I am doing a buncha interviews to discuss my new book.
Here’s a fine example: School For Startups on Liberty Express Radio — you and your chimp can listen to it here.
There’s a monkey on my radio.
Happy Monkey Day!
My new book is finally available in stores starting today! I do hope you like it. Oh, and you can get it on Amazon too.
Here monkey, monkey, monkey!
I hear word today that the very first copies of my book, “Shut Your Monkey: How to Control Your Inner Critic and Get More Done” are finally being delivered to readers by Amazon. If you’d like to get a copy, order one today…. if your monkey will let you!
How to make a decision.
Maybe it’s just been overwhelming. You’ve been hearing me talk for weeks about how amazing this new term at Sketchbook Skool is going to be. And yet, you haven’t signed up.
The only impediment left to your indecision must be the sheer abundance of choices. So let me walk you through your options and help you figure out what would be best for you. Let’s do this thing.
Packing.
By the time you see this, I shall be on my way.
Why the World Needs Stretching
Sometimes, I worry that I don’t adequately convey my enthusiasm for the things I truly love. People tell me I am too soft-spoken, too grumpy, too English… Well, I’d like to try to remedy that by telling you about a project I worked hard on and which I think is deserving of your time too.
Field trip: Sketching in Barcelona
Ah, Barcelona! I drool to think of sketching there, on a rooftop, with an amigo or two, sipping a cerveza. An idle fantasy, you say, for a snow-bound New Yorker — unless a couple of pals make you a little video of them doing just that so you can share the moment.
My buddies Lapin and Miguel by the way, also had us over for a delightful virtual artists’ dinner party.
They know how to live, these Barcelonans. Here’s a link so you too can hang out with them again in just a few days —when they teach in Stretching at Sketchbook Skool Click for more details.
How to Be Creatively Productive.
Here’s a piece I just wrote for Thought Catalog,
Inspiration Monday: All aboard!
I’m just back from a trip to Grand Central Station with two artists I really love: France Belleville van Stone and (former President of Urban Sketchers) Jason Das. The weather outside was frightful but the airy spaces and poetic architecture were a delight. We began with a visit to the Apple Store on the mezzanine to check out the new iPad pros which are zippy and powerful and a pleasure to draw on with the new Apple Pencil.
Then France gave Jason a lesson in how to use Paper, the drawing app for the iPad, and the two of them settled in to draw the information booth and the massive chandelier beyond. It was great to hear how they tackle the space, what they feel about drawing digitally, how to contend with spectators and finally, to see the beautiful art they made.
If you are as entranced as I am by these artists, join them and four other great teachers) in Stretching in the new term at Sketchbook Skool. Find out more here.
Inspiration Saturday: a tiny adventure
This week I finished my homework early, in part because it was a short, sweet assignment. Our teacher was the legendary Michael Nobbs, my old pal and a calm and lovely spirit. Speaking of, this week I met an ent.
This is the last week of “Expressing” and I have enjoyed sharing my homework projects with you. I do hope you’ll join me in one of the klasses beginning next Friday at Sketchbook Skool. You can sign up today to make sure you have a spot.
Danny Gregory 