A Stack of Sketchbooks
I love this photo by Sage Brown: See more at Flickr: More Sketchbooks | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
I love this photo by Sage Brown: See more at Flickr: More Sketchbooks | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
I found this image at a blog called Robobop that unfortunately no longer seems to be active. It was from a post about Moleskine drawings during a trip to New York City. I hope the blog comes back someday, I’d love to see more!
Artists’ sketchbooks always fascinate me, and this one has a particularly poignant story: Bella Chagall, the great love of Marc Chagall, began to write in a small hardcover sketchbook in 1942, the year after the couple arrived in New York. On the first eight pages, she translated Yiddish poetry into French as a means of … Continue reading Bella and Marc Chagall’s Sketchbook
I bought a cool book a few weeks ago and was planning to blog about it… but then I discovered that there was more to the story– an exhibition at the Morgan Library! Here is a partial list of the kinds of lists included in “Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations,†… Continue reading ‘Lists’ Exhibition at Morgan Library
Weekly Moleskine features Moleskine art from various contributors each week. They are open to submissions. I rather liked this one below, by Joe Veen.
I forget how I came across this week’s addict, but I loved this post about all of her sketchbooks, with photos and comments about her art works and methods: Above are some photographs of the notebooks/sketchbooks/journals I have around the Apt. The open book in Photo #1 is the oldest book I still have, it … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Kat Walk Designs
I recently changed my “What I’m Using Now” photo after several months of its being out of date. I’ve gone through at least 2 or 3 daily notebooks since I last updated that image, a couple of Moleskines and a Piccadilly. I’ve been alternating between plain pages and squared– I keep coming back to squared … Continue reading What I’m Using Now
I liked this cover of the April 18th edition of the New Yorker, a lovely scene with a little sketchbook:
I’d never heard of Austin Kleon until just recently, when I came across a presentation he did called “How to Steal Like an Artist.” It’s an insightful and inspiring collection of ideas, which I recommend to anyone who has a creative bone in their body, or wishes they did. In otherwords, anyone and everyone. And … Continue reading Austin Kleon’s Notebook
A new exhibit just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective.” Serra is best known for massive sculptures made of steel, but drawing is still a key part of his work. Some of the works in the exhibit are large drawings on paper or cloth, but the … Continue reading Richard Serra’s Sketchbooks