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Creative inspiration and advice to help you stop procrastinating and start making stuff. Any kind of stuff. Hosted by best-selling author Danny Gregory. Brought to you by Sketchbook Skool.

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    • Apr 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Why is everyone's art better than mine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 49:01


    Are you constantly comparing your art to other artists? Does it seem like everyone on Instagram is making better stuff than you?  Let's talk about these issues and better understand where your art stands and why you shouldn't give up!Get your free copy of Danny's book, The Seven Deadly Sins of Creativity, at http://sketchbookskool.com/sinJoin Danny Gregory and Jill Badonsky for Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast to discuss this and other topics impacting creative people like us.These experienced creative coaches and authors will discuss themes, share exercises, read their books and tell jokes.Art for All is also available as a video at https://www.youtube.com/c/sketchbookskool  Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    How do I find my style?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 54:55


    Are you copying other people's art and worrying you can never make anything unique?  How do you develop a personal approach? How do you make art that's authentically yours? Let's talk about these issues and devise some solutions to make art a regular part of your life, no matter what level you are.Join Danny Gregory and Jill Badonsky for the new season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast, to discuss this and other topics impacting creative people like us.These experienced creative coaches and authors will discuss themes and answer questions from the audience. They'll also share exercises, tell jokes and read from their booksEach episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT.Bring your questions about your creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems. Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

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    How do I find time for art?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 53:12 Transcription Available


    Welcome to the 5th  season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast.Join Danny Gregory and this season's cohost, Jill Badonsky, as they discuss creative blocks and challenges and how to get it together, get inspired, and get to work.Today we discuss:Are you waiting until you quit your job or retire to find the time to make art?  Are you too busy to de-stress with some art-making? Do you feel guilty when you take the time to draw? Let's talk about these issues and come up with some solutions to make art a regular part of your life, no matter how busy you are.Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT on YouTube.Bring your questions about the creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems.Art for All is also available as a video podcast on the Sketchbook Skool channel on YouTubeGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.comDannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

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    How to get your creative project started NOW!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 52:48 Transcription Available


    Welcome to the 5th  season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast .Join Danny Gregory and this season's cohost, Jill Badonsky, as they discuss creative blocks and challenges and how to get it together, get inspired, and get to work.Today we discuss: Why is it so hard to get started on a new project?  Whether it's beginning a new sketchbook or writing the first sentence of a novel, starting has a unique set of challenges.Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT.Bring your questions about your creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems.Art for All is also available as a video podcast on the Sketchbook Skool channel on YouTube: Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

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    77. Jill Badonsky: The Creative Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2022 58:09


    This week Danny chats with Jill Badonsky, M.Ed, an internationally recognized workshop leader, award-winning inspirational humorist, and author/illustrator of three books about mindfulness and creativity including The Muse is In: An Owner's Manual to Your Creativity, The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration, and The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder. She is the creator of Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Certification training. Jill facilitates workshops in San Diego, around the US., annually in Taos, NM. and aboard. Jill lives in San Diego with two cats and a bougainvillea. She has a podcast called A Muse's Daydream. More Jill:• Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Certification  training: • Jill's podcast- • Facebook: • Instagram:• Website: www.themuseisin.com and www.kaizenmuse.com  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    76. Trevor Romain: Healing kids with art

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 69:13


    For more than 30 years, Trevor Romain has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring both children and adults with his best-selling books, award-winning animation series, as a keynote speaker, and an incredible storyteller. Being South African born and American by choice, Trevor has written over 50 books that have sold more than a million copies worldwide and published in 24 different languages. Thousands of educators have used Trevor's materials to help kids that are facing some difficult situations such as bullying, divorce, deployment, grief/trauma, homework to name a few. As the Washington Post has said, “His rapport with kids is a stunning thing to watch.” He has traveled to schools, hospitals, orphanages, refugee camps, and military bases worldwide, delivering his unique heartfelt self-messages of resilience, compassion and the ability for kids to safely express themselves.Through Trevor's humanitarian efforts, he has spent years working with terminally ill children, having served on the board of The American Childhood Cancer Organization and worked closely with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, UNICEF, The Boys and Girls Club, and the USO. He also developed educational materials for the United Nations for children living in armed-conflict areas. He visited and worked with former child soldiers in the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. Since 2007, Trevor is also the co-founder of 501(c)(3) national non-profit the Comfort Crew for Military Kids and serves as President of the Trevor Romain Company.He has spoken to over 1 million kids in 16 countries on his popular With You All the Way! Tour, helping children deal with the problems they face on a daily basis, including the deployment of a parent, wounded parents of visible and invisible injuries, and coping with the loss of a loved one. Trevor has also served as a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and summits including: National Child Traumatic Stress Network Conference, Innovative Counseling Strategies Conference, Innovative Schools Summit, Wounded Warrior Conference, and most recently ACM SIGGRAPH's Virtual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit.In his spare time, Trevor enjoys working out, writing, illustrating, and podcasting with a nice cup of tea. However, he will always be committed to work with kids and adults to become happier, healthier and more confident. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    75. Michelle Meeker: the comic diary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 73:02


    Michelle Meeker has been an animator at Pixar and Dreamworks and teaches at the Art Institute. She's also a student at Sketchbook Skool.Michelle's comic diary: https://www.instagram.com/totallytrueevents/Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    74. Najeeb Tarazi: To Pixar and Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 73:21


    Najeeb Tarazi is a Lebanese-American director based in Los Angeles.His new short film “One More Try” was recently called “mesmerizing”, “masterful”, and “brilliant chaos” by Tony Hawk.His 2019 music video “Walk the Walk” screened at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.He got his start in film as a technical director at Pixar, where he worked on films like Toy Story 3 and Monsters University. He has a BA in Physics from Harvard College.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    73. Miriam Schulman: Be an Artrepreneur

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 61:59


    This week, Danny chats with Miriam Schulman.  She's an artist, teacher, podcast host, and author of Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from your Creativity. Scheduled for release in February 2023, it's a book about how to price and market your art while kicking the starving artist mentality to the curb. It's a very inclusive book with artist examples from all genders, backgrounds, and walks of life. schulmanart.comhttps://www.schulmanart.com/podcast/Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    72. Adam Westbrook: How to love making

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 67:08


    This week, Danny chats with Adam Westbrook. He is a journalist, filmmaker and artist, currently based in London. Alongside his YouTube channel, he has produced dozens of videos for The New York Times, including "Operation Infektion", a documentary about Fake News, which was nominated for two Emmy Awards. Outside of journalism he has just completed his first comics short story collection, "Bite Guard Fever Dreams". He writes about creativity and visual storytelling in his newsletter "The Third Something."Adam's YouTube ChannelAdam's newsletter Adam's comics short story collectionGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    71. Mark Golden: Making Paint

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 61:05


    This week, Danny chats with Mark Golden, the CEO and Co-founder of Golden Artist Colors.Mark began the company in 1980 with 4 employees, his father Sam Golden, mother Adele and wife Barbara. Originating in a cow barn on his parents' retirement home in rural Columbus, NY, the company made and delivered custom paint colors for artists in Manhattan. GOLDEN's staff of full-time Employee Owners is now 250, with facilities in Columbus as well as Norwich, NY. GOLDEN sells its products in over 60 countries.In 1997, Mark and his family began The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts to honor their parents. Its mission is to be a significant resource for visual artists. Over the next 14 years, the Foundation donated to numerous artists and art organizations. In 2010, the Foundation began constructing the Golden Residence, a 10,000-square-foot living and work space for invited artists which opened in 2012.Golden Artists ColorsThe Golden FoundationGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    70. Beth Trembley: Comics and trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 59:57


    This week, Danny talks to Beth Trembley about her new graphic novel, Look Again and how making art helped her process a traumatic event.About Beth:Beth grew up knowing herself to be a kid who could write but who could not draw. Everyone else in the family created visual art, but she just couldn't make anything that looked good.  In her late thirties, she realized that she could probably become a better draw-er if she approached it the way she approached writing:  daily practice, lots of experimentation, a sense of humor, and teachers!  Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and Danny Gregory's The Creative License were the two most inspirational companions she had on her way.  Beth knew she didn't want to become a fine artist, but someone who used the visual to enhance storytelling.  And, she just wanted to be able to draw fun short comics that captured her adventures with her dogs.In April of 2014, her progress leaped forward when she enrolled in the first klasses offered by Sketchbook Skool and became exposed to so many different teachers and the wonderful community of fun, challenging sketchbook artists.  She began to draw and paint every day.  She created sketches of events and animals and people and trees and buildings and, really, everything.  She combined these with writing into illustrated journals.   She took other classes with teachers she encountered in Sketchbook Skool.  She attended SketchKon in California and loved meeting so many virtual colleagues!In 2017 Beth decided she was finally brave enough to get serious about creating comics, so she began what became several years of in-person and online study at both the Center for Cartoon Studies and the Sequential Artists Workshop.  The wonders of using comics as a medium for telling her own stories opened up possibilities and power she had barely imagined.  In 2019, after thirty years of college teaching, she retired to work more fully in comics.  In addition to creating comics, Beth currently teaches comics and graphic memoir online and in-person.  In particular, she runs the Graphic Memoir + Medicine group and teaches multi-week courses in graphic memoir for the Sequential Artists Workshop.Her graphic memoir, Look Again, is her first published work in comics.Look Again, Street Noise Books, 2022.   Purchase from bookshop.org or amazon.com or your local bookseller!Website:  https://elizabethtrembley.com/Instagram: @elizabeth_trembleyTeaching at Sequential Artists Workshop:  https://learn.sawcomics.org/Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

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    69. Ann Lemon: how art saves lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 61:16


    This week Danny talks to Ann Lemon about the legacy of her son, artist Amos Lemon Burkhart, and the foundation she established to extend his message and combat teen suicide.You can support the Foundation's work at their upcoming benefit on Friday, November 4th from 6 to 9 pm. For tickets and information about Amos, see amoslemon.org. You can also find exhibit information at stayalivemakeart.orgGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

    68: Seth Apter: Art and Insecurity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 51:35


    Seth is a mixed-media artist and a teacher. He's also a former psychologist who practiced for decades and then gave it up to focus on his art. He has taught at Sketchbook Skool and will soon start a new class in our Spark program.  I've known Seth for many years. He is a calm and thoughtful presence, and I always learn so much from talking to him about art, teaching and life. Seth teaches in our Spark program.  Learn more here.visit SethApter.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    67: Helen Birch: Are we "real" artists?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 53:34


    Helen is an art tutor and blogger and has been an art lecturer at several art and design institutions across the UK. She is also the author of several books including Freehand, Drawn from Life, Just Add Watercolor and her latest, New Ideas in Botanical Painting . Helen knows so much about art, art history and she always makes me think about things differently. Helen teaches in our Spark program.  Learn more here.Helen's blog, drawdrawdrawGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    66: Lindsay Weirich: Yummy art supplies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 45:58


    Lindsay is an artist and a teacher. She also has an incredible YouTube channel called The Frugal Crafter full of reviews and demonstrations. More than half a million subscribers tune in to learn more about using materials, painting, and making beautiful things. She's also teaching at Sketchbook Skool. Her workshop, Yummy Color, will take place on October 15, 2022. Sign up at our website: Her Youtube ChannelHer blogSponsored by Derwent.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    65. David Pyle: Geeking out over art supplies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 17:37


    David Pyle is an author, a publisher, a prize-winning watercolor painter, and he has worked in and around the art supply world for decades. He teaches at Colorado State University and also at Sketchbook Skool.  He also has a degree in Chemistry which comes in handy when it comes to explaining how pigments bond to paper.   David knows everything about everything related to art supplies, and I always learn so much from talking to him.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    64. Tom Hart: Art & Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 42:41


     Tom  Hart is an award-winning cartoonist, a NY Times best-selling author, and the Executive Director of the Sequential Artists Workshop or SAW, a school for cartooning and graphic novels. He's also taught at Sketchbook Skool. Tom's websiteGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    63. Koosje Koene: Surviving creative burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 27:17


    Today I'm going to be talking to Koosje Koene. Koosje cofounded Sketchbook Skool with me back in 2013 and we worked together every day for almost seven years. But then Koosje decided to leave the company and she's taken a new direction with her life. She's become an abstract painter, she teaches travel workshops, and she's just written a book about drawing and how it can improve your life. Koosje's book:  I am still great friends with Koosje and in fact, she still teaches a regular class in our Spark program. But we've never talked publicly about why she decided to leave the Skool, how we both felt about it,  and what she has been doing since.We decided it was time to sit down and chat about it.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    62. John Muir Laws: Natural journaling in Africa and the Galapagos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 36:36


    John Muir Laws is a naturalist and an artist, and a major figure in the world of nature journaling. And he teaches at Sketchbook Skool.  Season Three of this podcast was an extended conversation between Jack and me.For more visit johnmuirlaws.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    61, Art and Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 54:23


    This week John and Danny talk about art and healing.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.comDannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.comDannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    60. Inspiring yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 70:46


    This week John and Danny talk about inspiration.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.comDannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    59. Art & Business

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 68:51


    How can you make a living as a creative person?  Danny and John tell you how they do and other strategies for making ends meet. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    58. High School

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 79:30


    This week John and Danny go back to high school — how it affected them, how it affects creative people of all types, and whether it is necessary. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    57. Playing with myself

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 49:01 Transcription Available


    Jack is off this week so Danny fills the void by reading a few essays.  You can get a fresh essay each week by signing up (free) at DannysEssays.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

    56. Tools for new artists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 66:31 Transcription Available


    What supplies do you really need to start making art?  Can you learn and make art a part of your life without spending a lot of time and money?  Danny and John tell you how you can and why you should. Also includes some stories about alligator attacks, melting gold in a microwave, and other thrilling creative adventures.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Write to us: podcast@sketchbookskool.comGet your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    55. Drawing and the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 64:04 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny dive deep into the brain and discuss how we process visual information. They talk about how the brain affects art-making.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    54. Analog/Digital

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 67:04 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss digital and analog ways of doing things and other vagaries of modern life. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com

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    53. What is art for: The Curious Sketchbook 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 65:00 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss "When you're depressed, you can give into depression" "What do you do to kind of get back on…. and back into it?" Listen more to find out ways they navigate when feeling blue.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    52. Growth Mindset: The Curious Sketchbook 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 74:17 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss what it means to have a growth mindset. Listen along as they debate the negatives and positives of a fixed mindset, and the effects either can have on your creative journey. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    51. Art Making and Technology: The Curious Sketchbook 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 72:44 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny spend some time geeking out over the moon while weighing the pros and cons of combining technology with art. Listen along as they discuss a few of their favorite apps while talking about the solar system and things far far away. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    50. Travel and Art: The Curious Sketchbook 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 65:04 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss the relationship between travel and art and how they can both change our perspectives and influence the here and now of our everyday routines. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    49. Nature and Creativity: The Curious Sketchbook 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 71:37 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss the intersection of nature and creativity while talking about natural selection and the creative process, perfectionism, and the dangers of praise. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    48. Teachers and Students: The Curious Sketchbook 09

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 66:01 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss teachers of their past, how they've "learned to learn", the role of teachers, the qualities they feel go into a good teacher, and how they try to apply those qualities as teachers themselves. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

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    47. Fear: The Curious Sketchbook 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 71:25 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny discuss fear and anxiety, the judgement of others, and ways they've learned to overcome perfectionism. From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

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    46. Favorite art supplies: Curious Sketchbook 07

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 90:34 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny dive into the world of art supplies as they discuss some of their favorite tools, as well as their go-to travel kits and journals. Listen along as they ultimately answer the question- Does your choice of art supplies really matter?From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

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    45. Influences: Curious Sketchbook 06

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 65:21 Transcription Available


    This week John and Danny talk about the roles influences play in our creative development and how to find and benefit from people and sources that can inspire you.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

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    44. Authenticity: Curious Sketchbook 05

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 67:07 Transcription Available


    From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. This week John and Danny talk about what authenticity means and its relevance to art. They discuss forgery,  influences, and offer advice on how you can find a style of your own. 

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    43: Self Taught: Curious Sketchbook 04

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 73:08 Transcription Available


    From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. This week John and Danny talk about the discomfort that comes with growth and why it's so important to give yourself permission to risk and fail. 0h 4m 23scovid0h 5m 4smarried to an epidemiologist0h 10m 22szombies0h 10m 26searth abides0h 23m 1sNo Text0h 23m 1sjack education0h 33m 7sbetty edwards0h 33m 14sgrowth mindset0h 40m 30sdiscomfort0h 40m 37s200k hours0h 40m 42s10k hours0h 44m 29spermission to risk and fail0h 51m 37show to critique to learn1h 1m 19sbeing your own coach

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    42: Passion: Curious Sketchbook 03

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 72:15 Transcription Available


    From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. This week John and Danny talk about their lifelong passions and how keeping a sketchbooks has helped deepen them. We also talk about reading in dreams, strategies for dyslexia, vigilance, and remembering the empanada.

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    41: Beginning: Curious Sketchbook 02

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    From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.  This week, John and Danny talk about beginning and what it is like to start a new project. They explain why whatever it is you're dreaming of doing, you should do it, along with advice on how to get started and how to know when to give it up. Video recording available on Youtube.Strategies for beginning creative projects.3:43: The Every by Dave Eggers5:32 Time travelers towel

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    40. Welcome to the new season: The Curious Sketchbook

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    Season 3 of Art for All is called "The Curious Sketchbook." Each week, host Danny Gregory will be joined each week by artist, author, biologist, and nature journaler, John Muir Laws.  They will discuss drawing and painting, nature journaling, creativity, psychology, human brains, and much more in a free-wheeling conversation that promises to be inspiring and fun.Video recording available on Youtube. Listeners say:"I'm loving it!  Two of my favorite artist dudes.  I met Danny in person at the Pasadena SketchKon and have listened to John Muir Laws' videos and bought stuff from him to draw the birds in my backyard.  What a great pairing.  Like fine wine and a rich, mellow cheese.  You two can figure out who is which!" — Hugh O."Excellent! Curiosity is one of my very favorite things! Such an interesting discussion and it already provided several concepts I want to explore further. I hope you will expand on some of the ideas touched on in future episodes. I will look forward to this as a weekly workout for my brain... AND for my sketchbook/journal! :-)!" — Kim W."OMG! My heart skipped a beat when I read this news! My 2 favorite people in a podcast - AWESOME!!! I really hope it will be weekly and it is wonderful that it will be on YouTube too, feels like we are sitting with you rather than just listening. Best idea ever! Thank you, Danny!" — Charlotte F."There's been such a deficit of this kind of conversation in my life for so long that I'd begun to forget what was missing. Thank you, Danny and John, for letting us sit in on yours. I like that it was not scripted, neatly packaged, handed to us for consumption on a shiny over-produced plate. Instead, it was two creative intelligent people talking about things that interest them, and it challenged me to open my mind and engage with the topics in ways that were different for me. Lovely. I feel more myself than I have in some time." — Nancy P.

    39. Art for All - Season Three preview

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    35. Why it's so hard to be an artist

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    Think you shouldn't devote your life to art? You're not alone.  In this episode we discuss all the forces arrayed against you — and how to beat them.

    34. Stare Master

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    This week, I explain a key to learning to create that you've always known about and probably totally forgotten.  It worked for Mozart. It can work for you.

    33. My Name is Mud

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    Should you plan out your project? Or just improvise?

    32. How a sketchbook can change your life.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 12:09 Transcription Available


    "Sketchbook art" may be a new concept yo you but it can revolutionize your creativity and your experience of the everyday.The video version of this essay.

    31. Living well through bad drawings

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    Your sketchbook can enrich your life in so many ways.  And making great drawings isn't necessarily one of them. 

    38. Pass it on

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    36. How to feed your creative soul.

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    37. How I succeeded by failing 

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