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 Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com [email protected]

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...

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com [email protected]

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com [email protected]

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com [email protected]

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com [email protected]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Should you plan out your project? Or just improvise?

"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.

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