Booking to LA
I just started working on my 45th illustrated journal and decided to give myself a treat by binding up a variety of really nice papers into a special book. My new journal is an inch thick slab of 8x12" 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper, interspersed with some colored drawing paper, and so far it's been lots of fun to work in.
I haven't worked in watercolors in a couple of months after my detour through kraft paper and white pencil. My monochromatic sojourn has had an effect on my use of colors that I really like.
I painted this while sitting on the john. I wasn't constipated, just inspired by our coat rack.
Painted standing at the stove while stirring the sauce pan.
A painting of a photo of a painting of a photo.
My first spread in the book, a great horizontal opportunity, 8"x24".
Unfortunate painting of my lovely boy.
Airports are great places to draw. All those plane gizmos and bored people.
Painted from the New Yorker and then my first afternoon in Santa Monica.
A few drawings that were interrupted in process but I tried to make lemonade out of them.
Again, drawn while waiting, in one case for my colleagues, in another for the pot to boil.
Drawn while wating for Karen Winters and her husband. I painted it off site and I'm afraid it shows. Plus one of my waterbrushes isn't happy about being in California.
A very faintly tinted drawing of Ocean. It reminds of something very old and I like it.
I am sort of lonely here in LA, so far from my family (a sentiment that tends to make me draw more). Nonetheless, I will be meeting new friends while here. Last night I was too exhausted to make it to the Drawing Club but I will be at the rainy day Sketchcrawl planned by the SoCal Drawing Room. Then I start shooting on Monday and will be on the set for the next two weeks. I shall post what I make as I do. I doubt I shall have much of particular profundity to report but I'll do my best.
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.
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I am totally overwhelmed by this work, Danny. A few lines and a wash of colour and you have stunning images. I envy the simplicty of your work - and a bookbinder as well. What an inspiration!
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March 10, 2006 04:58 PM
Your sketches are always inspirational! I do agree that airports are a great place to sketch!
Posted by: Aoi | March 10, 2006 07:42 PM
Wow! You have been busy!! Love the new journal (#300lb paper--serious!) and the colors and the airport story board and the reminder to draw everywhere and anywhere! Looking forward to the LA sketch crawl tomorrow. (Glad you brought your sweaters and rain gear!)
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March 10, 2006 08:12 PM
hunh. so i've had your book on my amazon list for a while now, kept wishing someone would get it for me or i would find a way to justify buying it on my extremely limited funds. then i saw on one of my favorite blogs (adventurejournalistdotcom) an entry about it, and so there i was in the bookstore finally deciding to purchase it without any guilt feelings at all. so today, after reading your introductory chapters, i go to your website and see that you are on journal #45....as am i. i started artist's journals my first year of college, kept doing them these 15 years through all their stages of just writing, just drawing, just collaging, mostly mixtures...
even though i still kept a journal, these past few years i had somehow lost my personal validation for being an artist and with it lost being brave enough to draw. i am just gaining that back....and your book feels like a hand holding mine through the process.
so thanks.
Posted by: holly bechiri | March 11, 2006 05:04 PM
Hi Danny,
Your sketchbooks are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing them. I'm off on holiday in a few weeks and hoping to do lots of sketching. Working through your CL book atm trying to get back into my drawing. Haven't done any sketching for about 5 years. Thanks again, Helen
Posted by: Helen | March 12, 2006 03:28 PM
Your work is simply awesome. Superb watercolouring. Will be back again definitely :)
Posted by: Christine Lim Simpson | March 20, 2006 12:00 AM
Thanks, your works have been very interesting to look through ! I'll keep you bookmarked.I particularly like the "painting of a photo of a painting of a photo".
Posted by: Sheri Burhoe | March 20, 2006 06:59 PM
Your friend and mine, Daniel Price, is visiting the Gulf Coast Area. I'm one of his fans -- a Moonlight Chronicles subscriber. He visited us on Mar. 19/20, 2005, in Anahuac,TX then headed out for Florida. We discussed you and your books that I recently read. We both agree that you are a genius. He is a genius as well and soooo likable. He told me how he met you in New York! Fantastic.
Posted by: Doris Mouton | March 21, 2006 12:26 PM
absolutely beautiful and inspiring.
Posted by: yc | March 23, 2006 08:32 PM
Fabulous work indeed, I envy your ability to make wonderful images from everyday objects, you make me very guilty that I don't sketch more myself!
One thing puzzles me however. Is it physically possible to cook and paint at the same time? How did you pull that off? And (crucially) did the contents of the pan get burned in the process? :0)
Posted by: John Shelley | March 28, 2006 10:36 PM
Wow! Absolutely beautiful AND inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing.
Posted by: G-Man | March 29, 2006 05:16 PM
Oh, Danny, what fun! This is just wonderful stuff...I love your portraits.
Posted by: kate | April 10, 2006 11:16 AM
Hello Danny,
Your books arrived from Amazon today:-) Generally, I admire your work, but this post is especially compelling because I live where you painted those sketches! The last one is breath-taking.
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April 12, 2006 03:22 AM
Try Robert Bateman sketchbooks. 110# paper, spiral bound. I use the 5x7 to journal. Its available in most art shops in Canada and manufactured from recycled paper by En Tour Artist Productions, Victoria, BC - fax 250 384 6268.
Posted by: geoff | October 1, 2006 09:03 PM
Hi. Stunning work!!!
As usual...
Can you tell me how did you do that #45 in the cover? Thanks.
Cheers
Posted by: Rodrigo Mota | October 3, 2006 01:21 PM
I don't know how I missed this journal Danny, but it wonderful!
Posted by: Dede | October 3, 2006 05:50 PM
hi again danny.
really awesome journal. i love it! also, i request, could you make a post consisting of all your journals? maybe you made one before, until the thirties. could you make a post for your journals from the 30s to 40s please? that would be nice.
thanks.
Posted by: melanie | October 21, 2006 12:54 AM