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Why is everyone's art better than mine?06 Apr 202300:49:01
Are you constantly comparing your art to other artists? Does it seem like everyone on Instagram is making better stuff than you?  Let's talk about these issues and better understand where your art stands and why you shouldn't give up!

Get your free copy of Danny's book, The Seven Deadly Sins of Creativity, at http://sketchbookskool.com/sin

Join Danny Gregory and Jill Badonsky for Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast to discuss this and other topics impacting creative people like us.
These experienced creative coaches and authors will discuss themes, share exercises, read their books and tell jokes.
Art for All is also available as a video at https://www.youtube.com/c/sketchbookskool 



How do I find my style?29 Mar 202300:54:55

Are you copying other people's art and worrying you can never make anything unique?  How do you develop a personal approach? How do you make art that's authentically yours? Let's talk about these issues and devise some solutions to make art a regular part of your life, no matter what level you are.

Join Danny Gregory and Jill Badonsky for the new season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast, to discuss this and other topics impacting creative people like us.
These experienced creative coaches and authors will discuss themes and answer questions from the audience. They'll also share exercises, tell jokes and read from their books
Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT.
Bring your questions about your creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems.



71. Mark Golden: Making Paint07 Nov 202201:00:48

This week, Danny chats with Mark Golden, the CEO and Co-founder of Golden Artist Colors.
Mark began the company in 1980 with 4 employees, his father Sam Golden, mother Adele and wife Barbara. Originating in a cow barn on his parents’ retirement home in rural Columbus, NY, the company made and delivered custom paint colors for artists in Manhattan. GOLDEN’s staff of full-time Employee Owners is now 250, with facilities in Columbus as well as Norwich, NY. GOLDEN sells its products in over 60 countries.

In 1997, Mark and his family began The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts to honor their parents. Its mission is to be a significant resource for visual artists. Over the next 14 years, the Foundation donated to numerous artists and art organizations. In 2010, the Foundation began constructing the Golden Residence, a 10,000-square-foot living and work space for invited artists which opened in 2012.



70. Beth Trembley: Comics and trauma31 Oct 202200:59:40

This week, Danny talks to Beth Trembley about her new graphic novel, Look Again and how making art helped her process a traumatic event.

About Beth:
Beth grew up knowing herself to be a kid who could write but who could not draw. Everyone else in the family created visual art, but she just couldn't make anything that looked good.  In her late thirties, she realized that she could probably become a better draw-er if she approached it the way she approached writing:  daily practice, lots of experimentation, a sense of humor, and teachers!  Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and Danny Gregory's The Creative License were the two most inspirational companions she had on her way.  Beth knew she didn't want to become a fine artist, but someone who used the visual to enhance storytelling.  And, she just wanted to be able to draw fun short comics that captured her adventures with her dogs.

In April of 2014, her progress leaped forward when she enrolled in the first klasses offered by Sketchbook Skool and became exposed to so many different teachers and the wonderful community of fun, challenging sketchbook artists.  She began to draw and paint every day.  She created sketches of events and animals and people and trees and buildings and, really, everything.  She combined these with writing into illustrated journals.   She took other classes with teachers she encountered in Sketchbook Skool.  She attended SketchKon in California and loved meeting so many virtual colleagues!

In 2017 Beth decided she was finally brave enough to get serious about creating comics, so she began what became several years of in-person and online study at both the Center for Cartoon Studies and the Sequential Artists Workshop.  The wonders of using comics as a medium for telling her own stories opened up possibilities and power she had barely imagined.  In 2019, after thirty years of college teaching, she retired to work more fully in comics.  In addition to creating comics, Beth currently teaches comics and graphic memoir online and in-person.  In particular, she runs the Graphic Memoir + Medicine group and teaches multi-week courses in graphic memoir for the Sequential Artists Workshop.

Her graphic memoir, Look Again, is her first published work in comics.

Look Again, Street Noise Books, 2022.   Purchase from bookshop.org or amazon.com or your local bookseller!

Website:  https://elizabethtrembley.com/

Instagram: @elizabeth_trembley

Teaching at Sequential Artists Workshop:  https://learn.sawcomics.org/



69. Ann Lemon: how art saves lives24 Oct 202201:00:59

This week Danny talks to Ann Lemon about the legacy of her son, artist Amos Lemon Burkhart, and the foundation she established to extend his message and combat teen suicide.
You can support the Foundation's work at their upcoming benefit on Friday, November 4th from 6 to 9 pm.
For tickets and information about Amos, see amoslemon.org.
You can also find exhibit information at stayalivemakeart.org



68: Seth Apter: Art and Insecurity17 Oct 202200:51:18

Seth is a mixed-media artist and a teacher. He’s also a former psychologist who practiced for decades and then gave it up to focus on his art. He has taught at Sketchbook Skool and will soon start a new class in our Spark program.  I’ve known Seth for many years. He is a calm and thoughtful presence, and I always learn so much from talking to him about art, teaching and life.



67: Helen Birch: Are we "real" artists?10 Oct 202200:53:16

Helen is an art tutor and blogger and has been an art lecturer at several art and design institutions across the UK. She is also the author of several books including Freehand, Drawn from Life, Just Add Watercolor and her latest, New Ideas in Botanical Painting . Helen knows so much about art, art history and she always makes me think about things differently. 



66: Lindsay Weirich: Yummy art supplies03 Oct 202200:45:40

Lindsay is an artist and a teacher. She also has an incredible YouTube channel called The Frugal Crafter full of reviews and demonstrations. More than half a million subscribers tune in to learn more about using materials, painting, and making beautiful things. She’s also teaching at Sketchbook Skool. 



65. David Pyle: Geeking out over art supplies26 Sep 202200:17:19

David Pyle is an author, a publisher, a prize-winning watercolor painter, and he has worked in and around the art supply world for decades. He teaches at Colorado State University and also at Sketchbook Skool.  He also has a degree in Chemistry which comes in handy when it comes to explaining how pigments bond to paper.   David knows everything about everything related to art supplies, and I always learn so much from talking to him.  



64. Tom Hart: Art & Artificial Intelligence19 Sep 202200:42:23

 Tom  Hart is an award-winning cartoonist, a NY Times best-selling author, and the Executive Director of the Sequential Artists Workshop or SAW, a school for cartooning and graphic novels. He’s also taught at Sketchbook Skool.
Tom's website



63. Koosje Koene: Surviving creative burnout12 Sep 202200:26:59

Today I’m going to be talking to Koosje Koene. Koosje cofounded Sketchbook Skool with me back in 2013 and we worked together every day for almost seven years. But then Koosje decided to leave the company and she’s taken a new direction with her life. She’s become an abstract painter, she teaches travel workshops, and she’s just written a book about drawing and how it can improve your life.
Koosje's book:  
I am still great friends with Koosje and in fact, she still teaches a regular class in our Spark program. 
But we’ve never talked publicly about why she decided to leave the Skool, how we both felt about it,  and what she has been doing since.
We decided it was time to sit down and chat about it.



62. John Muir Laws: Natural journaling in Africa and the Galapagos05 Sep 202200:36:18

John Muir Laws is a naturalist and an artist, and a major figure in the world of nature journaling. And he teaches at Sketchbook Skool.
 Season Three of this podcast was an extended conversation between Jack and me.
For more visit johnmuirlaws.com



How do I find time for art?23 Mar 202300:52:55

Welcome to the 5th  season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast.
Join Danny Gregory and this season's cohost, Jill Badonsky, as they discuss creative blocks and challenges and how to get it together, get inspired, and get to work.
Today we discuss:
Are you waiting until you quit your job or retire to find the time to make art?  Are you too busy to de-stress with some art-making? Do you feel guilty when you take the time to draw? Let's talk about these issues and come up with some solutions to make art a regular part of your life, no matter how busy you are.
Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT on YouTube.
Bring your questions about the creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems.
Art for All is also available as a video podcast on the Sketchbook Skool channel on YouTube

Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com



61. Art and Healing30 May 202200:54:06

This week John and Danny talk about art and healing.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com

Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com



60. Inspiring yourself23 May 202201:10:28

This week John and Danny talk about inspiration.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.

Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com



59. Art & Business16 May 202201:08:33

How can you make a living as a creative person?  Danny and John tell you how they do and other strategies for making ends meet. 



58. High School09 May 202201:19:13

This week John and Danny go back to high school — how it affected them, how it affects creative people of all types, and whether it is necessary. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



57. Playing with myself02 May 202200:48:43

Jack is off this week so Danny fills the void by reading a few essays.  You can get a fresh essay each week by signing up (free) at DannysEssays.com



56. Tools for new artists25 Apr 202201:06:13

What supplies do you really need to start making art?  Can you learn and make art a part of your life without spending a lot of time and money?  Danny and John tell you how you can and why you should.
Also includes some stories about alligator attacks, melting gold in a microwave, and other thrilling creative adventures.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.
Write to us: podcast@sketchbookskool.com



55. Drawing and the Brain18 Apr 202201:03:47

This week John and Danny dive deep into the brain and discuss how we process visual information. They talk about how the brain affects art-making.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



54. Analog/Digital11 Apr 202201:06:46

This week John and Danny discuss digital and analog ways of doing things and other vagaries of modern life. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



53. What is art for?04 Apr 202201:05:15

This week John and Danny discuss the purpose and meaning of art in our lives.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



52. Growth Mindset21 Mar 202201:14:31

This week John and Danny discuss what it means to have a growth mindset. Listen along as they debate the negatives and positives of a fixed mindset, and the effects either can have on your creative journey. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



How to get your creative project started NOW!15 Mar 202300:52:31

Welcome to the 5th  season of Art for All, the Sketchbook Skool podcast .
Join Danny Gregory and this season's cohost, Jill Badonsky, as they discuss creative blocks and challenges and how to get it together, get inspired, and get to work.
Today we discuss:
 Why is it so hard to get started on a new project?  Whether it's beginning a new sketchbook or writing the first sentence of a novel, starting has a unique set of challenges.

Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience that YOU can join each Wednesday at 10 am PT.
Bring your questions about your creative process, blocks, challenges, and problems.

Art for All is also available as a video podcast on the Sketchbook Skool channel on YouTube:



51. Art Making and Technology14 Mar 202201:12:59

This week John and Danny spend some time geeking out over the moon while weighing the pros and cons of combining technology with art. Listen along as they discuss a few of their favorite apps while talking about the solar system and things far far away. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



50. Travel and Art07 Mar 202201:05:19

This week John and Danny discuss the relationship between travel and art and how they can both change our perspectives and influence the here and now of our everyday routines. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



49. Nature and Creativity28 Feb 202201:11:51

This week John and Danny discuss the intersection of nature and creativity while talking about natural selection and the creative process, perfectionism, and the dangers of praise. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



48. Teachers and Students21 Feb 202201:06:15

This week John and Danny discuss teachers of their past, how they've "learned to learn", the role of teachers, the qualities they feel go into a good teacher, and how they try to apply those qualities as teachers themselves. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.



47. Fear14 Feb 202201:11:40

This week John and Danny discuss fear and anxiety, the judgement of others, and ways they've learned to overcome perfectionism. 

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 




46. Favorite art supplies07 Feb 202201:30:49

This week John and Danny dive into the world of art supplies as they discuss some of their favorite tools, as well as their go-to travel kits and journals. Listen along as they ultimately answer the question- Does your choice of art supplies really matter?

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 




45. Influences31 Jan 202201:05:35

This week John and Danny talk about the roles influences play in our creative development and how to find and benefit from people and sources that can inspire you.

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 




44. Authenticity24 Jan 202201:07:21

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

This week John and Danny talk about what authenticity means and its relevance to art. They discuss forgery,  influences, and offer advice on how you can find a style of your own. 




43: Self Taught17 Jan 202201:13:23


From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

This week John and Danny talk about the discomfort that comes with growth and why it's so important to give yourself permission to risk and fail. 



0h 4m 23s

covid

0h 5m 4s

married to an epidemiologist

0h 10m 22s

zombies

0h 10m 26s

earth abides

0h 23m 1s

No Text

0h 23m 1s

jack education

0h 33m 7s

betty edwards

0h 33m 14s

growth mindset

0h 40m 30s

discomfort

0h 40m 37s

200k hours

0h 40m 42s

10k hours

0h 44m 29s

permission to risk and fail

0h 51m 37s

how to critique to learn

1h 1m 19s

being your own coach



42: Passion10 Jan 202201:12:30

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

This week John and Danny talk about their lifelong passions and how keeping a sketchbooks has helped deepen them. We also talk about reading in dreams, strategies for dyslexia, vigilance, and remembering the empanada.



77. Jill Badonsky: The Creative Mind26 Dec 202200:57:52

This week Danny chats with Jill Badonsky, M.Ed, an internationally recognized workshop leader, award-winning inspirational humorist, and author/illustrator of three books about mindfulness and creativity including The Muse is In: An Owner’s Manual to Your Creativity, The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration, and The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder.
She is the creator of Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Certification training.
Jill facilitates workshops in San Diego, around the US., annually in Taos, NM. and aboard. Jill lives in San Diego with two cats and a bougainvillea. She has a podcast called A Muse’s Daydream.
More Jill:
• Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Certification  training:
• Jill's podcast-
• Facebook:
• Instagram:
• Website: www.themuseisin.com and www.kaizenmuse.com  



41: Beginning03 Jan 202201:07:45

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. 

This week, John and Danny talk about beginning and what it is like to start a new project. They explain why whatever it is you're dreaming of doing, you should do it, along with advice on how to get started and how to know when to give it up.
Video recording available on Youtube.

Strategies for beginning creative projects.
3:43: The Every by Dave Eggers
5:32 Time travelers towel



40. Welcome to the new season: The Curious Sketchbook27 Dec 202100:59:21

Season 3 of Art for All is called "The Curious Sketchbook." Each week, host Danny Gregory will be joined each week by artist, author, biologist, and nature journaler, John Muir Laws.  They will discuss drawing and painting, nature journaling, creativity, psychology, human brains, and much more in a free-wheeling conversation that promises to be inspiring and fun.
Video recording available on Youtube.

Listeners say:

"I'm loving it!  Two of my favorite artist dudes.  I met Danny in person at the Pasadena SketchKon and have listened to John Muir Laws' videos and bought stuff from him to draw the birds in my backyard.  What a great pairing.  Like fine wine and a rich, mellow cheese.  You two can figure out who is which!" — Hugh O.

"Excellent! Curiosity is one of my very favorite things! Such an interesting discussion and it already provided several concepts I want to explore further. I hope you will expand on some of the ideas touched on in future episodes. I will look forward to this as a weekly workout for my brain... AND for my sketchbook/journal! :-)!" — Kim W.

"OMG! My heart skipped a beat when I read this news! My 2 favorite people in a podcast - AWESOME!!! I really hope it will be weekly and it is wonderful that it will be on YouTube too, feels like we are sitting with you rather than just listening. Best idea ever! Thank you, Danny!" — Charlotte F.

"There’s been such a deficit of this kind of conversation in my life for so long that I’d begun to forget what was missing. Thank you, Danny and John, for letting us sit in on yours. I like that it was not scripted, neatly packaged, handed to us for consumption on a shiny over-produced plate. Instead, it was two creative intelligent people talking about things that interest them, and it challenged me to open my mind and engage with the topics in ways that were different for me. Lovely. I feel more myself than I have in some time." — Nancy P.



39. Art for All - Season Three preview20 Dec 202100:02:50
38. Why it's so hard to be an artist 28 Jun 202100:06:04

Think you shouldn't devote your life to art? You're not alone.  In this episode we discuss all the forces arrayed against you — and how to beat them.



37. Stare Master21 Jun 202100:06:17

This week, I explain a key to learning to create that you've always known about and probably totally forgotten.  It worked for Mozart. It can work for you.



36. My Name is Mud 14 Jun 202100:07:31

Should you plan out your project? Or just improvise?



35. How a sketchbook can change your life. 07 Jun 202100:12:24

"Sketchbook art" may be a new concept yo you but it can revolutionize your creativity and your experience of the everyday.

The video version of this essay.



34. Living well through bad drawings 31 May 202100:08:16

Your sketchbook can enrich your life in so many ways.  And making great drawings isn't necessarily one of them. 



33. Pass it on28 May 202100:04:18



31. How I succeeded by failing 28 May 202100:14:24



76. Trevor Romain: Healing kids with art19 Dec 202201:08:55

For more than 30 years, Trevor Romain has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring both children and adults with his best-selling books, award-winning animation series, as a keynote speaker, and an incredible storyteller. Being South African born and American by choice, Trevor has written over 50 books that have sold more than a million copies worldwide and published in 24 different languages. Thousands of educators have used Trevor’s materials to help kids that are facing some difficult situations such as bullying, divorce, deployment, grief/trauma, homework to name a few. As the Washington Post has said, “His rapport with kids is a stunning thing to watch.” He has traveled to schools, hospitals, orphanages, refugee camps, and military bases worldwide, delivering his unique heartfelt self-messages of resilience, compassion and the ability for kids to safely express themselves.

Through Trevor’s humanitarian efforts, he has spent years working with terminally ill children, having served on the board of The American Childhood Cancer Organization and worked closely with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, UNICEF, The Boys and Girls Club, and the USO. He also developed educational materials for the United Nations for children living in armed-conflict areas. He visited and worked with former child soldiers in the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. Since 2007, Trevor is also the co-founder of 501(c)(3) national non-profit the Comfort Crew for Military Kids and serves as President of the Trevor Romain Company.

He has spoken to over 1 million kids in 16 countries on his popular With You All the Way! Tour, helping children deal with the problems they face on a daily basis, including the deployment of a parent, wounded parents of visible and invisible injuries, and coping with the loss of a loved one. Trevor has also served as a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and summits including: National Child Traumatic Stress Network Conference, Innovative Counseling Strategies Conference, Innovative Schools Summit, Wounded Warrior Conference, and most recently ACM SIGGRAPH’s Virtual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit.

In his spare time, Trevor enjoys working out, writing, illustrating, and podcasting with a nice cup of tea. However, he will always be committed to work with kids and adults to become happier, healthier and more confident. 



32. How to feed your creative soul.28 May 202100:07:48



30. Miles ahead24 May 202100:08:50

How to really believe in yourself as an artist.



29. Rusty beans and dusty gold17 May 202100:05:59

How to learn more, every day.



28. art class memories10 May 202100:12:03



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