I really enjoy making our little series of Sketchbook Films. With each one we become more ambitious and discover new techniques and gear to use. Last weekend, we decided to make a fairly simple one —...
Hayley Morris is a whimsical, sometimes dark stop-motion animator whose sketchbooks are filled with creative musings and pencil sketches. My girlfriend Jenny met her recently and immediately called m...
I love to write; I have since I was wee. Every so often, an idea will just appear in my skull, asking to be born, to occupy some part of my mind for a while so it can curl up … Continue reading...
Jack and I are just back from our first post-acceptance trip to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where Jack will be spending the next four years. We ate in the dining hall, prowled the dorms ...
While I try to do my best making every book I’ve published, my next book, A Kiss Before You Go, is the most important one I’ve written — to me. It’s a recollection of the lovely yea...
I‘ve just returned from a ranch in Patagonia, a few miles from the Mexican border. While I was there, I didn’t do any drawing. But I did some things that reminded me of drawing and how it makes me fe...
This Saturday at 10 a.m., I will be participating in a panel assembled by Seth Apter and sponsored by The Ink Pad. It features some of the many artists who are featured in Seth’s new Book, The ...
My drawing muscles are out of shape after a few months of underuse. As I get back to the habit of journaling again, I am taking my tools out one at a time to see how I want to work, … Continue ...
It’s much sunnier on March 18th than it was two years ago. And the sadness and loss I felt then have become memories. Now, when I think about Patti, I don’t feel overwhelming emptiness, j...
Jack was eager to settle his college plans early and so was I. His acceptance to RISD was a huge relief for both of us. The stress and uncertainty of the college process was over and now we can both ...
The last year has not been a great one for drawing. At least not for me. After being a dad and an employee and a housekeeper, the little spare time I have had left has been consumed with the two R...
Seth has posted some of the content of my essay for his book ……. here.
Yesterday, I ducked out of my office for a couple of hours to visit the midtown Sheraton, site of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) conference. I was the guest of Bob Fisher, a contributo...
A propos of nothing, the Coen Brothers are shooting their new movie in my neighborhood, turning the clock back to 1962, one of the heydays of Greenwich Village
Some three years ago, I taught the one and only class of my career, a 12 week program at the Open Center. I learned a lot and met a number of interesting artists over the weeks. Seth Apter was in ...
(Sorry for the delayed launch of this post; had some last minute tweaks to do) Tommy Kane, Jack, and I have just completed production on another in our series of drawing films — this one about NY art...
My friend Michael loves jazz. He infected his son with the same passion for music. By the time Nick enrolled in Jack’s school, he was already an accomplished guitarist and now in his junior yea...
For the last year or so, Jack has been applying to college. And so have I. Not literally (I wish) but I have agonized vicariously through every step of the way with him. I am proud of my boy and R...
Just got this mail from the Red Hook Film Festival: Hi Danny – Just a quick update – we are planning to open the Red Hook Film Festival with your film! (Red Hook-A portrait of Tommy Kane)...
We just completed the next sketchbook film —it’s about Butch, my pal who’s a famous photographer, then became a 3-D illustrator and then, a couple of years ago, took up watercoloring in a...
We were just invited to submit our last film tor the Red Hook Film festival. Next stop … Cannes! Our next sketchbook film, “To El and Back” should be debuting here and on Vimeo in t...
(This film was shot, and is best viewed, in full-screen HD. If there’s a problem, you can go to it directly on Vimeo here.) A few months ago I decided I wanted to make a series of films about ...
Here are some pages from Jack’s recent travel sketchbook. He drew them with Uniball and Sharpie with occasional hits of watercolor in a big Moleskine. He also enjoys the use of salty language ...
It’s 7 a.m. Everything is very, very quiet except for the pitter patter of rain and occasional whooshes of wind. The city still seems to be alive though. Saw two guys walking happily down the s...
My boy Jack and I had a fantastic time in Paris and Rome. We saw every inch of both towns and took a night train in between. Eight days of croissants, pasta, art, sunshine, laughter, and lots of draw...
John Ruskin set down the principles of drawing and they are captured in this website. There’s also a set of rather dry classes on video here. I haven’t delved fully into them but they see...
- We finished filming our second drawing movie. This one was a bit more ambitious and may take some time to edit. - The first draft of my next book is almost done. We’ve had some back and forth...
Watch this film in HD and full screen for maximum pleasure. I have long wanted to make higher quality films that would show the process of illustrated journaling. I’m not a huge fan of detailed...
I know I have developed an annoying new habit of teasing you with vague announcements of upcoming projects. So here’s a status update on a few of the pots bubbling on the stove. • My next book,...
We are near completion on a major new drawing and watercolor film, the most ambitious one so far, raising the bar for what I hope will be a slew of new films on illustrated journals and the people wh...
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