sketchbook doodles
When I did these doodles I had no idea what purpose they could serve other than a nice day sketching in Princeton University Museum with a friend of mine. Now I am looking at them I am thinking there are a number of motifs I could use in my graffiti panels. It seems to work out that way. I often don't like my current sketchbooks and it is only after a while that I go back and browse through my old ones that I see images I like or can use.Princeton University is one of the most gorgeous campuses to walk around and even though it was an hour drive for one summer my friend and I went almost weekly.
ART QUOTE
Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
I think this is a great quote, sometimes it is just nice to enjoy something for what it is.
FAMOUS SKETCHBOOKS
David Hockney
Henry Moore
Jackson Pollock
this one will surprise you
One book I own and love looking through is :The Journey Is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon. This young man is not famous, but he left behind his amazing journals.
Before he died at the hands of a mob in Somalia at the age of 23 he had traveled to 46 countries.
I hope you enjoy visiting this site.
FAMOUS SKETCHBOOKS
David Hockney
Henry Moore
Jackson Pollock
this one will surprise you
One book I own and love looking through is :The Journey Is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon. This young man is not famous, but he left behind his amazing journals.
Before he died at the hands of a mob in Somalia at the age of 23 he had traveled to 46 countries.
I hope you enjoy visiting this site.
Comments
*HUGS*
angela, I hope you do. It is a wonderful place to play, imagine, record, and visit now and again.
I bet there's a little spuggy on every page!!
Love the quote. Don't try to understand it. Just enjoy it.
We should do that everyday.
hiay lyn and minx, I love the quote because it is a reminder that we don't have to understand or analyze everything. Sometimes a rose is just a rose :)
oh yes, that little spuggy, it gets around hinnie ;)
I likey.
Take Care
Michael
M.
glad you likey michael, sometimes I don't but learn to like :)
I feel the same way andrea, it is so interesting to see how other artists fill their sketchbooks and how it relates to their finished work.
Inspirational and so tragic.
What an amazing young man!
Why can't we just appreciate something for what it is, and not try to dissect the hell out of it?
Don Eldon's journals are great. Not all would open for me, but I bookmarked the site and will check out again.
I've been reading up on sketchbooks alot lately (that's how I found your blog) and posted one of my recent sketchbooks on my site if anyone wants to take a look: www.mauramcgurk.com.
Cheers!