The Old Man Mad About Drawing
Here's an inspiring little film by Tony White for anyone who worries that they are too old to start drawing or frustrated that they have yet to achieve the perfect approach to drawing. Katsushika Hokusai was the most extraordinary...
Facing facts
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. William Blake - Auguries of Innocence I have been reading...
How to Yahoo
Having a hard time logging into the Yahoo Group for the first time? Here's a step by step guide. 1.Here's the main page for the group. 2. In the upper left hand corner, you'll see the place to sign up...
Why?
Danny, The moment you get up to get your sketchbook to draw, why do you do it? What makes you want to make a sketch your sketchbook? Do you do it for you or does knowing other people will...
Stuff I Like of Late
I've collected yearbooks from flea markets for ages: they give me an opportunity to draw lots of faces framed in similar ways so I can focus on their differences. John Marz had really outdone me by drawings every single...
Watercolor Journaling DVD
Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger offer fantastic classes in how to start keeping an illustrated journaling and now they've captured this experience on a terrific new DVD, Illustrated Watercolor Journaling . It's full of great ideas and inspiration for...
A new leaf
My mum has just put out a new 2008 calendar and notecards in her line of Leafages-- beautiful art made with leaves and calligraphy. Before the holidays arrive, I urge you to visit her site for over 50 designs...
Ex Libris Video
Click To Play This is a little video with vague reviews of some new books I've gotten and quite liked. If you'd like to get copies of any of the books I mention in this video and rebutt my...
Sushi platter
SOLD OUT!! Richard Bell is now offering his latest books in a special collection. They are among my favorite possessions and I heartily recommend them as examples of the journaling art at its peak. Check 'em out here...
I'm a Creative Mom
Well, I try to be (it's just that damned missing chromosome that's holding me badk). And to inspire me, I listen to the fantabulous Creative Mom Podcast. It's what I tried and failed to do with my own defunct...
Searle buildings
I built a little gallery after scanning some pages from "Paris Sketchbook" (text by Kaye Webb) and "Paris, Paris" (text by Irwin Shaw), the two books that contain the best building drawings Ronald Searle has done. These books also...
Je l'aime bien
Carol Gillot's Paris breakfasts blog featuring watercolors of same. You might like her main site too....
Creative Mom
Have you checked out the Creative Mom Podcast? I'm digging it....
Year in Japan winners!
Kate Williamson came to our home today to draw the winners of the Year in Japan raffle in person. We were delighted to chat with her about her trip, her work and her life. We had some tea and...
Radio Nobbs
Michael Nobbs has been busy. I had no sooner finished enjoying the fresh issue of his wee magazine, The Beany, when he announced the first episode of his podcast. Michael is a gentle soul, who draw lovely cups of...
Marcel van Eeden
The Morning News has an interesting exhibit on show of some great pencil drawings. Dutch artist Marcel van Eeden was born in 1965 in The Hague. His magnum opus is to make a drawing a day based on any...
Newly discovered drawings sites
Spend some time with these inspiring sites. But not too much. Save time for drawing. A great animated tour of a ball point sketchbook collaboration:DQ3. Fascinating flight of imagination: Drawings of skeletons of cartoon characters Fantastic illustrations that combine...
Enrique Flores
Crazy good traveling illustrated journalisto. If you haven't yet, check out his work here....
Kiran Ahluwalia
If you'd like to give your iPod a jog, try listening to a radically different type of music. I am really enjoying a new CD by a former bond trader from Toronto of South Asian extraction....
Between the covers
A tour of my brand new book and some early reviews. If you like this site, journaling, drawing, art, etc, you will like this book. If you want to jumps start your creativity, please read on.
Sketchcrawl - the movie
Check out this little Air France film of a couple of folks sketching around Paris. Thanks, Laurent....
Mug me
The MorningNews.Org is selling t-shirts and mugs with my art work. It's a nice way to support the site that supports lots of great writers and artists....
You've got mail!
Send me an illustrated letter and win a prize!
A cool Sketchcrawl souvenir
Check out this lovely monoprint of our 'Crawl by Belinda Del Pesco. It includes a demo of how she made it....
A Dawg's Tale
Jack's newest experiments in stop-motion animation.
Attention D.Price fans
As you may know, Dan Price, author of Moonlight Chronicles, has a wonderful new book out called “Radical Simplicity: Creating an Authentic Life”.... Secondly, if you are interested in supporting Dan, please share your opinion on the Amazon page for his book Some abusive 'critic' has written a horrible, completely baseless review which has drastically lowered the book's rating.
Chip Off the Old Blog
My boy, Jack Tea, launched Life in LaGuardia, his own vblog recently. If you;d like afull report on Halloweena nd whey he doesn;ts mil in pictures, cjheck it out.
Turning over a New Leaf
One of my favorite artists (who just happens to be my mum) has just brought out two new calendars for 2006. They are both full of 12 months of leafages � her unique medium of pressed leaves, calligraphy and...
Motion Paintings
I was turned on to the work of the Barnstormers, David Ellis' Brooklyn art collaborative that makes beautiful moving drawings in chalk and sand and paint and who knows what, giant living drawings that have to be seen to...
Rough Patch
I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing; and I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love nature, than teach the looking at nature that they might learn to draw."...
Vote for Trevor!
Our terrifically talented pal Trevor Romain's work has been nominated for a �Kids First� best of the year video award and we have a chance to help him to the podium. His competition has gathered everyone they know to...
Mon nouveau livre
Last Thanksgiving, Patti and I took a lovely trip to Paris and I made about sixty illustrations for Eric Maisel's book, A Writers Paris: A Guided Journey For The Creative Soul . The book is on store shelves now...
Chillin' with Dylan
Last week, I was hit by a sniffling cold midday. I spent the last few hours of the workday back at home, in bed with tea and Bob Dylan's new memoir. By the next morning, I'd bounced back and...
Books I can remember reading this year
Drawing Inspiration Back To The Slaughterhouse - Ronald Searle Carnet De Voyage - Craig Thompson. David Gentleman’s Britain David Gentleman’s Coastline David Gentleman’s India...
The Way
Julia Cameron's classic, "The Artist's Way" , why I think you must read it and why I sometimes take issue with it.
Mother Nature
Flowers, leaves, and ferns can be beautiful reminders on your journal page. I'm not too fussy about how I preserve and mount them — I press them between my journal pages, folded in a paper towel if they're very...
A record of my exploration into all aspects of drawing, illustrated journaling, creativity, and the inspiring aspects of art. By the author of "Everyday Matters," "The Creative License", and "An Illustrated Life" and other books.