I found this book on my shelf, took it down, considered using it as a sketchbook, sketched on one page, started reading what I just covered with ink pen lines, and kept going because I found the author speaking directly to me. I had underlined several passages but obviously forgot them over the years. Much is relevant to me now as I find "fear" too often part of my left- and right-brain internal dialogue. Here it is for you to consider...
David Bayles. 2001. Art & Fear: Observations on the perils (& rewards) of art making.
The perfect book title for our illustrated cross-Atlantic conversations. Don't you think?
wow, thanks so much for this 'gift'..... i found the audiobook and downloaded it immediately. so now i am listening to it each night when i go out with the dogs, headphone on, such a treat! and so absolutely spot on about so many things.... love the way it is written and the way great truths are presented as 'cowboy wisdom'..... when your horse dies, get off.... i have already shared this gem three times this week lol!
ReplyDeletenot much happening here artwise, too much other stuff going on, still trying to organise my studio, but slowly getting there. haven't been working on my iphone art for months now, really want to start filling those canvasses i have fixee to my studio wall....
fixed i mean
ReplyDeleteOur online class starts soon. Did you get the materials list from the instructor? After taking one of her summer classes, I am hoping she is a bit more engaged in this course coming up. There was no interaction with the other one, just video segments that were described in print she set up ahead of time and students used at their own pace and accessing her teaching by looking at the videos as many times as we wanted to. I see I do like more interaction. I had no idea if I was one of thousands in the class or the only one.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, we can interact with each other and we both can get back into our art using the app to manipulate out photos and this blog to talk about what we are creating in the class. Have a great weekend. I likely can't get into my studio because I am working to finish my portion of a health-related grant application and I spent all day yesterday at the state fair drawing under the direction of an urban sketch artist, it was fun even though it stretched me into a type of drawing that I found I don't like much. Good challenge, though.