How I filled 100 sketchbooks.
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- Danny only started drawing in his late 30s - but he's filled over 100 sketchbooks, drawing and painting all over the world. Learn how he does it and how you can too.
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Hey, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate everything you tell us. I'm 16 and I want to make art my life once I grow up and sometimes I don't pick up my sketchbook, because I think I'm too bad and that I'm wasting my time. But your words make me think totally different now. A sketchbook is not made to create perfect masterpieces but to just simply create art. Art that makes you happy, or that makes you think and much more. Thank you so much! I wish you the best life ever.
Hey there 16, you just start drawing now and if you can't buy sketchbooks you just find whatever paper you can and you can start making your art now you're grown up enough to be on TH-cam and there are lots of artists start making a living at your age. Or just make a start! Yeah this guy is great I like him too
This video is PERFECT! Even i used to think why should i waste pages?(coz i cant buy a lot of sketchbooks)I always used to think, If im drawing, i should draw something great! But if i am not knowing the basics or without practice i cant do something good or satisfying . So now im just drawing everything i see to practice ❤ And your video was a confirmation that sketchbooks need not be perfect 💞I hope u keep spreading your knowledge to everyone 🖌🙏Tysm for ur videos 🤗❤
Hey 16, do it! Don't wait. You will never regret drawing, but you will regret not starting sooner and not drawing more or at all. I turn 50 next week. I wish I hadn't waited.
Hey kim, I just turned 70! I started drawing very young, but stopped because of of this same feeling . . . I am just now learning how to "adjust" old drawings, finish them, use posca pens and gouache to wipe out awkward body parts, etc. It has given me so much freedom and enjoyment, and every line I draw or brush mark I make, I am building muscle memory and gaining understanding of what I draw.
And I wish YOU the best life ever ❤️
This felt like a TED talk, thank you so much, this motivated me in a time where I find it hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel
You got this!
THIS GUY NEEDSSS HIS OWN PERSONAL TH-cam CHANNEL WHERE HE DOES DRAW WITH ME LIVESTREAMS AND STUFF, SIR I LOVE YOUR VIBE AND UR ENERGY IS SO SO INSPIRING he feels like the art teacher i never got to have :,)))))
I pretty much like the way he's doing it now.
Just subscribe to this channel
Silencing that voice in the head is an important step indeed 😭😭
I hear that voice often, that’s when beat it with a stick. Nowadays I don’t even need to go that far, the mere wave of the stick shuts it down
" i just wanted to get back to drawing" 😢 I'm realizing that I'm afraid of failure and judgement and that's why I've been putting off drawing for 2 YEARS
and if you get one sketchbook and FAIL at it, get another sketchbook and try again! i believe in you
@@discojee5331 thank you lots 💜
@@discojee5331 But that's just it, you don't fail. Nothing you do in a sketch book is a failure. You have to just think of it as a journey, enjoy the process. Each page is a new start, teaching yourself as you go.
@@juliekendrick-finn707 good point thank u. i should have phrased it as something more like "if u don't like it" there is still more you can draw always.
You can start tomorrow!
Search for a tutorial video on youtube and just follow the steps you'll enjoy it so much. That's what I did recently and I wasn't disappointed with the result :)
On the contrary I felt the same way I did when I was a teen or a kid.. I used to love drawing especially anime.
We forget drawing is actually just a medium we all express ourselves in! Especially now that everyone is trying to make a living out of it i think its been commercialized to the point that we forget to enjoy it in the first place. With this video, you have surely managed to rekindle something i have been missing for a while. The sheer freedom of just drawing things that mean a lot to you. My heartfelt thank you to you sir. This has inspired me so much.
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While I may agree with you, the art nerd in me has to add that art is way less commercialised than it has been in the past. Up until Michelangelo’s time and even further, art wasn’t exactly seen as a tool to express oneself but rather a trade that was sold like any other. Only in recent times (the last few hundred years) there has been a big general push to make art more expressive, as art became more accessible to both the consumers and the artists themselves, as well as that realism “wasn’t needed anymore” after the camera was invented.
@@vornamenachname3441 I do agree to you! I think what I meant was that while art will always be a medium of expression, it’s the hustle culture in today’s world that can make us forget to enjoy what we were doing in the first place if you know what I mean, it can be detrimental to the act of creativity itself. It’s like a rat race, but it doesn’t only apply to the arts, it applies to almost everything.
+expressionism did come out of the need to do something more however, but even realist painters were expressing themselves through their brushwork, unless they were just making a copy without thinking, I think even realism has expression. However yes! art is generally given more acceptance and is seen as a medium of creativity now more than ever so that’s a great thing for sure. I think what we all need is to slow down really.
Your videos are so uplifting and inspiring :)
Glad you like them!
Your story is so inspiring and motivating to me! I'm in my late 20s trying to get back into drawing. Especially with today's social media and seeing so many people younger than me, I often get caught up in thinking about where I could have been if I had just started earlier. Thanks so much for your wise words and reassuring reminders.
I am 36 and feel the same way. People younger than me seem to be so kuch further ahead... but I am gonna pick away at it. I am rooting for you too! Keep on drawing
You’re not alone, my journey is similar to yours. We are all on the road to discovery 🖊💕
I started sketching and painting after retiring. You're still very young, just keep it up.
@@meganslater5421 Thank you so much! I'm rooting for you too, we got this!
@@daniellebuck2554 Thank you!! It's always so helpful and comforting to hear of similar journeys.
You said it, "i just started" sometimes that's the biggest problem, we just need to stop delaying and start🖤
This was perfect timing for me! I'm just starting to draw/paint at the age of 60. I thought I would start with h a sketch book but that annoying little voice was trying to convince me I wasn't good enough SO I showed it your video and I sat down and made a start! Thank you 💕
True! Even I will turn 60 next year. Everything you said resonates with me... Will do the same :) Thank you...
You have a voice excelent for a storyteller
he should totally start a podcast
Yeah, I look back on my sketchbooks and I can remember where my head was at then. I’m with you - I actually enjoy more working in my sketchbooks, than painting and making “finished” works of art.
As a 36 year old that is just now getting back into art since highschool, I appreciate this a lot.
Your last sentence nailed it……..”a great way to spend the rest of your time on earth,…….making art!”. Well said Sir
Here we are in our late 20s, early 30s thinking where our lives are heading, "is starting something else going to work?", "is it already too late for me to learn to sketch, create films, etc?" and here is Danny, who started off(or picked up right where he left) in late 30s and now inspiring everyone. Thank you!! :)
I’m in tears lol I didn’t have a great day today at class and felt like my art was getting worse but your words really resonated with me, thank you ❤️ I will keep drawing!
How are you feeling now? Hope you are okay now?
@@liizzset Feeling a bit better than before! I just know I have to be more patient with myself, thanks for asking :)
I think the best thing about this video is that you aren't really challenging us or telling us what to do or in what way to do something. You're inspiring us and letting us know it's okay if we mess up. It's a concept I'm struggling with, that same voice in the head saying nah not today, what if I don't do well, what if I hate it, I'm not that great at this maybe I should procrastinate and watch more art videos (coincidently) lol... we all have this silly fear that every drawing or painting should be excellent when really just like our days (as you said) not all are great, most are just okay, and some will surprise us! I like that sentiment that drawings and paintings, whatever art you do... is about retelling your life, or your innerself and the things you find beauty or interest in. It doesn't matter how it turns out. Just do art , do it for yourself and no one else. Being a human enables us this gift, why not use it... it is never a waste to create, but it is a waste to sit there thinking you shouldn't or can't create. If you like it. Do it. Thanks for sharing this insight. It's a mantra I'm only just starting to practice and accept in myself.
This is the most inspiring ting I've seen lately about sketchbook...
Ah, the ‘why are you wasting time?’ voice. I think that voice and I talk more regularly than I do with any other entity. It’s really hard to justify doing something just because you enjoy it sometimes. I have my sketchbook out now (with the voice’s quiet toleration) because my washing is running and I can’t really ‘use this time to go earn money’.
Thanks for the inspiration each time I watch one of your videos.
I am just starting my drawing journey at 50, so I appreciate your positivity and showing your own drawings (which are AMAZING, btw) and generally for the kick in the butt (and inspiration) that I needed to keep going. I appreciate you!
100 sketchbooks????? Even the title is insane haha. Can't wait! Hope I get to say the same some day ❤️
His sketchbook looks so beautiful. It's like a looking into his life.
The first 16 seconds was all i needed to hear, but i am glad to listen to the rest of it.
I could listen to Danny Gregory teach, for hours.
There needs to be sketchbook repositories and museums. Cuz what happens when we die? What happens to our sketchbooks? I have no children, no one to inherit my many sketchbooks. What if there were sketchbooks libraries? Sketchbook collectors?
Hello, the repositories accept all documents, books, diaries, art, scrapbooks etc. I'm planning on donating my diaries and art journals to a historical society, genealogy association or a city repository. Hope this helps.
@@sylviaclark5376 I hadn’t heard of that! Thanks!
@@sylviaclark5376 omg thats so cool!! i can donate ny weird diaries...y'all will be so confused😂
there is a sketchbook library started by the brooklyn art library. you can order a blank sketchbook from them, fill it up and send it back and it is added to the library. www.sketchbookproject.com/
@@berlinbabylon thats really cool!! too bad i live abroad
This might well be the best sketchbook video I’ve seen. Thank you so much for your gentle, well-illustrated encouragement.
I love the comparison of drawing to going to the gym/being an olympian. Hit home. I suppose we can be rough on ourselves when we have the book to look back on. Lightbulb over my head. It's OK that it isn't a masterpiece, but the enjoyment is the key! Great reminder!!! Thank you.
I have been drawing most of my adult life. I have done murals--commissions--different media--This very simple process you describe is the very thing that started me on this trip over decades ago. Now I can put in pictures what you eloquent put into words, thank you.
I have been creative all my life. I’ve painted portraits, ceramics and everything else that stood still. I craft a lot doing crochet, making wreaths, painting glass and doing calligraphy. You get the idea. Even though sketching and painting is my first love and the first thing I think about every morning when I wake up, I always managed to lose my way even with every conceivable art supply imaginable in my arsenal. After I read Shut Your Monkey and listening to Danny I discovered a new way of thinking and a better attitude about what I create and I’ve managed to get back to what I love starting with my sketchbooks. I sketch everyday and paint in watercolor too all because of Danny. Now as someone in their mid-seventies, I am finally on my way to becoming the artist I always wanted to be. I can attest to the fact that…its NEVER to late to be what you might have been. Create with no reservations.
Nobody has ever moved me like you do sir! I have filled the first page of my first sketchbook and I really want to share my beginning with you.
That is awesome!
This just popped up on my TH-cam as a recommendation. So I took your challenge, sat down at the kitchen table, put my phone down, picked up the nearest pen and tried to draw my phone.
It worked! I love it! A simple sketch of a phone! I'm so proud of myself!
Let's see where this takes me. I can't tell you how excited I feel right now! Thank you
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This is the kind of guy who should be in our art education or should be giving talks to art teachers. There are plenty that can teach great technique, but not all of them can really get through and teach the right mentality and that’s crucial especially early in an artist’s development.
Thanks for watching!
This was so inspiring. And your sketchbooks are such a joy to watch. Thank you very much.
My goodness those glimpses of his art were astounding. I had to play again at .25 speed to see some of them better. Trying to draw the back of a dollar bill? Are you kidding me? Holy cow... Hopefully that wasn't one of his earlier books
That was awesome. As a 52 year old, thinking about just beginning the “visual art” journey, i too have that nagging thought “why waste your time.”. This was so encouraging and meaningful. Thanks so much :-)
Found SBS about 3 years ago, and am on sketchbook #16 and #17 (for some reason I have two on the go 😂) thank you for the inspiration as always, Danny 🙌🏼
Way to go! You're three years ahead of me!
Danny, you are a very humble fellow. Just the few glimpses I caught of some of your journal pages amazed me. I absolutely felt intrigued and in awe by the breadth of subject matter, the style and excellence in your drawings...to my way of thinking these journals are filled with artistic treasure. I do not think you should just shelve them away to await your untimely demise...before the public can have the pleasure and privilege of enjoying their brilliance and beauty while learning from all the thought and work that has gone into producing them. I am so glad to have crossed your path and am now trying to follow along... such an adventure.
Thank you for the reminder. I used to draw a lot growing up up until college.
"All worth doing" love it. Reminds me of the Flylady cleaning system "bad cleaning still blesses your home" perfection will try to convince not to engage in life and the issues that result are sometimes more than we realize.
this was so inspirational and touching, i appreciate all you have shared and i felt a great feeling which i can't express well.. this video might be the start point of making my dreams become true, thanks a lot!
Words can’t explain how happy I am to have discovered this channel. Thank you for sharing this with us.
This was so inspiring to watch, thank you, loved it!
I love listening to you. It’s so calming and at the same time inspiring.
Just found this channel & im loving it sm!
I love the philosophy you’ve laid out in this video. I think I’m in the position you were in back then. Young kid. Wife. Job that takes a lot out of me.
I’m trying to make art that I love.
You are always an inspirational source Danny! Thanks for sharing that much.
Love how you kept it real, down to earth. Thank you for sharing it 😊
Thank you for creating this video. It's very encouraging!
This is such a inspiring video, I know I will come back and watch it again and again. I love your drawings and style.
Thank you, Danny, for the inspiration. I’ve always loved drawing but have slowly let it fall away. I’m picking up a pen and notebook after I type this and drawing before I go to sleep.
Love comments like this. Hope you enjoyed it!
Your sketch books are fantastic! I love looking through peoples sketches!
What a wonderful story! I’m inspired. Thanks for sharing.
I love this. Would live to see all your sketchbooks😍trank you for encouraging us!
Thank you for sharing! Great lesson in letting go and just go and do something!
such a wonderful perspective and reminder of what is it all about! thank you for creating this nice video and sharing your experience💓
Thank you for this video!!
This is so inspiring. Life is indeed learning and growing every single day. 💓
Thank you so much for this- for your sharing of your journey and bits of life! 🤗 Sooo inspiring!!! ❤👍
Your sketchbooks have so much personality; I just love it. Thank you for your inspirational posts.
Love this narration!! I so enjoy my “sketchbooks” and journals. Your stuff looks terrific.
Your videos are so incredibly inspiring! Wow, 100 sketchbooks. You’ve earned a fan…. Probably thousands
Hi.
And I was 17 I moved to Pittsburgh to go to art School and I was a fairly talented yet not dedicated enough artist I was really gifted a sculpture of photography but I had drawn since I was a child and everybody said my drawings were good.
A lot of things happen when I lived there and my school closed and I didn't go to another and I stopped drawing. Many years later I did several paintings and, I think they are pretty amazing. I still have them but I don't draw. I found you probably 3 days ago here on TH-cam, and I bought a SketchBook at the hobby store and it's 2:00 in the morning and I'm sitting here watching your video and I got it out of the package and I'm going to draw something.
I really like what you said about your first drawings weren't very good and then you got better and better and you realize you could draw anything and also about how they can take you to any point in your life at any time you open one and how they really are documenting your life. I like your style Danny Gregory with these videos and I like when you flip through your sketchbooks, I like the kinds of things that you put in them. so I'm here in my living room and I'm going to draw what's right in front of me on the first page of my little new sketchbook.
I hope you see this because it's my way of saying thank you.
I know my drawings won't be very good at first and I really don't care. I just feel like I should use what you're saying and just draw.
🙂🙏🤍
how did your first drawing go?
You are inspiring! Thank you for sharing your drawing journey with us. 😍
Interesting, inspiring and amazing. This is one of the best TH-cam videos out there. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing your artistic journey with us!
I totally resonate with your starting point and really needed this message to get me going again on my art journey. Thank you!
Love your drawings! It must be so rewarding to look at all those full shelves!
Absolutely beautiful, inspiring sketchbook!! I love that you just filled the pages and kept filling pages. So inspiring!
I loved seeing your art, your style is so unique and nice
oh my god, I just want to see more and more sketchbooks of yours!! Also, such a sincere and authentic video, you kept me focused. Thanks for making it!!!
Love your encouraging soft voice.
Thank you! You are truly an inspiration!
Danny, you are so inspiring. Thank you.
Thanks. It's a great story. Very inspiring.
Such a lovely and inspiring video. Your voice is very re-assuring too.
I adore your drawings....thanks for transmitting your energy! :)
I was watching this while I was doing a little painting in my journal. Tears started streaming down my face, what a wonderful video and message, thank you!
Absolutely loved your process - natural, as it should be! Definitely taking some tips :)
Very inspiring! Beatiful art journey. I liked your drawings.
Congratulations! It is amazing! I think you found something really prescious 👏👏👏
How can you not love this man? Just can’t !!Thank you so much
Sir, your wisdom about art makes me feel at ease. Thank you so much sharing your experiences with us!
Thank you so much, this was very inspiring!
I love that you drew so many different things with different mediums! Your sketchbooks do indeed look very exciting 🌿
Gosh-- your sketchbook is super amazing 👏👏👏
Hi, Danny! Thank you so much for your videos, they are truly inspiring!
Very inspirational. Lovely video! Love your being 👌🏼 thank you 🙏🏼
That's so motivating! Thank you 💜
Wow! This is amazing. There is hope for me. What you have done is great for your family to look at and could be a teaching tool as I am sure you are sharing with your students. You have a legacy.
Enjoying the process is everything. Desire is everything. I love to watch your videos and today I’m finally telling you.
Hugely inspirational. Thank you! I need to learn to let go, and just roll with it
Such a lovely presentation!! Inspiring! Thank you, kind sir!!
So inspiring. Thank you so much.
I love this!!! Thank you so much for this inspiration!!!!
So glad!
Thank you for this amazing sharing of your love of art
THIS IS AMAZING!!!! My life feels changed just from watching this and I’m so grateful 😭🙏🏼
A beautifully recorded beautiful life. Thanks so much. An inspiration. I was always hesitant and all my sketchbooks lay bare. Thanks again. Getting the confidence.
This is great art! Superb and charming sketch books! Should be published.
Your art is amazing 💐 can you do sketchbooks tours more often?
Your voice is so soothing and calming
So inspiring but what makes it ten times better is his soothing voice and nature😊