I really appreciate how you show the photo image and then the sketch below. It's super helpful for me to start thinking about how to be choiceful about what I put in my sketches, versus getting overwhelmed with a lot of detail. Thank you so much for sharing your craft.
Glad to hear it helps, Alison. I find the toughest questions are these - Where to begin, and When to stop? I talk about it here as well: https://sneakyart.substack.com/p/236
So beautiful! I write much for the same reason you draw. To better understand my surroundings and how to interact with the people in them. To find our connecting points.
I appreciate you and your newsletter and your sharing your perspective so very much!
It is one of my favorite books of all time, and something I really want to do, in addition to making a comic for every Kilgore Trout story in Kurt Vonnegut's books.
Ah, so cool. And something I imagine Kurt thought about as well given his own taste for drawing. Love your taste in authors. Need to pick up a new Vonnegut book. Feeling cynical lately. Could use a laugh about it all
Vonnegut really changed many things in my mind. And Calvino opened me up to styles I did not know were possible. Currently, I am reading Salman Rushdie's 'The Moor's Last Sigh' and it is positively magical!
I will certainly add it to the list and report back. Currently, I’m foolishly trying to finish three books at once. Montaigne, Proust, and a random memoir. All good. But deserving of their own time lol
Lovely to receive your reflections, Nishant! I share your fascination for cities and Jane Jacobs. Got reminded of another quote that complements your thought :)
"When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what can be done with cities: A city cannot be a work of art."
Hard not to be a Jane Jacobs devotee once you've started paying attention to the true life-ness of cities. 💖
So true. A book like hers is rare!
I really appreciate how you show the photo image and then the sketch below. It's super helpful for me to start thinking about how to be choiceful about what I put in my sketches, versus getting overwhelmed with a lot of detail. Thank you so much for sharing your craft.
Glad to hear it helps, Alison. I find the toughest questions are these - Where to begin, and When to stop? I talk about it here as well: https://sneakyart.substack.com/p/236
Ditto to all... it is a lot of help in keeping so much less confusion and decisions.
So beautiful! I write much for the same reason you draw. To better understand my surroundings and how to interact with the people in them. To find our connecting points.
I appreciate you and your newsletter and your sharing your perspective so very much!
I am so happy to hear that, Wake. We need more and more people to help us connect with our environment. Our devices have isolated us from one another!
It would be cool to see you sketch each of Calvino’s Invisible Cities
It is one of my favorite books of all time, and something I really want to do, in addition to making a comic for every Kilgore Trout story in Kurt Vonnegut's books.
Ah, so cool. And something I imagine Kurt thought about as well given his own taste for drawing. Love your taste in authors. Need to pick up a new Vonnegut book. Feeling cynical lately. Could use a laugh about it all
Vonnegut really changed many things in my mind. And Calvino opened me up to styles I did not know were possible. Currently, I am reading Salman Rushdie's 'The Moor's Last Sigh' and it is positively magical!
I will certainly add it to the list and report back. Currently, I’m foolishly trying to finish three books at once. Montaigne, Proust, and a random memoir. All good. But deserving of their own time lol
Now that's a challenge!
Lovely to receive your reflections, Nishant! I share your fascination for cities and Jane Jacobs. Got reminded of another quote that complements your thought :)
"When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what can be done with cities: A city cannot be a work of art."
It's a great thought, I think the conflict of messy v beauty is the same conflict of gardener v architect that I spoke about in sunday's post.
Love your process!