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10 Tips for Making a Good happy sketches Even Better

I created this sketch on a whim to capture a moment. It was meant to be a “self-portrait” of the artist as I was sketching the background for a story I would write for the artist’s upcoming book.

I feel as if I should say something about the sketch. As you may know, in my previous book, Happy Sketch, I created a series of sketches of my favorite artists. The sketches were meant to be a kind of diary of sorts, but instead of being written in the first person, I used them to chronicle my current interests. The sketches were always meant to be personal and self-referential, and at the time I used them as a way to express myself as an artist.

My favorite artist in my book is a fellow American, Richard Long. There are more than 90 images in the book, and he’s been my favorite artist for two decades. I’ve been meaning to do a long overdue tutorial on Richard because he’s so important to my own practice as an artist. I always struggle to find a good way to explain what the sketches mean.

I think the answer is in the first place, a self-referential way of saying: I use these drawings as an illustration of how I feel about my own works. It is as personal a way to describe my work as any Ive seen. My best work is a little bit of a mystery because they all end up as paintings.

I think this is a great example of it. The drawings are a reflection of my experiences of the life I am creating, and I feel that I am drawing into my works (the process is also a kind of self-referential representation of the work, so I think) the same feelings and thoughts that I am trying to express in my painting.

I feel like my work is something I am writing because it’s very personal and it is easy to see what’s at the heart of the work. It is very visual, and my work is very personal and I am trying to show it to people.

The thing I love about my work is that I am trying to communicate the feeling that goes through my mind when I am working. Its a combination of inspiration, memory, and imagination. I feel like I try to make it clear what I want to convey with my work, but I am also making it my own.

Most of the time, I am working on my own projects, but I am writing a new project with friends, and this time I am learning about people who are struggling with addiction or other mental health issues. I think I am trying to convey the feeling that people are trying to give me a hand and that they are trying to please me, and that I am doing this for them.

I love these sketches because they convey a lot of the emotions I want to express with my work. I think I have successfully conveyed the feeling that many people are trying to please me, that they are trying to please me, and that I am doing this for them.

I think I have successfully conveyed the feelings I want to express through my art. There’s a lot of emotion in these, and I hope that by giving them a wide audience I can convey the feelings I want to express.

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