Tag: Drawing

  • Wrestling In Between

    Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson ©2018 I just finished this drawing today. The figure on the left mounted in some sort of carriage came first and easily. From there I created additional sections and kept them related to one another. The whole thing took about 12-15 hours over two months. It occurred to me that film is a color…

  • Making Peace

    Some interesting things have been going on in my life lately and how I feel about them has been a struggle. I decided to start drawing again. I didn’t intend to work through things through drawing but it became obvious that I am. In each drawing I’m creating and reconciling differences. There’s enough tension to…

  • A Zentangled Journey

    Checking out the social streams of my amazing classmates in Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection 6-week e-course, I found some impressive drawings by @artbreaking on Instagram. A little later that same day, lingering at Michael’s a nudge too long, Kass Hall’s book Zentangle Untangled leaped out at me from the rack. It was similar to @artbreaking’s…

  • Ode to a Sketchbook: Excerpts

    Building a visual library takes time and practice.  This week I finished a sketchbook of experiments, dual coding listening, and active learning. Through the process, I am realizing that I notice what I notice, and that’s not everything that’s passing through my ears or in front of my eyes.  Flipping through the work/play of the…

  • Sketchnotes are Fantastic

    Austin Kleon‘s recommended reading list in his book Steal Like an Artist continues to yield real gems.  Lynda Barry’s What It Is is the first from Austin’s list that I read and I loved it.  Sketchnotes by Mike Rohde is next on the list. Here’s my sketchnote of what resonates with me from Mike’s book (plain…