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When youre a regular visitor of my blog, you will notice this is a different kind of post than I usually do.
I mostly use this blog as my online stage for my drawings and sketches and I love getting feedback and comments from you! Keep m coming! Thanks for following me!


Just to show you a bit behind the scenes, I will post a small selection of work from an artist who inspires me. Ill be doing this every now and then. Today Im kicking off this new habit, with Danny Gregory.

Apart from being a super talented self employed illustrator, Danny Gregory works as an executive creative director for an advertising agency. He lives in New York and does a lot of drawing, using sketchbooks / drawing journals / art journals.

Seeing these pages was my first introduction to Dannys work. I somehow stumbled upon them and then gloated over his work, clicking through all the pages of the art journals he has on his website.

 

Fun to see how he portrayed the city I live in. The Museum Quarter, is where I grew up close by!

I love it how he wrote Sunday in Dutch. I do that too when travelling, writing the days of the week in the language of the country where Im in.

Im a sucker for food drawings.

 

Boids, haha! Hes funny too.

 

Looks like a page from a graphic novel!

 

Comforting: starting the day with a drawing. Great to see how the self portraits differ, just like the days do.

New York! I love the combination of writing and drawing and how it all becomes one.

 

The atmosphere of Rome so well captured!

 

This one is from a sketchbook filled with portraits of criminals - made with mug shots for reference. Such a great idea.Those colours!!

I have been waiting in anticipation, for his latest book to arrive at my doorstep: An Illustrated Journey - a collection from the private art journals of traveling artists, illustrators and designers. It came in the mail yesterday. Im off now, absorbing all the eye candy!





Danny Gregory has published several books, for which some of the ideas sprouted from a tragic story which involves tragic accidents and losing the love of his life. His drawings became his way to channel his feelings and to appreciate the every day things in life. This is a long story short and I wont go into it, because I wouldnt know where to begin. If you want to read more about Danny Gregory, his books, his story and is work, visit his website and get inspired!
http://dannygregory.wordpress.com/ 
http://dannygregory.com/ 
http://dannygregory.com/category/books/
Youll find loads of links to interviews, videos and interesting reads too. Have fun!

One more thing: My online drawing course starts again March 11! You can join six weeks of drawing fun with me. Click here to read about it and to enroll. I hope to see you in class!

 

Today Im displaying some of the beautiful Jennifer makes and displays under the name August Wren. I absolutely love her paintings, and its a treat to visit her blog - its so fresh and joyful. She recently submitted a very yummy illustrated recipe to TheyDrawAndCook, where we are fellow artists now, and I am very proud to say that I was her teacher in JustDrawIt!, which she joined to add some extra drawing skills to her very advanced painting techniques. It was great to see her results in class, as her eye for shapes, shades and spaces resonates in the drawings.














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Today in my Inspiration Station, Id like to show you some awesome paintings! Jodi Wiley has become an online friend of mine in the past few years. She was one of the first people I started following, and who followed me. Even though on the other side of the world, we closely follow each others development, growth and creative outbursts. Jodi has recently been asked for several exhibitions, and hopefully there will be many more to come. She is intrigued by trees and so she paints them. I am always excited to see a photo of earth coloured dots of paint on her instagram feed - the beginning of a new tree painting!

Here is a few of her tree paintings:



Make sure to have a look at her sketch blog as well - she makes aweome things, and so do her daughters!
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