How a sketchbook can change your life
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- Sketchbook art is the core of what makes Sketchbook Skool different from any other online art resource. In this video, founder and author Danny Gregory explains the power of this simple idea to let you finally embrace your creativity and build it into your everyday life.
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100% agree with you. I started drawing and painting to manage my anxiety and depression and kept getting better at it now every time I stare at anything and anyone all I see is beauty and colors and how I want to capture those shadows and lights. Really helps me relax without judgement
I agree!
What a beautiful comment!
@@SketchBookSkool I didn’t expect that my comment will have this impact. Thank you for pinning it
Hey there friend, you are God's great work of art. You are wonderfully and fearfully made, and God has watched over you when you were knitted in your mother's womb. And He makes all things beautiful in it's time. Hope you will call out to Jesus, ask for His forgiveness and let Him make you whole. He can deliver and heal you. God loves you, have a good day.
After i started dabbling in watercolor I started seeing beauty in everything. The colours, the shapes of architecture, the interesting perspective through the glass of the slightly tinted water i use for cleaning my brush. All beautiful.
I do something creative almost every day and think I will for a long time yet to come!
I gotta say, I've watched a LOT of videos about art. They are all pretty good, with techniques and study routines, but when you said that art does not need to be an event, but rather a part of the day, that unlocked something in me that none of those other videos could.
I'm deeply thankful for those words, thanks for inspiring me to draw a little more everyday :3
Really glad it helped!
Same.
True, that daily really got me drawing immediately after watching this video
What type of paper do you look for in a sketchbook? Watercolor weight?
me too
It’s never too late to start drawing, this guy is the perfect example
Look at Grandma Moses. She thought her paintings were horrible and childlike, but everyone else loved them.
I bought a sketchbook about two years ago and never touched it. I was always thinking I have to learn to draw BEFORE I'm allowed to use it. Which doesn't make much sense. But I was honestly afraid of making a whole sketchbook filled with "bad" drawings and that I would hate it. After watching your video, I took out that sketchbook and made my first drawing/writing in it. Your words were honestly so inspiring and soothing my anxiety about being "good" at drawing, especially when it comes to my first personal sketchbook. I can't wait to fill more pages and learn to express myself in it. Thank you so much for giving me this boost of positivity!
I’m so guilty of this… buying sketchbooks … keeping them ‘good’ until I learn to draw… which I never get round to doing. This video randomly came on my feed and was a sign ❤️. Congrats on your first (off many) drawings ❤️
I took a bunch of printing papers, fold them in half, and called it my sketchbook, used a cardboard for a cover, an elastic in the middle to hold it together. Now I "graduated" to a sketchbook 😅😅😅
The part where you talked about the sketchbook being authentic really hit home to me, as someone who had always struggled with perfectionism. My art doesn't have to be perfect, it doesn't have to be anything. What matters is I enjoy creating it. Thank you for such a beautiful video.
Inspiring.
Make art because YOU love it! 👍
That’s a really challenging thing, to be less perfectionist, less self critical, I hope overcome it in the next sketchbook that I’ll start soon
same
I feel this deeply too
Anything is better than social media habit. Stare at a book, make some art! Yes!
Is you tube counted as social media? Well, with the rest of social networking media, they're quite tiresome and unproductive and often used foolishly and for pure foolishness. I definitely agree with you on that. But what about you tube?
@@mariavictoriasalita2908 I use RUclips for tutorials .I was just using social media as an example of time wasting.
@@jamieluce5960 thanks.
It’s beyond people to get sucked up in it and as well not any of your business anyway. Keep doing your art and stop judging. If you knew all this crap either you’re watching social media too much or you’re basing your opinion off of someone else’s experiences that they told you.
And it’s nice but there’s a bunch of books that are worthless, do worthless things, and congratulate worthless people just like social media and yet they’re still mass produced and beloved about and shouldn’t be judged like that. If you don’t use it, you don’t gotta but it’s not productive to nitpick placed hobbies.
@@keepyourshoesathedooragreed
You can have a similar experience by writing about anything, just carrying a notebook with you and writing down anything that you think or hear or see. Lydia Davis wrote about a group of cows which she watched move around in a neibouring field during two years. And her description linked to her thoughts about those cows is incredibly interesting. She carries a notebook with her and makes notes of everything that calls her attention. Then from those pieces she may eventually write a short story or another text. It's the same with drawing. and painting, a journey of discovery. This talk is most inspiring.
That's really interesting, thank you for sharing!
I have depression and anxiety very bad so I started back drawing last year. Drawing just helps me cope with things. Thank you so much for this video ❤️
I've had depression since childhood and Meditation and being busy with art, has helped a great deal your presentation is so enlightning thank you!
@@theodoresweger4948 I’ve been so emotional lately so my art may be off key now cause I haven’t drawn anything in 2 months. Art really is inspiring tho
I'm glad creating is helpful to you. Me, as well. I like the way he talked about how drawing can "quiet the mind" and afterwards, you feel like you just took a nice nap. When I'm not quite in the mood for creating, I might color in a coloring book, read something for fun or learning, take a walk, birdwatch, or listen to "ambient", new age-type music. Hope this helps a little! ☮
Me too!
Me too!
I draw like a 7 yo yet I've been sketching for years. Sometimes people stop to look and they say 'Aaaaah'. Like disappointed 'Aaaah'. But it doesnt stop me.
Good for you in continuing your work. There are so many variants to the styles, processes in the creative world.. If an artist doesn’t create realism (aka Rembrandt, Cassatt, Turner, Michaelangelo and Sargent, for example), it’s not art to the ignorant.
Art is expression. I used to scoff at primitive,outsider art. Now as an artist in my own right, God led me to it in my later years, I enjoy the primitive and outsider art. People drew, painted, and sculpted because they responded to their need to create regardless of their lack of training, or perhaps even money. They used what they had available to meet their need. I think that is fantastic.
I am so glad that you didn’t allow others to stifle your creative side. I am an abstract artist. I love the freedom of creating colors, shapes and textures. People try to “find” meaning in it. No problem. You either like it or you don’t! You like the colors,, shapes, or movement. I tell people that if my work causes them to respond, that is wonderful to me. If they “see” something, it’s personal, their creative eye is seeing it
I wish you many pleasant hours creating. It’s a gift that you give to yourself. You’re an artist whether you get paid or not.
@@lindahenderson1625 beautiful comment
When people comment ,I think’ I am drawing and you aren’t!’
If you enjoy what youre drawing then youve already succeeded massively. Imo the less skilled artist who loves what they do is vastly more successful than the pro artist whos constantly stressing out about how their work stacks up. At least if the metric is life fulfillment which I think is whats important
You’re lucky to sketch like a 7 year old. My favorite artist is Cy Twombly. Check him out.
"drawing and painting can reduce stress and increase your happiness." You got me right there.I'm sold. I'm gonna start today. Thanks.
It absolutely does! :) I started sketching every day February 2020 in response to having to stay a couple more months at a job that caused me crippling anxiety. Even after leaving that job, I’ve kept the habit and it’s so grounding
@@SB-wj8oj yeah it's the best i started when I was 13-14 to sketch every day during an illness, been doing it since, music and drawing is the best medicine for the soul!
I hope you’re enjoying it @Anthony O.T Hector
It does, sketchbook helps me a lot!!!!!!!
@@monsieurpoope5434 Drawing
Music
Drawing
Music
Drawing
Music
They ARE the best medicine! 👍
I am on a 365 drawing challenge, that decision made me feel everything and today is 182nd day. Just as you said, small but radical changes happened in me, I feel different, my confidence is way more objective, I no longer talkdown to myself as much, unlocked a discipline I tought I could never have. Thank you for this video ✨❤️
This brings back memories of when I was 6 or 7 and the family piled into the car to drive from upstate NY to Ohio to see my uncle graduate in Cincinnati. I got car sick, but I had a little notebook with me and “documented” the trip. When we returned, I showed it to my teacher and she had me take it next door to the kindergarten class and show it to the whole class like a story hour. This video prompted that memory, reminding me I was (and have always been) an artist. I’m shaking off the dust and cobwebs of decades and having as much enjoyment as I did as a child. Thanks, Danny.
The contrast between those creating in a sketchbook and those who were staring at their phone hit me hard.
“But the most important thing to put on your sketchbook is YOU” thank you so much for those words! This is one of the most inspirational art videos I’ve seen ❤️😭
i need to say....I'M SO AGREEE W THIS COMMENT!
I very much agree, my favourite part is how he described how working with low cost paper or even supplies in a sketchbook can allow you to feel free to experiment without risk. Some of the best paintings I've done have been in sketchbooks or on cheap paper because I don't feel any pressure not to mess up. I also believe it is important to practice your medium or mediums every single day to grow your skills and also as a sort of self care routine.
Couldn't agree more. Thanks for sharing!
Crazy to read all these comments about folks stopping creative art when they’re „adults“ cuz for me it’s the same. Perfection in my head destroyed my wish to create, bc I’m afraid it would be ugly. It’s miserable. But you are SO RIGHT, it’s for no one but FOR ME. I gotta treat it like my diary now and start over again - you’re a great life teacher ! ❤
This is totally my problem too. He's inspiring me to start again. ❤️
Me too. I've been in university I bought a sketch book 3 years ago and only last year I used a few pages as I couldn't get past the need to draw perfect images. It's been another year and I've done nothing.
So I'm going to use this as a place for my ideas & art and a place to explore how I do that. Thats it!
I opened this video to have a quick look and to leave in disdain: "another sketchbook preacher". I ended up with tears in my eyes. Because it speaks my language. Because it's true. Every word of it. If somebody had encouraged me to have a sketchbook when I was a kid wasting my time on sessions in preparatory art school, I could have been Kentaro Miura today. Ok, not Miura, but quite a decent comic artist. I lOved to sketch. Art school killed it completely. Probably it was not bad, it just was not my thing. It bored me to death. In return all my personal sketching was sneered at by all the adults, it was a "waste of time" and a "distraction from serious and important things", it was not a profession and hardly an occupation. Thank you, sir. This is indeed a very useful video. Can set on a right track a lost soul. Truly inspiring.
Thanks so much for sharing your story, Tatiana! Welcome back to art making.
What an interesting comment. I remember my older sister sneering at my artistic efforts and story writing efforts when I was younger and it stayed with me for years and I did nothing further about either.
It has really struck me that this video says a sketchbook is a safe and private space. That is actually quite profound in the context of yours and my past experiences
Concur.
Practice, practice practice and practice some more.....but have fun doing it!!
I too so agree love using my sketchbook thank you
Your voice reduces stress too.
Painting is my way to escape from this world and comeback when I ready.
BECAUSE ART IS THE EXPRESSION OF OUR SOUL AND THIS WORLD IS REALLY SICK!
IT- S A SIGN OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH NOT BEING WELL IN THIS WORLD!
I used to draw as a kid, but had shelved it as a hobby, and now in my 30s figured I would never do it again. This video popped up on my recommendeds one day, and I can say thanks to it and several of your other videos, I was inspired to buy a sketchbook and start again, for that I'm very grateful! :)
Wow!
Nearly a year later, this video is still popping up in folks recommended, like mine, and inspiring us after 10, 15 years to pick up an art supply and a sketchbook and go to town 🎨 Hope you're still creating art!
@@NoDecaf7 Yes! My local art store has become a favourite place of mine! Start small, stay consistent and trust the process, I'm not highly skilled but it will come:) Good luck, and dont forget to share whatever you create!
I'm 30 and just tried it again days ago. :)
Sir, thank you. Making art was a huge part of my childhood up until I was 16. It was my heart. And I put it away while pursuing my academic endeavours. As its nearly 2024, I was considering going back to it in the New Year but was a bit hesitant as I had a major case of art block and was nervous about being rusty after all these years. But this video really touched me and reminded me of why I loved it so much as a kid, so I'm going to give it a go! Thank you
This is brilliant. I work as an Art Therapist and mental health counsellor. I really appreciate the way you emphasize that the sketchbook is a safe and personal haven. The folks I work with are often incredibly wise and also traumatized. This is so encouraging. Thank you so much!
I don't know quite where to start, but I used to draw everyday for over 15 years when I was younger. I started my path into art when I was very little, thanks to the support of my cousin who also loved art in all its formats. Long story short, I went through some pretty life altering things when I was about 16, which lead down a road I had not been down before. I don't expect life to give me anything, but it had taken away from me my desire to draw. I finished art school for the sake of going to school, I don't know why but even getting into the mood isn't like it used to be, even though all that negativity has passed by the years, I still can't seem to disassociate it from my need to create on a canvas. I see people on here talking about how art is therapeutic for them, and it makes me miss it and want to have that creativity again, even if it's just for a little while. I can't seem to get out of this funk and am trying my darndest to get back into the craft. I know I must sound distressed, and I probably am, but I just want to be able to add more color back to the world again.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, I wish you a fruitful life, and I hope you keep that spark if creativity going.
One Love
Hi, I feel similarly about something that once gave me passion. Now, it feels like I am never "in the mood" for that interest of mine yet there is nothing comparable to fill that void.
Can you identify why it is hard to start? I wonder if trying different mediums of art could give you room to let that expression take form again. Or setting yourself up to make art in a completely new setting can make it feel like a blank slate of an experience.
It's so distressing to identify what subconscious beliefs are telling you to shun the activity you once enjoyed. But it seems like you really care for this part of you so I hope you don't give up.
@@allyson-- I appreciate the feedback. I'll definitely give it a try, I actually really like the sound of that idea. I think a change in settings might actually help a little bit. I'm used to the indoors when it comes to creating. So maybe taking my tools outside for a change might make a difference. Thank you for taking the time to reach out to a stranger. Just know you actually brightened a mind. I'll let you know how it goes
@@DrNo-xg3ny hi. Firstly i am sorry you had to go through whatever it was. Maybe instead of trying to plan a day as "i want to finish my painting or maybe start a new one" you could wake up and plan your first 2 hours. Its called baby steps. So keep a pen and book or paper close at hand and doodle....from that you can maube see into the doodle.. colours!!
Keep your pen handy if yoi dont want to doodle write what you are feeling and draw tiny pics to recognise that sentemce. The only habit you need is to have pen and paper strategically placed all over your house. If someone walks into your house with dirty shoes...draw that. You will find your peace without realising it. All yje best and Gofs blessings.
@@diannebillett2788 Thank you so much for the honest feedback. I'm definitely going to take any advice I can get and try to utilize it the best I can. I'll start today and see how that goes as well. Take care, I appreciate you.
I experience the anxiety over my abilities every time I THINK about creating "art". At 63, your short video has inspired me to just get on with it and forget what even I think of the results. I'll just aim to improve. There's a lot of life to live yet. Thanks Danny
I have the exact same anxiety. It’s a fear of failure, and if you fail.... you feel badly about yourself. Well, I do. I wish it didn’t affect me like that. I can either draw a masterpiece.... or it’s a terrible mess. I too should just get on with it, as I love creating art.
@@pommiebears Yep. The conflict messes with your head doesn't it, but it's not insurmountable. Go for it anyway. Good luck mate.
@@pommiebears i can relate to this... its really bad.. sometimes i felt like i cant do anything at all.. makes me feel so down.. ;(
I am 63,so I know exactly where you are coming from.
Yes well done ! who cares what anyone thinks,exspress yourself enjoying your creative inner self ,..it’s so relaxing.before you know it , 30 minutes gone,and your relaxed well done!
I'm rarely writing comments, but this was so inspiring. Thank you! You've helped me overcome my perfectionism and release my creativity.
You got this!
This is such a good message to combat modern life depression and phone addiction. Awsome video! I teach 10th grade physics. I can't wait to share this video with my students.
Wonderful! 💛
Thanks Danny for your usual positive input. Here is another example of the blessing & power of a sketchbook...my husband was hit by COVID & after 3 weeks in ICU he was gone. We had 30 wonderful years & our practice was to always pray together. “The world is a mess. Let’s pray! You can’t find your screwdriver? Let’s pray.” I wasn’t allowed in the hospital. I couldn’t hold his hand, comfort him, pray for him, or assure him of my love. Then on December 30, 2020, he was gone. Now for how this all relates to my sketchbook. Although I was determined to stay positive, have faith that God has a purpose for my life, I still had to deal with the empty chair across the table for me & the emptiness in my heart. One day after spending time in my sketchbook I suddenly realized not only did I feel better, but loneliness had retreated. Each time I go back to my sketchbook I become lost in the moment & a little more joy, a little more healing settle into my heart. Also, Sketchbook Skool postings have been appreciated & a source of company. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing part of your 30 year love story. I'm so glad that prayer and your sketchbook is bringing you healing, some joy and company. Much love, prayers and blessings to you!
@@ksifton Well, that made me smile, thank you Kellie. I’m not one to publicly share my feelings, but for some reason I felt led to share. Maybe partly to affirm Danny’s commitment & maybe for someone out there who needs to know they’re not alone in their hurt & struggles. I so appreciate your heartfelt reply. I sense you too know the One who is the Comforter & giver of all good gifts. Blessing & hugs, Suzanne
I am deeply sorry for your loss, Suzanne and I am grateful that you found a way to cope and heal through your art ♥ I wish you all the best. Sending you lots of love ♥♥♥
I am so sorry you lost your husband. But I'm so glad to hear your sketchbook has brought you peace. It does the same for me.
@@nathaliedrinkstea Thank you for your encouraging words & loving kindness. It’s uplifting to know there are people who care about others even when you don’t know them. Makes my heart happy❤️🥰
I started drawing a few weeks ago, I'm using a pen and notebook, it's really a lot of fun. I want to illustrate and publish a children's book, it will be a gift for my nephew and niece. I'm over 40 and I've never drawn, keep your fingers crossed;)
Thats awesome! Best of luck ❤
@@doodoodoodle Go for it. I am 33 and only about to start studying arts. I know I want to do it.
Go for it, Krzywa- It's never too late to get started! 👍
Thanks for the encouragement. I was/am depressed and couldn't draw anymore because of art school. I always felt it needed to be perfect and to someones liking to be "good". Its been a while after school and I'm slowly managing to draw again. It also helps a lot to be working at an art supplies shop. Im surrounded with materials and people with great stories every day.
This is the thing I needed to get my sketchbooks again and just doodle and draw, because I can.
Thank you so much
I love your .... I was/am depressed.... me too!!!!! His video is very inspiring and so I will get me a sketch book and begin
The gentlemen at 7:56 sitting in his living room with a pen and sketchbook really spoke to me. Such a paradigm shift. I really like the definition of a sketchbook as an end in itself. A simple tool for relaxation and self expression.
The gentlemen is a great artist named Mattias Adolfsson. He is a great artist who has published some of his sketchbooks. He has a class also in domestica teaching his sketch technique
@@ByEdriany Thanks! I will check him out. I just started drawing during the pandemic. The simplicity of a sketchbook and fountain pen spoke to me. I have lots to learn!
A "sketchbook" can be comprised of nothing more than a free pencil and scraps of paper with sketches tossed into a shoebox. Just get started somehow is what this video has taught me, thank you very much. I'm 68 so I'll get started right away!
That's the spirit! Started to do the same and it's so liberating to allow yourself to have those loose pages. Now I have both, a sketchbook or should I say rather just a simple cheap school-notebook and those loose pages, for whenever I feel like the one or the other
I am same age. No time to waste. Hugs
At the age of 38 I bought an art book. "Drawing on the Right Side of your Brain" by Betty Edwards. It really helped me to understand the thought "mode" of drawing. At 72 I also want to get back to my sketching.
I used to draw and paint when i was young. It was my dream to study Fine Arts to improve my skills, but because I'm a working student, I ended up studying a different course. Now I'm broke and having depression and anxiety attacks, i started sketching every night, every time I feel depressed. It helps me stopped overthinking and it helps me sleep sometimes .
JERIC ALAMIL you don' t have necessary to have studies in Aert School, you can educate by yourself on libraries and ar exhibition. Really.
@@garance5385 and RUclips videos! I’ve improved so much just watching tutorials this past year. Now my art is hanging all around our house 🙂
I hope you're doing well!
I can relate to this video 100%
I started getting sick about 3 years ago - most days I couldn’t even get out of bed .
I hit a major depression because as I was getting sicker I could no longer do or work with some of my art mediums ( clay , carpentry even painting at one point ) and was getting stressed when drawing because at that point ( year 2 of being sick ) I was having problems with my eyes ( amongst other things )
Long story shortened - now 6 months into pain management and I have now picked back up my sketch book and my mind feels more at ease with life .
Call it a distraction from reality but I can travel to a temporary reality when I pick up that book and start to draw .
Thank you for this video ❤
Normally I don´t write comments on RUclips, in fact it´s the very first one.. This video was recommended to me and I desperately needed this beautiful reminder of what drawing and art is about and that one's own perfectionism should never destroy something so wonderful. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Glad you enjoyed it! 💛
Art has always been my comfort and coping mechanism. When I had severe depression, I drew in a sketchbook all the time as a form of escapism even though I didn't feel like doing anything. After I was hospitalized for said depression, things like crayons, colored pencils, markers, and pens (just the bare minimum the pen needs to work) were super strictly controlled, we weren't allowed to bring any of our own things. The highlights of my day were when they'd give us markers or crayons and we could draw and color on coloring pages for our half hour free time. I cannot describe the excitement in the ward after the nurses told us an occupational therapist was coming and she brought real pencils and we could all draw. If we behaved well and went to all the therapy sessions we could choose canvas painting as an activity, and I still have the two i made there
Hey there, hope you're better now, do you still sketch? Just want to share with you someone who delivered me from my depression, it's Jesus, and you are His great work of art. We are wonderfully and fearfully made, and God has watched over you when you were knitted in your mother's womb. And He makes all things beautiful in it's time. Hope you will call out to Jesus, ask for His forgiveness and let Him make you whole. I did not know God, and chased after my own desires, ambitions, but it was all empty grasping of the wind. In the end I still do not feel fulfilled, because there is a void in us which only God can fill. As I grew older I also started to degenerate morally, and having failed in social relationships, I slid into a depressive state. It lasted for years, until Jesus came and took all of that dark, cold bits away. I started to actually feel warm again. He not only delivered me, but also renewed me. I could start over again, in a clean state, my sins forgiven. God loves you, and cares about you. I hope you will receive full healing, but most importantly, receive a renewed heart from Jesus. He knows all the thoughts in our hearts, please come to Him. God bless you friend
God this sounds awful. Like you were in a prison. 😢
@@seidenschnabelfederflugel5441 I think quite the contrary. It was the keys needed to free the authentic self. A way back to themselves
, Healing.
I learned bookbinding last year, so now I can make various size and thickness sketchbooks with fun covers: designer wallpaper, thin birch ply, and even exotic fabrics. They make great gifts too.
That's amazing!!
Wow 🤩
That would be wonderful to do!
How? Where? I might like to learn
Ah, I have a whole pinterest board dedicated to book binding/paper making/etc... I haven't done it yet...
*but it looks soooo fun and rewarding*
Never in my life have I been more inspired to create. I for some reason always just dismissed sketchbooks as not being my gig, but I was always rly jealous of the idea of me claiming to be an artist being able to literally pull one right out thus corroborating myself. Because of this, I literally have no specific archive of art from my entire life. Other than the two or three things I happened to half the courage to post, which do little justice.
Thank you so much for uplifting my creative spirit 💕🙏
Oh, good! I'm so glad you liked it, Olivia Hall.
“Everywhere you look you can find beauty.” I have said this to many people over the years. Even a sidewalk crack with a tiny green plant is a symbol of hope and perseverance. One of my favorite artists is David Zinn who does chalk drawings outside much like Banksy but they’re cute and colorful. Good video! 🥰🐹☕️🍩
Well said!
I literally reached your comment at the exact the moment in the video where he says this quote, so I read it and heard it at the same time lol so cool
Sketchbooks are a great way to freeze a memory forever. I can look back at my child sketches and remember where I was and what I was thinking
Absolutely ! I feel the same way ! I always see other artist looking back on their art and all they can think is how bad it is and how much they hate it and it makes me really sad and frustrated because these old drawings are memories that you can look back on and see how much you've grown and be proud of having made it to the next day for so long. And if you're unhappy with them, nothing's to stop you from remaking these old drawings into a new sketchbook !
Looking back on old drawings is always such a nice experience for me.
@@corruptedteka Yes, to me too! I can't remember what I ate 2 days ago but when I look at my old drawings from years ago I can remember so many things! Whenever I feel bad about my art I look back at what I made and it makes me smile. I knew I wasn't great but I still managed to have fun and keep going. Bad art is necessary to grow as an artist
@@didi7074 I absolutely agree ! Plus there's always some fun ideas to look back on and pick back up-
That must be so awesome, wish I had done so.
@@brenroseartsoul6713 It's never too late to start-
How did you know I needed this encouragement right now? Thank you for the reminder that I need sketchbooking in my life - that carrying an empty book around in my purse is not the same as drawing in it.
Hallelujah. Thanks for saying sketches are not just a draft for other art etc. Drawing for me was a real challenge - it’s hard. Especially portraits.
It is definitely the cheapest therapy I know - lately I just started art journaling and picked up my 1st paints since Covid started. Immediately I lost myself & the stress I’d been suffering the last few months just dissolved into the background.
I’d forgotten the power of art. Cheers ☺️
i made art! i was finally able to pick up my sketchbook after MONTHS and make something while binging ur vids. i gave myself permission to make 'bad' art and i ended up falling in love with the page of sketches i created. this was a freeing and relaxing experience. thank you!
I'm so glad!
I've been keeping sketchbooks that I religiously draw in everyday for several years now. And what he said is all true, and it really changed my life. Some drawings are good, some impressive, and some are just absolutely awful. But whatever I do, it feels good, and it is impossible for me to stop.
I feel the same way
I also wish to draw even if I don't have talent. I just find joy in paper and pens, pencils and coloring materials.
Notebook or sketchbook it doesn't matter. As long as your mind has vision and perspective.
I'm 33. It is just now that I'm really embracing the fact that I need to put effort in really celebrating who I am and being ok to want to feel freedom. Listening to Danny and doing Draw with me(s) opened a whole section in me that makes me enjoy life more.
I’m 58 and just now celebrating who I am and what inspires me, it’s never too late to discover those freedoms!
@@steelpaine9932 Have a good day Kim! Hug!
Yes trust your INSTINCS because they from our Guardians.
@@steelpaine9932 Right on, Kim! I'm 52 and still excited to make art!
Since a couple weeks I’m not sharing any of my ideas and projects with anyone. I don’t want to receive reactions and be influenced, I don’t want the opinions, I don’t want to receive external compliments or validation. I just want to process and express myself, to enjoy what I’m doing and for it to be all mine. Your words about a sketchbook being deeply personal empathize that thought. I might even buy a sketchbook so I can record my process (not progress). 😊
“You’re not doing it for anyone else. you’re not trying to fit into trends in the art world. You won’t worry wheter or not someone will buy what you’ve made. In fact you may never show it to a living soul. So the art you’re making in your sketchbook is deeply authentic. And by expressing yourself, you’ll learn so much about who you are.” 4:52 and on
So many of the comments and thingssaid in this video, are so spot on!! I stopped in my early 20's, then another attempt in my 30's and sort of quit while I was ahead!!! I think it was fear of failer and fear of embarrassing myself!! Then as I got older it just didn't make sense to spend money on supplies that would do no one any good! Thought I was being practical. Im 81 now and finally retired 6 months ago. Been ambling around sort of wondering what use I was.😂😂😂 My sister encourage me to consider art again....then I saw this video, listened and read a few of these wonderful comments !!! Decided I would do it, like one person said, "because I can"! Its time to do something just for me because I can!! I feel better already!!!😊 Thanks everyone!
Made me smile... so agree with the theraputic aspects of this and the sheer pleasure.
This was such a calm, comforting video that makes you lose all pressure you had about making art. Just start creating! Really revived my love for drawing
I'm so glad!
@@SketchBookSkool sir, I wish to own a sketchbook and a lot of writing and art materials. However, I don't have any talent in drawing. Can that be possible- I mean me learning to draw and color at age 46 though I don't have any talent at all? Thanks.
@@mariavictoriasalita2908 take pleasure in drawing what you want and how you want. Take pleasure on educating your eyes in discovering painters, the art history, the colors forms, all the vocabulary of visual arts. Those are every day in front of you wherever you live. Just observe, and appreciate. Don't judge yourself.
There is no reason for not having interesting result.
The goal is not important, it is the journey.
I' ve studies in visual art schhool and we learned that the notion of not knowing drawing is absolutely irrealistic.
In fact every human has his own signature, his own sensitivity. And when you discover by drawing, testing, your tool, you discover yourself in your singularity in the art of drawing.
I hope I help you because I' m always sad to read a comment like yours, don't mutilate your ability to share to the world your unicity,
English is not my language, I'm french.
Have fun, and you will see that painting at 46 years old is not absolutely not a problem. I' m sure you want to draw for long time ago, so accord to yourself the freedom of express who you are!
And last, look for draws in the centuries, from for example the Middle Age until the 21th century to educate your eye and dicover how so large is the pratice of drawing. It will help you, and you'll find artists that you will find affinity with them. Their art will help you and nourish your mind and your hand for your own practice for sure.
Look at the draws of Cy Twombly, and you'll be surprised. Compare with Dûrer and you will be choqued. And the difference between them is really abyssal but they are great artists both!
That is the power of drawing: NO LIMIT!!!
Go draw!
@@mariavictoriasalita2908 I started water coloring at 64... took a class to help me get started and wow! Take the plunge! There are no mistakes that can’t be learned from, or covered or changed into something different, but fabulous .
@@garance5385 thank you so much. ❤
I’ve been fighting some major creative burnout and depression. My anxiety of a blank page is overwhelming and I’m trying to do everything to get back my love of art. I’m so glad I found your channel. Your voice is so calming. I subscribed and will check out everything you have on here.
Wow... 9 min free therapy class in disguise. Thank you so much.
Thanks for stopping by!
I'm currently on my 4th sketchbook, started the first one in December. My sketchbooks are a horrifying mix of ranting, scribbles, revelations, ideas, detailed studies, and general madness. They've become extremely important to me. I draw in pen, in March i got a pen with 6 different colors. I have nearly two and the beginnings of a third with color and i became addicted to it! Layering the colors to get the ones i wanted, like layering light blue and orange/yellow to get a greenish color, it's absolutely amazing. I'm planning on soon adding collage to add a bit more color and weirdness!
Well, while looking through me sketchbooks, i found this nice little phrase i really like "Pen is my favorite, it's direct. No erasing, no loss of energy"
Maybe get some gel pens--glitter, neon, fine point, some markers, etc. heaven🦋
Thankyou for the tip on layerings to multiply colours!😅
I have a stack of completed sketchbooks. (I keep thinking I should be much better at art by now than I am lol!) I love traveling or going out with it. Even with my very average skills, it imprints the situation in my mind like no phone photo can do. The other day I sat in the waiting area of a shop while my tire was being fixed. Two other women were also waiting. I drew them while they busied themselves with their phones and was so grateful I had a creative way to spend my time. And yes! I always say it’s a meditative process; I can feel my body relax and my blood pressure reduce, truly! “Skill” or “doing something with it” has never been my goal.
YES! Make art for the love of it!
Danny I have a son named Danny! I love your positivity and philosophy. DUe to the loss of my health and much of my vision, I was not able to do many of the things I love any longer. I had always drawn, yet making "art" caused me to feel intiminated beause I wan't to make sure everything was "perfect" or " good enough." I used to teach art theraphy myself. After much trauma, I started up with workikng with my new therapist and was usually preparing things for OTHER people to do lol And I have been hoarding the few supplies I could afford.
I have been drawing and painting pictures etc to send to my new grandchildre that were adopted into the family!
I had wanted to make an art journal in which my writing is incorporated as well.
Danny I look forward to working with you! Thank you!
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Thank you! I kept sketchbooks with me for years, then life sort of got in the way. You are right! I remember how great it was! I am going to grab a skitch book from my storage of art supplies.... NOW!
why does this video make my eyes teary?? i have my sketchbook sitting on my shelf but i only fill the first few pages of it, i don't trust myself to fill it. Maybe I'm scared to know how not good it'll turn out. Thank you for saying "sketchbook in your save place" out loud, i need to try again to overcome my anxiety >_< hope i can handle it this time
Years ago, one of my teachers “made” her students do a sketchbook. Now I have several going at once, For a while I used one to just journal my thoughts during a difficult time in my life. But mostly, I sketch when “something” won’t go away. I grab a sketchbook and put down the thought. Often that’s as far as they go. But sometimes they are a practice for a final project. Other times when inspiration has left me, I can go back into my sketch book so that these previous ideas spark my interest once again. Plus, it’s fun to see what my inspirations were over the years, so I have come to date my sketchbook drawings. So I’m totally with you on maintaining a sketchbook. Good lecture......smart idea.
Glad you liked it!
I'll just be honest. I don't keep a sketchbook, I raid other peoples art and steal everything. For example at 1:49 there this orange and yellow castle thing I like so just change the castle grabbing the architecture off other people and BOOM original artwork. Lets just come clean about the whole thing.
I'm not a "trained" artist or do it for a living. I do enjoy to create.
Through the years, I've found that my need to create comes from my desire to learn and my desire to make the world better.
I usually have the "learning" project in which I go back and forth learning the media and using the tools I could afford and the knowledge after, usually, hours of video watching.
The next project is something I make for someone. Examples are a scarf/hat, a painting, a drawing, a bracelet, a sculpture, etc. I take a picture, it gets saved in my phone gallery and I give it away. That's the only way I "finish" projects.
I was not able to keep a diary or stay with a specific media. I've been at it since my dad taught me to write my name in printer paper at the age of 3 years old and I "drew" flowers around it. My mom said I did it all by myself but I'm sure she helped me realize my vision somehow.
The only media I keep going back to are colored pencils. I usually go to a café and bring 4x6" index cards, my "school" kit (erasers, a ruler, 0.5 and 0.7 Mech Pencil, pencil sharpener, highlighter and some fineliners) and my Prismacolor Premier. I sometimes bring mini coloring books and the Prismacolor Junior.
If you got this far into my long text, I'd like to thank you for doing so. Best.
I have been a stay at home dad for my two boys for the past ten years, been very lucky to do so. My youngest is in the autism spectrum, and we recently moved and his schooling had been disrupted, and this has been an incredibly difficult period for our family. He is now finally placed in a great school, we are so grateful, and I am ready to heal a bit myself. Have several barely started sketchbooks, more brand new ones laying around. Some days I don’t know where to start to piece my life back together, not sure if graphic design is for me anymore…
this seems like a good place to start. 🤜🏻⚡️🤛🏻
“The easiest way for art making to be a daily habit.” So true. I don’t always feel like getting the paints going on a canvas, but I can work in my sketchbooks every day.
Me too!
So nice to hear you use the term "beauty." It's practically a forgotten idea in much of contemporary art.
My art improved so much since I started keeping sketchbooks, highly recommend it
I began art to calm down. Realized I was an artist naturally..... was surprised. It's so soothing
30 seconds into this video and I’m in love with this man 😍
Say Amen Brother! So many hang ups can be “managed” by the practice of using a sketchbook. As a former US Army Illustrator and civilian USAF Combat Artist in Afghanistan, I can attest to the fact that it is possible to sketch anywhere. There’s an immediacy to the sketch that a camera can’t quite capture, and by committing to memory a moment, by hand, insures that the scene remains a “feeling” that can be explored later or, just left “as is”.
Thank you 🇺🇸❤️
Amen Brother. ❤
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I am and have been in a state of dormancy where my art is concerned. I sit at my desk and look at all of my art supplies and they look back at me with sadness. Hopefully, I will emerge from this state of fog brain and begin where I left off.
I'm 63 and newly retired. I always love art but never had classes. You Tube is opening me up to a new world. I'm so lonely this really helps me. Thank You for the Video ❤
This is the perfect intro to the "why?" of a sketchbook. Very great presentation, and very thoughtful. Covered all the bases. I have been using sketchbooks exclusively for over 20 years. I found the most useful for me are the smaller size ones with a spiral wire binding. These are high quality books with archival paper. I use a blue ball point pen almost exclusively, and think I have finally mastered the sketch after doing art for most of my 52 years. It can take patience and daily practice. Patience with yourself and the medium, and the ability to accept the art you produce without too much judgement or self-criticism.
I'm also 52 and have been filling my sketchbook journals for over 20 years as well- and I totally agree with you, daily practice and patience will pay off over time! 👍
I just started creating again after years. I struggle with hoarding supplies and everything being precious. I see the more I look at things to draw the more I actually see the beauty and colors. It's amazing to me at fifty I'm just learning all of this. Just subscribed.
I think every artist goes through a phase of hoarding Art supplies a d thinking their work isn't worthy of the blank first page. Start on the second page and do any darn thing that comes to mind. Search struthless on RUclips and "art supply hoarding" in RUclips for Jerry's Artarama. Struthless is the one who pointed out that "action precedes motivation." I think he got it from Casey Neistat, but I could be wrong. The trouble with getting older is that people younger than you start seeming like wise old souls (looking at you, Millenials...).
I remember when I was young I read a story about an old lady that died and her expensive perfume bottle was full and rancid because she saved it. For what? That day I sprayed my expensive perfume and ever since I’ve used my things I bought. Not for rainy days. Bit to make every day an occasion. I suppose that delightful habit is why I’ve enjoyed my life and I don’t hoard my supplies ever. I choose what I use but I use up what I want when I want. If I can’t get more I’ll figure out something else. 🙂
Due to my phone addiction, I rarely watch a video nowadays without skipping. I watched this whole thing through, no stops, maybe it’s a sign. Thank you.
Thank you for this 🧡.Honestly..the part where you said there was no need to be precious with your art supplies..really hit home. I'm always too worried I'll mess something up..that I dont use all the really cool things I loved enough to buy for myself.
I've been in a drawing funk lately. Im absolutely gonna try keeping a sketchbook.
You've got this!
„Drawing can reduce stress“
My stresslevel when making art: 📈📈📈📈
Make more art. Stress will reduce.
Don’t take it too serious. Remember, you’re not a slave to your art, it’s supposed to work for you. I understand us Artist are perfectionists at heart, but at the end, it’s only one page in your life. *Not the end.*
I was the same until i figured out that I'm a perfectionist and i always procrastinate for the same reason ( that I don't wanna make art and end up looking bad etc..) when i realized that i started to tell my self that this journey should be fun and art shouldn't be forced .. so i bought a new sketch book and starterd to draw anything i want and it doesn't matter if it looked bad no one will see it and I'm having fun .
@@sooma2088 that’s literally me at the moment! Thanks for your tip
Same here. My drawing sucks, I have a co-ordination problem (Dyspraxia) which really impacts my fine motor control so my drawing always has sucked and will continue to suck, even with practice. I've gotten better with practice, a lot of practice, but my better still sucks.
This is fueling my urge to buy sketchbooks again lol
Seeing sketchbook artists like this and having this impressed upon me really stunted my artistic growth. You’re afraid to make a mistake and preserve something that you weren’t proud of. The biggest benefit of a sketchbook is to make mistakes and learn from them. When it’s your end all be all- every babystep needs to be perfect. And that mentality bleeds into every part of your art. You find you start treating your materials as “precious” and stress about wasting them.
I love it - I'm calling it an "art journal" and I combine it with my daily gratitude journal
Thank you for this great video. I have at least half a dozen sketchbooks at home, but every time I try to pull one out, I'm like, "Oh, look how pretty. It needs to be filled with pretty things and I'm simply not good enough yet." I think the most important advice in this is, "You don't have to show it to anybody." That's a really liberating thought.
Me too!
Whichever way one begins to create- is good. Making art - even at amateur level - i a blessing. I believe Art will save the world. Start with had drawing - is key. Then move to digital drawing if necessary - in that order....Start drawing....anything that moves you or inspires you.....your life will change! ...✏️❤️🖋
Well spoken, good teacher and good presence.
Thank you so much for this. When my children were young and we had to go someplace where we had to wait, like doctor's office, I would take paper and crayons with me. If I was alone at one of those places and someone's child was acting up, I would give them some paper and crayons to draw with. They could use them as long as they took good care of them and gave them back. Some of them would give me their drawings, and I would put their names and where they drew them on them, and keep them in a folder in my file drawer. I loved taking them out and looking at them, and remembering those children. I'm going to start doing that again, but for myself, since I'm older now and don't go to many places where kids are waiting.
There was one semester back in highschool, where my first class was Art. Zoning out and creating for that first morning block did A LOT to reign in my anxiety for the rest of the day. I always felt refreshed and calm.
this video made me smile so much :) i’ve been struggling for a long time with a lack of motivation to draw because my skill level isn’t caught up with my knowledge of fundamentals and my visions. But this video was a huge reminder of why i love making art in the first place and i immediately whipped out my sketchbook and started drawing 😊 thank you!
Yes! Make art because you love it! 👍
Thank you, I really needed this today. Im an illustrator with depression and I stopped drawing. This video has really calmed and motivated me.
I got my 1st sketch book Today 🎉🎉im so hyper happy im not a professional but drawing takes me to a free thinking place😊
this was so beautiful, it actually made me cry. this is the first video I've ever seen from you and i was so comforted and inspired by your words. thank you so much for making this
I'm so glad!
I needed this, thank you. Art used to be a very big part of my life, I've lost touch with it in the last few years and needed a big nudge to reconnect with it.
I think my phone is listening to me 🤣.... I was just saying the same .... I lived for art .... I have just purchased a few bits to get started again and I need that nudge to get going ....hope you get started again 🥰🥰🤗
@@sarahbrennan1342 thats amazing to hear!! I hope you do too:)
Been drawing every night/every other night and it's great to see that the progress is pretty fast once you're consistent again
Knitting and mixed media art with budget supplies has helped me get through my first few years of motherhood and transitioning to a homemaker instead of a career woman. The time I take out of my day to grab my watercolors or crayons or my knitting needles gives me the recharge I need to care for my family and home.
This video is precious. I was smiling the whole time while watching it. Haven't seen anybody describing the process so beautifully. yes sketchbooks are truly our safe place to just be who we are. Thank you for making this video. It made my day🏵️💕
:~) agree, smiling
I love this video SO much. If I could add one small note, it would be that your sketchbook is a place to simply HAVE FUN! A collection of strokes or colors or feeling the medium move across the paper or just make a mess.
YES! I agree, FUN is the number one ingredient if you want to keep drawing!
I carry a CamelBak Mule backpack as my bug out bag with things like a water purification bottle, a hand crank battery charger/flashlight, radio, a decent couple of knives and this video made me think "Self, why not put a 5x7 sketchbook in there with a plastic tube that will hold a few different types of media, just to get ideas on paper and practice filling sketchbooks like you mentioned.
Thanks for the inspiration..
Excellent idea!
Sketching is my stress reliever. Sketching is a good way to fill those empty spaces in my mind. Sketching is a great way to communicate with people and ourselves. Sketching is like eating food, its all about your taste and enjoyment, and if others like it - that's great!
Such a calm voice, I love the way you explain the process as an art piece - putting YOU in the sketchbook
when I was in preparatory art school, we were supposed to keep a "research" kind of sketchbook, and put all of our homework and drafts for projects and comments about every step of every process. It was dreary, and boring. I also kept a personal sketchbook where I drew and sketched almost everyday and it reflected my moods and the efforts put into it and how I enjoyed doing it. But my Dad only ever wanted to see the school sketchbook, which was pointless. I keep a small sketchbook now, the small format makes it less daunting than an A4 or A3 piece of paper, I'm not so anxious about messing up, and I don't wait until I'm inspired for a large project to draw. Also I can draw what I like over and over and then move on if I want, or decide to do something completely different from one page to the next. Your video is very inspiring and encouraging, so thank you so much
"Practice Makes Proficient." I like that.
One day, several months ago, out of the blue I made a little drawing of everything I ate that day. I really enjoyed it. I have written in a journal over the years, but never go back and read what I wrote, and I'm realizing now it's because I'm a visual person. I am absolutely going to start a sketchbook journal! At 60, after working just to survive for many years, I'm starting to think about making art just for my pleasure!
Hope you will! 💛
I am not good at sketching but I will try a scribbling book.
Scribbles and doodles matter too! 🙋
Are you making a book for children?
@@mariavictoriasalita2908 I am not, what I mean with that is that instead of going places for sketching I will try scribbling because I find it relaxing.
@@rodygonzalez7955 I simply find joy in paper, drawing and writing materials and books or any reading materials.
So well articulated and who knew there was so much to say about the benefits of using a sketchbook! I've been studying art for just over a year now and keep meaning to develop my ideas in a sketchbook... your wonderful message has encouraged me to stop procrastinating and start! Thank you 😊
You're so welcome!
I just ordered a sketchbook to paint more regularly and to lose my fear of doing art. Although making art is extremely therapeutic to me and calms down my overactive mind, I often find myself being stressed about my skills and finding my personal style. I give other people’s opinions too much power over my creative instinct (especially after watching a lot of other people’s flawless sketch book videos). Thank you very much for your kind and motivating words and for the tip of keeping the sketchbook private, this will help me.
Creativity is an essential part of my life….drawing, painting and storytelling…..it’s personal and therapeutic
Oh, good! I'm so glad you liked it, Daisy Smile.
I have been inspired by him and reading his books for years. I just clicked on this video not knowing Danny Gregory was featured! So glad I found him again. Finding this video made my day!
I started drawing last year (yes pandemic 2020 and still drawing) and I realize that I simply enjoy it! It's very therapeutic and it's a time I dedicate to myself ! Stay safe everyone!!! Also enjoyed watching this video !!
I bought a sketchbook a couple of months ago and it really helped me in an unexpected way of being less stress and shutting these inner voices
I am going through a very sad time in my life. I lost my dear friend cat in January and still can't overcome the pain.Chico was not only an animal,he was like a child always needing his mommy,my buddy in so many moments for almost 8 years.
Since childhood I always kept diaries, little drawings of animals (what I love the most)and also toys.
Growing up I kept that habit.
Someone very negative in my life told me more than once that I was having some kind of mental problem for me to drow,pain, writing all the things that I thought wore important.
Somehow I knew that wasn't the case, but truly I was manipulated so I stopped. It really hurted so bad. Fortunately for years now I am free of the negative vibes around me and I started again will my habit of my drawings and writings,but somehow,in a more shy way, like judging myself and thinking that I am not doing it well.
Today I found you, and I wish to thank you from all my heart for your words,your encouragement,wise advice.Each time time that i pick up my little friend blank book (as I call it)I will think about your words and I will feel motivated, positive and feel joy again with my simple skills.
It will work much like a therapy for me, putting my sadness into maybe lower level. I love to draw animals as I said before, but for now I can't,I will just draw fluffy teddies and other soft toys that are around me, because I am a collector.
You are a good ❤️
THANK YOU.
I'm going to subscribe to your channel now.