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Creating a Culture of Sketchbooks and a Visit from Danny Gregory
I just returned from New York City where my former high school art teacher Greg Stanforth and I presented at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) conference. Our presentation, which was titled “Creating a Culture of Sketchbooks in a High School Art Program,” outlined a three-step curriculum that art teachers can use to successfully integrate ...
Creating a Culture of Sketchbooks: More Soon
On March 1, I made a presentation with Greg Stanforth, my high school art teacher, about other high school art teachers can successfully integrate sketchbooks into their programs. The response was overwhelmingly positive and deeply gratifying. It was inspiring to be with so many dedicated art educators who understand the importance of daily sketchbook work ...
Drawing from Life by Jennifer New
There are plenty of books out there about sketchbooks and artists journals. Sadly, few of them cover the full scope of this under-appreciated art form. Books about art journals and sketchbooks generally come in two types: how books and what books. How books, which cater to new and aspiring journal keepers, focus on technical demonstrations ...
Art Heroes Radio is Back on the Air
Michigan-based sculptor and impresario of all things creative John T. Unger is back on the air with a new episode in one of my favorite podcasts, Art Heroes Radio. Unger’s podcast features interviews that cover a wide variety of topics related to creativity, art, and the business of making a living doing what you ...
Book Eleven is Here
There’s a new book in the gallery. I’ve posted the first few spreads of Book Eleven, which is currently in progress. I’ve switched to the Moleskine watercolor notebook from my old standby, the Moleskine large sketchbook. The format of the watercolor notebook is radically different: each spread measures 5 inches high by 16 inches wide. ...
Capture: the Art of Snaring Ideas
Why is it the best ideas come unbidden at inconvenient times? When these stereotypical moments of inspiration happen for me, the ideas arrive in one great, sudden, unwieldy package. All at once I receive a complete story, rather than single lines or paragraphs that trickle in at a more manageable rate. More a spectator than ...
Danny Gregory Writing New Book
I just heard via his blog that New York-based artist and writer Danny Gregory is planning a new book. It will be a sketchbook memoir about the loss of his wife, who was killed in an accident just over a year ago. Chronicle Books in San Francisco plans to publish the book in Fall/Winter of 2012. ...
Mark McGuinness on Why Creative People Need to Be Eccentric
Like many artists, writers, designers, and musicians, I have eccentric work habits. The most notable is probably that I listen to the same song or set of three or four songs for hours on end. Something in the repetition helps me enter that right-brained state in which time seems to recede. Creativity Coach Mark McGuinness, ...
Little Scraps of Paper
Today a Chicago-based designer friend sent me a link to an intriguing video series. “Little Scraps of Paper” is a series of very short films created in 2010 by Thomas Leach, a commercial and documentary director in London. Each film is a profile of a designer, illustrator, photographer, or other professional creative, and takes you ...
Italy and Croatia Travel Pages Added to Book Nine
I’ve finally uploaded the travel pages to the Book Nine gallery. Check them out to see our adventures in Italy, Croatia, and a bit of Slovenia.
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