This is great, and really, this is exactly how I see your work! I love the art, but I love even more that you're teaching a creative practice... One that puts the magic back in mundane living. Cheers!
I absolutely love this response, and it's one of the reasons I've signed up for a course with you. After just one lesson, I can already see that I'm going to take more. Not meaning to be an advertisement for your courses, but really, your outlook, technique and attitude are all so inspirational, especially for someone who is hesitant to try to draw a straight line. Thanks for it all!
“If you insist on calling it something, how about “illustrated journaling”? That’s usually been my default when pressed, because I like diaries, and illustrated books, and maps, and diagrams, and stuff that feels like a record of the journey we’re on.” This is really lovely! 🥰
Danny I couldn’t have said it better myself! Why is it that some people need to label everything. From my point of view, labeling puts art into a box that restricts it to one place. No spreading out just stuck within the boundaries of the box. Your ideas on the freedom to express ourselves in our art and try new things is the reason I was drawn to you and Sketchbook Skool in the first place. To be able to freely express myself, go where my imagination takes me and allow my emotions to come through in my art is the reason why I draw and paint. If I couldn’t do that then really what’s the point to my creating art in the first place. I might as well give up and find something more rigid.
It was be nice to know the response as well, Danny, if you get one, that is. But your explanation is great. I'm in that same feeling at the moment. I follow a lot of different 'artists', many self taught like yourself, others with design qualifications, others with an art degree, etc. But I feel that I don't want to get stuck in a rut doing one particular style of art. I'd rather be a jack-of-all-genres than stuck in a boring rut. Another great essay, Danny, Thank You.
As a musician, and now in retirement exploring my creative side with art, I have always disliked labels on creative processes or artworks. Of course it is interesting to talk about the particular influences on art and music, as it is always a connection to the world at large. I think that is why I enjoy your essays and artwork so much. It is connected to daily life and encourages self expression without inhibition. I hope that lady really considered what you offered to her and is now freely creating with all of the bits and pieces she has collected from her art tutorials along the way. 😊
I too agree. To me, art is the overarching umbrella. Under mine are watercolor, acrylics, and photography. But tap dancing pulls it all together. One cross-feeds the others and shows me more than just how to see, the combination shows me how to BE in the world.
This is great, and really, this is exactly how I see your work! I love the art, but I love even more that you're teaching a creative practice... One that puts the magic back in mundane living. Cheers!
I absolutely love this response, and it's one of the reasons I've signed up for a course with you. After just one lesson, I can already see that I'm going to take more. Not meaning to be an advertisement for your courses, but really, your outlook, technique and attitude are all so inspirational, especially for someone who is hesitant to try to draw a straight line. Thanks for it all!
YES, Danny! This expresses my reason for making art, too. It’s a way of waking up in the present moment instead of sleepwalking through life.
Perfectly said 👏
that sounds like a perfect reply. maybe you could use it as a bio. keep doing what you're doing 👌 👏
Pitch perfect! I dont even like giving paintings titles.
I t sort of limits your interpretation and makes a work seem to fail if its not what the viewer expects from the words
“If you insist on calling it something, how about “illustrated journaling”? That’s usually been my default when pressed, because I like diaries, and illustrated books, and maps, and diagrams, and stuff that feels like a record of the journey we’re on.” This is really lovely! 🥰
Danny I couldn’t have said it better myself! Why is it that some people need to label everything. From my point of view, labeling puts art into a box that restricts it to one place. No spreading out just stuck within the boundaries of the box. Your ideas on the freedom to express ourselves in our art and try new things is the reason I was drawn to you and Sketchbook Skool in the first place. To be able to freely express myself, go where my imagination takes me and allow my emotions to come through in my art is the reason why I draw and paint. If I couldn’t do that then really what’s the point to my creating art in the first place. I might as well give up and find something more rigid.
It was be nice to know the response as well, Danny, if you get one, that is. But your explanation is great. I'm in that same feeling at the moment. I follow a lot of different 'artists', many self taught like yourself, others with design qualifications, others with an art degree, etc. But I feel that I don't want to get stuck in a rut doing one particular style of art. I'd rather be a jack-of-all-genres than stuck in a boring rut. Another great essay, Danny, Thank You.
Well said! I bounce around too, I love to try lots of different things- at 78, I’ve experienced the joy of mediums adventures and enjoyment!
Danny Drawing 🩷👍
As a musician, and now in retirement exploring my creative side with art, I have always disliked labels on creative processes or artworks. Of course it is interesting to talk about the particular influences on art and music, as it is always a connection to the world at large. I think that is why I enjoy your essays and artwork so much. It is connected to daily life and encourages self expression without inhibition. I hope that lady really considered what you offered to her and is now freely creating with all of the bits and pieces she has collected from her art tutorials along the way. 😊
I too agree. To me, art is the overarching umbrella. Under mine are watercolor, acrylics, and photography. But tap dancing pulls it all together. One cross-feeds the others and shows me more than just how to see, the combination shows me how to BE in the world.