Danny Gregory has a weekly “sketchbook club” video series on YouTube where he leafs through sketchbooks–his own or others’–and uses what he sees as a jumping off point for talking about sketching.
In this week’s edition he shows off his own first sketchbook, from the late 1990s; twenty minutes in there’s a comment from a live viewer, Valerie:
It looks like you already knew how to sketch at this time; I don’t know how to start.
Gregory, in responding, lays out a sort of “philosophy of sketching”:
I started this way: by carrying a sketchbook around, and recording what I saw in my life. That is how you start. Now you know.
He continues down this road, and by the time he’s done he’s described something that works well for sketching, but which is also a pretty good prescription for taking on anything new.
As someone who’s been carrying around a sketchbook in his back pocket for the last 4 months and recording what I see in my life, I can attest to this: there’s no better way to start seeing than by opening your eyes.
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When I did daily radio, my
When I did daily radio, my eyes were open all the time. I needed stories, and as a result, I saw them everywhere. And I was right every time.
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