Loved this interview
Thank you, this was very interesting and gave many thoughts . Lovely that the connection to music was mentioned; I'm a musician and daily am trying to feed the practices of making and practicing art in the two mediums. They come closer to each other through small A-Haa moments 😊
What a wonderful session this is .
So great at drawing faces!! love that.
Oh I am loving what I am hearing on your show Mr Danny
Very inspiring video - thanks to both of you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, this is amazing! This would be a great podcast upload! Thank you Danny and Jason!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
that was freaking awesome !
I've filled a number of sketchbooks over the years. Most of them I tossed out, just keeping what I liked. Lately I have moved away from sketchbooks, and much prefer loose paper. I have some really cheap large printer paper someone gave me. And also a quantity of slightly better paper that I bought a few years ago. I use the printer paper for doing drawings of things I'm really bad at. I lately have decided I don't draw hands well. So I drew lots of hands on this cheap paper. I also had a very old high school yearbook I was going to toss. But looking thru it first, I decided to do a fairly quick drawing of everyone in my senior year. It brings back memories good and bad, and lets me see people I didn't know. As Ive done them, naturally my portrait drawings have improved. The other paper which is slightly better is for things I'm better at drawing.
For things I want to make more finished, I draw on better quality paper. I think its a mistake to draw anything but what you are really bad at on cheap paper. The other thing it's useful for is putting down a really rough idea quickly. Decent drawing paper isn't actually all that expensive, and it's not really possible to make a good drawing on really cheap paper. At some point, I'm fighting the material, and that isn't helpful.
What I like about loose paper is its so flexible. If I want to arrange my drawings chronologically, its easy to do by simply dating my drawings. Or if I want to arrange them by subject matter, I can do that too. I can easily bring loose sheets with me If I want to draw away from home. I just fold or cut the paper into an appropriate size and put it in this really nice legal pad carrier I got from who knows where. It's worth buying a good one, since it will last years.
Lastly I never sketch, I always draw. There is a difference . I'm going to pushback on the idea that its useful to draw whatever is around you. If that interests you , go for it. Draw what interests you. If you are not interested in an old garbage can, it's a waste of time to draw it. Michaelangelo loved drawing the male form. Thats what he drew. Van Gogh was more interested in drawing from his daily life, so thats what he drew. Everyone is different.
Tossing any sketchbook is sad to me. When you pick up that old sketchbook again years later, it's like your diary and forms a mental image of what was happening at that time in your life. Just fyi
Steven Reddy buys spiral bound canson sketchbooks, takes the spiral out and enjoys the loose leafs and then puts the spiral back in when done
I love everybody’s ideas, there are no rules! Everyone does what they like and want and it is amazing how many ways you can slice n dice a “sketchbook practice”
I enjoyed this video. I took a few choice tidbits from it.
Drawing...is a pleasure! I ❤ it!
Bless you and your dear husband. Your pup looks like a Papillion. I have a Papillion and they are so sweet and loving. Mine is a Diva too. Hugs and much love. Nanu nanu
I got a kick out of your mentioning the idea of sharing sketchbooks. I have a five-year-old granddaughter who loves to draw, and uses it for her version of illustrated storytelling. She has a wild and wonderful imagination. Koko has access to lots of different materials to draw and paint with, including a sketchbook identical to mine. A couple of days ago I was doing a quick sketch of her drawing. She asked to look at it, and then insisted that we trade sketchbooks. I was given instructions on what I need to do to color the face that she had drawn. She took my sketchbook, added some color to her hair, and then proceeded to draw in her father and her mother. Making sure she always has materials to work with has been a priority in our lives.
I bought some pad glue from Blick. You take lose pages, slap a stiffer "cover on them, clip them together along one edge, spread two layers of glue on the edge I want bound and VOILA!! a bound book. I also just bought a saddle- long reach stapler to make quick and simple sketchbooks out of. My favorite sketchbooks are ones I make.
I have plastic sleeve portfolios to keep loose work in. I also have separate sketcheers (sketchbooks) for different genres from urban sktch, Nature Journal, portraits, etc. I'm known to take the best out of the sketchers and putting in portfolio sleeves pages, too. Still getting used to carrying a sketcher and drawing whereever/whenever the mood strikes.
Thank you😊
Glimpses of nola ❤.
This is so inspiring
Drawing food with labels because logos and designs change. Sports teams, pancake syrup. Stuff changes over the years. Ir disappears entirely.
I admire John Muir because he made a trail and document with drawing. Also the man who started Boy Scouts. Lord Baden Powell. They both drew pictures because cameras weren't a thing, or at least not a common thing.
Even in the Dances with Wolves movie he was keeping a journal with pictures
I have been drawing about ten years and I have yet to "find my style". I'm finding it frustrating. I've become quite good at drwaing cartoon characters, that I view, but drawing my own, or changing a photo into a cartoon/. I get lost. I start my day every day now that i'm retired sketching for an hohur or two in front of my laptop with all different sizes of sketches. I guess I feel guilty when I get complemented on my drawings knowing that it's someone else's work and I'm basically copyiing it! Where do I go from here?
Im retired. Can i sketch everyday. This is weird that im almost asking for permission to start doing art 🎨. Ive done some art out of old art course books e.g pastel still life, pencil sketches, apples 🍎 with coloured pencils or graphite, charcoal still life. I find it hard to see my mistakes. I can see how i can fix things once im finished.
I also think i need to do a course.
Love it. ❤👏👏😊
Thank you! 😊
When I click on the details for sketchbook school the link does not work. Would love to learn more
Great! Visit sketchbookskool.com
What is your sketchbook for? - whatever you want!
I love in rural France, so I won’t be doing anything like urban sketching. I think it will probably be my dog and my cats and the local fields.
Rural sketching is okay too!
For me, my sketchbook is my companion.
What is a sketch book that you recommend?
Danny, do you have this episode in the podcast? Is the podcast still running?
The podcast is on hiatus while I focus on YT. Im not sure how this particular video would work in audio only.
@@SketchBookSkool Danny, do you reply to your newsletter? Or is YT better? I want to know where I can get a book you wrote 7 deadly sins? and where O get some of your sketchbooks??
Can I use brush pens Instead of watercolor paint ?
My scrap pieces of paper go into a photo graph book that have plastic pockets.
Birdy
I can’t sketch but what I do is write down ideas, facts, book notes and then doodle around those ideas…I guess that’s art? It’s funner and easier to read this than boring cursive.
That sounds great. But why can’t you draw? Is it because you don’t?
I find drawing on an imperfect paper more comfy
I want to unplug from the system and keep a journal.
A sketch book is a chronological dairy.
Awesome I’m a 46 yr old teenager who makes sucky and has no idea how to fix it😂😂😂😂
Cornell
oh wow, I'm early this time xD