Sketchbook Club 8: Obsessions

[@robinr5337]

That was an entire world I didn't know about. How wonderful.

[@ms.j1160]

I can see in your eyes and demeanor a happy, warm, kind soul. 💗

[@vanessamay3689]

I love the coffee sketchbook. I love coffee cups/mugs. I love coffee ❤️🥰

[@melkerart1793]

Thanks so much for showing the Gregory Blackstock book. Discovering his work has touched me profoundly, since I remember that as a teenager I'd obsessively draw detailed copies of fishing tackle from a catalogue. I suppose it gave me some sort of satisfaction and sense of order in my insecure world. When what I thought was my best friend saw these drawings he ridiculed me. I can now understand the internal purpose that they provided me at that time. By the way, I no longer collected things or continued doing these kind of drawings as an adult.

[@Nancy-pf6ft]

My gosh, how we all let other kids influence us back then!?!? Start a brand new sketchbook and grab an LL Bean fishing catalogs g and GET STARTED! You e got a lot of lost time to make up! Good luck! 🍀

[@MrsMandM27]

I would love to see your tea cup sketch book.

[@brightpurpleviking]

I could listen to you talk for hours. You're a gifted communicator! Thanks for sharing this video

[@Happinosis]

Gregory Blackstock; totally feeling him. I’m 51 and autistic. I started drawing at 50, I play 10 different instruments, I can play any song from memory and I am obsessive about my interests along with being incredibly organised.

[@RadishTheFool]

Isn't it great that the internet can help us neurodivergent people find each other? This man probably never met anyone like him. I'm so grateful that now we can find other people who share our interests AND our way of thinking. It doesn't just make our lives richer, but also finally allows us to explore who we are beyond just how we differ from the norm in our immediate social circle.

[@evelyne7071]

Sabot in French means a wooden shoe….ie Holland windmills…..good sense of humor. I liked the noodles…..HaHaHa….and of course my favorite…the pears. I had no idea these sketchbooks were out there. Thank you…….ps……I too obsess for periods of time. At the moment I’m in love with seed pods. Thank you for the education

[@robinvydeo]

I can't thank you enough for the inspiration. Much Love and Aloha from Hawaii...

[@efpaus]

This gives me a lot of comfort. I thought I'd gone nutty because for the last three mornings I've drawing the same bush in our backyard. I've done about ten drawings of it so far. It's deceptively difficult to draw (for me) but it's teaching me a lot.

[@kirstendav]

Thank you Danny! Feeling a lot more comfortable with my 350 cat drawings! :-)

[@SketchBookSkool]

😂 ❤️

[@jeanettetobey1312]

🐈‍⬛😂🐈

[@Pearlflower1]

There is something so fascinating seeing another artist do the same painting over and over again ..

[@Nancy-pf6ft]

Teapots. I’m going to draw teapots. You inspired me. :)

[@aggonzalez8096]

The ones of your fathers self portraits are very cool!

[@essietangle9931]

We all watch a variety of things on art but this really caught and held my attention. We all have comfort zones and thank you sharing these including some of your dads art. As a child, we lived on a block with lots of kids. It was great because we were outside playing not inside watching tv. We got in a habit of developing games. When yours was ready you would present it to the group and then we would vote on wether or not to play it. So thank you for bringing back that fond memory.

[@mandyg5747]

I love your Dad's self portraits! And the wash cloth studies are interesting as he used different techniques as backgrounds. Be proud of his achievements. How great that you have them ( or copies. .these looked like photocopies of his work? ) btw I have a mini obsession with that selfie you did with a green nose. I have done 3 of you so far as a practise to drawing myself which I find daunting. I am a Sketchbook Skool student btw

[@zaugitude]

Thanks for this, interesting way to look at their methods. I think there is probably lots of examples of “obsession” driven artist that are maybe less obvious; Dali comes to mind. Perhaps not quite the same but Wacky Packages stickers were the first example of this I can remember coming across. As a kid I remember studying the artwork very closely and still appreciate the attention to detail, the consistency as well as the sheer number of products they poked fun of.

[@darrenriley]

Really enjoyed this one in particular (I like them all). Watched it before I went to bed then the next day spent a good 4 hours drawing a list of... erm... serial killers and dictators. It just popped in there!

[@elisenispee7450]

Danny Gregory thanks 🙏 for such an inspiration! Amazing 😻 teacher, creative as a planet going on crazy 😝 orbit

[@Cyd1057]

This series of your books has been terrifically inspiring and fascinating!

[@risagoodman4847]

Donald Evans! Very few people I've ever met know about him. I only know about him because I worked in a book store. That book you leaf through is rare. I covet my copy.

[@KateColors]

Thank you, Danny. This was very interesting. I love learning about others who draw. I started sketching when my Mom got sick, inspired by something I happened upon about your daily sketching, so I tried it. It gave me something to do in waiting rooms and inadvertently helped me in taking care of her. My Mom didn't have any interest in art but she liked my pages. Today, I see the richness in the time I spent with my Mom when I look back on those pages. This video reminds me that there's not only you, the one sketching, appearing on the page but there's a bit of undiscovered wonder in the journey (and I should take it up again). Thank you. --KateColors

[@tuan2477]

Cant thank you enough for these videos sir! Such inspirational look into various artist's life and art!

[@lavenderdaydreams1239]

How interesting! I have an obsession with watercolor palettes but I think I would get bored doing the same thing over and over... :) Thanks for sharing Danny!

[@lisagd22]

You'll never know unless you do it!

[@sf5823]

Your dads work is so consistent, love his portrait drawings! Like his use of line. Very good! This is such a useful subject! 3:45 😂😂 I absolutely love that! Clever 4:39 1) Healthy artist coffee desire +coffee inspiration+coffee creation = coffee art 2) The artist consumed by coffee coffee desire + coffee desire+ coffee desire = no creation and eventual death of art. 6:15 wooooh what a skill! 9:30 😂😂😂😂 I live next door to them! Love it, that's such a cool book!

[@forjazznjava]

the washcloth drawings are amazing. not sure why it fascinates me. On coffee drawings: the formulas are hilarious and stir something uncomfortable in me. I'm not brave enough to to look at my love for coffee afraid of what i will learn.

[@ronnie-livingacolorfullife]

I LOVED every minute of this video--how interesting and I gasped when you mentioned what happened to Donald Evans! How tragic but thankfully we have his amazing art.

[@Chunda8]

Danny this is an interesting subject. Street Artists will often paint the same symbol or tag or graphic many many times....There's an interesting book I am looking out for by Ed Ruscha that is just 26 photographs of gas stations. I can't help but think that the Arkle book belongs on a coffee table....I've also had an idea for a coffee table book about coffee tables. Seems mandatory. I'm coming back to Sketchbooking after a long time away, being an artist would explain a lot about my life. I can relate to a few of these guys and might be on the spectrum...but I also have a facility for languages. I also play multiple instruments and went to music school. I've noticed a few subjects recur in my Sketchbooks. Kim Jung Gi had a few things that would recur a lot: Hippos, Frogs, Soldiers, Tigers, motorcycle riders and lots of people, likewise the usual museum subjects (ahem, figure/life-drawing). I think a lot of artists are of course, comfortable in solitude. Most I think are probably high IQ and learned to read early in life.

[@Gigiridgway]

So interesting, my obsession is one of a kind greeting cards

[@lalaithan]

This is a very interesting idea, thanks for sharing.

[@CameronMosesart]

The washcloth thing was cool

[@daniprivado8496]

I should probably start drawing and painting food lol thank you for sharing these books. the background story about the artists is very much appreciated too ♥ I think I'm starting to grow an obsession with every facial gesture my cat makes, but that's kinda impossible, right? I should have like a camera to film her all day long etc. I wish I could draw every posture, every stare, yawn etc. Maybe when I get better at drawing I'll be faster and be able to capture more of her with the ink ... just another great idea I can´t pull off yet bc my skills aren´t so strong for that

[@lgambis]

This wonderful--thanks for introducing me to these artists!

[@emmacavillsketches]

Fascinating, thank you Danny.

[@Lesimages2Renata]

Hi Dany I like a lot your vidéos "club" there are such an inspiration ! Thanks a lot

[@Nancy-pf6ft]

Wait…what? Who was the fellow on the back fly leaf? First of your videos I’ve watched, and very interesting. I like the idea of drawing the same thing over and over and watching the process evolve…but haven’t done it with any regularity. I may do this…fill a sketchbook with drawings of only one subject.

[@lauradegregorio5005]

great job guys xxx

[@SDW90808]

Fascinating.

[@valeriejohnson2367]

Very informative..... thanks

[@Nancy-pf6ft]

I’m surely going to appear crazy here with a third post…I just realized I bought your book An Illustrated Life a week ago-and just put 2+2 together. I bought the book (and one other of David Gentleman’s work) after artist Stephanie Kilgast reviewed and recommended them in her video. I’m enjoying the heck out of it. I have had time on my hands today-taking it easy after some eye surgery. 😁

[@UkuleleVillain]

5:36 That device is called "Cezve" :D

[@essiem6039]

Thank you.

[@meganslater5421]

*squeeeeeeeee!!!!!* I didn't know there was a club!!!!!