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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.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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.  Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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 Eggers5:32 Time travelers towel Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com

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. Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.com DannysEssays.com podcast@sketchbookskool.com