I had a workshop with Mark (& Shari Blaukopf) in Portland, OR several years ago. It was so hot, Mark couldn't demonstrate his way of doing a watercolor wash because it dried instantly! He was such a good teacher (they both were).
I've not done either of his challenges. I usually do Inktober, drawing with various ink techniques daily. I don't follow the prompts, though.
I too do InkTober without the prompts! And every year I really love to do OneWeek100People. But as you know, on some random days I could do 100 people even in just one sitting. 😅 So that's an easy one to do.
Is there a particular reason you haven't tried either of his two challenges? Any one that you're curious to try?
I agree with Marc about how sometimes we don’t like things we find out while researching art history, He mention Degas said something about a female artist that was friend of him, I wonder if he was referring to Mary Cassatt and what he said was “I can't believe a woman can draw this well.”
We recently saw Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" and the bits from her art history background were a revelation. Finding out about the lives of artists is not a very good idea! (Or is it a good idea? I don't know...)
And then everything is complicated by the amount of money in it. I link to an article about "why is art expensive?" in the shownotes. I learned so much from reading it. Highly recommend!
I just finished listening to this episode. Thank you for this one. I have been following Marc's work since before he did Craftsy classes and find him an intriguing and challenging conversation partner.
Nishant, I am curious if you follow Austin Kleon. He has done quite a bit of writing and discussion about learning in public and then publishing his books out of that public learning. His little book show your work is probably the most focused aspect of that, but it is a core ethos for him.
Austin Kleon's newsletter is one of my favourite things in my inbox. And "Show Your Work" has helped me a great deal! In fact, one of my plans this year is to go through the various lessons of that book with SneakyArt Insiders.
I had a workshop with Mark (& Shari Blaukopf) in Portland, OR several years ago. It was so hot, Mark couldn't demonstrate his way of doing a watercolor wash because it dried instantly! He was such a good teacher (they both were).
I've not done either of his challenges. I usually do Inktober, drawing with various ink techniques daily. I don't follow the prompts, though.
I too do InkTober without the prompts! And every year I really love to do OneWeek100People. But as you know, on some random days I could do 100 people even in just one sitting. 😅 So that's an easy one to do.
Is there a particular reason you haven't tried either of his two challenges? Any one that you're curious to try?
Excellent podcast with Marc Taro Holmes.
I only have tried OneWeek100people and inktober.
I agree with Marc about how sometimes we don’t like things we find out while researching art history, He mention Degas said something about a female artist that was friend of him, I wonder if he was referring to Mary Cassatt and what he said was “I can't believe a woman can draw this well.”
Glad you enjoyed it, Xana!
We recently saw Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" and the bits from her art history background were a revelation. Finding out about the lives of artists is not a very good idea! (Or is it a good idea? I don't know...)
And then everything is complicated by the amount of money in it. I link to an article about "why is art expensive?" in the shownotes. I learned so much from reading it. Highly recommend!
I just finished listening to this episode. Thank you for this one. I have been following Marc's work since before he did Craftsy classes and find him an intriguing and challenging conversation partner.
Nishant, I am curious if you follow Austin Kleon. He has done quite a bit of writing and discussion about learning in public and then publishing his books out of that public learning. His little book show your work is probably the most focused aspect of that, but it is a core ethos for him.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the episode, Pat!
Austin Kleon's newsletter is one of my favourite things in my inbox. And "Show Your Work" has helped me a great deal! In fact, one of my plans this year is to go through the various lessons of that book with SneakyArt Insiders.